Judi Dench
Acting
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.
Born: December 9, 1934
Place of Birth: York, North Yorkshire, England
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Mary
as Dame Judi Dench
as Self
as Self
as Narrator
as Self (archive footage)
as Granny
as Diana
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
as Madame Arcati
as Miss Rocholl
as Judi
as Commander Root
as Old Deuteronomy
as Herself
as Anne Shakespeare
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
as Mother of Palo Santo
as Self
as Princess Dragomiroff
as Queen Victoria
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
as Miss Avocet
as Self - Performer
as Paulina
as Self (archive material)
as M (uncredited)
as Christine Metcalfe
as Evelyn Greenslade
as Mrs. Silver
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
as Philomena
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as M
as Self
as Mary
as Cecily
as Bag Lady
as Evelyn Greenslade
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
as Anna Marie Hoover
as Mary
as Society Lady
as The Giant (voice)
as Mrs. Fairfax
as M (voice)
as Lilli
as Mona Carvell
as Self
as Miss Matilda Jenkyns
as Self
as Barbara Covett
as M
as Miss Lilly (voice)
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
as Miss Lilly (voice)
as Miss Lilly (voice)
as Ursula
as Self
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
as Aereon
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Miss Lilly (voice)
as M
as Lady Bracknell
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
as Agnis Hamm
as Iris Murdoch
as Miss Lilly (voice)
as Armande Voizin
as Narrator (voice)
as Elizabeth
as Arabella
as Queen Elizabeth
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
as Self
as Queen Victoria
as Hecuba
as Self
as M
as Margaret
as Self
as Jean Pargetter
as Christine Foskett
as Christine Foskett
as Anne
as Mistress Quickly
as Bridget Mayor
as Self (uncredited)
as Self
as Mrs. Beaver
as Self
as Helene Alving
as (voice)
as Nora Doel
as Mrs. Rogers
as Eleanor Lavish
as Millie Crocker-Harris
as Dorrie Edgehill
as Marcia Pilborough
as Barbara Dean
as Laura Dalton
as Mme. Ranevsky
as Sister Scarli
as Aunt Sadie
as Hazel Wiles
as Lady Macbeth
as Adriana
as Imogen Langrishe
as Self
as Imogen Langrishe
as Helen Wiles
as Reader
as Laura Davidson
as Sister Scarli
as Katharina
as Titania
as Self - Reading Poetry
as Terry Stevens - Daughter
as Wife ("Judi")
as Elizabeth Moris
as Sally
as Joanne
as Valentine Wannop
as Terry Stevens
as Charlotte Revel
as Miss Ada Humphries
as Anya
as Katherine of Valois
as Self - Presenter/Winner
as Self
as Self