Judi Dench
Acting
🎂 1934-12-09
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.
Cast credits(173)
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self
2014
Self
2006
Self - Presenter/Winner
1956
Self
1988
Self - Reading Poetry
1967
Society Lady
2011
Elizabeth Moris
1965
Self
1978
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2005
M
2006
Sister Scarli
1974
Miss Avocet
2016
Self
2004
M
2012
Self
1998
Self
1953
M
1995
M (uncredited)
2015
M
2002
Christine Foskett
1991
M
2008
Princess Dragomiroff
2017
M
1997
M
1999
Imogen Langrishe
1977
Helen Wiles
1977
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
2004
Cecily
2012
Self
1987
2013
Self
1991
Jean Pargetter
1992
Self
1949
Judi
2020
Self (archive footage)
2013
Angela Thwaites
1963
Old Deuteronomy
2019
Commander Root
2020
Anna Marie Hoover
2011
The Abbess of St. Ursula
2017
Mrs. Fairfax
2011
Queen Elizabeth
1998
Aereon
2004
2006
Charlotte Revel
1964
Self (archive footage)
2014
Miss Matilda Jenkyns
2007
Hecuba
1996
Dame Judi Dench
2022
Armande Voizin
2000
Dame Sybil Thorndike
2011
Granny
2021
Amélie
1968
Barbara Covett
2006
Mistress Quickly
1989
Eleanor Lavish
1986
Evelyn Greenslade
2015
Lilli
2009
Lady Bracknell
2002
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
2018
Agnis Hamm
2001
Ursula
2004
Iris Murdoch
2001
Evelyn Greenslade
2012
Nora Doel
1987
Philomena
2013
Katherine of Valois
1960
Queen Victoria
2017
Mrs. Silver
2015
1984
M (archive footage)
2002
1994
Miss Lilly (voice)
2001
Mary
2012
Mrs. Laura Henderson
2005
Madame Arcati
2020
Millie Crocker-Harris
1985
Self
2012
Self (archive footage)
2013
Anne Shakespeare
2018
Miss Rocholl
2020
Self
2002
Self
2018
Self
1995
Marcia Pilborough
1985
Self
2023
Laura Davidson
1974
Arabella
1999
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
1998
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
2013
Aunt Sadie
1980
Anya
1962
Self
2012
Bag Lady
2012
Narrator (voice)
2006
Hazel Wiles
1979
1985
Helene Alving
1985
Self
2016
Queen Victoria
1997
Self
2002
Self (archive footage)
2023
1998
Joanne
1965
Self
1995
Narrator (voice)
2000
Mrs. Beaver
1988
Self
1988
Self
2025
Miss Ada Humphries
1964
Dorrie Edgehill
1985
Christine Metcalfe
2015
Mme. Ranevsky
1981
Self
2022
Lady Macbeth
1979
Self - Performer
2016
Katharina
1974
Sally
1965
Titania
1968
Self (archive footage)
2022
Bridget Mayor
1989
Self (archive material)
2015
Barbara Dean
1983
Self
2022
Mona Carvell
2009
Self
2013
Mary
2023
Paulina
2015
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
2002
Elizabeth
2000
Miss Lilly (voice)
2006
Miss Lilly (voice)
2004
Christine Foskett
1991
Self
2022
Diana
2021
Imogen Langrishe
1978
Self (uncredited)
1988
Margaret
1995
Anne
1990
Narrator
1992
Laura Dalton
1981
Terry Stevens - Daughter
1966
Narrator (voice)
2003
Self
2002
Mary
2011
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
2021
Reader
1976
Helene Alving
1987
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
2004
Adriana
1978
(voice)
1987
Mrs. Rogers
1987
The Giant (voice)
2011
Wife ("Judi")
1965
Self
2009
Mother of Palo Santo
2018
Self
2022
Herself
2019
Self
Sister Scarli
1981
Miss Lilly (voice)
2005
Self
2024
1999
M (voice)
2011
Narrator
2022
Self
2002
Self
2017
Self
2002
Z
1979
self
2002
Narrator
2005
