Judi Dench
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Judi Dench
Self (archive footage)
... 2023
Mary
... 2023
Dame Judi Dench
... 2022
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Narrator
... 2022
Self (archive footage)
... 2022
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Granny
... 2021
M (archive footage)
... 2021
Diana
... 2021
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
... 2021
Madame Arcati
... 2020
Miss Rocholl
... 2020
Commander Root
... 2020
Old Deuteronomy
... 2019
Anne Shakespeare
... 2018
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
... 2018
Mother of Palo Santo
... 2018
Herself
... 2018
Herself
... 2017
Natalia Dragomiroff
... 2017
Queen Victoria
... 2017
The Abbess of St. Ursula
... 2017
... 2016
Miss Avocet
... 2016
Self - Performer
... 2016
... 2015
M (uncredited)
... 2015
Christine Metcalfe
... 2015
Evelyn Greenslade
... 2015
Mrs. Silver
... 2015
Self (archive footage)
... 2014
Self (archive footage)
... 2013
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
... 2013
Philomena
... 2013
Self
... 2013
... 2012
M
... 2012
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Mary
... 2012
Bag Lady
... 2012
Evelyn Greenslade
... 2012
Dame Sybil Thorndike
... 2011
Anna Marie Hoover
... 2011
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Society Lady
... 2011
The Giant (voice)
... 2011
Mrs. Fairfax
... 2011
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Lilli
... 2009
Mona Carvell
... 2009
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The Maiden Aunt
... 2007
Barbara Covett
... 2006
... 2006
Miss Lilly (voice)
... 2006
Narrator (voice)
... 2006
Catherine de Bourgh
... 2005
Mrs. Laura Henderson
... 2005
Miss Lilly (voice)
... 2005
... 2005
Miss Lilly (voice)
... 2004
Ursula
... 2004
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
... 2004
Aereon
... 2004
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
... 2004
Narrator (voice)
... 2003
Herself
... 2002
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Self
... 2002
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Herself
... 2002
Lady Bracknell
... 2002
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Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
... 2002
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Agnis Hamm
... 2001
Iris Murdoch
... 2001
Armande Voizin
... 2000
Narrator (voice)
... 2000
Elizabeth
... 2000
... 1999
Arabella
... 1999
... 1999
Queen Elizabeth
... 1998
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
... 1998
... 1998
... 1997
Queen Victoria
... 1997
Hecuba
... 1996
... 1995
... 1995
Margaret
... 1995
... 1992
Christine Foskett
... 1991
... 1990
Mistress Quickly
... 1989
Self (uncredited)
... 1988
Herself
... 1988
Mrs. Beaver
... 1988
Mrs. Alving
... 1987
Nora Doel
... 1987
Mrs. Rogers
... 1987
Eleanor Lavish
... 1986
Millie Crocker-Harris
... 1985
Dorrie Edgehill
... 1985
Marcia Pilborough
... 1985
(voice)
... 1985
Barbara Dean
... 1983
Mme. Ranevsky
... 1981
Sister Scarli
... 1981
Hazel Wiles
... 1979
Lady Macbeth
... 1979
Adriana
... 1978
Imogen Langrishe
... 1978
Reader
... 1976
Laura Davidson
... 1974
Katharina
... 1974
Titania
... 1968
Wife ("Judi")
... 1965
Joanne
... 1965
Sally
... 1965
Miss Ada Humphries
... 1964
Anya
... 1962