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Judi Dench
Actor, Director
Born December 9, 1934 (87 years)
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
| 2021 | Belfast · as Granny |
| 2021 | Off the Rails · as Diana |
| 2021 | Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story · as M (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl · as Commander Root |
| 2020 | Six Minutes to Midnight · as Miss Rocholl |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit · as Madame Arcati |
| 2020 | Staged (TV Series) · as Judi |
| 2019 | Cats · as Old Deuteronomy |
| 2018 | Red Joan · as Joan Elizabeth Stanley |
| 2018 | All Is True · as Anne Shakespeare |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever · as The Abbess of St. Ursula |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Natalia Dragomiroff |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul · as Queen Victoria |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children · as Miss Avocet |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC · as Unknown |
| 2015 | Spectre · as M (uncredited) |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Evelyn Greenslade |
| 2015 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale · as Paulina |
| 2015 | Esio Trot · as Mrs. Silver |
| 2013 | Philomena · as Philomena |
| 2013 | Fifty Years on Stage · as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt |
| 2013 | Vicious (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2013 | Angelina Ballerina: Rose Fairy Princess · as Miss Lilly |
| 2012 | Skyfall · as M |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts · as Mary |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife · as Bag Lady |
| 2012 | Friend Request Pending · as Mary |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown (TV Series) · as Cecily |
| 2012 | Katie (2012) (TV Series) · as Philomena |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Behind the Story: Lights, Colours and Smiles · as Evelyn Greenslade |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides · as Society Lady |
| 2011 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel · as Evelyn Greenslade |
| 2011 | Into the Woods · as The Giant (voice) |
| 2011 | Angelina Ballerina: Ballet Dreams · as Miss Lilly |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre · as Mrs. Fairfax |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn · as Dame Sybil Thorndike |
| 2011 | J. Edgar · as Anna Marie Hoover |
| 2009 | Nine · as Lilli |
| 2009 | Rage · as Mona Carvell |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace · as M |
| 2007 | Angelina Ballerina: The Silver Locket · as Miss Lilly |
| 2007 | Cranford (TV Series) · as Miss Matilda Jenkyns |
| 2007 | The 79th Annual Academy Awards · as Barbara Covett |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal · as Barbara Covett |
| 2006 | Casino Royale · as M |
| 2006 | Dougal: American Edition · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail · as Miss Lilly |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice · as Lady Catherine de Bourgh |
| 2005 | We Become Silent · as Narrator |
| 2005 | Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance · as Miss Lilly |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson Presents · as Mrs. Laura Henderson |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick · as Aereon |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender · as Ursula |
| 2004 | Home on the Range · as Mrs. Caloway (voice) |
| 2004 | A Dairy Tale · as Mrs. Caloway(voice) |
| 2003 | Bugs! · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | Die Another Day · as M |
| 2002 | Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On · as Miss Lilly (voice) |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest · as Lady Bracknell |
| 2002 | Angelina Ballerina: The Magic of Dance · as Miss Lilly |
| 2002 | Angelina Ballerina: Friends Forever · as Miss Lilly |
| 2002 | Angelina Ballerina: Dance of Friendship · as Miss Lilly |
| 2001 | Iris · as Iris Murdoch |
| 2001 | The Shipping News · as Agnis Hamm |
| 2001 | Angelina Ballerina (TV Series) · as Miss Lilly (voice) |
| 2000 | Chocolat · as Armande Voizin |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells · as Elizabeth |
| 2000 | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini · as Arabella |
| 1999 | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years · as Unknown |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough · as M |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love · as Queen Elizabeth |
| 1998 | The Bear · as Narrator (American version) |
| 1998 | Highly Classified: The World of 007 · as Unknown |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies · as M |
| 1997 | Mrs. Brown · as Queen Victoria |
| 1996 | Hamlet · as Hecuba |
| 1996 | The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1995 | GoldenEye · as M |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah · as Margaret |
| 1994 | Middlemarch (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By (TV Series) · as Jean Pargetter |
| 1990 | Can You Hear Me Thinking? · as Unknown |
| 1989 | Henry V · as Mistress Quickly |
| 1989 | Smile · as Voiceover |
| 1989 | Behaving Badly (TV Series) · as Bridget Mayor |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust · as Mrs. Beaver |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road · as Nora Doel |
| 1985 | A Room with a View · as Eleanor Lavish |
| 1985 | The Angelic Conversation · as Narrator |
| 1985 | Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill · as Dorrie Edgehill |
| 1985 | Wetherby · as Marcia Pilborough |
| 1985 | The Browning Version · as Millie Crocker-Harris |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat · as Barbara Dean |
| 1982 | Playing Shakespeare (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance (1981) (TV Series) · as Laura Dalton |
| 1978 | The Comedy of Errors · as Adriana |
| 1978 | The Morecambe & Wise Show (1978) (TV Series) · as Jekyll's Wife |
| 1974 | Luther · as Katharina |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Sister Scarli |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Titania |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Helen Payle |
| 1965 | Four in the Morning · as Wife ("Judi") |
| 1965 | He Who Rides a Tiger · as Joanne |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Elizebeth Moris |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror · as Sally |
| 1964 | The Third Secret · as Miss Ada Humphries |
| 1962 | Z Cars (TV Series) · as Elena Collins |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Emily Strachan |