Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 09, 1934
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Credits
183 titles
Judi Dench
Biography
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
Known For
Filmography
Letters to My Younger Future Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Fridge (voice)
Joke
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Self
Tea with Judi Dench
Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Self
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self
Allelujah
Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Spirited
Dame Judi Dench
Quintessentially British
Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self
Born to be The King
Narrator
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self (archive footage)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Self
Remembers…
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
Belfast
Granny
Off the Rails
Diana
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight
Miss Rocholl
Staged
Judi
Artemis Fowl
Commander Root
The Big Night In
Self
Cats
Old Deuteronomy
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Self
All Is True
Anne Shakespeare
Red Joan
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo
Mother of Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Self
Murder on the Orient Express
Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria
Tulip Fever
The Abbess of St. Ursula
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
Spectre
M (uncredited)
The Vote
Christine Metcalfe
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mrs. Silver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena
Philomena