Judi Dench
Acting
Born: December 9, 1934 (age 91) · York, North Yorkshire, England
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Skyfall
2012
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
Casino Royale
2006
Spectre
2015
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Pride & Prejudice
2005
Quantum of Solace
2008
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
GoldenEye
1995
Die Another Day
2002
Chocolat
2000
Photos (8)
Movies (100)
Pride & Prejudice
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Society Lady
Spectre
M (uncredited)
Casino Royale
M
Die Another Day
M
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Avocet
Shakespeare in Love
Queen Elizabeth
Skyfall
M
Quantum of Solace
M
Tulip Fever
The Abbess of St. Ursula
GoldenEye
M
Tomorrow Never Dies
M
Chocolat
Armande Voizin
Home on the Range
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Cats
Old Deuteronomy
Murder on the Orient Express
Princess Dragomiroff
The World Is Not Enough
M
Notes on a Scandal
Barbara Covett
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Fridge (voice)
My Week with Marilyn
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Philomena
Philomena
Belfast
Granny
Artemis Fowl
Commander Root
A Room with a View
Eleanor Lavish
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria
Spirited
Dame Judi Dench
J. Edgar
Anna Marie Hoover
The Shipping News
Agnis Hamm
The Chronicles of Riddick
Aereon
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
Ladies in Lavender
Ursula
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mrs. Silver
Iris
Iris Murdoch
Hamlet
Hecuba
Mrs Brown
Queen Victoria
Nine
Lilli
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
Tea with Mussolini
Arabella
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Laura Henderson
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
Red Joan
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
84 Charing Cross Road
Nora Doel
Allelujah
Mary
Absolute Hell
Christine Foskett
All Is True
Anne Shakespeare
Jack & Sarah
Margaret
A Study in Terror
Sally
Henry V
Mistress Quickly
Born to be The King
Narrator
Six Minutes to Midnight
Miss Rocholl
A Handful of Dust
Mrs. Beaver
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Dorrie Edgehill
Doogal
Narrator (voice)
Into the Woods
The Giant (voice)
My Homeland
Reader
Four in the Morning
Wife ("Judi")
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Paulina
Off the Rails
Diana
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
Going Gently
Sister Scarli
Luther
Katharina
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Elizabeth
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Anne
Friend Request Pending
Mary
The Browning Version
Millie Crocker-Harris
A Dairy Tale
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Barbara Dean
Run For Your Wife
Bag Lady
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Wetherby
Marcia Pilborough
The Cherry Orchard
Mme. Ranevsky
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
Miss Lilly (voice)
The Vote
Christine Metcalfe
Bugs!
Narrator (voice)
Ghosts
Helene Alving
Joke
2026
Make and Break
Mrs. Rogers
The Angelic Conversation
(voice)
The Comedy of Errors
Adriana
He Who Rides a Tiger
Joanne
Stars in Shorts
Mary
The Third Secret
Miss Ada Humphries
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Miss Lilly (voice)
Palo Santo
Mother of Palo Santo
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Miss Lilly (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
Anya
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Narrator
Dead Cert
Laura Davidson
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Miss Lilly (voice)
Rage
Mona Carvell
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Miss Lilly (voice)
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
M (voice)
Langrishe, Go Down
Imogen Langrishe
On Giant's Shoulders
Hazel Wiles
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Miss Lilly (voice)
TV Shows (30)
The South Bank Show
1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Elizabeth Moris · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Helen Payle · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Z · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Valentine Wannop · 3 eps
Theatre 625
Terry Stevens · 4 eps
Playhouse
Sister Scarli · 1 eps
Performance
Christine Foskett · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Imogen Langrishe · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Helen Wiles · 1 eps
The Hollow Crown
Cecily · 1 eps
Cranford
Miss Matilda Jenkyns · 7 eps
As Time Goes By
Jean Pargetter · 67 eps
Screen One
Anne · 1 eps
Staged
Judi · 1 eps
An Age of Kings
Katherine of Valois · 2 eps
Detective
Charlotte Revel · 1 eps
Theatre Night
1985
Theatre Night
Helene Alving · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Mrs Rogers · 1 eps
Ooh La La!
Amélie · 1 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
Vicious
Judi Dench (voice, uncredited) · 1 eps
Comic Relief
1 eps
Angelina Ballerina
Miss Lilly (voice) · 39 eps
Middlemarch
1 eps
A Fine Romance
Laura Dalton · 26 eps
Talking to a Stranger
Terry Stevens - Daughter · 4 eps
Behaving Badly
Bridget Mayor · 4 eps
Love in a Cold Climate
Aunt Sadie · 8 eps
Self / Appearances (54)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 15 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Winner · 1 eps
Countryfile
Self · 2 eps
Omnibus
Self - Reading Poetry · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 7 eps
Parkinson
Self · 2 eps
An Audience with...
Self · 4 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Going Live!
Self · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest / Performer · 1 eps
Parkinson
Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 eps
Remembers…
Self · 2 eps
The BAFTA Awards
Self · 1 eps
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self · 1 eps
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self · 3 eps
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
Muse of Fire
Self
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Self - Narrator (voice)
Bond Girls Are Forever
Herself
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 eps
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
The Big Night In
Self
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Self
Everything or Nothing
Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Self
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Self · 2 eps
Quintessentially British
Self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Self
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Self
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
Best Ever Bond
Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Self
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self (archive footage)
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Self
The Twelfth Night Reunion
Self - Performer
