Born
9 December 1934 (91)
Place of Birth
York, North Yorkshire, England
Also known as
Dame Judi Dench, Judy Dench
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 theatr...
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.
Joke
2026
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
2025
Tea with Judi Dench
2025
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
2025
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024
The Coronation Concert
2023
Allelujah
2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Spirited
2022
Quintessentially British
2022
Born to be The King
2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
Belfast
2021
Off the Rails
2021
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021
Blithe Spirit
2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
Artemis Fowl
2020
The Big Night In
2020
Cats
2019
All Is True
2018
Red Joan
2018
Palo Santo
2018
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Victoria & Abdul
2017
Tulip Fever
2017
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
Spectre
2015
The Vote
2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
Six by Sondheim
2013