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Aliases: Джуди Денч , 주디 덴치 , Dame Judi Dench , Judy Dench , Judith Olivia Dench

Gender: Female

Place of birth: York, North Yorkshire, England

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Movie Involvements: 99

TV Involvements: 20


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Spectre
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7

Spectre

(2015) M (uncredited)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
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7
Tony Awards
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5

Tony Awards

(1956) Self - Presenter/Winner
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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7
Quantum of Solace
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6
Pride & Prejudice
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8

Pride & Prejudice

(2005) Catherine de Bourgh
Die Another Day
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6

Die Another Day

(2002) M
Casino Royale
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8

Casino Royale

(2006) M

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
Mary
2022 Dame Judi Dench
Self
Self
Narrator
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
2021 Granny
M (archive footage)
Diana
Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
2020 Madame Arcati
Miss Rocholl
Judi
Commander Root
2019 Old Deuteronomy
Herself
2018 Anne Shakespeare
Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Mother of Palo Santo
Herself
2017 Self
Natalia Dragomiroff
Queen Victoria
The Abbess of St. Ursula
2016 Self
Miss Avocet
Self - Performer
2015 Paulina
Self (archive material)
M (uncredited)
Christine Metcalfe
Evelyn Greenslade
Mrs. Silver
2014 Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
2013 Self (archive footage)
Themselves
Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Philomena
Self
N/A
Self (archive footage)
2012 Self
M
Self
Mary
Cecily
Bag Lady
Evelyn Greenslade
2011 Dame Sybil Thorndike
Anna Marie Hoover
Mary
Society Lady
The Giant (voice)
Mrs. Fairfax
M (voice)
2009 Lilli
Mona Carvell
Self
2008 M
2007 Miss Matilda Jenkyns
Self/Miss Matty Jenkins
Self
Self - Guest
2006 Barbara Covett
M
Miss Lilly (voice)
Self
N/A
Narrator (voice)
2005 Catherine de Bourgh
Mrs. Laura Henderson
Miss Lilly (voice)
Narrator
2004 Miss Lilly (voice)
Ursula
Self
Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Aereon
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
2003 Narrator (voice)
2002 Herself
Self
Self
Self
M
M (archive footage)
M (archive footage)
Lady Bracknell
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
self
Self
2001 Agnis Hamm
Iris Murdoch
Miss Lilly (voice)
2000 Armande Voizin
Narrator (voice)
Elizabeth
1999 M
Arabella
N/A
1998 Queen Elizabeth
Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
N/A
1997 M
Queen Victoria
1996 Hecuba
1995 N/A
M
Margaret
N/A
1994 N/A
1992 Jean Pargetter
Narrator
1991 Self
Christine Foskett
Christine Foskett
1990 Anne
1989 Mistress Quickly
Bridget Mayor
1988 Self (uncredited)
Herself
Mrs. Beaver
1987 Self
Mrs. Alving
Nora Doel
Mrs. Rogers
1986 Eleanor Lavish
1985 Millie Crocker-Harris
Dorrie Edgehill
N/A
Marcia Pilborough
(voice)
1984 N/A
1983 Barbara Dean
1981 Laura Dalton
Mme. Ranevsky
Sister Scarli
1980 Aunt Sadie
1979 Z
Hazel Wiles
Lady Macbeth
1978 Adriana
Imogen Langrishe
Self
1976 Reader
1974 Laura Davidson
Sister Scarli
N/A
Katharina
1968 Titania
Amélie
1966 Terry Stevens - Daughter
1965 Wife ("Judi")
Sally
Joanne
1964 Miss Ada Humphries
1962 Anya
1960 N/A
Katherine
1956 Self - Presenter/Winner
1953 Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1997 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1989 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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