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.
Known for
Acting181
movieThe Magic Faraway Tree
2026
The Fridge (voice)
movieMCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Self - Actress (archive footage)
movieSpirited
2022
Dame Judi Dench
movieBorn to be The King
2022
Narrator
movieJudi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
Self (archive footage)
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieBelfast
2021
Granny
movieThe Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
movieBlithe Spirit
2020
Madame Arcati
movieSix Minutes to Midnight
2020
Miss Rocholl
tvStaged
2020
Judi
movieArtemis Fowl
2020
Commander Root
movieCats
2019
Old Deuteronomy
movieAll Is True
2018
Anne Shakespeare
movieRed Joan
2018
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
moviePalo Santo
2018
Mother of Palo Santo
movieMurder on the Orient Express
2017
Princess Dragomiroff
movieVictoria & Abdul
2017
Queen Victoria
movieTulip Fever
2017
The Abbess of St. Ursula
movieShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
Self - Performer
movieDames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Self (archive material)
movieSpectre
2015
M (uncredited)
movieThe Vote
2015
Christine Metcalfe
movieThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Evelyn Greenslade
movieRoald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
Mrs. Silver
movieSix by Sondheim
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieNational Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
moviePhilomena
2013
Philomena
tvVicious
2013
Judi Dench (voice, uncredited)
tvTalking Pictures
2013
Self (archive footage)
tvThe Hollow Crown
2012
Cecily
movieRun For Your Wife
2012
Bag Lady
movieThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
Evelyn Greenslade
movieMy Week with Marilyn
2011
Dame Sybil Thorndike
movieJ. Edgar
2011
Anna Marie Hoover
movieInto the Woods
2011
The Giant (voice)
movieJane Eyre
2011
Mrs. Fairfax
movieNine
2009
Lilli
movieRage
2009
Mona Carvell
tvCranford
2007
Miss Matilda Jenkyns
movieNotes on a Scandal
2006
Barbara Covett
movieAngelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006
Miss Lilly (voice)
movieDoogal
2006
Narrator (voice)
moviePride & Prejudice
2005
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
movieMrs. Henderson Presents
2005
Mrs. Laura Henderson
movieAngelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005
Miss Lilly (voice)
movieAngelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
2005
Miss Lilly (voice)
movieAngelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
Miss Lilly (voice)
movieA Dairy Tale
2004
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
movieHome on the Range
2004
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
movieBugs!
2003
Narrator (voice)
movieAngelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
2003
Miss Lilly (voice)
movieThe Importance of Being Earnest
2002
Lady Bracknell
movieRichard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
movieThe Shipping News
2001
Agnis Hamm
movieIris
2001
Iris Murdoch
tvAngelina Ballerina
2001
Miss Lilly (voice)
movieChocolat
2000
Armande Voizin
movieInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieTea with Mussolini
1999
Arabella
movieShakespeare in Love
1998
Queen Elizabeth
movieHey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieMrs Brown
1997
Queen Victoria
movieHamlet
1996
Hecuba
movieJack & Sarah
1995
Margaret
tvAs Time Goes By
1992
Jean Pargetter
movieAbsolute Hell
1991
Christine Foskett
tvPerformance
1991
Christine Foskett
movieHenry V
1989
Mistress Quickly
tvScreen One
1989
Anne
tvBehaving Badly
1989
Bridget Mayor
movieA Handful of Dust
1988
Mrs. Beaver
movieGhosts
1987
Helene Alving
movie84 Charing Cross Road
1987
Nora Doel
movieMake and Break
1987
Mrs. Rogers
movieA Room with a View
1986
Eleanor Lavish
movieThe Browning Version
1985
Millie Crocker-Harris
movieMr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
Dorrie Edgehill
tvTheatre Night
1985
Helene Alving
movieWetherby
1985
Marcia Pilborough
movieSaigon: Year of the Cat
1983
Barbara Dean
tvA Fine Romance
1981
Laura Dalton
movieThe Cherry Orchard
1981
Mme. Ranevsky
movieGoing Gently
1981
Sister Scarli
tvLove in a Cold Climate
1980
Aunt Sadie
movieOn Giant's Shoulders
1979
Hazel Wiles
movieMacbeth
1979
Lady Macbeth
movieLangrishe, Go Down
1978
Imogen Langrishe
tvBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Imogen Langrishe / Helen Wiles
movieMy Homeland
1976
Reader
movieDead Cert
1974
Laura Davidson
tvPlayhouse
1974
Sister Scarli
movieLuther
1974
Katharina
tvOoh La La!
1968
Amélie
tvOmnibus
1967
Self - Reading Poetry
tvITV Playhouse
1967
Helen Payle / Z
tvTalking to a Stranger
1966
Terry Stevens - Daughter
movieFour in the Morning
1965
Wife ("Judi")
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Elizabeth Moris
tvTheatre 625
1964
Valentine Wannop / Terry Stevens
tvDetective
1964
Charlotte Revel
movieThe Third Secret
1964
Miss Ada Humphries
Festival
1963
Angela Thwaites
tvAn Age of Kings
1960
Katherine of Valois
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Presenter / Winner
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
Directing1
movieLook Back in Anger
1989
Director
Writing1
Hububb
1997
Writer