Judi Dench
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 (183 Appearances)
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Letters to My Younger Future Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
The Magic Faraway Tree
Joke
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Allelujah
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Spirited
Quintessentially British
Louis Theroux Interviews
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Born to be The King
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Remembers…
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Belfast
Off the Rails
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Blithe Spirit
Six Minutes to Midnight
Staged
Artemis Fowl
The Big Night In
Cats
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
All Is True
Red Joan
Palo Santo
Nothing Like a Dame
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Murder on the Orient Express
Victoria & Abdul
Tulip Fever
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Spectre
The Vote
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Six by Sondheim
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Philomena
Muse of Fire
Vicious
Talking Pictures
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Skyfall
Everything or Nothing
Stars in Shorts
The Hollow Crown
Run For Your Wife
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
My Week with Marilyn
J. Edgar
Friend Request Pending
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Into the Woods
Jane Eyre
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
Nine
Rage
Live from Studio Five
Quantum of Solace
Cranford
The Graham Norton Show
Notes on a Scandal
Casino Royale
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
The One Show
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Doogal
Pride & Prejudice
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Ladies in Lavender
Who Do You Think You Are?
A Dairy Tale
The Chronicles of Riddick
Home on the Range
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Bugs!
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Best Ever Bond
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Die Another Day
Bond Girls Are Forever
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Life of Shakespeare
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
The Shipping News
Iris
Angelina Ballerina
Chocolat
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
The World Is Not Enough
Tea with Mussolini
Shakespeare in Love
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Parkinson
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Tomorrow Never Dies
Mrs Brown
Hamlet
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
GoldenEye
Jack & Sarah
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Middlemarch
HBO First Look
As Time Goes By
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Pebble Mill
Performance
Absolute Hell
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Henry V
Screen One
Behaving Badly
Countryfile
A Handful of Dust
Going Live!
Ghosts
The Angelic Conversation
84 Charing Cross Road
Make and Break
A Room with a View
The Browning Version
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Theatre Night
Wetherby
Playing Shakespeare
Saigon: Year of the Cat
A Fine Romance
The Cherry Orchard
Going Gently
Love in a Cold Climate
Village Wooing
On Giant's Shoulders
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
Langrishe, Go Down
An Audience with...
BBC2 Play of the Week
My Homeland
Dead Cert
Playhouse
Luther
Confession
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ooh La La!
Omnibus
ITV Playhouse
Talking to a Stranger
Four in the Morning
BBC Play of the Month
A Study in Terror
He Who Rides a Tiger
Theatre 625
Detective
The Third Secret
Festival
The Cherry Orchard
An Age of Kings
Tony Awards
The Oscars
The BAFTA Awards