Judi Dench
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 9, 1934
- Birthplace
- York, North Yorkshire, England
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.
Filmography
- Letters to My Younger Future Self
Letters to My Younger Future Self 2026
Actor
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen 2026
as Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth 2026
as Self
The Magic Faraway Tree 2026
as The Fridge (voice)
Joke 2026
Actor
The Twelfth Night Reunion 2026
as Self - Performer
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me 2025
as Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh 2025
as Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple 2024
as Self
Allelujah 2023
as Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema 2023
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Spirited 2022
as Dame Judi Dench
Quintessentially British 2022
as Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall 2022
as Self
Born to be The King 2022
as Narrator
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure 2022
as Self (archive footage)
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth 2022
as Self
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends 2022
as Self
Belfast 2021
as Granny
Off the Rails 2021
as Diana
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre 2021
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Blithe Spirit 2020
as Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight 2020
as Miss Rocholl
Artemis Fowl 2020
as Commander Root
The Big Night In 2020
as Self
Cats 2019
as Old Deuteronomy
All Is True 2018
as Anne Shakespeare
Red Joan 2018
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Palo Santo 2018
as Mother of Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame 2018
as Self
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees 2017
as Self
Murder on the Orient Express 2017
as Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul 2017
as Queen Victoria
Tulip Fever 2017
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage 2016
as Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2016
as Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 2016
as Self - Performer
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale 2015
as Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC 2015
as Self (archive material)
Spectre 2015
as M (uncredited)
The Vote 2015
as Christine Metcalfe
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2015
as Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot 2015
as Mrs. Silver
Six by Sondheim 2013
as Self (archive footage)
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage 2013
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena 2013
as Philomena
Muse of Fire 2013
as Self
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars 2012
as Self
Skyfall 2012
as M
Everything or Nothing 2012
as Self
Stars in Shorts 2012
as Mary
Run For Your Wife 2012
as Bag Lady
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2012
as Evelyn Greenslade
My Week with Marilyn 2011
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar 2011
as Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending 2011
as Mary
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 2011
as Society Lady
Into the Woods 2011
as The Giant (voice)
Jane Eyre 2011
as Mrs. Fairfax
James Bond Supports International Women's Day 2011
as M (voice)
Nine 2009
as Lilli
Rage 2009
as Mona Carvell
Quantum of Solace 2008
as M
Angelina Ballerina: Follows Her Dreams 2007
as Ms. Lilly (voice)
Notes on a Scandal 2006
as Barbara Covett
Casino Royale 2006
as M
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck 2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
- Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles 2006
Actor
Doogal 2006
as Narrator (voice)
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites 2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Pride & Prejudice 2005
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance 2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
- We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom 2005
as Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance 2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On 2004
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Ladies in Lavender 2004
as Ursula
A Dairy Tale 2004
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick 2004
as Aereon
Home on the Range 2004
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love 2004
as Self
Bugs! 2003
as Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action! 2003
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute 2002
as Self
- Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre 2002
as Self
Best Ever Bond 2002
as Self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen 2002
as Self
Die Another Day 2002
as M
Bond Girls Are Forever 2002
as Herself
The Importance of Being Earnest 2002
as Lady Bracknell
- Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Shaken and Stirred on Ice 2002
as Self
- The Life of Shakespeare
The Life of Shakespeare 2002
as self
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening 2002
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
The Shipping News 2001
as Agnis Hamm
Iris 2001
as Iris Murdoch
Chocolat 2000
as Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 2000
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000
as Elizabeth
The World Is Not Enough 1999
as M
Tea with Mussolini 1999
as Arabella
Shakespeare in Love 1998
as Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh 1998
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007 1998
as Self
Tomorrow Never Dies 1997
as M
Mrs Brown 1997
as Queen Victoria
Hamlet 1996
as Hecuba
Goldeneye: The Secret Files 1995
as Self
GoldenEye 1995
as M
Jack & Sarah 1995
as Margaret
- GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast 1995
as Self
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 1992
as Narrator
Absolute Hell 1991
as Christine Foskett
Can You Hear Me Thinking? 1990
as Anne
Look Back in Anger 1989
Director
Henry V 1989
as Mistress Quickly
A Handful of Dust 1988
as Mrs. Beaver
Ghosts 1987
as Helene Alving
The Angelic Conversation 1987
as (voice)
84 Charing Cross Road 1987
as Nora Doel
Make and Break 1987
as Mrs. Rogers
A Room with a View 1986
as Eleanor Lavish
The Browning Version 1985
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill 1985
as Dorrie Edgehill
Wetherby 1985
as Marcia Pilborough
Saigon: Year of the Cat 1983
as Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard 1981
as Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently 1981
as Sister Scarli
- Village Wooing
Village Wooing 1979
as Z
On Giant's Shoulders 1979
as Hazel Wiles
Macbeth 1979
as Lady Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors 1978
as Adriana
Langrishe, Go Down 1978
as Imogen Langrishe
My Homeland 1976
as Reader
Dead Cert 1974
as Laura Davidson
Luther 1974
as Katharina
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1968
as Titania
Four in the Morning 1965
as Wife ("Judi")
He Who Rides a Tiger 1965
as Joanne
A Study in Terror 1965
as Sally
The Third Secret 1964
as Miss Ada Humphries
The Cherry Orchard 1962
as Anya
Credits from TMDB.