Acting
Judi Dench
EN, DE cinema · 140 credits
Born
9 December 1934 (age 91)
Birthplace
York, North Yorkshire, England
Also known as Dame Judi Dench · Judy Dench · Judith Olivia Dench · Джудит Оливия Денч
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is a retired 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
Filmography
Joke
Actor
The Magic Faraway Tree
as The Fridge (voice)
The Twelfth Night Reunion
as Self - Performer
Allelujah
as Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Born to be The King
as Narrator
Spirited
as Dame Judi Dench
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self (archive footage)
Off the Rails
as Diana
Belfast
as Granny
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Artemis Fowl
as Commander Root
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Miss Rocholl
The Big Night In
as Self
Cats
as Old Deuteronomy
Red Joan
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo
as Mother of Palo Santo
All Is True
as Anne Shakespeare
Tulip Fever
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Murder on the Orient Express
as Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
as Queen Victoria
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mrs. Silver
The Vote
as Christine Metcalfe
Spectre
as M (uncredited)
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
Philomena
as Philomena
Muse of Fire
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
Stars in Shorts
as Mary
Run For Your Wife
as Bag Lady
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Society Lady
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
My Week with Marilyn
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar
as Anna Marie Hoover
Into the Woods
as The Giant (voice)
Nine
as Lilli
Rage
as Mona Carvell
Notes on a Scandal
as Barbara Covett
Doogal
as Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
as Miss Lilly (voice)
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Pride & Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
A Dairy Tale
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
as Ursula
Home on the Range
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Bugs!
as Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
as Miss Lilly (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Best Ever Bond
as Self
Bond Girls Are Forever
as Herself
The Shipping News
as Agnis Hamm
Iris
as Iris Murdoch
Chocolat
as Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Elizabeth
Tea with Mussolini
as Arabella
Shakespeare in Love
as Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Mrs Brown
as Queen Victoria
Hamlet
as Hecuba
Jack & Sarah
as Margaret
Absolute Hell
as Christine Foskett
Henry V
as Mistress Quickly
Look Back in Anger
Director
A Handful of Dust
as Mrs. Beaver
84 Charing Cross Road
as Nora Doel
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
Make and Break
as Mrs. Rogers
The Angelic Conversation
as (voice)
A Room with a View
as Eleanor Lavish
Wetherby
as Marcia Pilborough
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Dorrie Edgehill
The Browning Version
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard
as Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently
as Sister Scarli
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
On Giant's Shoulders
as Hazel Wiles
Langrishe, Go Down
as Imogen Langrishe
The Comedy of Errors
as Adriana
My Homeland
as Reader
Dead Cert
as Laura Davidson
Luther
as Katharina
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
A Study in Terror
as Sally
Four in the Morning
as Wife ("Judi")
He Who Rides a Tiger
as Joanne
The Third Secret
as Miss Ada Humphries
