Biography
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.
Filmography
all 187
Movies 146
self 55
TV Shows 41
Narrator 9
Voice 3
Writer 1
Director 1
The Coronation Concert (2023)
Allelujah (2023)
Spirited (2022)
Quintessentially British (2022)
Louis Theroux Interviews (2022)
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2022)
Born to be The King (2022)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure (2022)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth (2022)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends (2022)
Belfast (2021)
Being James Bond (2021)
Off the Rails (2021)
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre (2021)
Blithe Spirit (2020)
Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
Artemis Fowl (2020)
Staged (2020)
Cats (2019)
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure (2019)
All Is True (2018)
Red Joan (2018)
Palo Santo (2018)
Nothing Like a Dame (2018)
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Victoria & Abdul (2017)
Tulip Fever (2017)
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage (2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016)
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale (2015)
Spectre (2015)
The Vote (2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot (2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Six by Sondheim (2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage (2013)
Philomena (2013)
Muse of Fire (2013)
Hugh Laurie: Copper Bottom Blues (2013)
Vicious (2013)
Talking Pictures (2013)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars (2012)
Skyfall (2012)
Everything or Nothing (2012)
Bond on Location (2012)
Stars In Shorts (2012)
The Hollow Crown (2012)
Simon Schama's Shakespeare (2012)
Run For Your Wife (2012)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
J. Edgar (2011)
Friend Request Pending (2011)
Angelina Ballerina: Ballet Dreams (2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
Into the Woods (2011)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Behind the Britcoms: From Script to Screen (2011)
James Bond Supports International Women's Day (2011)
Nine (2009)
Rage (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
An Audience with Neil Diamond (2008)
Cranford (2007)
Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket (2007)
Killers Kill, Dead Men Die (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Casino Royale (2006)
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles (2006)
Doogal (2006)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance (2005)
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom (2005)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On (2004)
Ladies in Lavender (2004)
Who Do You Think You Are? (2004)
A Dairy Tale (2004)
Peace One Day (2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Home on the Range (2004)
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Little Patch Of Heaven (2004)
Bugs! (2003)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action! (2003)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (2002)
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre (2002)
Best Ever Bond (2002)
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen (2002)
Die Another Day (2002)
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002)
Angelina Ballerina - Rose Fairy Princess (2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Angelina Ballerina: The Magic of Dance (2002)
Shaken and Stirred on Ice (2002)
The Life of Shakespeare (2002)
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (2002)
The Shipping News (2001)
Iris (2001)
Angelina Ballerina (2001)
Chocolat (2000)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
The Bond Cocktail (1999)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years (1999)
The World Is Not Enough: The Making of a Blockbuster (1999)
The Bear (1998)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998)
Highly Classified: The World of 007 (1998)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Mrs Brown (1997)
Hububb (1997)
Hamlet (1996)
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (1996)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files (1995)
GoldenEye (1995)
Jack & Sarah (1995)
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast (1995)
Middlemarch (1994)
As Time Goes By (1992)
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 (1992)
Pebble Mill (1991)
Absolute Hell (1991)
Performance (1991)
Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990)
Look Back in Anger (1989)
Henry V (1989)
Behaving Badly (1989)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (1988)
An Audience With Victoria Wood (1988)
A Handful of Dust (1988)
Going Live! (1987)
Ghosts (1987)
84 Charing Cross Road (1987)
Make and Break (1987)
A Room with a View (1986)
The Browning Version (1985)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985)
Theatre Night (1985)
Wetherby (1985)
The Angelic Conversation (1985)
Playing Shakespeare (1984)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat (1983)
A Fine Romance (1981)
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
Going Gently (1981)
Love in a Cold Climate (1980)
The Shock of the New (1980)
The Shock of the New (1980)
On Giant's Shoulders (1979)
Macbeth (1979)
The Comedy of Errors (1978)
Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
An Audience with... (1978)
BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
My Homeland (1976)
Dead Cert (1974)
Playhouse (1974)
Luther (1974)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Ooh La La! (1968)
Talking to a Stranger (1966)
Four in the Morning (1965)
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Theatre 625 (1964)
The Third Secret (1964)
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
An Age of Kings (1960)
Tony Awards (1956)
The Oscars (1953)
The Bear
Skyfall: Shooting Bond
Macbeth
Saigon—Year of the Cat
The Making of 'GoldenEye': A Video Journal
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1934-12-09 (89 years old)
Birth NameJudith Olivia Dench
Birth PlaceYork, United Kingdom
RelationshipsMichael Williams (1971-01-01 - 2001-01-01)
ChildrenFinty Williams
FatherReginald Arthur Dench
MotherEleonora Olive Jones
SiblingsJeffery Dench
RelativesRebekah Elmaloglou, Sebastian Elmaloglou
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom
Also Known AsДжуди Денч, 주디 덴치, Dame Judi Dench, Judy Dench, Judith Olivia Dench
AwardsCritics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Society of London Theatre Special Award, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Academy Fellowship Award, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award, IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award, Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress, Praemium Imperiale, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Laurence Olivier Award, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, honorary doctor of Harvard University, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, honorary degree of the University of Leeds
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