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Judi Dench
York, North Yorkshire, England
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…
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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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2026
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Movie Self
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2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
Movie The Fridge (voice)
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2026
Joke
Movie
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2025
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Movie Self
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2024
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Movie Self
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2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
TV show Self
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2023
Allelujah
Movie Mary
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2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie Self - Actress (archive footage)
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2022
Spirited
Movie Dame Judi Dench
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2022
Quintessentially British
Movie Self
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2022
Louis Theroux Interviews
TV show Self
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2022
Born to be The King
Movie Narrator
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2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Remembers…
TV show Self
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2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Movie Self
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2021
Belfast
Movie Granny
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2021
Off the Rails
Movie Diana
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2021
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Movie Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
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2020
Blithe Spirit
Movie Madame Arcati
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2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Movie Miss Rocholl
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2020
Staged
TV show Judi
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2020
Artemis Fowl
Movie Commander Root
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2020
The Big Night In
Movie Self
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2019
Cats
Movie Old Deuteronomy
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2019
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
TV show Self
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2018
All Is True
Movie Anne Shakespeare
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2018
Red Joan
Movie Joan Elizabeth Stanley
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2018
Palo Santo
Movie Mother of Palo Santo
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2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Movie Self
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2017
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Movie Self
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2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie Princess Dragomiroff
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2017
Victoria & Abdul
Movie Queen Victoria
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2017
Tulip Fever
Movie The Abbess of St. Ursula
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2016
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Movie Self
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2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie Miss Avocet
