Acting
Judi Dench
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.
Filmography
Joke
Film · 2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
Film · 2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Film · 2026
Letters to My Younger Future Self
Film · 2026
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
Film · 2026
The Twelfth Night Reunion
Film · 2026
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
Film · 2025
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
Film · 2025
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
Film · 2024
Allelujah
Film · 2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Film · 2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Series · 2023
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
Film · 2022
Born to be The King
Film · 2022
Quintessentially British
Film · 2022
Spirited
Film · 2022
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
Film · 2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Film · 2022
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
Film · 2022
Louis Theroux Interviews
Series · 2022
Remembers…
Series · 2022
Off the Rails
Film · 2021
Belfast
Film · 2021
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
Film · 2021
Artemis Fowl
Film · 2020
Blithe Spirit
Film · 2020
Six Minutes to Midnight
Film · 2020
The Big Night In
Film · 2020
Staged
Series · 2020
Cats
Film · 2019
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
Series · 2019
Red Joan
Film · 2018
Nothing Like a Dame
Film · 2018
Palo Santo
Film · 2018
All Is True
Film · 2018
Tulip Fever
Film · 2017
Murder on the Orient Express
Film · 2017
Victoria & Abdul
Film · 2017
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
Film · 2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Film · 2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Film · 2016
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
Film · 2016
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Film · 2015
The Vote
Film · 2015
Spectre
Film · 2015
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
Film · 2015
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
Film · 2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Philomena
Film · 2013
Muse of Fire
Film · 2013
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
Film · 2013
Six by Sondheim
Film · 2013
Talking Pictures
Series · 2013
Vicious
Series · 2013
Skyfall
Film · 2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Film · 2012
Everything or Nothing
Film · 2012
Stars in Shorts
Film · 2012
Run For Your Wife
Film · 2012
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
Film · 2012
The Hollow Crown
Series · 2012
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Film · 2011
Jane Eyre
Film · 2011
My Week with Marilyn
Film · 2011
J. Edgar
Film · 2011
Friend Request Pending
Film · 2011
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
Film · 2011
Into the Woods
Film · 2011
Nine
Film · 2009
Rage
Film · 2009
Live from Studio Five
Series · 2009
Quantum of Solace
Film · 2008
Cranford
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Notes on a Scandal
Film · 2006
Doogal
Film · 2006
Casino Royale
Film · 2006
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
Film · 2006
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
Film · 2006
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Film · 2005
Pride & Prejudice
Film · 2005
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
Film · 2005
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
Film · 2005
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
Film · 2005
The Chronicles of Riddick
Film · 2004
A Dairy Tale
Film · 2004
Ladies in Lavender
Film · 2004
Home on the Range
Film · 2004
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
Film · 2004
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
Film · 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Series · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Bugs!
Film · 2003
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
Film · 2003
The Importance of Being Earnest
Film · 2002
Die Another Day
Film · 2002
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
Film · 2002
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
Film · 2002
Best Ever Bond
Film · 2002
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
Film · 2002
The Life of Shakespeare
Film · 2002
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
Film · 2002
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
Film · 2002
Bond Girls Are Forever
Film · 2002
The Shipping News
Film · 2001
Iris
Film · 2001
Angelina Ballerina
Series · 2001
Chocolat
Film · 2000
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Film · 2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Film · 2000
Tea with Mussolini
Film · 1999
The World Is Not Enough
Film · 1999
Shakespeare in Love
Film · 1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Film · 1998
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Film · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
Tomorrow Never Dies
Film · 1997
Mrs Brown
Film · 1997
Hamlet
Film · 1996
GoldenEye
Film · 1995
Jack & Sarah
Film · 1995
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
Film · 1995
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
Film · 1995
Middlemarch
Series · 1994
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Film · 1992
As Time Goes By
Series · 1992
HBO First Look
Series · 1992
Absolute Hell
Film · 1991
Pebble Mill
Series · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Film · 1990
Henry V
Film · 1989
Behaving Badly
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
A Handful of Dust
Film · 1988
Countryfile
Series · 1988
Comic Relief
Series · 1988
84 Charing Cross Road
Film · 1987
Ghosts
Film · 1987
Make and Break
Film · 1987
The Angelic Conversation
Film · 1987
Going Live!
Series · 1987
A Room with a View
Film · 1986
Wetherby
Film · 1985
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Film · 1985
The Browning Version
Film · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
Playing Shakespeare
Series · 1984
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Film · 1983
The Cherry Orchard
Film · 1981
Going Gently
Film · 1981
A Fine Romance
Series · 1981
Love in a Cold Climate
Series · 1980
Macbeth
Film · 1979
Village Wooing
Film · 1979
On Giant's Shoulders
Film · 1979
Langrishe, Go Down
Film · 1978
The Comedy of Errors
Film · 1978
An Audience with...
Series · 1978
The South Bank Show
Series · 1978
BBC2 Play of the Week
Series · 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Series · 1977
My Homeland
Film · 1976
Dead Cert
Film · 1974
Luther
Film · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Confession
Series · 1970
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Film · 1968
Ooh La La!
Series · 1968
Omnibus
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
ITV Playhouse
Series · 1967
Talking to a Stranger
Series · 1966
A Study in Terror
Film · 1965
Four in the Morning
Film · 1965
He Who Rides a Tiger
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
The Third Secret
Film · 1964
Detective
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Festival
Series · 1963
The Cherry Orchard
Film · 1962
An Age of Kings
Series · 1960
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The BAFTA Awards
Series · 1949