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.
134 movies · 46 shows
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026·7.0
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026·6.2
Joke
2026·6.0
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
2025·7.0
Tea with Judi Dench
2025·0.0
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024·0.0
Allelujah
2023·5.2
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023·7.2
Spirited
2022·6.8
Quintessentially British
2022·3.8
Born to be The King
2022·7.0
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022·8.0
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022·0.0
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022·8.0
Belfast
2021·7.0
Off the Rails
2021·6.0
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021·10.0
Blithe Spirit
2020·5.7
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020·6.2
Artemis Fowl
2020·5.5
The Big Night In
2020·9.0
Cats
2019·4.1
All Is True
2018·6.1
Red Joan
2018·6.6
Palo Santo
2018·7.3
Nothing Like a Dame
2018·6.8
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017·6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
2017·6.7
Victoria & Abdul
2017·6.9
Tulip Fever
2017·6.5
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016·7.8
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016·6.8
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016·7.2
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015·7.7
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015·5.0
Spectre
2015·6.6
The Vote
2015·8.4
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015·6.4
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015·6.7
Six by Sondheim
2013·7.1
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013·6.2
Philomena
2013·7.3
Muse of Fire
2013·6.5
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012·6.2
Skyfall
2012·7.3
Everything or Nothing
2012·7.2
Stars in Shorts
2012·6.0
Run For Your Wife
2012·4.4
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012·7.0
My Week with Marilyn
2011·6.7
J. Edgar
2011·6.2
Friend Request Pending
2011·7.7
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011·6.6
Into the Woods
2011·8.8
Jane Eyre
2011·7.2
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011·4.4
Nine
2009·5.5
Rage
2009·3.5
Quantum of Solace
2008·6.3
Notes on a Scandal
2006·7.1
Casino Royale
2006·7.6
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006·2.0
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006·6.0
Doogal
2006·4.9
Pride & Prejudice
2005·8.1
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005·6.7
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005·0.0
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
2005·8.0
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
2005·0.0
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004·7.0
Ladies in Lavender
2004·6.5
A Dairy Tale
2004·5.1
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004·6.6
Home on the Range
2004·6.1
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004·0.0
Bugs!
2003·6.3
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
2003·6.2
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002·8.0
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002·0.0
Best Ever Bond
2002·5.6
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002·6.5
Die Another Day
2002·6.0
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002·5.7
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002·6.8
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002·7.0
The Life of Shakespeare
2002·0.0
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002·5.5
The Shipping News
2001·6.4
Iris
2001·6.4
Chocolat
2000·7.0
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000·7.4
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000·6.9
The World Is Not Enough
1999·6.3
Tea with Mussolini
1999·6.4
Shakespeare in Love
1998·6.8
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998·6.7
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998·7.0
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997·6.4
Mrs Brown
1997·6.8
Hamlet
1996·7.3
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995·6.0
GoldenEye
1995·6.9
Jack & Sarah
1995·6.7
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995·6.0
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992·8.0
Absolute Hell
1991·6.0
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990·8.5
Henry V
1989·7.1
A Handful of Dust
1988·6.1
Ghosts
1987·7.0
The Angelic Conversation
1987·5.2
84 Charing Cross Road
1987·7.2
Make and Break
1987·0.0
A Room with a View
1986·7.0
The Browning Version
1985·6.2
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985·7.3
Wetherby
1985·6.0
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983·5.3
The Cherry Orchard
1981·7.0
Going Gently
1981·7.5
Village Wooing
1979·0.0
On Giant's Shoulders
1979·9.0
Macbeth
1979·7.5
The Comedy of Errors
1978·8.6
Langrishe, Go Down
1978·4.4
My Homeland
1976·0.0
Dead Cert
1974·4.4
Luther
1974·6.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968·6.3
Four in the Morning
1965·6.3
A Study in Terror
1965·6.2
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965·7.0
The Third Secret
1964·6.2
The Cherry Orchard
1962·8.0