Judi Dench

Birthday:

12/09/1934

Place of birth:

York, North Yorkshire, England:

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.



Credits

The Coronation Concert (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Allelujah (2023)
Mary
Spirited (2022)
Dame Judi Dench
Quintessentially British (2022)
Self
Born to be The King (2022)
Narrator
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure (2022)
Self (archive footage)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth (2022)
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
Self
Belfast (2021)
Granny
Being James Bond (2021)
M (archive footage)
Off the Rails (2021)
Diana
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre (2021)
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Blithe Spirit (2020)
Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Miss Rocholl
Artemis Fowl (2020)
Commander Root
Cats (2019)
Old Deuteronomy
All Is True (2018)
Anne Shakespeare
Red Joan (2018)
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo (2018)
Mother of Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
Herself
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees (2017)
Herself
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Natalia Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Queen Victoria
Tulip Fever (2017)
The Abbess of St. Ursula
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage (2016)
Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
Self - Performer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
Paulina
Spectre (2015)
M (uncredited)
The Vote (2015)
Christine Metcalfe
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
Mrs. Silver
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
Self (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena (2013)
Philomena
Muse of Fire (2013)
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
Self
Skyfall (2012)
M
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Self
Stars In Shorts (2012)
Mary
Run For Your Wife (2012)
Bag Lady
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
Evelyn Greenslade
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar (2011)
Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending (2011)
Mary
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Society Lady
Into the Woods (2011)
The Giant (voice)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Mrs. Fairfax
James Bond Supports International Women's Day (2011)
M (voice)
Nine (2009)
Lilli
Rage (2009)
Mona Carvell
Quantum of Solace (2008)
M
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
The Maiden Aunt
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Barbara Covett
Casino Royale (2006)
M
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail (2006)
Miss Lilly (voice)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles (2006)
Doogal (2006)
Narrator (voice)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Catherine de Bourgh
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Mrs. Laura Henderson
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance (2005)
Miss Lilly (voice)
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom (2005)
Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On (2004)
Miss Lilly (voice)
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Ursula
A Dairy Tale (2004)
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Aereon
Home on the Range (2004)
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Bugs! (2003)
Narrator (voice)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (2002)
Herself
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre (2002)
Self
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen (2002)
Self
Die Another Day (2002)
M
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
Herself
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Lady Bracknell
Shaken and Stirred on Ice (2002)
Self
The Life of Shakespeare (2002)
self
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002)
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
The Shipping News (2001)
Agnis Hamm
Iris (2001)
Iris Murdoch
Chocolat (2000)
Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
Elizabeth
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
M
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Arabella
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years (1999)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998)
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007 (1998)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
M
Mrs Brown (1997)
Queen Victoria
Hamlet (1996)
Hecuba
Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995)
GoldenEye (1995)
M
Jack & Sarah (1995)
Margaret
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast (1995)
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 (1992)
Narrator
Absolute Hell (1991)
Christine Foskett
Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990)
Anne
Henry V (1989)
Mistress Quickly
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1988)
Self (uncredited)
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
Herself
A Handful of Dust (1988)
Mrs. Beaver
Ghosts (1987)
Mrs. Alving
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Nora Doel
Make and Break (1987)
Mrs. Rogers
A Room with a View (1986)
Eleanor Lavish
The Browning Version (1985)
Millie Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
Dorrie Edgehill
Wetherby (1985)
Marcia Pilborough
The Angelic Conversation (1985)
(voice)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat (1983)
Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently (1981)
Sister Scarli
On Giant's Shoulders (1979)
Hazel Wiles
Macbeth (1979)
Lady Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors (1978)
Adriana
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Imogen Langrishe
My Homeland (1976)
Reader
Dead Cert (1974)
Laura Davidson
Luther (1974)
Katharina
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Titania
Four in the Morning (1965)
Wife ("Judi")
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
Joanne
A Study in Terror (1965)
Sally
The Third Secret (1964)
Miss Ada Humphries
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Anya
Look Back in Anger (1989)
Director