10.0
10.0
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
as Anne
Judi Dench
Also known as: Dame Judi Dench, Judith Olivia Dench, Dame Judith Olivia Dench
Acting
Born:December 9, 1934(age 91)
Birthplace:York, North Yorkshire, England
Nationality:United Kingdom
Education:Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Clifton Pre-preparatory School
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (125 movies)
9.0
9.0
Look Back in Anger
1989
Director
8.8
8.8
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Adriana
8.4
8.4
The Vote
2015
as Christine Metcalfe
8.1
8.1
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
8.0
8.0
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
8.0
8.0
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Anya
8.0
8.0
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
2005
as Narrator
7.8
7.8
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
as Self
7.7
7.7
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Paulina
7.7
7.7
Friend Request Pending
2011
as Mary
7.6
7.6
Casino Royale
2006
as M
7.5
7.5
Going Gently
1981
as Sister Scarli
7.4
7.4
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
as Narrator (voice)
7.3
7.3
Philomena
2013
as Philomena
7.3
7.3
Palo Santo
2018
as Mother of Palo Santo
7.3
7.3
Macbeth
1979
as Lady Macbeth
7.3
7.3
Skyfall
2012
as M
7.2
7.2
Jane Eyre
2011
as Mrs. Fairfax
7.2
7.2
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
7.2
7.2
Henry V
1989
as Mistress Quickly
7.2
7.2
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Nora Doel
7.1
7.1
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
7.1
7.1
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Barbara Covett
7.1
7.1
Belfast
2021
as Granny
7.0
7.0
Born to be The King
2022
as Narrator
7.0
7.0
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Miss Lilly (voice)
7.0
7.0
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Dorrie Edgehill
7.0
7.0
Chocolat
2000
as Armande Voizin
7.0
7.0
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Evelyn Greenslade
6.9
6.9
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Queen Victoria
6.9
6.9
A Room with a View
1986
as Eleanor Lavish
6.9
6.9
GoldenEye
1995
as M
6.8
6.8
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Queen Elizabeth
6.8
6.8
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Miss Avocet
6.8
6.8
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Lady Bracknell
6.8
6.8
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
6.8
6.8
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
6.7
6.7
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Margaret
6.7
6.7
Mrs Brown
1997
as Queen Victoria
6.7
6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Princess Dragomiroff
6.7
6.7
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Elizabeth
6.7
6.7
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017
as Self
6.7
6.7
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
as Mrs. Silver
6.7
6.7
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
6.6
6.6
Red Joan
2018
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
6.6
6.6
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
6.6
6.6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Society Lady
6.5
6.5
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Aereon
6.5
6.5
Tulip Fever
2017
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
6.5
6.5
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
6.5
6.5
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
6.4
6.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Evelyn Greenslade
6.4
6.4
Iris
2001
as Iris Murdoch
6.4
6.4
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Arabella
6.4
6.4
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Ursula
6.4
6.4
The Shipping News
2001
as Agnis Hamm
6.4
6.4
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as M
6.3
6.3
Quantum of Solace
2008
as M
6.3
6.3
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as The Fridge (voice)
6.3
6.3
The World Is Not Enough
1999
as M
6.2
6.2
J. Edgar
2011
as Anna Marie Hoover
6.2
6.2
A Study in Terror
1965
as Sally
6.2
6.2
The Browning Version
1985
as Millie Crocker-Harris
6.2
6.2
Bugs!
2003
as Narrator (voice)
6.2
6.2
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
6.2
6.2
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
6.1
6.1
The Third Secret
1964
as Miss Ada Humphries
6.1
6.1
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Miss Rocholl
6.1
6.1
Home on the Range
2004
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
6.0
6.0
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mrs. Beaver
6.0
6.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Titania
6.0
6.0
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
6.0
6.0
Four in the Morning
1965
as Wife ("Judi")
6.0
6.0
All Is True
2018
as Anne Shakespeare
6.0
6.0
Off the Rails
2021
as Diana
6.0
6.0
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
6.0
6.0
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
6.0
6.0
Die Another Day
2002
as M
5.9
5.9
Wetherby
1985
as Marcia Pilborough
5.7
5.7
Blithe Spirit
2020
as Madame Arcati
5.7
5.7
Absolute Hell
1991
as Christine Foskett
5.6
5.6
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
2003
as Miss Lilly (voice)
5.6
5.6
Luther
1974
as Katharina
5.5
5.5
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Commander Root
5.5
5.5
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
5.5
5.5
Nine
2009
as Lilli
5.2
5.2
Allelujah
2023
as Mary
5.2
5.2
An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
5.1
5.1
A Dairy Tale
2004
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
5.0
5.0
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
5.0
5.0
The Angelic Conversation
1987
as (voice)
4.9
4.9
Doogal
2006
as Narrator (voice)
4.7
4.7
Stars In Shorts
2012
as Mary
4.6
4.6
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
as Barbara Dean
4.6
4.6
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011
as M (voice)
4.4
4.4
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Bag Lady
4.1
4.1
Cats
2019
as Old Deuteronomy
4.0
4.0
Dead Cert
1974
as Laura Davidson
4.0
4.0
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
3.8
3.8
Quintessentially British
2022
as Self
3.7
3.7
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
as Imogen Langrishe
3.5
3.5
Rage
2009
as Mona Carvell
2.0
2.0
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
2.0
2.0
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002
as Self
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
Ghosts
1987
as Helene Alving
The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Mme. Ranevsky
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
TBA
as Self
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
as Self
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
2025
as Self
Village Wooing
1979
as Z
Make and Break
1987
as Mrs. Rogers
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024
as Self
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
as Joanne
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992
as Narrator
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
On Giant's Shoulders
1979
as Hazel Wiles
My Homeland
1976
as Reader
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
as self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
as Self
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