Judi Dench
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1934-12-09
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.
Also Known For
Chocolat
Dec 22, 2000
Notes on a Scandal
Dec 25, 2006
GoldenEye
Nov 16, 1995
Tomorrow Never Dies
Dec 11, 1997
Nine
Dec 03, 2009
Hamlet
Dec 25, 1996
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
May 15, 2011
Shakespeare in Love
Dec 11, 1998
Tea with Mussolini
Mar 25, 1999
Jack & Sarah
Jun 02, 1995
Henry V
Oct 05, 1989
The Chronicles of Riddick
Jun 11, 2004
Quantum of Solace
Oct 29, 2008
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Sep 08, 2005
Pride & Prejudice
Sep 16, 2005
The Shipping News
Dec 18, 2001
A Room with a View
Mar 07, 1986
Doogal
Feb 24, 2006
A Dairy Tale
Sep 14, 2004
Iris
Dec 14, 2001
The Importance of Being Earnest
May 17, 2002
Ladies in Lavender
Nov 12, 2004
Allelujah
Mar 17, 2023
Bond Girls Are Forever
Nov 06, 2002
Rage
Sep 24, 2009
Home on the Range
Apr 02, 2004
Macbeth
Feb 02, 1979
Casino Royale
Nov 14, 2006
Being James Bond
Aug 29, 2021
The World Is Not Enough
Nov 17, 1999
Die Another Day
Nov 17, 2002
A Study in Terror
Oct 01, 1965
Skyfall
Oct 24, 2012
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Dec 11, 2002
84 Charing Cross Road
Feb 13, 1987
Bugs!
Jul 24, 2003
Jane Eyre
Mar 11, 2011
A Handful of Dust
Jun 24, 1988
Mrs Brown
Jul 18, 1997
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
May 24, 2005
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Jan 01, 1999
The Coronation Concert
May 07, 2023
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Feb 23, 2012
My Week with Marilyn
Nov 23, 2011
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Sep 15, 2000
Dead Cert
May 01, 1974
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Jan 01, 2002
J. Edgar
Nov 09, 2011
The Cherry Orchard
Apr 17, 1962
The Cherry Orchard
Oct 13, 1981
Langrishe, Go Down
Sep 20, 1978
Ghosts
Jun 14, 1987
Four in the Morning
Dec 16, 1965
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Dec 10, 1988
Wetherby
Jun 19, 1985
Everything or Nothing
Oct 05, 2012
Stars In Shorts
Sep 28, 2012
Run For Your Wife
May 16, 2012
Philomena
Nov 01, 2013
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Nov 07, 1998
Muse of Fire
Sep 26, 2013
Absolute Hell
Oct 05, 1991
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sep 30, 1968
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Sep 06, 2005
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Sep 05, 2006
Make and Break
Jan 02, 1987
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Feb 26, 2015
Tulip Fever
Jul 13, 2017
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Dec 25, 1988
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Jul 03, 2022
Born to be The King
Sep 10, 2022
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Aug 26, 2000
Friend Request Pending
Oct 13, 2011
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Jan 01, 1992
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Jan 02, 2015
Quintessentially British
Oct 27, 2022
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Sep 27, 2016
The Vote
May 07, 2015
Spirited
Nov 10, 2022
Best Ever Bond
Nov 22, 2002
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Jul 15, 2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
May 03, 2022
Village Wooing
Apr 17, 1979
Spectre
Oct 26, 2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Nov 30, 2015
Going Gently
Jun 05, 1981
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Apr 23, 2016
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Sep 30, 1990
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
Nov 29, 1983
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Nov 08, 2015
Luther
Jan 21, 1974
Murder on the Orient Express
Nov 03, 2017
Victoria & Abdul
Sep 13, 2017
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Aug 18, 2024
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Dec 30, 2016
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Dec 15, 1985
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Nov 02, 2013
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Dec 22, 2002
My Homeland
Nov 03, 1976
The Browning Version
Dec 31, 1985
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
Mar 05, 2011
Red Joan
Sep 13, 2018
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Dec 20, 2017
Six by Sondheim
Dec 09, 2013
On Giant's Shoulders
Mar 28, 1979
Artemis Fowl
May 29, 2020
Nothing Like a Dame
May 02, 2018
Palo Santo
Jul 06, 2018
Cats
Dec 19, 2019
All Is True
Dec 21, 2018
He Who Rides a Tiger
Oct 01, 1965
The Third Secret
Feb 02, 1964
The Angelic Conversation
Feb 15, 1985
And the Oscar Goes To...
Feb 01, 2014
Blithe Spirit
Nov 10, 2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Oct 15, 2020
Into the Woods
Mar 31, 2011
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Oct 29, 2012
The Comedy of Errors
Oct 17, 1978
Off the Rails
Jul 23, 2021
Belfast
Nov 12, 2021
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Jul 17, 2006
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Dec 26, 1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Jan 01, 1995
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Jan 01, 1998
The Life of Shakespeare
Jan 01, 2002
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Nov 20, 2002
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Jan 01, 2002
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Jun 06, 2021
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Nov 30, 2004
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
Apr 12, 2025
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
As Time Goes By
Jan 12, 1992
The One Show
Aug 14, 2006
Staged
Jun 10, 2020
A Fine Romance
Nov 01, 1981
Talking to a Stranger
Oct 02, 1966
Middlemarch
Apr 10, 1994
Cranford
Nov 18, 2007
Behaving Badly
Feb 20, 1989
Pebble Mill
Oct 14, 1991
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Love in a Cold Climate
Oct 29, 1980
Angelina Ballerina
May 04, 2001
Playhouse
Mar 13, 1974
Live from Studio Five
Sep 14, 2009
Theatre Night
Sep 15, 1985
Talking Pictures
Jan 05, 2013
Who Do You Think You Are?
Oct 12, 2004
Ooh La La!
Apr 06, 1968
Vicious
Apr 29, 2013
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
An Audience with...
Jan 08, 1978
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Playing Shakespeare
Jul 29, 1984
Going Live!
Sep 26, 1987
The Hollow Crown
Jun 30, 2012
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Louis Theroux Interviews
Oct 25, 2022
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Jul 02, 2019
Performance
Oct 05, 1991
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Nov 08, 2023
The BAFTA Awards
May 29, 1949
Parkinson
Jan 09, 1998
Theatre Night
Sep 15, 1985
Countryfile
Jul 24, 1988
Omnibus
Oct 13, 1967
An Age of Kings
Apr 28, 1960
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sep 21, 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sep 21, 1977
Detective
Mar 30, 1964
