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