Judi Dench
- Acting
- December 9, 1934 · York, North Yorkshire, England
Biography
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is a retired 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
- Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen · Self
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth · Self
- The Magic Faraway Tree · The Fridge (Voice)
- Joke
- The Twelfth Night Reunion · Self
- Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me · Self
- Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh · Self
- Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple · Self
- Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius · Self
- Allelujah · Mary
- MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema · Self
- Spirited · Dame Judi Dench
- Quintessentially British · Self
- Louis Theroux Interviews · Self
- The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall · Self
- Born to be The King · Narrator
- Judi Dench: Our National Treasure · Self
- 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
- 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
- Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale · Paulina
- Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC · Self
- 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
- National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage · Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
- Philomena · Philomena
- Muse of Fire · Self
- Vicious · Judi Dench (voice, uncredited)
- Talking Pictures · Self
- Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars · Self
- Skyfall · M
- Everything or Nothing · Self
- Stars in Shorts · Mary
- The Hollow Crown · Cecily
- Run For Your Wife · Bag Lady
- The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · Evelyn Greenslade
- My Week with Marilyn · Dame Sybil Thorndike
- J. Edgar · Anna Marie Hoover
- Friend Request Pending · Mary
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides · Society Lady
- Into the Woods · The Giant (Voice)
- Jane Eyre · Mrs. Fairfax
- James Bond Supports International Women's Day · M (Voice)
- Nine · Lilli
- Rage · Mona Carvell
- Live from Studio Five · Self
- Quantum of Solace · M
- Cranford · Miss Matilda Jenkyns
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Notes on a Scandal · Barbara Covett
- Casino Royale · M
- Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck · Miss Lilly (Voice)
- The One Show · Self