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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