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
Acting
2000
asArmande Voizin
2006
asBarbara Covett
1995
asM
1997
asM
2009
asLilli
1996
asHecuba
2011
asSociety Lady
1998
asQueen Elizabeth
1999
asArabella
1995
asMargaret
1989
asMistress Quickly
2004
asAereon
2008
asM
2005
asMrs. Laura Henderson
2005
asLady Catherine de Bourgh
2001
asAgnis Hamm
1986
asEleanor Lavish
2006
asNarrator (voice)
2004
asMrs. Calloway (voice)
2001
asIris Murdoch
2002
asLady Bracknell
2004
asUrsula
2023
asMary
2002
asM (archive footage)
2009
asMona Carvell
2004
asMrs. Caloway (voice)
1979
asLady Macbeth
2006
asM
2021
asM (archive footage)
1999
asM
2002
asM
1965
asSally
2012
asM
2002
asSelf
1987
asNora Doel
2003
asNarrator (voice)
2011
asMrs. Fairfax
1988
asMrs. Beaver
1997
asQueen Victoria
2005
asNarrator
1999
as
2023
asSelf (archive footage)
2012
asEvelyn Greenslade
2011
asDame Sybil Thorndike
2000
asNarrator (voice)
1974
asLaura Davidson
2002
asPerformer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
2011
asAnna Marie Hoover
1962
asAnya
1981
asMme. Ranevsky
1978
asImogen Langrishe
1987
asHelene Alving
1965
asWife ("Judi")
1988
asSelf
1985
asMarcia Pilborough
2012
asSelf
2012
asMary
2012
asBag Lady
2013
asPhilomena
1998
asDesiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
2013
asSelf
1991
asChristine Foskett
1968
asTitania
2005
asMiss Lilly (voice)
2006
asMiss Lilly (voice)
1987
asMrs. Rogers
2015
asEvelyn Greenslade
2017
asThe Abbess of St. Ursula
1988
asSelf (uncredited)
2022
asSelf
2022
asNarrator
2000
asElizabeth
2011
asMary
1992
asNarrator
2015
asMrs. Silver
2022
asSelf
2016
asMiss Avocet
2015
asChristine Metcalfe
2022
asDame Judi Dench
2002
asSelf
2022
asSelf (archive footage)
2022
asSelf
1979
asZ
2015
asM (uncredited)
2015
asPaulina
1981
asSister Scarli
2016
asSelf - Performer
1990
asAnne
1983
asBarbara Dean
2015
asSelf (archive material)
1974
asKatharina
2017
asPrincess Dragomiroff
2017
asQueen Victoria
2024
asSelf
2016
asSelf
1985
asDorrie Edgehill
2013
asCleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
2002
asSelf
1976
asReader
1985
asMillie Crocker-Harris
2011
asM (voice)
2018
asJoan Elizabeth Stanley
2017
asSelf
2013
asSelf (archive footage)
1979
asHazel Wiles
2020
asCommander Root
2018
asSelf
2018
asMother of Palo Santo
2019
asOld Deuteronomy
2018
asAnne Shakespeare
1965
asJoanne
1964
asMiss Ada Humphries
1985
as(voice)
2014
asSelf (archive footage)
2020
asMadame Arcati
2020
asMiss Rocholl
2011
asThe Giant (voice)
2012
asSelf
1978
asAdriana
2021
asDiana
2021
asGranny
2006
as
1995
asSelf
1995
asSelf
1998
as2002
asself
2002
asSelf
2002
asSelf
2021
asSelf - Preshow Announcement (voice)
2004
asMiss Lilly (voice)
2025
asSelf
asSelf
asJean Pargetter
asSelf
asJudi
asLaura Dalton
asTerry Stevens - Daughter
as
asMiss Matilda Jenkyns
asBridget Mayor
asSelf
asSelf
asAunt Sadie
asMiss Lilly (voice)
asSister Scarli
asSelf
as 
asSelf (archive footage)
asSelf
asAmélie
as
asSelf - Presenter/Winner
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
as
asSelf
asCecily
asSelf - Guest
asSelf
asHerself
asChristine Foskett
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asHelene Alving
asSelf
asSelf - Reading Poetry
asKatherine of Valois
asElizabeth Moris
asImogen Langrishe
asHelen Wiles
asCharlotte Revel
asAngela Thwaites
Production
Crew
Directing
1989
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