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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 9, 1934
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Also Known As
- Джуди Денч
- 주디 덴치
- Dame Judi Dench
- Judy Dench
- Judith Olivia Dench
- جودی دنچ
- Джудит Оливия Денч
Judi Dench
2.0 Popularity
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
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Self
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
2025
0.0
Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024
5.3
Self
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
2023
6.0
Self (archive footage)
The Coronation Concert
2023
5.2
Mary
Allelujah
2023
6.9
Dame Judi Dench
Spirited
2022
3.8
Self
Quintessentially British
2022
7.0
Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022
7.0
Narrator
Born to be The King
2022
8.0
Self (archive footage)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
Credits
🎬
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
as Self
2025
0.0
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
as Self
2024
0.0
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
as Self
2023
5.3
The Coronation Concert
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.0
Allelujah
as Mary
2023
5.2
Spirited
as Dame Judi Dench
2022
6.9
Quintessentially British
as Self
2022
3.8
Louis Theroux Interviews
as Self
2022
7.0
Born to be The King
as Narrator
2022
7.0
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
as Self (archive footage)
2022
8.0
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
as Self
2022
0.0
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
as Self
2022
8.0
Belfast
as Granny
2021
7.1
Being James Bond
as M (archive footage)
2021
7.7
Off the Rails
as Diana
2021
6.1
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
2021
10.0
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
2020
5.7
Six Minutes to Midnight
as Miss Rocholl
2020
6.2
Staged
as Judi
2020
7.9
Artemis Fowl
as Commander Root
2020
5.5
Cats
as Old Deuteronomy
2019
4.0
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
as Herself
2019
6.5
All Is True
as Anne Shakespeare
2018
6.0
Red Joan
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
2018
6.7
Palo Santo
as Mother of Palo Santo
2018
6.0
Nothing Like a Dame
as Self
2018
6.8
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
as Self
2017
6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
as Princess Dragomiroff
2017
6.7
Victoria & Abdul
as Queen Victoria
2017
6.9
Tulip Fever
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
2017
6.5
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
as Self
2016
7.8
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Miss Avocet
2016
6.8
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
as Self - Performer
2016
7.5
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
as Paulina
2015
7.7
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive material)
2015
5.0
Spectre
as M (uncredited)
2015
6.6
The Vote
as Christine Metcalfe
2015
8.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
2015
6.4
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
as Mrs. Silver
2015
6.7
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.8
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.0
Six by Sondheim
as Self (archive footage)
2013
7.1
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
2013
6.3
Philomena
as Philomena
2013
7.3
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
6.5
Vicious
2013
7.6
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.0
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
as Self
2012
6.2
Skyfall
as M
2012
7.2
Everything or Nothing
as Self
2012
7.1
Stars In Shorts
as Mary
2012
0.0
The Hollow Crown
as Cecily
2012
7.3
Run For Your Wife
as Bag Lady
2012
3.9
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
as Evelyn Greenslade
2012
6.9
My Week with Marilyn
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
2011
6.7
J. Edgar
as Anna Marie Hoover
2011
6.2
Friend Request Pending
as Mary
2011
7.7
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Society Lady
2011
6.6
Into the Woods
as The Giant (voice)
2011
8.8
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Fairfax
2011
7.2
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
as M (voice)
2011
5.0
Nine
as Lilli
2009
5.5
Rage
as Mona Carvell
2009
3.4
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.3
Quantum of Solace
as M
2008
6.3
Cranford
as Miss Matilda Jenkyns
2007
8.1
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
Notes on a Scandal
as Barbara Covett
2006
7.1
Casino Royale
as M
2006
7.6
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
as Miss Lilly (voice)
2006
2.0
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.5
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Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
6.0
Doogal
as Narrator (voice)
2006
4.9
Pride & Prejudice
as Catherine de Bourgh
2005
8.1
Mrs. Henderson Presents
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
2005
6.7
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
as Miss Lilly (voice)
2005
0.0
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We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
as Narrator
2005
8.0
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Miss Lilly (voice)
2004
7.0
Ladies in Lavender
as Ursula
2004
6.4
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
A Dairy Tale
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
2004
5.1
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Aereon
2004
6.5
Home on the Range
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
2004
6.1
Bugs!
as Narrator (voice)
2003
6.2
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
as Self
2002
0.0
🎬
Best Ever Bond
as Self
2002
5.0
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
as Self
2002
6.5
Die Another Day
as M
2002
6.0
Bond Girls Are Forever
as M (archive footage)
2002
5.9
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Lady Bracknell
2002
6.9
🎬
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
as Self
2002
5.5
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
2002
0.0
🎬
The Life of Shakespeare
as self
2002
0.0
The Shipping News
as Agnis Hamm
2001
6.4
Iris
as Iris Murdoch
2001
6.4
Angelina Ballerina
as Miss Lilly (voice)
2001
7.3
Chocolat
as Armande Voizin
2000
7.0
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
as Narrator (voice)
2000
7.5
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
as Elizabeth
2000
6.7
The World Is Not Enough
as M
1999
6.3
Tea with Mussolini
as Arabella
1999
6.4
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
as Queen Elizabeth
1998
6.9
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
1998
2.0
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
4.0
Tomorrow Never Dies
as M
1997
6.4
Mrs Brown
as Queen Victoria
1997
6.8
Hamlet
as Hecuba
1996
7.3
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as Self
1995
6.0
GoldenEye
as M
1995
6.9
Jack & Sarah
as Margaret
1995
6.7
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GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
as Self
1995
6.0
Middlemarch
1994
7.8
As Time Goes By
as Jean Pargetter
1992
7.6
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
as Narrator
1992
0.0
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Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
Absolute Hell
as Christine Foskett
1991
5.7
Performance
as Christine Foskett
1991
6.0
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as Anne
1990
10.0
Henry V
as Mistress Quickly
1989
7.1
Behaving Badly
as Bridget Mayor
1989
3.0
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)
1988
0.0
An Audience With Victoria Wood
as Self
1988
5.2
Countryfile
as Self
1988
4.6
A Handful of Dust
as Mrs. Beaver
1988
6.2
Going Live!
as Self
1987
6.0
Ghosts
as Helene Alving
1987
0.0
84 Charing Cross Road
as Nora Doel
1987
7.1
Make and Break
as Mrs. Rogers
1987
0.0
A Room with a View
as Eleanor Lavish
1986
7.0
The Browning Version
as Millie Crocker-Harris
1985
6.2
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
as Dorrie Edgehill
1985
7.0
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Theatre Night
1985
0.0
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Theatre Night
as Helene Alving
1985
0.0
Wetherby
as Marcia Pilborough
1985
6.0
The Angelic Conversation
as (voice)
1985
5.2
Playing Shakespeare
1984
10.0
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
as Barbara Dean
1983
4.6
A Fine Romance
as Laura Dalton
1981
5.3
The Cherry Orchard
as Mme. Ranevsky
1981
0.0
Going Gently
as Sister Scarli
1981
5.0
Love in a Cold Climate
as Aunt Sadie
1980
6.2
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Village Wooing
as Z
1979
0.0
On Giant's Shoulders
as Hazel Wiles
1979
0.0
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
1979
7.3
The Comedy of Errors
as Adriana
1978
8.8
Langrishe, Go Down
as Imogen Langrishe
1978
4.2
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
My Homeland
as Reader
1976
0.0
Dead Cert
as Laura Davidson
1974
4.3
Playhouse
as Sister Scarli
1974
7.0
Playhouse
1974
7.0
Luther
as Katharina
1974
5.6
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as Titania
1968
6.0
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Ooh La La!
as Amélie
1968
0.0
Omnibus
as Self - Reading Poetry
1967
7.2
Talking to a Stranger
as Terry Stevens - Daughter
1966
8.5
Four in the Morning
as Wife ("Judi")
1965
6.0
A Study in Terror
as Sally
1965
6.3
He Who Rides a Tiger
as Joanne
1965
0.0
The Third Secret
as Miss Ada Humphries
1964
6.1
The Cherry Orchard
as Anya
1962
8.0
An Age of Kings
1960
4.7
An Age of Kings
as Katherine
1960
4.7
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter/Winner
1956
5.1
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The BAFTA Awards
as Self
1949
10.0
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
as Self
N/A
0.0