Judi Dench
Acting
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Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Joke
2026
The Magic Faraway Tree
2026
as The Fridge (voice)
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
as Self
Letters to My Younger Future Self
2026
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen
2026
as Self
Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh
2025
as Self
Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me
2025
as Self
Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024
as Self
Allelujah
2023
as Mary
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
2023
as Self
I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
as Self
Born to be The King
2022
as Narrator
Quintessentially British
2022
as Self
Spirited
2022
as Dame Judi Dench
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall
2022
as Self
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022
as Self
Remembers…
2022
as Self
Off the Rails
2021
as Diana
Belfast
2021
as Granny
The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Artemis Fowl
2020
as Commander Root
Blithe Spirit
2020
as Madame Arcati
Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Miss Rocholl
The Big Night In
2020
as Self
Staged
2020
as Judi
Cats
2019
as Old Deuteronomy
Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
2019
as Self
Red Joan
2018
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
Palo Santo
2018
as Mother of Palo Santo
All Is True
2018
as Anne Shakespeare
Tulip Fever
2017
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Princess Dragomiroff
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Queen Victoria
Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017
as Self
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Miss Avocet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
as Self
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Evelyn Greenslade
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
as Mrs. Silver
The Vote
2015
as Christine Metcalfe
Spectre
2015
as M (uncredited)
Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Paulina
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Philomena
2013
as Philomena
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Vicious
2013
as Judi Dench (voice, uncredited)
Skyfall
2012
as M
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Evelyn Greenslade
Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
Stars in Shorts
2012
as Mary
Run For Your Wife
2012
as Bag Lady
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
The Hollow Crown
2012
as Cecily
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Society Lady
Jane Eyre
2011
as Mrs. Fairfax
My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
J. Edgar
2011
as Anna Marie Hoover
Friend Request Pending
2011
as Mary
James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011
as M (voice)
Into the Woods
2011
as The Giant (voice)
Nine
2009
as Lilli
Rage
2009
as Mona Carvell
Live from Studio Five
2009
as Self
Quantum of Solace
2008
as M
Cranford
2007
as Miss Matilda Jenkyns
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Barbara Covett
Doogal
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Casino Royale
2006
as M
Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites
2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
The One Show
2006
as Self
Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
2005
as Narrator
Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance
2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Aereon
A Dairy Tale
2004
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Ursula
Home on the Range
2004
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
2004
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest / Performer
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest (archive footage)
Bugs!
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action!
2003
as Miss Lilly (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Lady Bracknell
Die Another Day
2002
as M
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002
as Self
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
as Self
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
as self
Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Herself
The Shipping News
2001
as Agnis Hamm
Iris
2001
as Iris Murdoch
Angelina Ballerina
2001
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Chocolat
2000
as Armande Voizin
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Elizabeth
Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Arabella
The World Is Not Enough
1999
as M
Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Queen Elizabeth
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Self
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as M
Mrs Brown
1997
as Queen Victoria
Hamlet
1996
as Hecuba
GoldenEye
1995
as M
Jack & Sarah
1995
as Margaret
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Middlemarch
1994
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992
as Narrator
As Time Goes By
1992
as Jean Pargetter
HBO First Look
1992
as Self
Absolute Hell
1991
as Christine Foskett
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Performance
1991
as Christine Foskett
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
as Anne
Henry V
1989
as Mistress Quickly
Behaving Badly
1989
as Bridget Mayor
Screen One
1989
as Anne
A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mrs. Beaver
Countryfile
1988
as Self
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Nora Doel
Ghosts
1987
as Helene Alving
Make and Break
1987
as Mrs. Rogers
The Angelic Conversation
1987
as (voice)
Going Live!
1987
as Self
A Room with a View
1986
as Eleanor Lavish
Wetherby
1985
as Marcia Pilborough
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Dorrie Edgehill
The Browning Version
1985
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Theatre Night
1985
Theatre Night
1985
as Helene Alving
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Saigon: Year of the Cat
1983
as Barbara Dean
The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Mme. Ranevsky
Going Gently
1981
as Sister Scarli
A Fine Romance
1981
as Laura Dalton
Love in a Cold Climate
1980
as Aunt Sadie
Macbeth
1979
as Lady Macbeth
Village Wooing
1979
as Z
On Giant's Shoulders
1979
as Hazel Wiles
Langrishe, Go Down
1978
as Imogen Langrishe
The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Adriana
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Imogen Langrishe
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Helen Wiles
My Homeland
1976
as Reader
Dead Cert
1974
as Laura Davidson
Luther
1974
as Katharina
Playhouse
1974
as Sister Scarli
Confession
1970
as Woman
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Titania
Ooh La La!
1968
as Amélie
Omnibus
1967
as Self - Reading Poetry
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Helen Payle
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Z
Talking to a Stranger
1966
as Terry Stevens - Daughter
A Study in Terror
1965
as Sally
Four in the Morning
1965
as Wife ("Judi")
He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
as Joanne
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Elizabeth Moris
The Third Secret
1964
as Miss Ada Humphries
Detective
1964
as Charlotte Revel
Theatre 625
1964
as Valentine Wannop
Theatre 625
1964
as Terry Stevens
Festival
1963
as Angela Thwaites
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Anya
An Age of Kings
1960
as Katherine of Valois
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter / Winner
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The BAFTA Awards
1949
as Self