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.
Chocolat
(Armande Voizin)
Notes on a Scandal
(Barbara Covett)
GoldenEye
(M)
Tomorrow Never Dies
(M)
Nine
(Lilli)
Hamlet
(Hecuba)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
(Society Lady)
Shakespeare in Love
(Queen Elizabeth)
Tea with Mussolini
(Arabella)
Jack & Sarah
(Margaret)
Henry V
(Mistress Quickly)
The Chronicles of Riddick
(Aereon)
Quantum of Solace
(M)
Mrs. Henderson Presents
(Mrs. Laura Henderson)
Pride & Prejudice
(Catherine de Bourgh)
The Shipping News
(Agnis Hamm)
A Room with a View
(Eleanor Lavish)
Doogal
(Narrator (voice))
A Dairy Tale
(Mrs. Calloway (voice))
Iris
(Iris Murdoch)
The Importance of Being Earnest
(Lady Bracknell)
Ladies in Lavender
(Ursula)
Allelujah
(Mary)
Bond Girls Are Forever
(M (archive footage))
Rage
(Mona Carvell)
Home on the Range
(Mrs. Caloway (voice))
Macbeth
(Lady Macbeth)
Casino Royale
(M)
Being James Bond
(M (archive footage))
The World Is Not Enough
(M)
Die Another Day
(M)
A Study in Terror
(Sally)
Skyfall
(M)
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
(Self)
84 Charing Cross Road
(Nora Doel)
Bugs!
(Narrator (voice))
Jane Eyre
(Mrs. Fairfax)
A Handful of Dust
(Mrs. Beaver)
Mrs Brown
(Queen Victoria)
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
(Narrator)
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
The Coronation Concert
(Self (archive footage))
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(Evelyn Greenslade)
My Week with Marilyn
(Dame Sybil Thorndike)
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
(Narrator (voice))
Dead Cert
(Laura Davidson)
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
(Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen")
J. Edgar
(Anna Marie Hoover)
The Cherry Orchard
(Anya)
The Cherry Orchard
(Mme. Ranevsky)
Langrishe, Go Down
(Imogen Langrishe)
Ghosts
(Mrs. Alving)
Four in the Morning
(Wife ("Judi"))
An Audience With Victoria Wood
(Self)
Wetherby
(Marcia Pilborough)
Everything or Nothing
(Self)
Stars In Shorts
(Mary)
Run For Your Wife
(Bag Lady)
Philomena
(Philomena)
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
(Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns"))
Muse of Fire
(Self)
Absolute Hell
(Christine Foskett)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Titania)
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
(Miss Lilly (voice))
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail
(Miss Lilly (voice))
Make and Break
(Mrs. Rogers)
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(Evelyn Greenslade)
Tulip Fever
(The Abbess of St. Ursula)
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
(Self (uncredited))
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
(Self)
Born to be The King
(Narrator)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
(Elizabeth)
Friend Request Pending
(Mary)
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
(Narrator)
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
(Mrs. Silver)
Quintessentially British
(Self)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
(Miss Avocet)
The Vote
(Christine Metcalfe)
Spirited
(Dame Judi Dench)
Best Ever Bond
(Self)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
(Self (archive footage))
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
(Self)
Village Wooing
(Z)
Spectre
(M (uncredited))
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
(Paulina)
Going Gently
(Sister Scarli)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
(Self - Performer)
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
(Anne)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat
(Barbara Dean)
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
(Self (archive material))
Luther
(Katharina)
Murder on the Orient Express
(Natalia Dragomiroff)
Victoria & Abdul
(Queen Victoria)
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
(Self)
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
(Self)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
(Dorrie Edgehill)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
(Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
(Self)
My Homeland
(Reader)
The Browning Version
(Millie Crocker-Harris)
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
(M (voice))
Red Joan
(Joan Elizabeth Stanley)
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
(Self)
Six by Sondheim
(Self (archive footage))
On Giant's Shoulders
(Hazel Wiles)
Artemis Fowl
(Commander Root)
Nothing Like a Dame
(Self)
Palo Santo
(Mother of Palo Santo)
Cats
(Old Deuteronomy)
All Is True
(Anne Shakespeare)
He Who Rides a Tiger
(Joanne)
The Third Secret
(Miss Ada Humphries)
The Angelic Conversation
((voice))
And the Oscar Goes To...
(Self (archive footage))
Blithe Spirit
(Madame Arcati)
Six Minutes to Midnight
(Miss Rocholl)
Into the Woods
(The Giant (voice))
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
(Self)
The Comedy of Errors
(Adriana)
Off the Rails
(Diana)
Belfast
(Granny)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
(Self)
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
(Self)
Highly Classified: The World of 007
The Life of Shakespeare
(self)
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
(Self)
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
(Self)
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
(Self - Preshow Announcement (voice))
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
(Miss Lilly (voice))
As Time Goes By
(Jean Pargetter)
The One Show
(Self)
Staged
(Judi)
A Fine Romance
(Laura Dalton)
Talking to a Stranger
(Terry Stevens - Daughter)
An Age of Kings
Middlemarch
Cranford
(Miss Matilda Jenkyns)
Behaving Badly
(Bridget Mayor)
Pebble Mill
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
Love in a Cold Climate
(Aunt Sadie)
Angelina Ballerina
(Miss Lilly (voice))
Playhouse
Playhouse
(Sister Scarli)
Live from Studio Five
(Self)
Theatre Night
Talking Pictures
(Self (archive footage))
Who Do You Think You Are?
(Self)
An Age of Kings
(Katherine)
Ooh La La!
(Amélie)
Vicious
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter/Winner)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
An Audience with...
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Playing Shakespeare
Portrait Artist of the Year
(Themselves)
Cranford
(Self/Miss Matty Jenkins)
Going Live!
(Self)
The Hollow Crown
(Cecily)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self - Guest)
Louis Theroux Interviews
(Self)
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
(Herself)
Top Gear
(M (archive footage))
Performance
(Christine Foskett)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
(Self)
The BAFTA Awards
(Self)
Parkinson
(Self)