Judi Dench
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.
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Movies (141)
Letters to My Younger Future Self
2026
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
2026 · Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026 · Self
El Árbol Mágico
2026 · The Fridge (voice)
Joke
2026
The Twelfth Night Reunion
2026 · Self - Performer
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
2025 · Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
2025 · Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024 · Self
Allelujah
2023 · Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023 · Self - Actress (archive footage)
Spirited: El espíritu de las fiestas
2022 · Dame Judi Dench
Quintessentially British
2022 · Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022 · Self
Born to be The King
2022 · Narrator
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022 · Self (archive footage)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022 · Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022 · Self
Belfast
2021 · Granny
Off the Rails
2021 · Diana
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021 · Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Blithe Spirit
2020 · Madame Arcati
Las hijas del Reich
2020 · Miss Rocholl
Artemis Fowl: El mundo subterráneo
2020 · Commander Root
The Big Night In
2020 · Self
Cats
2019 · Old Deuteronomy
Todo es cierto
2018 · Anne Shakespeare
La espía roja
2018 · Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo
2018 · Mother of Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame
2018 · Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017 · Self
Asesinato en el Expreso de Oriente
2017 · Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
2017 · Queen Victoria
Amor y tulipanes
2017 · The Abbess of St. Ursula
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016 · Self
Miss Peregrine y los niños peculiares
2016 · Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Performer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015 · Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Self (archive material)
007: Spectre
2015 · M (uncredited)
The Vote
2015 · Christine Metcalfe
El exótico Hotel Marigold 2
2015 · Evelyn Greenslade
Agu Trot de Roald Dahl
2015 · Mrs. Silver
Sondheim En Seis Canciones
2013 · Self (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013 · Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena
2013 · Philomena
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012 · Self
007: Operación Skyfall
2012 · M
Everything or Nothing
2012 · Self
Stars in Shorts
2012 · Mary
Run For Your Wife
2012 · Bag Lady
El exótico Hotel Marigold
2012 · Evelyn Greenslade
Mi semana con Marilyn
2011 · Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar
2011 · Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending
2011 · Mary
Piratas del Caribe 4: Navegando Aguas Misteriosas
2011 · Society Lady
Into the Woods
2011 · The Giant (voice)
Jane Eyre
2011 · Mrs. Fairfax
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011 · M (voice)
Nine
2009 · Lilli
Rage
2009 · Mona Carvell
007: Quantum
2008 · M
Angelina Ballerina: Follows Her Dreams
2007 · Ms. Lilly (voice)
Escandalo
2006 · Barbara Covett
Casino Royale
2006 · M
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006 · Miss Lilly (voice)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Doogal
2006 · Narrator (voice)
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
2006 · Miss Lilly (voice)
Orgullo y Prejuicio
2005 · Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005 · Mrs. Laura Henderson
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005 · Miss Lilly (voice)
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
2005 · Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
2005 · Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004 · Miss Lilly (voice)
El Violinista que Llegó del Mar
2004 · Ursula
A Dairy Tale
2004 · Mrs. Calloway (voice)
La Batalla de Riddick
2004 · Aereon
Vacas Vaqueras
2004 · Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004 · Self
Bugs!
2003 · Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
2003 · Miss Lilly (voice)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002 · Self
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002 · Self
Best Ever Bond
2002 · Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002 · Self
007: Otro día para morir
2002 · M
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002 · Herself
La importancia de llamarse Ernesto
2002 · Lady Bracknell
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002 · Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
The Life of Shakespeare
2002 · self
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002 · Self
Atando cabos
2001 · Agnis Hamm
Iris
2001 · Iris Murdoch
Chocolate
2000 · Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000 · Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000 · Elizabeth
The World Is Not Enough
1999 · M
Tea with Mussolini
1999 · Arabella
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998 · Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998 · Self
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 · M
Mrs Brown
1997 · Queen Victoria
Hamlet
1996 · Hecuba
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995 · Self
GoldenEye
1995 · M
Jack & Sarah
1995 · Margaret
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995 · Self
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992 · Narrator
Absolute Hell
1991 · Christine Foskett
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990 · Anne
Look Back in Anger
1989 · Director
Henry V
1989 · Mistress Quickly
A Handful of Dust
1988 · Mrs. Beaver
Ghosts
1987 · Helene Alving
The Angelic Conversation
1987 · (voice)
84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · Nora Doel
Make and Break
1987 · Mrs. Rogers
A Room with a View
1986 · Eleanor Lavish
The Browning Version
1985 · Millie Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985 · Dorrie Edgehill
Wetherby
1985 · Marcia Pilborough
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983 · Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard
1981 · Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently
1981 · Sister Scarli
Village Wooing
1979 · Z
On Giant's Shoulders
1979 · Hazel Wiles
Macbeth
1979 · Lady Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
1978 · Adriana
Langrishe, Go Down
1978 · Imogen Langrishe
My Homeland
1976 · Reader
Dead Cert
1974 · Laura Davidson
Luther
1974 · Katharina
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968 · Titania
Four in the Morning
1965 · Wife ("Judi")
A Study in Terror
1965 · Sally
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965 · Joanne
The Third Secret
1964 · Miss Ada Humphries
The Cherry Orchard
1962 · Anya
TV shows (52)
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
2023 · Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022 · Self
Remembers…
2022 · Self
Staged
2020 · Judi
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
2019 · Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Vicious
2013 · Judi Dench (voice, uncredited)
Talking Pictures
2013 · Self (archive footage)
La Corona Vacía
2012 · Cecily
Return to Cranford
2009 · Matilda 'Matty' Jenkyns
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self
Cranford
2007 · Miss Matilda Jenkyns
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 · Self
Parkinson
2004 · Self - Guest, Self - Guest / Performer, Self - Guest (archive footage)
Angelina Ballerina
2001 · Miss Lilly (voice)
Parkinson
1998 · Self
Hububb
1997 · Writer
Middlemarch
1994
HBO First Look
1992 · Self
As Time Goes By
1992 · Jean Pargetter
Pebble Mill
1991 · Self
Performance
1991 · Christine Foskett
Screen One
1989 · Anne
Behaving Badly
1989 · Bridget Mayor
Countryfile
1988 · Self
Comic Relief
1988
Going Live!
1987 · Self
Theatre Night
1985 · Helene Alving, Mrs Rogers
Playing Shakespeare
1984
A Fine Romance
1981 · Laura Dalton
Love in a Cold Climate
1980 · Aunt Sadie
The South Bank Show
1978
An Audience with...
1978 · Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Imogen Langrishe, Helen Wiles
Playhouse
1974 · Sister Scarli
Confession
1970 · Woman
Ooh La La!
1968 · Amélie
Omnibus
1967 · Self - Reading Poetry
ITV Playhouse
1967 · Helen Payle, Z
Talking to a Stranger
1966 · Terry Stevens - Daughter
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Elizabeth Moris
The Troubleshooters
1965 · Gwyneth Evans
Theatre 625
1964 · Valentine Wannop, Terry Stevens
Detective
1964 · Charlotte Revel
Festival
1963 · Angela Thwaites
An Age of Kings
1960 · Katherine of Valois
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter / Winner
The Oscars
1953 · Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949 · Self