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Judi Dench
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Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is a retired 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 signifi…
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Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is a retired 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.
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BODY OF WORK
Judi Dench's Filmography
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No Poster
Letters to My Younger Future Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
as Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
as Self
The Magic Faraway Tree
as The Fridge (voice)
Joke
The Twelfth Night Reunion
as Self - Performer
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
as Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
as Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
as Self
Allelujah
as Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Spirited
as Dame Judi Dench
Quintessentially British
as Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
as Self
Born to be The King
as Narrator
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self (archive footage)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
Belfast
as Granny
Off the Rails
as Diana
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Miss Rocholl
Artemis Fowl
as Commander Root
The Big Night In
as Self
Cats
as Old Deuteronomy
All Is True
as Anne Shakespeare
Red Joan
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo
as Mother of Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
as Self
Murder on the Orient Express
as Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
as Queen Victoria
Tulip Fever
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
Spectre
as M (uncredited)
The Vote
as Christine Metcalfe
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mrs. Silver
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena
as Philomena
Muse of Fire
as Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
Skyfall
as M
Everything or Nothing
as Self
Stars in Shorts
as Mary
Run For Your Wife
as Bag Lady
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
My Week with Marilyn
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar
as Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending
as Mary
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Society Lady
Into the Woods
as The Giant (voice)
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
as M (voice)
Nine
as Lilli
Rage
as Mona Carvell
Quantum of Solace
as M
Notes on a Scandal
as Barbara Covett
Casino Royale
as M
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
as Miss Lilly (voice)
No Poster
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Doogal
as Narrator (voice)
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Pride & Prejudice
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
No Poster
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
as Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
as Ursula
A Dairy Tale
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Aereon
Home on the Range
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
as Self
Bugs!
as Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
as Self
No Poster
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
as Self
Best Ever Bond
as Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
as Self
Die Another Day
as M
Bond Girls Are Forever
as Herself
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
No Poster
The Life of Shakespeare
as self
No Poster
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
as Self
The Shipping News
as Agnis Hamm
Iris
as Iris Murdoch
Chocolat
as Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Elizabeth
The World Is Not Enough
as M
Tea with Mussolini
as Arabella
Shakespeare in Love
as Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007
as Self
Tomorrow Never Dies
as M
Mrs Brown
as Queen Victoria
Hamlet
as Hecuba
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
GoldenEye
as M
Jack & Sarah
as Margaret
No Poster
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
as Self
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
as Narrator
Absolute Hell
as Christine Foskett
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as Anne
Henry V
as Mistress Quickly
A Handful of Dust
as Mrs. Beaver
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
The Angelic Conversation
as (voice)
84 Charing Cross Road
as Nora Doel
Make and Break
as Mrs. Rogers
A Room with a View
as Eleanor Lavish
The Browning Version
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Dorrie Edgehill
Wetherby
as Marcia Pilborough
Saigon: Year of the Cat
as Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard
as Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently
as Sister Scarli
No Poster
Village Wooing
as Z
On Giant's Shoulders
as Hazel Wiles
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
as Adriana
Langrishe, Go Down
as Imogen Langrishe
My Homeland
as Reader
Dead Cert
as Laura Davidson
Luther
as Katharina
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
Four in the Morning
as Wife ("Judi")
A Study in Terror
as Sally
He Who Rides a Tiger
as Joanne
The Third Secret
as Miss Ada Humphries
The Cherry Orchard
as Anya