Judi Dench
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-12-09 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Judi 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.
Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2024)
(2023)
Allelujah
as Mary
(2023)
The Coronation Concert
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Spirited
as Dame Judi Dench
(2022)
(2022)
Quintessentially British
as Self
(2022)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Born to be The King
as Narrator
(2022)
(2021)
Belfast
as Granny
(2021)
Being James Bond
as M (archive footage)
(2021)
Off the Rails
as Diana
(2021)
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
(2020)
Artemis Fowl
as Commander Root
(2020)
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
(2020)
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Miss Rocholl
(2019)
Cats
as Old Deuteronomy
(2018)
All Is True
as Anne Shakespeare
(2018)
Red Joan
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
(2018)
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
(2018)
Palo Santo
as Mother of Palo Santo
(2017)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Princess Dragomiroff
(2017)
Tulip Fever
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
(2017)
Victoria & Abdul
as Queen Victoria
(2017)
(2016)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Miss Avocet
(2016)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
(2016)
(2015)
Spectre
as M (uncredited)
(2015)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
(2015)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mrs. Silver
(2015)
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Paulina
(2015)
The Vote
as Christine Metcalfe
(2015)
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Philomena
as Philomena
(2013)
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
(2013)
Muse of Fire
as Self
(2012)
Skyfall
as M
(2012)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
(2012)
Everything or Nothing
as Self
(2012)
Stars In Shorts
as Mary
(2012)
Run For Your Wife
as Bag Lady
(2012)
(2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Society Lady
(2011)
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
(2011)
J. Edgar
as Anna Marie Hoover
(2011)
My Week with Marilyn
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
(2011)
Into the Woods
as The Giant (voice)
(2011)
Friend Request Pending
as Mary
(2011)
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
as M (voice)
(2009)
Nine
as Lilli
(2009)
Rage
as Mona Carvell
(2008)
(2006)
Casino Royale
as M
(2006)
Notes on a Scandal
as Barbara Covett
(2006)
Doogal
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
as Miss Lilly (voice)
(2006)
(2005)
Pride & Prejudice
as Catherine de Bourgh
(2005)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
(2005)
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
(2005)
(2004)
Home on the Range
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
(2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Aereon
(2004)
Ladies in Lavender
as Ursula
(2004)
A Dairy Tale
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
(2004)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Miss Lilly (voice)
(2003)
Bugs!
as Narrator (voice)
(2002)
Die Another Day
as M
(2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
(2002)
Bond Girls Are Forever
as M (archive footage)
(2002)
Best Ever Bond
as Self
(2002)
(2002)
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
as Self
(2002)
(2002)
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
(2002)
(2002)
The Life of Shakespeare
as self
(2001)
The Shipping News
as Agnis Hamm
(2001)
Iris
as Iris Murdoch
(2000)
Chocolat
as Armande Voizin
(2000)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
as Narrator (voice)
(2000)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Elizabeth
(1999)
(1999)
Tea with Mussolini
as Arabella
(1999)
(1998)
Shakespeare in Love
as Queen Elizabeth
(1998)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
(1998)
(1997)
(1997)
Mrs Brown
as Queen Victoria
(1996)
Hamlet
as Hecuba
(1995)
GoldenEye
as M
(1995)
Jack & Sarah
as Margaret
(1995)
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
(1995)
(1992)
(1991)
Absolute Hell
as Christine Foskett
(1990)
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as Anne
(1989)
Henry V
as Mistress Quickly
(1988)
A Handful of Dust
as Mrs. Beaver
(1988)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
(1988)
(1987)
84 Charing Cross Road
as Nora Doel
(1987)
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
(1987)
Make and Break
as Mrs. Rogers
(1986)
A Room with a View
as Eleanor Lavish
(1985)
Wetherby
as Marcia Pilborough
(1985)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Dorrie Edgehill
(1985)
The Angelic Conversation
as (voice)
(1985)
The Browning Version
as Millie Crocker-Harris
(1983)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
as Barbara Dean
(1981)
The Cherry Orchard
as Mme. Ranevsky
(1981)
Going Gently
as Sister Scarli
(1979)
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
(1979)
On Giant's Shoulders
as Hazel Wiles
(1979)
Village Wooing
as Z
(1978)
Langrishe, Go Down
as Imogen Langrishe
(1978)
The Comedy of Errors
as Adriana
(1976)
My Homeland
as Reader
(1974)
Luther
as Katharina
(1974)
Dead Cert
as Laura Davidson
(1968)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
(1965)
A Study in Terror
as Sally
(1965)
Four in the Morning
as Wife ("Judi")
(1965)
He Who Rides a Tiger
as Joanne
(1964)
The Third Secret
as Miss Ada Humphries
(1962)
The Cherry Orchard
as Anya
Crew
(1989)
Look Back in Anger
Director