Judi Dench

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

176

Gender

Female

Birthday

1934-12-09 (91 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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

  • Casino Royale

    Casino Royale

  • Doogal

    Doogal

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • Countryfile

    Countryfile

  • Spirited

    Spirited

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Spectre

    Spectre

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Home on the Range

    Home on the Range

  • Skyfall

    Skyfall

  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

  • The Importance of Being Earnest

    The Importance of Being Earnest

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • The World Is Not Enough

    The World Is Not Enough

  • All Is True

    All Is True

  • Quantum of Solace

    Quantum of Solace

  • GoldenEye

    GoldenEye

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Tomorrow Never Dies

    Tomorrow Never Dies

  • Die Another Day

    Die Another Day

  • Die Another Day: From Script to Screen

    Die Another Day: From Script to Screen

  • J. Edgar

    J. Edgar

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • The Hollow Crown

    The Hollow Crown

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973

    J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

  • As Time Goes By

    As Time Goes By

  • Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

    Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

  • Shakespeare in Love

    Shakespeare in Love

  • Going Live!

    Going Live!

  • Cats

    Cats

  • Henry V

    Henry V

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Iris

    Iris

  • Red Joan

    Red Joan

  • Cranford

    Cranford

  • Chocolat

    Chocolat

  • Mrs Brown

    Mrs Brown

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Notes on a Scandal

    Notes on a Scandal

  • Ghosts

    Ghosts

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Mrs. Henderson Presents

    Mrs. Henderson Presents

  • Staged

    Staged

  • The BAFTA Awards

    The BAFTA Awards

  • A Room with a View

    A Room with a View

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

  • The Chronicles of Riddick

    The Chronicles of Riddick

  • Blithe Spirit

    Blithe Spirit

  • Wetherby

    Wetherby

  • The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

    The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

  • Rage

    Rage

  • National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

    National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage

  • Luther

    Luther

  • Allelujah

    Allelujah

  • Vicious

    Vicious

  • Going Gently

    Going Gently

  • Nine

    Nine

  • The Vote

    The Vote

  • Detective

    Detective

  • Jack & Sarah

    Jack & Sarah

  • My Week with Marilyn

    My Week with Marilyn

  • Talking Pictures

    Talking Pictures

  • Belfast

    Belfast

  • Artemis Fowl

    Artemis Fowl

  • The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre

    The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre

  • Middlemarch

    Middlemarch

  • Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

    Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC

  • Nothing Like a Dame

    Nothing Like a Dame

  • Tulip Fever

    Tulip Fever

  • Six Minutes to Midnight

    Six Minutes to Midnight

  • An Age of Kings

    An Age of Kings

  • Absolute Hell

    Absolute Hell

  • A Handful of Dust

    A Handful of Dust

  • Bugs!

    Bugs!

  • The Coronation Concert

    The Coronation Concert

  • The Third Secret

    The Third Secret

  • Six by Sondheim

    Six by Sondheim

  • Tea with Mussolini

    Tea with Mussolini

  • 84 Charing Cross Road

    84 Charing Cross Road

  • Love in a Cold Climate

    Love in a Cold Climate

  • Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love

    Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love

  • Saigon: Year of the Cat

    Saigon: Year of the Cat

  • Angelina Ballerina

    Angelina Ballerina

  • Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

    Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale

  • James Bond Supports International Women's Day

    James Bond Supports International Women's Day

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Into the Woods

    Into the Woods

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

  • Victoria & Abdul

    Victoria & Abdul

  • Quintessentially British

    Quintessentially British

  • Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

    Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

  • Ladies in Lavender

    Ladies in Lavender

  • Philomena

    Philomena

  • A Study in Terror

    A Study in Terror

  • Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

    Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

  • Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute

    Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute

  • Highly Classified: The World of 007

    Highly Classified: The World of 007

  • The Angelic Conversation

    The Angelic Conversation

  • Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

  • Best Ever Bond

    Best Ever Bond

  • Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

    Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

  • Everything or Nothing

    Everything or Nothing

  • A Fine Romance

    A Fine Romance

  • Off the Rails

    Off the Rails

  • Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

    Judi Dench: Our National Treasure

  • The Browning Version

    The Browning Version

  • Langrishe, Go Down

    Langrishe, Go Down

  • Make and Break

    Make and Break

  • Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

    Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • A Dairy Tale

    A Dairy Tale

  • Playing Shakespeare

    Playing Shakespeare

  • Shaken and Stirred on Ice

    Shaken and Stirred on Ice

  • One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

    One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage

  • Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

    Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening

  • Ooh La La!

    Ooh La La!

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck

    Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck

  • The Comedy of Errors

    The Comedy of Errors

  • The Shipping News

    The Shipping News

  • Goldeneye: The Secret Files

    Goldeneye: The Secret Files

  • Louis Theroux Interviews

    Louis Theroux Interviews

  • An Audience With Victoria Wood

    An Audience With Victoria Wood

  • He Who Rides a Tiger

    He Who Rides a Tiger

  • Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance

    Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance

  • Run For Your Wife

    Run For Your Wife

  • Can You Hear Me Thinking?

    Can You Hear Me Thinking?

  • My Homeland

    My Homeland

  • Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre

    Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre

  • Four in the Morning

    Four in the Morning

  • On Giant's Shoulders

    On Giant's Shoulders

  • Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

    Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars

  • Behaving Badly

    Behaving Badly

  • Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

    Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

  • Born to be The King

    Born to be The King

  • Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure

    Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure

  • Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!

    Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!

  • Stars In Shorts

    Stars In Shorts

  • Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes

    Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes

  • Friend Request Pending

    Friend Request Pending

  • Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

    Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

    The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

  • Talking to a Stranger

    Talking to a Stranger

  • Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees

    Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees

  • We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom

    We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom

  • Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance

    Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance

  • GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

    GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast

  • Dead Cert

    Dead Cert

  • Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

    Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles

  • Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

    Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

  • The Cherry Orchard

    The Cherry Orchard

  • Palo Santo

    Palo Santo

  • Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

    Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years

  • Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

    Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On

  • The Life of Shakespeare

    The Life of Shakespeare

  • I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth

    I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth

  • Village Wooing

    Village Wooing

  • Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple

    Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple