Cast
Judi Dench
Acting
Cast
Judi Dench
Known for
Acting
Born
1934-12-09
From
York, North Yorkshire, England
Also known as Dame Judi Dench, Judy Dench, Judith Olivia Dench
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.
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Society Lady
Pride & Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Casino Royale
as M
Spectre
as M (uncredited)
Skyfall
as M
GoldenEye
as M
The Magic Faraway Tree
as The Fridge (voice)
Quantum of Solace
as M
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Miss Avocet
Murder on the Orient Express
as Princess Dragomiroff
Die Another Day
as M
Chocolat
as Armande Voizin
Tomorrow Never Dies
as M
Home on the Range
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
The World Is Not Enough
as M
Shakespeare in Love
as Queen Elizabeth
J. Edgar
as Anna Marie Hoover
Cats
as Old Deuteronomy
Notes on a Scandal
as Barbara Covett
Belfast
as Granny
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
Iris
as Iris Murdoch
Artemis Fowl
as Commander Root
Spirited
as Dame Judi Dench
A Room with a View
as Eleanor Lavish
My Week with Marilyn
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
Nine
as Lilli
Hamlet
as Hecuba
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Aereon
Tulip Fever
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Red Joan
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
Henry V
as Mistress Quickly
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
Philomena
as Philomena
Ladies in Lavender
as Ursula
Rage
as Mona Carvell
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Tea with Mussolini
as Arabella
Victoria & Abdul
as Queen Victoria
Mrs Brown
as Queen Victoria
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
The Shipping News
as Agnis Hamm
84 Charing Cross Road
as Nora Doel
Jack & Sarah
as Margaret
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Miss Rocholl
Doogal
as Narrator (voice)
All Is True
as Anne Shakespeare
Muse of Fire
as Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Jean Pargetter (archive footage) (uncredited)
Everything or Nothing
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Allelujah
as Mary
The Coronation Concert
as Self (archive footage)
The Vote
as Christine Metcalfe
Village Wooing
as Z
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
as Self
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mrs. Silver
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
Stars in Shorts
as Mary
Wetherby
as Marcia Pilborough
The Big Night In
as Self
A Handful of Dust
as Mrs. Beaver
A Dairy Tale
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
A Study in Terror
as Sally
Bugs!
as Narrator (voice)
Joke
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
Off the Rails
as Diana
The Third Secret
as Miss Ada Humphries
The Cherry Orchard
as Anya
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Best Ever Bond
as Self
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
Highly Classified: The World of 007
as Self
Dead Cert
as Laura Davidson
The Cherry Orchard
as Mme. Ranevsky
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self (archive footage)
Into the Woods
as The Giant (voice)
Run For Your Wife
as Bag Lady
Luther
as Katharina
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Barbara Dean
Quintessentially British
as Self
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
Absolute Hell
as Christine Foskett
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Paulina
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Friend Request Pending
as Mary
Four in the Morning
as Wife ("Judi")
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Dorrie Edgehill
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
as Self
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Elizabeth
The Browning Version
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Born to be The King
as Narrator
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
The Comedy of Errors
as Adriana
Palo Santo
as Mother of Palo Santo
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as Anne
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
as M (voice)
On Giant's Shoulders
as Hazel Wiles
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
as Narrator
Going Gently
as Sister Scarli
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Make and Break
as Mrs. Rogers
The Angelic Conversation
as (voice)
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
as Self
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
as Self
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
as Self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
as Self
My Homeland
as Reader
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
as Self
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
as Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Miss Lilly (voice)
He Who Rides a Tiger
as Joanne
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
as Self
The Life of Shakespeare
as self
Langrishe, Go Down
as Imogen Langrishe
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
as Self
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
as Self
Tea with Judi Dench
as Self
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
as Self