Judi Dench
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.
Acted in
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024
as Self
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
2023
as Self
The Coronation Concert
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Allelujah
2023
as Mary
Spirited
2022
as Dame Judi Dench
Quintessentially British
2022
as Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022
as Self
Born to be The King
2022
as Narrator
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self (archive footage)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
Belfast
2021
as Granny
Being James Bond
2021
as M (archive footage)
Off the Rails
2021
as Diana
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Blithe Spirit
2020
as Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Miss Rocholl
Staged
2020
as Judi
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Commander Root
Cats
2019
as Old Deuteronomy
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
2019
as Herself
All Is True
2018
as Anne Shakespeare
Red Joan
2018
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo
2018
as Mother of Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017
as Self
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Queen Victoria
Tulip Fever
2017
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
as Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
Spectre
2015
as M (uncredited)
The Vote
2015
as Christine Metcalfe
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
as Mrs. Silver
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Portrait Artist of the Year
2013
as Themselves
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena
2013
as Philomena
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Vicious
2013
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Skyfall
2012
as M
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
Stars In Shorts
2012
as Mary
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Cecily
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Bag Lady
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Evelyn Greenslade
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar
2011
as Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending
2011
as Mary
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Society Lady
Into the Woods
2011
as The Giant (voice)
Jane Eyre
2011
as Mrs. Fairfax
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011
as M (voice)
Nine
2009
as Lilli
Rage
2009
as Mona Carvell
Quantum of Solace
2008
as M
Cranford
2007
as Miss Matilda Jenkyns
Cranford
2007
as Self/Miss Matty Jenkins
Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Barbara Covett
Casino Royale
2006
as M
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail
2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Doogal
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Catherine de Bourgh
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
2005
as Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Ursula
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
A Dairy Tale
2004
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Aereon
Home on the Range
2004
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Bugs!
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
as Self
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002
as Self
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
Die Another Day
2002
as M
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as M (archive footage)
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Lady Bracknell
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
as self
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
The Shipping News
2001
as Agnis Hamm
Iris
2001
as Iris Murdoch
Angelina Ballerina
2001
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Chocolat
2000
as Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
as Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Elizabeth
The World Is Not Enough
1999
as M
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Arabella
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as M
Mrs Brown
1997
as Queen Victoria
Hamlet
1996
as Hecuba
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
GoldenEye
1995
as M
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Margaret
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
Middlemarch
1994
As Time Goes By
1992
as Jean Pargetter
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992
as Narrator
Absolute Hell
1991
as Christine Foskett
Performance
1991
as Christine Foskett
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
as Anne
Henry V
1989
as Mistress Quickly
Behaving Badly
1989
as Bridget Mayor
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mrs. Beaver
Going Live!
1987
as Self
Ghosts
1987
as Helene Alving
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Nora Doel
Make and Break
1987
as Mrs. Rogers
A Room with a View
1986
as Eleanor Lavish
The Browning Version
1985
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Dorrie Edgehill
Theatre Night
1985
Theatre Night
1985
as Helene Alving
Wetherby
1985
as Marcia Pilborough
The Angelic Conversation
1985
as (voice)
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
1983
as Barbara Dean
A Fine Romance
1981
as Laura Dalton
The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently
1981
as Sister Scarli
Love in a Cold Climate
1980
as Aunt Sadie
Village Wooing
1979
as Z
On Giant's Shoulders
1979
as Hazel Wiles
Macbeth
1979
as Lady Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Adriana
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
as Imogen Langrishe
My Homeland
1976
as Reader
Dead Cert
1974
as Laura Davidson
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
as Sister Scarli
Luther
1974
as Katharina
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Titania
Ooh La La!
1968
as Amélie
Talking to a Stranger
1966
as Terry Stevens - Daughter
Four in the Morning
1965
as Wife ("Judi")
A Study in Terror
1965
as Sally
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
as Joanne
The Third Secret
1964
as Miss Ada Humphries
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Anya
An Age of Kings
1960
An Age of Kings
1960
as Katherine
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter/Winner
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self