Judi Dench
Known for Acting · 184 credits
- Born
- 1934-12-09 (age 91)
- Place of birth
- York, North Yorkshire, England
- Also known as
- Dame Judi Dench · Judy Dench · Judith Olivia Dench · Джудит Оливия Денч
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.
Known For
TV Shows (45)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Winner
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Elizabeth Moris
Omnibus
1967
as Self - Reading Poetry
Playhouse
1974
as Sister Scarli
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Helen Payle / Z
Countryfile
1988
as Self
Theatre 625
1964
as Valentine Wannop / Terry Stevens
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Performance
1991
as Christine Foskett
As Time Goes By
1992
as Jean Pargetter
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Imogen Langrishe / Helen Wiles
Going Live!
1987
as Self
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Cecily
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self
Festival
1963
as Angela Thwaites
Staged
2020
as Judi
Cranford
2007
as Miss Matilda Jenkyns
Screen One
1989
as Anne
Detective
1964
as Charlotte Revel
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Middlemarch
1994
Vicious
2013
as Judi Dench (voice, uncredited)
An Age of Kings
1960
as Katherine of Valois
Ooh La La!
1968
as Amélie
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Angelina Ballerina
2001
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Theatre Night
1985
as Helene Alving
A Fine Romance
1981
as Laura Dalton
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
2019
as Self
Behaving Badly
1989
as Bridget Mayor
Love in a Cold Climate
1980
as Aunt Sadie
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022
as Self
Talking to a Stranger
1966
as Terry Stevens - Daughter
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
2023
as Self
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Movies (139)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Society Lady
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Casino Royale
2006
as M
Skyfall
2012
as M
Spectre
2015
as M (uncredited)
GoldenEye
1995
as M
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Princess Dragomiroff
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as The Fridge (voice)
Quantum of Solace
2008
as M
Die Another Day
2002
as M
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Miss Avocet
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as M
Chocolat
2000
as Armande Voizin
Home on the Range
2004
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
The World Is Not Enough
1999
as M
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Queen Elizabeth
Jane Eyre
2011
as Mrs. Fairfax
Belfast
2021
as Granny
Cats
2019
as Old Deuteronomy
A Room with a View
1986
as Eleanor Lavish
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Commander Root
Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Barbara Covett
Nine
2009
as Lilli
Spirited
2022
as Dame Judi Dench
Hamlet
1996
as Hecuba
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Aereon
J. Edgar
2011
as Anna Marie Hoover
Iris
2001
as Iris Murdoch
Blithe Spirit
2020
as Madame Arcati
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Lady Bracknell
Tulip Fever
2017
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Henry V
1989
as Mistress Quickly
The Shipping News
2001
as Agnis Hamm
Red Joan
2018
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Evelyn Greenslade
Philomena
2013
as Philomena
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Miss Rocholl
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Ursula
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Evelyn Greenslade
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Queen Victoria
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Arabella
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Doogal
2006
as Narrator (voice)
All Is True
2018
as Anne Shakespeare
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Nora Doel
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Margaret
Mrs Brown
1997
as Queen Victoria
Rage
2009
as Mona Carvell
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
as Mrs. Silver
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
The Vote
2015
as Christine Metcalfe
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mrs. Beaver
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
Allelujah
2023
as Mary
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Ghosts
1987
as Helene Alving
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
as Self
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
The Coronation Concert
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Wetherby
1985
as Marcia Pilborough
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
as Self
Stars in Shorts
2012
as Mary
A Study in Terror
1965
as Sally
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Bag Lady
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Jean Pargetter (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Titania
Macbeth
1979
as Lady Macbeth
Off the Rails
2021
as Diana
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Elizabeth
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Anya
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Village Wooing
1979
as Z
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
as Barbara Dean
The Third Secret
1964
as Miss Ada Humphries
Luther
1974
as Katharina
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A Dairy Tale
2004
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Dorrie Edgehill
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Bugs!
2003
as Narrator (voice)
The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Mme. Ranevsky
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
Into the Woods
2011
as The Giant (voice)
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Paulina
Dead Cert
1974
as Laura Davidson
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Adriana
Quintessentially British
2022
as Self
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011
as M (voice)
Joke
2026
Absolute Hell
1991
as Christine Foskett
Friend Request Pending
2011
as Mary
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
Four in the Morning
1965
as Wife ("Judi")
The Browning Version
1985
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
as Self
Born to be The King
2022
as Narrator
Going Gently
1981
as Sister Scarli
Palo Santo
2018
as Mother of Palo Santo
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
as Anne
On Giant's Shoulders
1979
as Hazel Wiles
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
as Joanne
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
as Self
About 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 stron… With 184 credits spanning from 1949 to 2026, Judi Dench has appeared in 139 films and 45 TV shows.
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- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — as Society Lady
- Pride & Prejudice (2005) — as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
- Casino Royale (2006) — as M
- Skyfall (2012) — as M
- Spectre (2015) — as M (uncredited)
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