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Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Acting · Directing · Writing

Born December 9, 1934, 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 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.

Filmography

Appearances as themselves (56)
  • 2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth — Self
  • 2026Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen — Self
  • 2025Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me — Self
  • 2025Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh — Self
  • 2024Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple — Self
  • 2023MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema — Self - Actress (archive footage)
  • Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius — Self
  • 2022I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth — Self
  • 2022Judi Dench: Our National Treasure — Self (archive footage)
  • Louis Theroux Interviews — Self
  • 2022Quintessentially British — Self
  • Remembers… — Self
  • 2022Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends — Self
  • 2022The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall — Self
  • 2021The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre — Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
  • 2020The Big Night In — Self
  • Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure — Self
  • 2018Nothing Like a Dame — Self
  • 2017Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees — Self
  • 2016Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage — Self
  • 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC — Self - Performer
  • 2015Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC — Self (archive material)
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
  • 2013Muse of Fire — Self
  • 2013Six by Sondheim — Self (archive footage)
  • Talking Pictures — Self (archive footage)
  • 2012Everything or Nothing — Self
  • 2012Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars — Self
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self
  • The One Show — Self
  • 2004Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love — Self
  • Parkinson — Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Performer, Self - Guest (archive footage)
  • Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
  • 2002Best Ever Bond — Self
  • 2002Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute — Self
  • 2002Bond Girls Are Forever — Herself
  • 2002Die Another Day: From Script to Screen — Self
  • 2002Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre — Self
  • 2002Shaken and Stirred on Ice — Self
  • 2002The Life of Shakespeare — self
  • 2000Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport — Self - Narrator (voice)
  • 1998Highly Classified: The World of 007 — Self
  • Parkinson — Self
  • 1995GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast — Self
  • 1995Goldeneye: The Secret Files — Self
  • HBO First Look — Self
  • Pebble Mill — Self
  • Countryfile — Self
  • Going Live! — Self
  • An Audience with... — Self
  • Omnibus — Self - Reading Poetry
  • Tony Awards — Self - Presenter / Winner
  • The Oscars — Self
  • The BAFTA Awards — Self
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