Judi Dench
Born
December 9, 1934 (90 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
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.
Known For
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
Self
2025
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Self
2024
Belfast
Granny
2021
Off the Rails
Diana
2021
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
2021
Blithe Spirit
Madame Arcati
2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Miss Rocholl
2020
Artemis Fowl
Commander Root
2020
Cats
Old Deuteronomy
2019
All Is True
Anne Shakespeare
2018
Red Joan
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
2018
Palo Santo
Mother of Palo Santo
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Self
2018
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Self
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Princess Dragomiroff
2017
Victoria & Abdul
Queen Victoria
2017
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Self
2016
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive material)
2015
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
2014
Six by Sondheim
Self (archive footage)
2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
2013
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Self
2012
Into the Woods
The Giant (voice)
2011
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
M (voice)
2011
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Miss Lilly (voice)
2004
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Self
2002
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Self
2002
The Life of Shakespeare
self
2002
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Self
2002
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Self
1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Self
1995
The Browning Version
Millie Crocker-Harris
1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Dorrie Edgehill
1985
The Angelic Conversation
(voice)
1985
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Barbara Dean
1983
On Giant's Shoulders
Hazel Wiles
1979
The Comedy of Errors
Adriana
1978
My Homeland
Reader
1976
Luther
Katharina
1974
He Who Rides a Tiger
Joanne
1965
The Third Secret
Miss Ada Humphries
1964
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Self
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Self · (3 episodes)
2023
The Coronation Concert
Self (archive footage)
2023
Allelujah
Mary
2023
Spirited
Dame Judi Dench
2022
Quintessentially British
Self
2022
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Born to be The King
Narrator
2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Self (archive footage)
2022
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Self
2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Self
2022
Being James Bond
M (archive footage)
2021
Staged
Judi · (1 episode)
2020
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Herself · (2 episodes)
2019
Tulip Fever
The Abbess of St. Ursula
2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Miss Avocet
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Self - Performer
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Paulina
2015
Spectre
M (uncredited)
2015
The Vote
Christine Metcalfe
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Mrs. Silver
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Philomena
Philomena
2013
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Vicious
(1 episode)
2013
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2013
Skyfall
M
2012
Everything or Nothing
Self
2012
Stars In Shorts
Mary
2012
The Hollow Crown
Cecily · (1 episode)
2012
Run For Your Wife
Bag Lady
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Evelyn Greenslade
2012
My Week with Marilyn
Dame Sybil Thorndike
2011
J. Edgar
Anna Marie Hoover
2011
Friend Request Pending
Mary
2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Society Lady
2011
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Fairfax
2011
Nine
Lilli
2009
Rage
Mona Carvell
2009
Live from Studio Five
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Quantum of Solace
M
2008
Cranford
Miss Matilda Jenkyns · (7 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (13 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
2007
Notes on a Scandal
Barbara Covett
2006
Casino Royale
M
2006
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Miss Lilly (voice)
2006
The One Show
Self · (1 episode)
2006
Doogal
Narrator (voice)
2006
Pride & Prejudice
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Mrs. Laura Henderson
2005
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Miss Lilly (voice)
2005
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
Narrator
2005
Ladies in Lavender
Ursula
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
2004
A Dairy Tale
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Aereon
2004
Home on the Range
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
2004
Bugs!
Narrator (voice)
2003
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Self
2002
Best Ever Bond
Self
2002
Die Another Day
M
2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
M (archive footage)
2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
Lady Bracknell
2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
2002
The Shipping News
Agnis Hamm
2001
Iris
Iris Murdoch
2001
Angelina Ballerina
Miss Lilly (voice) · (39 episodes)
2001
Chocolat
Armande Voizin
2000
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Narrator (voice)
2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Elizabeth
2000
The World Is Not Enough
M
1999
Tea with Mussolini
Arabella
1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
Shakespeare in Love
Queen Elizabeth
1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
1998
Parkinson
Self · (2 episodes)
1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
M
1997
Mrs Brown
Queen Victoria
1997
Hamlet
Hecuba
1996
GoldenEye
M
1995
Jack & Sarah
Margaret
1995
Middlemarch
(1 episode)
1994
As Time Goes By
Jean Pargetter · (67 episodes)
1992
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Narrator
1992
Pebble Mill
Self · (1 episode)
1991
Absolute Hell
Christine Foskett
1991
Performance
Christine Foskett · (1 episode)
1991
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Anne
1990
Henry V
Mistress Quickly
1989
Behaving Badly
Bridget Mayor · (4 episodes)
1989
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Self (uncredited)
1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Self
1988
Countryfile
Self · (2 episodes)
1988
A Handful of Dust
Mrs. Beaver
1988
Going Live!
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Ghosts
Helene Alving
1987
84 Charing Cross Road
Nora Doel
1987
Make and Break
Mrs. Rogers
1987
A Room with a View
Eleanor Lavish
1986
Theatre Night
(1 episode)
1985
Theatre Night
Helene Alving · (1 episode)
1985
Wetherby
Marcia Pilborough
1985
Playing Shakespeare
(9 episodes)
1984
A Fine Romance
Laura Dalton · (26 episodes)
1981
The Cherry Orchard
Mme. Ranevsky
1981
Going Gently
Sister Scarli
1981
Love in a Cold Climate
Aunt Sadie · (8 episodes)
1980
Village Wooing
Z
1979
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
1979
Langrishe, Go Down
Imogen Langrishe
1978
An Audience with...
Self · (4 episodes)
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
Imogen Langrishe · (1 episode)
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Helen Wiles · (1 episode)
1977
Dead Cert
Laura Davidson
1974
Playhouse
Sister Scarli · (1 episode)
1974
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Titania
1968
Ooh La La!
Amélie · (1 episode)
1968
Omnibus
Self - Reading Poetry · (1 episode)
1967
Talking to a Stranger
Terry Stevens - Daughter · (4 episodes)
1966
Four in the Morning
Wife ("Judi")
1965
BBC Play of the Month
Elizabeth Moris · (1 episode)
1965
A Study in Terror
Sally
1965
Detective
Charlotte Revel · (1 episode)
1964
The Cherry Orchard
Anya
1962
An Age of Kings
Katherine of Valois · (2 episodes)
1960
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter/Winner · (1 episode)
1956
The Oscars
Self · (7 episodes)
1953
The BAFTA Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1949