1934-12-09 York, North Yorkshire, England
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA 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.
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Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes | Self | 2025-04-12 |
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Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple | Self | 2024-08-18 |
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Allelujah | Mary | 2023-03-17 |
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The Coronation Concert | Self (archive footage) | 2023-05-07 |
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Spirited | Dame Judi Dench | 2022-11-10 |
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I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth | Self | 2022-07-03 |
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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Self (archive footage) | 2022-07-15 |
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Quintessentially British | Self | 2022-10-27 |
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends | Self | 2022-05-03 |
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Born to be The King | Narrator | 2022-09-10 |
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Belfast | Granny | 2021-11-12 |
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The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre | Self - Preshow Announcement (voice) | 2021-06-06 |
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Off the Rails | Diana | 2021-07-23 |
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Six Minutes to Midnight | Miss Rocholl | 2020-10-15 |
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Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | 2020-11-10 |
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Artemis Fowl | Commander Root | 2020-05-29 |
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Cats | Old Deuteronomy | 2019-12-19 |
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Nothing Like a Dame | Self | 2018-05-02 |
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Palo Santo | Mother of Palo Santo | 2018-07-06 |
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Red Joan | Joan Elizabeth Stanley | 2018-09-13 |
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All Is True | Anne Shakespeare | 2018-12-21 |
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Tulip Fever | The Abbess of St. Ursula | 2017-07-13 |
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Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria | 2017-09-13 |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Princess Dragomiroff | 2017-11-03 |
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Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees | Self | 2017-12-20 |
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Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | 2016-12-30 |
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Miss Avocet | 2016-09-27 |
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Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | 2016-04-23 |
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Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale | Paulina | 2015-11-30 |
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The Vote | Christine Metcalfe | 2015-05-07 |
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Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Mrs. Silver | 2015-01-02 |
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive material) | 2015-11-08 |
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Spectre | M (uncredited) | 2015-10-26 |
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | 2015-02-26 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | 2013-12-09 |
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Philomena | Philomena | 2013-11-01 |
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Muse of Fire | Self | 2013-09-26 |
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National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt | 2013-11-02 |
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Run For Your Wife | Bag Lady | 2012-05-16 |
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Stars In Shorts | Mary | 2012-09-28 |
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Skyfall | M | 2012-10-24 |
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Everything or Nothing | Self | 2012-10-05 |
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Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars | Self | 2012-10-29 |
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | 2012-02-23 |
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Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax | 2011-03-11 |
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Friend Request Pending | Mary | 2011-10-13 |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Society Lady | 2011-05-15 |
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Into the Woods | The Giant (voice) | 2011-03-31 |
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J. Edgar | Anna Marie Hoover | 2011-11-09 |
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My Week with Marilyn | Dame Sybil Thorndike | 2011-11-23 |
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James Bond Supports International Women's Day | M (voice) | 2011-03-05 |
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Nine | Lilli | 2009-12-03 |
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Rage | Mona Carvell | 2009-09-24 |
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Quantum of Solace | M | 2008-10-29 |
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Doogal | Narrator (voice) | 2006-02-24 |
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Casino Royale | M | 2006-11-14 |
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Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles | 2006-07-17 | |
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Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck | Miss Lilly (voice) | 2006-09-05 |
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Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett | 2006-12-25 |
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance | Miss Lilly (voice) | 2005-09-06 |
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We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom | Narrator | 2005-05-24 |
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Mrs. Henderson Presents | Mrs. Laura Henderson | 2005-09-08 |
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Pride & Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 2005-09-16 |
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Home on the Range | Mrs. Caloway (voice) | 2004-04-02 |
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A Dairy Tale | Mrs. Calloway (voice) | 2004-09-14 |
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The Chronicles of Riddick | Aereon | 2004-06-11 |
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Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On | Miss Lilly (voice) | 2004-11-30 |
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Ladies in Lavender | Ursula | 2004-11-12 |
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Bugs! | Narrator (voice) | 2003-07-24 |
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Die Another Day: From Script to Screen | Self | 2002-11-20 |
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The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | 2002-05-17 |
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Best Ever Bond | Self | 2002-11-22 |
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Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre | Self | 2002-12-11 |
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Bond Girls Are Forever | M (archive footage) | 2002-11-06 |
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The Life of Shakespeare | self | 2002-01-01 |
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Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute | Self | 2002-12-22 |
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Shaken and Stirred on Ice | Self | 2002-01-01 |
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Die Another Day | M | 2002-11-17 |
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening | Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | 2002-01-01 |
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The Shipping News | Agnis Hamm | 2001-12-18 |
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Iris | Iris Murdoch | 2001-12-14 |
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth | 2000-08-26 |
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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport | Narrator (voice) | 2000-09-15 |
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Chocolat | Armande Voizin | 2000-12-22 |
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The World Is Not Enough | M | 1999-11-17 |
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Tea with Mussolini | Arabella | 1999-03-25 |
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Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | 1999-01-01 | |
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Shakespeare in Love | Queen Elizabeth | 1998-12-11 |
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns") | 1998-11-07 |
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Highly Classified: The World of 007 | 1998-01-01 | |
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Mrs Brown | Queen Victoria | 1997-07-18 |
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Tomorrow Never Dies | M | 1997-12-11 |
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Hamlet | Hecuba | 1996-12-25 |
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GoldenEye | M | 1995-11-16 |
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files | Self | 1995-12-26 |
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Jack & Sarah | Margaret | 1995-06-02 |
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GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 | Narrator | 1992-01-01 |
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Absolute Hell | Christine Foskett | 1991-10-05 |
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Can You Hear Me Thinking? | Anne | 1990-09-30 |
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Henry V | Mistress Quickly | 1989-10-05 |
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A Handful of Dust | Mrs. Beaver | 1988-06-24 |
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An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | 1988-12-10 |
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One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage | Self (uncredited) | 1988-12-25 |
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84 Charing Cross Road | Nora Doel | 1987-02-13 |
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Make and Break | Mrs. Rogers | 1987-01-02 |
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The Angelic Conversation | (voice) | 1987-02-28 |
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Ghosts | Helene Alving | 1987-06-14 |
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A Room with a View | Eleanor Lavish | 1986-03-07 |
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Wetherby | Marcia Pilborough | 1985-06-19 |
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Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill | Dorrie Edgehill | 1985-12-15 |
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The Browning Version | Millie Crocker-Harris | 1985-12-31 |
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Saigon: Year of the Cat | Barbara Dean | 1983-11-29 |
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The Cherry Orchard | Mme. Ranevsky | 1981-10-13 |
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Going Gently | Sister Scarli | 1981-06-05 |
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On Giant's Shoulders | Hazel Wiles | 1979-03-28 |
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Village Wooing | Z | 1979-04-17 |
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A Performance of Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 1979-02-02 |
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The Comedy of Errors | Adriana | 1978-10-17 |
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Langrishe, Go Down | Imogen Langrishe | 1978-09-20 |
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My Homeland | Reader | 1976-11-03 |
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Dead Cert | Laura Davidson | 1974-05-01 |
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Luther | Katharina | 1974-01-21 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | 1968-09-30 |
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Four in the Morning | Wife ("Judi") | 1965-12-16 |
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He Who Rides a Tiger | Joanne | 1965-10-01 |
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A Study in Terror | Sally | 1965-10-01 |
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The Third Secret | Miss Ada Humphries | 1964-02-02 |
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The Cherry Orchard | Anya | 1962-04-17 |
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Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love | Self |
