
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.
Acting (121 movies)

Chocolat
2000

Notes on a Scandal
2006

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997

GoldenEye
1995

Nine
2009

Hamlet
1996

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011

Shakespeare in Love
1998

Tea with Mussolini
1999

Jack & Sarah
1995

Henry V
1989

The Chronicles of Riddick
2004

Quantum of Solace
2008

Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005

Pride & Prejudice
2005

The Shipping News
2001

A Room with a View
1986

Doogal
2006

A Dairy Tale
2004

Iris
2001

The Importance of Being Earnest
2002

Ladies in Lavender
2004

Allelujah
2023

Rage
2009

Home on the Range
2004

Macbeth
1979

Casino Royale
2006

The World Is Not Enough
1999

Die Another Day
2002

A Study in Terror
1965

Skyfall
2012

84 Charing Cross Road
1987

Bugs!
2003

Jane Eyre
2011

A Handful of Dust
1988

Mrs Brown
1997

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999

The Coronation Concert
2023

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012

My Week with Marilyn
2011

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000

Dead Cert
1974

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002

J. Edgar
2011

The Cherry Orchard
1962

The Cherry Orchard
1981

Langrishe, Go Down
1978

Ghosts
1987

Four in the Morning
1965

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988

Wetherby
1985

Everything or Nothing
2012

Stars In Shorts
2012

Run For Your Wife
2012

Philomena
2013

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998

Muse of Fire
2013

Absolute Hell
1991

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968

Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006

Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005

Make and Break
1987

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015

Tulip Fever
2017

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988

I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022

Born to be The King
2022

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000

Friend Request Pending
2011

J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015

Quintessentially British
2022

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016

The Vote
2015

Spirited
2022

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022

Spectre
2015

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015

Going Gently
1981

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016

Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990

Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015

Luther
1974

Murder on the Orient Express
2017

Victoria & Abdul
2017

Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013

Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002

My Homeland
1976

The Browning Version
1985

James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011

Red Joan
2018

Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017

Six by Sondheim
2013

On Giant's Shoulders
1979

Artemis Fowl
2020
Directing (1 movie)
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