Judi Dench
Acting
Born 1934-12-09
York, North Yorkshire, England
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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.
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Filmography
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
An Age of Kings
The Graham Norton Show
Tony Awards
The One Show
BBC Play of the Month
Playhouse
Omnibus
Pride & Prejudice
Theatre 625
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Countryfile
Parkinson
Casino Royale
The Oscars
Pebble Mill
Skyfall
Who Do You Think You Are?
Going Live!
Spectre
Remembers…
Murder on the Orient Express
ITV Playhouse
An Audience with...
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Performance
Spirited
BBC2 Play of the Week
The Hollow Crown
GoldenEye
Quantum of Solace
The BAFTA Awards
Die Another Day
HBO First Look
Jane Eyre
Tomorrow Never Dies
As Time Goes By
The World Is Not Enough
The Magic Faraway Tree
Home on the Range
Tulip Fever
Chocolat
Festival
Cranford
Staged
Cats
Screen One
Shakespeare in Love
Vicious
The Chronicles of Riddick
Detective
Notes on a Scandal
Artemis Fowl
Red Joan
J. Edgar
A Room with a View
Angelina Ballerina
My Week with Marilyn
Talking Pictures
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