Judi Dench
Biography
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA 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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-12-09
Place of birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
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Cast
Chocolat
2000
7.00
Notes on a Scandal
2006
7.10
GoldenEye
1995
6.89
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
6.37
Nine
2009
5.50
Hamlet
1996
7.33
Shakespeare in Love
1998
6.86
Tea with Mussolini
1999
6.46
Jack & Sarah
1995
6.70
Henry V
1989
7.16
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
6.54
Quantum of Solace
2008
6.33
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
6.70
Pride & Prejudice
2005
8.06
The Shipping News
2001
6.38
A Room with a View
1986
6.90
Doogal
2006
4.90
A Dairy Tale
2004
5.14
Iris
2001
6.42
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
6.80
Ladies in Lavender
2004
6.40
Allelujah
2023
5.20
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
5.90
Rage
2009
3.45
Home on the Range
2004
6.06
Macbeth
1979
7.30
Casino Royale
2006
7.56
The World Is Not Enough
1999
6.28
Die Another Day
2002
6.00
A Study in Terror
1965
6.30
Skyfall
2012
7.30
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002
0.00
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
7.15
Bugs!
2003
6.20
Jane Eyre
2011
7.20
A Handful of Dust
1988
6.16
Mrs Brown
1997
6.74
The Coronation Concert
2023
6.00
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
7.00
My Week with Marilyn
2011
6.68
Dead Cert
1974
4.30
J. Edgar
2011
6.23
The Cherry Orchard
1962
8.00
The Cherry Orchard
1981
0.00
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
4.20
Ghosts
1987
0.00
Four in the Morning
1965
6.00
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
5.20
Wetherby
1985
6.00
Everything or Nothing
2012
7.13
Stars In Shorts
2012
4.67
Run For Your Wife
2012
4.40
Philomena
2013
7.35
Muse of Fire
2013
6.50
Absolute Hell
1991
5.70
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
5.96
Make and Break
1987
0.00
Tulip Fever
2017
6.52
Born to be The King
2022
7.00
Friend Request Pending
2011
7.70
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
6.67
Quintessentially British
2022
3.80
The Vote
2015
8.40
Spirited
2022
6.87
Best Ever Bond
2002
5.00
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
8.00
Village Wooing
1979
0.00
Spectre
2015
6.60
Going Gently
1981
5.00
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
7.25
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
10.00
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
4.60
Luther
1974
5.60
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
6.70
Victoria & Abdul
2017
6.90
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
7.00
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
0.00
My Homeland
1976
0.00
The Browning Version
1985
6.20
Red Joan
2018
6.66
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017
6.70
Six by Sondheim
2013
7.10
On Giant's Shoulders
1979
0.00
Artemis Fowl
2020
5.50
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
6.77
Palo Santo
2018
6.00
Cats
2019
4.07
All Is True
2018
6.06
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
0.00
The Third Secret
1964
6.10
The Angelic Conversation
1985
5.20
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.01
Blithe Spirit
2020
5.74
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
6.14
Into the Woods
2011
8.80
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
6.20
The Comedy of Errors
1978
8.80
Off the Rails
2021
6.00
Belfast
2021
7.06
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
6.00
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
0.00
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
5.50
