Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Character:Self
Release Date:27/12/2025
Tea with Judi Dench
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2025
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
Character:Self
Release Date:12/04/2025
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Character:Self
Release Date:18/08/2024
The Coronation Concert
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/05/2023
Allelujah
Character:Mary
Release Date:17/03/2023
Spirited
Character:Dame Judi Dench
Release Date:10/11/2022
Quintessentially British
Character:Self
Release Date:27/10/2022
Born to be The King
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/09/2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/07/2022
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2022
Belfast
Character:Granny
Release Date:12/11/2021
Off the Rails
Character:Diana
Release Date:23/07/2021
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Character:Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Release Date:06/06/2021
Blithe Spirit
Character:Madame Arcati
Release Date:10/11/2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Character:Miss Rocholl
Release Date:15/10/2020
Artemis Fowl
Character:Commander Root
Release Date:29/05/2020
Cats
Character:Old Deuteronomy
Release Date:19/12/2019
All Is True
Character:Anne Shakespeare
Release Date:21/12/2018
Red Joan
Character:Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Release Date:13/09/2018
Palo Santo
Character:Mother of Palo Santo
Release Date:06/07/2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Character:Self
Release Date:02/05/2018
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Character:Princess Dragomiroff
Release Date:03/11/2017
Victoria & Abdul
Character:Queen Victoria
Release Date:13/09/2017
Tulip Fever
Character:The Abbess of St. Ursula
Release Date:13/07/2017
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Character:Self
Release Date:30/12/2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Character:Miss Avocet
Release Date:28/09/2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Character:Self - Performer
Release Date:23/04/2016
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Character:Paulina
Release Date:30/11/2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Character:Self (archive material)
Release Date:08/11/2015
Spectre
Character:M (uncredited)
Release Date:26/10/2015
The Vote
Character:Christine Metcalfe
Release Date:07/05/2015
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Evelyn Greenslade
Release Date:26/02/2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Character:Mrs. Silver
Release Date:02/01/2015
Six by Sondheim
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/12/2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Character:Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Release Date:02/11/2013
Philomena
Character:Philomena
Release Date:01/11/2013
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/2012
Skyfall
Character:M
Release Date:24/10/2012
Everything or Nothing
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2012
Stars in Shorts
Character:Mary
Release Date:28/09/2012
Run For Your Wife
Character:Bag Lady
Release Date:16/05/2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Character:Evelyn Greenslade
Release Date:23/02/2012
My Week with Marilyn
Character:Dame Sybil Thorndike
Release Date:23/11/2011
J. Edgar
Character:Anna Marie Hoover
Release Date:09/11/2011
Friend Request Pending
Character:Mary
Release Date:13/10/2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Character:Society Lady
Release Date:15/05/2011
Into the Woods
Character:The Giant (voice)
Release Date:31/03/2011
Jane Eyre
Character:Mrs. Fairfax
Release Date:11/03/2011
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
Character:M (voice)
Release Date:05/03/2011
Nine
Character:Lilli
Release Date:03/12/2009
Rage
Character:Mona Carvell
Release Date:24/09/2009
Quantum of Solace
Character:M
Release Date:29/10/2008
Notes on a Scandal
Character:Barbara Covett
Release Date:25/12/2006
Casino Royale
Character:M
Release Date:14/11/2006
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Character:Miss Lilly (voice)
Release Date:05/09/2006
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Character:
Release Date:17/07/2006
Doogal
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/02/2006
Pride & Prejudice
Character:Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Release Date:16/09/2005
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Character:Mrs. Laura Henderson
Release Date:08/09/2005
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Character:Miss Lilly (voice)
Release Date:06/09/2005
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
Character:Narrator
Release Date:24/05/2005
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Character:Miss Lilly (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2005
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Character:Miss Lilly (voice)
Release Date:30/11/2004
Ladies in Lavender
Character:Ursula
Release Date:12/11/2004
A Dairy Tale
Character:Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Release Date:14/09/2004
The Chronicles of Riddick
Character:Aereon
Release Date:11/06/2004
Home on the Range
Character:Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Release Date:02/04/2004
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Bugs!
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/07/2003
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Character:Miss Lilly (voice)
Release Date:17/05/2003
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2002
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Character:Self
Release Date:11/12/2002
Best Ever Bond
Character:Self
Release Date:22/11/2002
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2002
Die Another Day
Character:M
Release Date:17/11/2002
The Importance of Being Earnest
Character:Lady Bracknell
Release Date:17/05/2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Character:Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Life of Shakespeare
Character:self
Release Date:01/01/2002
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2002
The Shipping News
Character:Agnis Hamm
Release Date:18/12/2001
Iris
Character:Iris Murdoch
Release Date:14/12/2001
Chocolat
Character:Armande Voizin
Release Date:22/12/2000
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/09/2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:26/08/2000
The World Is Not Enough
Character:M
Release Date:17/11/1999
Tea with Mussolini
Character:Arabella
Release Date:25/03/1999
Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1999
Shakespeare in Love
Character:Queen Elizabeth
Release Date:11/12/1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Character:Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Release Date:07/11/1998
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
Character:M
Release Date:11/12/1997
Mrs Brown
Character:Queen Victoria
Release Date:18/07/1997
Hamlet
Character:Hecuba
Release Date:25/12/1996
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/1995
GoldenEye
Character:M
Release Date:16/11/1995
Jack & Sarah
Character:Margaret
Release Date:02/06/1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1992
Absolute Hell
Character:Christine Foskett
Release Date:05/10/1991
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Character:Anne
Release Date:30/09/1990
Henry V
Character:Mistress Quickly
Release Date:05/10/1989
One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1988
An Audience With Victoria Wood
Character:Self
Release Date:10/12/1988
A Handful of Dust
Character:Mrs. Beaver
Release Date:24/06/1988
Ghosts
Character:Helene Alving
Release Date:14/06/1987
The Angelic Conversation
Character:(voice)
Release Date:28/02/1987
84 Charing Cross Road
Character:Nora Doel
Release Date:13/02/1987
Make and Break
Character:Mrs. Rogers
Release Date:02/01/1987
A Room with a View
Character:Eleanor Lavish
Release Date:07/03/1986
The Browning Version
Character:Millie Crocker-Harris
Release Date:31/12/1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Character:Dorrie Edgehill
Release Date:15/12/1985
Wetherby
Character:Marcia Pilborough
Release Date:19/06/1985
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Character:Barbara Dean
Release Date:29/11/1983
The Cherry Orchard
Character:Mme. Ranevsky
Release Date:13/10/1981
Going Gently
Character:Sister Scarli
Release Date:05/06/1981
Village Wooing
Character:Z
Release Date:17/04/1979
On Giant's Shoulders
Character:Hazel Wiles
Release Date:28/03/1979
Macbeth
Character:Lady Macbeth
Release Date:02/02/1979
The Comedy of Errors
Character:Adriana
Release Date:17/10/1978
Langrishe, Go Down
Character:Imogen Langrishe
Release Date:20/09/1978
My Homeland
Character:Reader
Release Date:03/11/1976
Dead Cert
Character:Laura Davidson
Release Date:01/05/1974
Luther
Character:Katharina
Release Date:21/01/1974
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character:Titania
Release Date:30/09/1968
Four in the Morning
Character:Wife ("Judi")
Release Date:16/12/1965
A Study in Terror
Character:Sally
Release Date:01/10/1965
He Who Rides a Tiger
Character:Joanne
Release Date:01/10/1965
The Third Secret
Character:Miss Ada Humphries
Release Date:02/02/1964
The Cherry Orchard
Character:Anya
Release Date:17/04/1962
Television Appearances
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Character:Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
Character:Self
Staged
Character:Judi
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Character:Herself
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Vicious
Character:Judi Dench (voice, uncredited)
Talking Pictures
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Hollow Crown
Character:Cecily
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
Cranford
Character:Miss Matilda Jenkyns
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The One Show
Character:Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Angelina Ballerina
Character:Miss Lilly (voice)
Parkinson
Character:Self
Middlemarch
Character:
HBO First Look
Character:Self
As Time Goes By
Character:Jean Pargetter
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
Performance
Character:Christine Foskett
Behaving Badly
Character:Bridget Mayor
Countryfile
Character:Self
Going Live!
Character:Self
Theatre Night
Character:
Theatre Night
Character:Helene Alving
Playing Shakespeare
Character:
A Fine Romance
Character:Laura Dalton
Love in a Cold Climate
Character:Aunt Sadie
An Audience with...
Character:Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
Character:Imogen Langrishe
BBC2 Play of the Week
Character:Helen Wiles
Playhouse
Character:Sister Scarli
Ooh La La!
Character:Amélie
Omnibus
Character:Self - Reading Poetry
Talking to a Stranger
Character:Terry Stevens - Daughter
BBC Play of the Month
Character:Elizabeth Moris
Theatre 625
Character:Valentine Wannop
Theatre 625
Character:Terry Stevens
Detective
Character:Charlotte Revel
Festival
Character:Angela Thwaites
An Age of Kings
Character:Katherine of Valois
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter/Winner
The Oscars
Character:Self
The BAFTA Awards
Character:Self
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