Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Birthdate
December 9, 1934 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
December 9, 1934 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Known For
Acting

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.

Judi Dench's LGBTQ+ Titles

Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria
Philomena
Philomena
Philomena

Acting (170)

2024
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple as Self
2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius as Self (3 episodes)
2023
The Coronation Concert as Self (archive footage)
2023
Allelujah as Mary
2022
Spirited as Dame Judi Dench
2022
Quintessentially British as Self
2022
Louis Theroux Interviews as Self (1 episode)
2022
Born to be The King as Narrator
2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure as Self (archive footage)
2022
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth as Self
2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
2021
Belfast as Granny
2021
Being James Bond as M (archive footage)
2021
Off the Rails as Diana
2021
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
2020
Blithe Spirit as Madame Arcati
2020
Six Minutes to Midnight as Miss Rocholl
2020
Staged as Judi (1 episode)
2020
Artemis Fowl as Commander Root
2019
Cats as Old Deuteronomy
2019
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure as Herself (2 episodes)
2018
All Is True as Anne Shakespeare
2018
Red Joan as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
2018
Palo Santo as Mother of Palo Santo
2018
Nothing Like a Dame as Self
2017
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees as Self
2017
Murder on the Orient Express as Natalia Dragomiroff
2017
Victoria & Abdul as Queen Victoria
2017
Tulip Fever as The Abbess of St. Ursula
2016
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage as Self
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children as Miss Avocet
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Self - Performer
2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale as Paulina
2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive material)
2015
Spectre as M (uncredited)
2015
The Vote as Christine Metcalfe
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Evelyn Greenslade
2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot as Mrs. Silver
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
2013
Six by Sondheim as Self (archive footage)
2013
Portrait Artist of the Year as Themselves (1 episode)
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
2013
Philomena as Philomena
2013
Muse of Fire as Self
2013
Vicious (1 episode)
2013
Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars as Self
2012
Skyfall as M
2012
Everything or Nothing as Self
2012
Stars In Shorts as Mary
2012
The Hollow Crown as Cecily (1 episode)
2012
Run For Your Wife as Bag Lady
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel as Evelyn Greenslade
2011
My Week with Marilyn as Dame Sybil Thorndike
2011
J. Edgar as Anna Marie Hoover
2011
Friend Request Pending as Mary
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Society Lady
2011
Into the Woods as The Giant (voice)
2011
Jane Eyre as Mrs. Fairfax
2011
James Bond Supports International Women's Day as M (voice)
2009
Nine as Lilli
2009
Rage as Mona Carvell
2009
Live from Studio Five as Self (1 episode)
2008
Quantum of Solace as M
2007
Cranford as Miss Matilda Jenkyns (7 episodes)
2007
Cranford as Self/Miss Matty Jenkins (1 episode)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (13 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2006
Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett
2006
Casino Royale as M
2006
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail as Miss Lilly (voice)
2006
The One Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Doogal as Narrator (voice)
2005
Pride & Prejudice as Catherine de Bourgh
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents as Mrs. Laura Henderson
2005
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance as Miss Lilly (voice)
2005
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom as Narrator
2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On as Miss Lilly (voice)
2004
Ladies in Lavender as Ursula
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2004
A Dairy Tale as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick as Aereon
2004
Home on the Range as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
2003
Bugs! as Narrator (voice)
2002
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute as Self
2002
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre as Self
2002
Best Ever Bond as Self
2002
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen as Self
2002
Die Another Day as M
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever as M (archive footage)
2002
Top Gear as M (archive footage) (1 episode)
2002
The Importance of Being Earnest as Lady Bracknell
2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
2002
Shaken and Stirred on Ice as Self
2002
The Life of Shakespeare as self
2001
The Shipping News as Agnis Hamm
2001
Iris as Iris Murdoch
2001
Angelina Ballerina as Miss Lilly (voice) (39 episodes)
2000
Chocolat as Armande Voizin
2000
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport as Narrator (voice)
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Elizabeth
1999
The World Is Not Enough as M
1999
Tea with Mussolini as Arabella
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1998
Shakespeare in Love as Queen Elizabeth
1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
1998
Parkinson as Self (2 episodes)
1998
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1997
Tomorrow Never Dies as M
1997
Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria
1996
Hamlet as Hecuba
1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files as Self
1995
GoldenEye as M
1995
Jack & Sarah as Margaret
1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast as Self
1994
Middlemarch (1 episode)
1992
As Time Goes By as Jean Pargetter (67 episodes)
1992
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 as Narrator
1991
Pebble Mill as Self (1 episode)
1991
Absolute Hell as Christine Foskett
1991
Performance as Christine Foskett (1 episode)
1990
Can You Hear Me Thinking? as Anne
1989
Henry V as Mistress Quickly
1989
Behaving Badly as Bridget Mayor (4 episodes)
1988
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage as Self (uncredited)
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood as Self
1988
A Handful of Dust as Mrs. Beaver
1987
Going Live! as Self (1 episode)
1987
Ghosts as Mrs. Alving
1987
84 Charing Cross Road as Nora Doel
1987
Make and Break as Mrs. Rogers
1985
The Browning Version as Millie Crocker-Harris
1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill as Dorrie Edgehill
1985
A Room with a View as Eleanor Lavish
1985
Theatre Night (1 episode)
1985
Wetherby as Marcia Pilborough
1985
The Angelic Conversation as (voice)
1984
Playing Shakespeare (9 episodes)
1983
Saigon: Year Of The Cat as Barbara Dean
1981
A Fine Romance as Laura Dalton (26 episodes)
1981
The Cherry Orchard as Mme. Ranevsky
1981
Going Gently as Sister Scarli
1980
Love in a Cold Climate as Aunt Sadie (8 episodes)
1979
Village Wooing as Z
1979
On Giant's Shoulders as Hazel Wiles
1979
Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
1978
The Comedy of Errors as Adriana
1978
Langrishe, Go Down as Imogen Langrishe
1978
An Audience with... as Self (4 episodes)
1976
My Homeland as Reader
1974
Dead Cert as Laura Davidson
1974
Playhouse (1 episode)
1974
Playhouse as Sister Scarli (3 episodes)
1974
Luther as Katharina
1968
A Midsummer Night's Dream as Titania
1968
Ooh La La! as Amélie (1 episode)
1966
Talking to a Stranger as Terry Stevens - Daughter (4 episodes)
1965
Four in the Morning as Wife ("Judi")
1965
A Study in Terror as Sally
1965
He Who Rides a Tiger as Joanne
1964
The Third Secret as Miss Ada Humphries
1962
The Cherry Orchard as Anya
1960
An Age of Kings (2 episodes)
1960
An Age of Kings as Katherine (15 episodes)
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter/Winner (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (7 episodes)
1949
The BAFTA Awards as Self (1 episode)

Directing (1)

1989
Look Back in Anger • Director
• Director

Writing (1)

1997
Hububb • Writer (63 episodes)
• Writer (63 episodes)