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 (99)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Society Lady
Pride & Prejudice
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Casino Royale
M
The Magic Faraway Tree
The Fridge (voice)
Skyfall
M
Murder on the Orient Express
Princess Dragomiroff
GoldenEye
M
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Avocet
Spectre
M (uncredited)
Die Another Day
M
The World Is Not Enough
M
Quantum of Solace
M
Tomorrow Never Dies
M
Home on the Range
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
Spirited
Dame Judi Dench
Notes on a Scandal
Barbara Covett
Chocolat
Armande Voizin
The Chronicles of Riddick
Aereon
J. Edgar
Anna Marie Hoover
Shakespeare in Love
Queen Elizabeth
Tulip Fever
The Abbess of St. Ursula
Artemis Fowl
Commander Root
My Week with Marilyn
Dame Sybil Thorndike
Cats
Old Deuteronomy
A Room with a View
Eleanor Lavish
Belfast
Granny
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria
Nine
Lilli
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
84 Charing Cross Road
Nora Doel
Red Joan
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
Ladies in Lavender
Ursula
Hamlet
Hecuba
Philomena
Philomena
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
Iris
Iris Murdoch
The Shipping News
Agnis Hamm
Six Minutes to Midnight
Miss Rocholl
Henry V
Mistress Quickly
A Handful of Dust
Mrs. Beaver
All Is True
Anne Shakespeare
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mrs. Silver
Mrs Brown
Queen Victoria
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Laura Henderson
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
Tea with Mussolini
Arabella
Jack & Sarah
Margaret
Joke
2026
A Study in Terror
Sally
Absolute Hell
Christine Foskett
Allelujah
Mary
Doogal
Narrator (voice)
My Homeland
Reader
The Third Secret
Miss Ada Humphries
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Bugs!
Narrator (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
Mme. Ranevsky
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
The Browning Version
Millie Crocker-Harris
Off the Rails
Diana
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Elizabeth
Stars in Shorts
Mary
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
Wetherby
Marcia Pilborough
A Dairy Tale
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
M (voice)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Dorrie Edgehill
Going Gently
Sister Scarli
Dead Cert
Laura Davidson
The Vote
Christine Metcalfe
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Miss Lilly (voice)
Into the Woods
The Giant (voice)
Run For Your Wife
Bag Lady
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Paulina
The Comedy of Errors
Adriana
Rage
Mona Carvell
Born to be The King
Narrator
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Langrishe, Go Down
Imogen Langrishe
Luther
Katharina
Friend Request Pending
Mary
Ghosts
Helene Alving
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Barbara Dean
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Miss Lilly (voice)
Four in the Morning
Wife ("Judi")
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Miss Lilly (voice)
He Who Rides a Tiger
Joanne
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Anne
The Angelic Conversation
(voice)
The Cherry Orchard
Anya
Make and Break
Mrs. Rogers
Palo Santo
Mother of Palo Santo
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Miss Lilly (voice)
On Giant's Shoulders
Hazel Wiles
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Narrator
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Miss Lilly (voice)
TV Shows (27)
BBC Play of the Month
Elizabeth Moris · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Helen Payle · 1 eps
ITV Playhouse
Z · 1 eps
Performance
Christine Foskett · 1 eps
Playhouse
Sister Scarli · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Valentine Wannop · 3 eps
Theatre 625
Terry Stevens · 4 eps
The Hollow Crown
Cecily · 1 eps
Screen One
Anne · 1 eps
As Time Goes By
Jean Pargetter · 67 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Imogen Langrishe · 1 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Helen Wiles · 1 eps
Detective
Charlotte Revel · 1 eps
Staged
Judi · 1 eps
Cranford
Miss Matilda Jenkyns · 7 eps
Vicious
Judi Dench (voice, uncredited) · 1 eps
An Age of Kings
Katherine of Valois · 2 eps
Angelina Ballerina
Miss Lilly (voice) · 39 eps
Ooh La La!
Amélie · 1 eps
Middlemarch
1 eps
Theatre Night
1 eps
Theatre Night
Helene Alving · 1 eps
A Fine Romance
Laura Dalton · 26 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
Love in a Cold Climate
Aunt Sadie · 8 eps
Behaving Badly
Bridget Mayor · 4 eps
Talking to a Stranger
Terry Stevens - Daughter · 4 eps
Self / Appearances (50)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 15 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Winner · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self - Reading Poetry · 1 eps
The One Show
Self · 1 eps
Countryfile
Self · 2 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
Remembers…
Self · 2 eps
The BAFTA Awards
Self · 1 eps
HBO First Look
Self · 1 eps
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self · 3 eps
Bond Girls Are Forever
Herself
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self · 1 eps
Everything or Nothing
Self
Muse of Fire
Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
The Big Night In
Self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
Best Ever Bond
Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Self
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Self · 2 eps
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Self - Narrator (voice)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
Self
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actress (archive footage)
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Self
Quintessentially British
Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 eps
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Self
