# List of Judi Dench performances

Dame Judi Dench is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she played in several of 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.
Over 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 continued to play in James Bond in films through to Spectre. The decision to portray M as female is often rumoured to have been inspired by the then-head of MI5, Stella Rimington. She has starred in many acclaimed films since then, and won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Miss Humphries | Charles Crichton | |
| 1965 | Four in the Morning | Wife | Anthony Simmons | |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror | Sally | James Hill | |
| 1965 | He Who Rides a Tiger | Joanne | Charles Crichton | |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | Peter Hall | |
| 1974 | Luther | Katherine | Guy Green | |
| 1974 | Dead Cert | Laura Davidson | Tony Richardson | |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Marcia Pilborough | David Hare | |
| 1985 | A Room with a View | Eleanor Lavish | James Ivory | |
| 1987 | The Angelic Conversation | Narrator | Derek Jarman | |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Nora Doel | David Jones | |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Mrs. Beaver | Charles Sturridge | |
| 1989 | Henry V | Mistress Quickly | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 1995 | Jack and Sarah | Margaret | Tim Sullivan | |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | M | Martin Campbell | |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Hecuba | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 1997 | Mrs Brown | Queen Victoria | John Madden | |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | M | Roger Spottiswoode | |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Queen Elizabeth I | John Madden | |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Arabella | Franco Zeffirelli | |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | M | Michael Apted | |
| 2000 | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport | Narrator | Mark Jonathan Harris | Documentary |
| 2000 | Chocolat | Armande Voizin | Lasse Hallström | |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth | Gillies MacKinnon | |
| 2001 | Iris | Iris Murdoch | Richard Eyre | |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Agnis Hamm | Lasse Hallström | |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Oliver Parker | |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | M | Lee Tamahori | |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Mrs. Caloway | Will Finn & John Sanford | Voice |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Aereon | David Twohy | |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Ursula Widdington | Charles Dance | |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Catherine de Bourgh | Joe Wright | |
| 2005 | Mrs Henderson Presents | Laura Henderson | Stephen Frears | |
| 2006 | Doogal | Narrator | Borthwick, Duval, & Passingham | Voice |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | M (Olivia Mansfield) | Martin Campbell | |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett | Richard Eyre | |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | M (Olivia Mansfield) | Marc Forster | |
| 2009 | Rage | Mona Carvell | Sally Potter | |
| 2009 | Nine | Lilli | Rob Marshall | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax | Cary Joji Fukunaga | |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Society Lady | Rob Marshall | Cameo |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Sybil Thorndike | Simon Curtis | |
| 2011 | Friend Request Pending | Mary | Chris Foggin | Short |
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Annie Hoover | Clint Eastwood | |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife | Bag Lady | Ray Cooney & John Luton | Cameo |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | John Madden | |
| 2012 | Skyfall | M (Olivia Mansfield) | Sam Mendes | |
| 2013 | Philomena | Philomena Lee | Stephen Frears | |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | John Madden | |
| 2015 | Spectre | M (Olivia Mansfield) | Sam Mendes | Cameo |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Miss Esmeralda Avocet | Tim Burton | |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | The Abbess | Justin Chadwick | |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria | Stephen Frears | |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Princess Natalia Dragomiroff | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 2018 | Red Joan | Joan Stanley | Trevor Nunn | |
| 2018 | All Is True | Anne Hathaway | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Herself | Roger Michell | Documentary |
| 2019 | Cats | Old Deuteronomy | Tom Hooper | |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Commander Julius Root | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | Edward Hall | |
| 2020 | Six Minutes to Midnight | Miss Rocholl | Andy Goddard | |
| 2021 | Off the Rails | Diana | Jules Williamson | |
| 2021 | Belfast | Granny | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 2022 | Allelujah | Mary | Richard Eyre | |
| 2022 | Spirited | Herself | Sean Anders | Cameo |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1959 | Hilda Lessways | Hilda Lessways | Series (6 episodes) |
| 1959 | ITV Play of the Week | Dido Morgan | Play: Family on Trial |
| 1960 | The Terrible Choice | Good Angel | Series |
| 1960 | Armchair Theatre | Emily Strachan | Series (episode: "Pink String and Sealing Wax") |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings | Katherine of France | Series (2 episodes, part 7 & &8) |
| 1960 | The Four Just Men | Anna | Series (episode: "Treviso Dam") |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard | Anya | |
| 1963 | Z-Cars | Elena Collins | Series (episode: "Made for Each Other") |
| 1964 | Festival | Angela Thwaites | Anthology series (episode: "August for the People") |
| 1964 | Detective | Charlotte Revel | Series (episode: "Dishonoured Bones") |
| 1964 | Theatre 625: Parade's End | Valentine Wannop | Anthology series (3 episodes) |
| 1965 | Mogul | Gwyneth Evans | Series (episode: "Safety Man") |
| 1966 | Court Martial | Marthe | Series (episode: "Let No Man Speak") |
| 1966 | Play of the Month | Elizebeth Moris | BBC series (episode: "Days to Come") |
| 1966 | Theatre 625: Talking to a Stranger | Terry Stevens | 4 interlinked plays |
| 1968 | Jackanory | Storyteller | Series (12 episodes) |
| 1968 | ITV Playhouse | Helen Payle | Series (episode: "On Approval") |
| 1970 | Confession | Woman | Series (episode: "Neighbours") |
| 1973 | Ooh La La! | Amélie | Series (episode: "Keep an Eye on Amélie") |
| 1974 | 2nd House | Unknown | Series (episode: "Frank's for the Memory") |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down | Imogen Langrishe | BBC |
| 1979 | A Performance of Macbeth by William Shakespeare | Lady Macbeth | Videotaped version of RSC production |
| 1979 | On Giant's Shoulders | Hazel Wiles | BBC |
| 1979 | ITV Playhouse | Z | Series (episode: "Village Wooing") |
| 1980 | Love in a Cold Climate | Aunt Sadie | Mini-series (8 episodes) |
| 1981 | The Cherry Orchard | Mme. Ranevsky | |
| 1981 | BBC2 Playhouse | Sister Scarli | Series (episode: "Going Gently") |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance | Laura Dalton | Series (26 episodes; 1981–1984) |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Barbara Dean | |
| 1985 | The Browning Version | Millie Crocker-Harris | Play: The Browning Version |
| 1985 | Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill | Dorrie Edgehill | |
| 1987 | Theatre Night | Mrs. Alving | Play: Ghosts |
| 1987 | Theatre Night | Mrs. Rogers | Play: Make or Break |
| 1989 | Behaving Badly | Bridget Mayor | Mini-series |
| 1990 | Screen One | Anna | Series (episode: "Can You Hear Me Thinking?") |
| 1991 | Performance | Christine Foskett | Play: Absolute Hell |
| 1992 | The Torch | Aba | Mini-series |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Jean Mary Hardcastle | Series (67 episodes; 1992–2005) |
| 1993 | ABC For Kids | Announcer | Children's programming |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | George Eliot | Mini-series (2 episodes); voice |
| 1996 | The Great War: 1914-1918 | Narrator | BBC Documentary Mini-series |
| 1996 | A Film Portrait of J. R. R. Tolkien | Narrator | Documentary film |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth | Television film |
| 2002 | Angelina Ballerina | Miss Lilly | Series (23 episodes); voice |
| 2007 | Cranford | Miss Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns | Mini-series |
| 2009 | Return to Cranford | Miss Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns | Mini-series |
| 2013 | Vicious | Herself | Episode: "Anniversary"; voice |
| 2014 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Ms. Silver | Television film |
| 2015 | The Vote | Christine Metcalfe | TV film |
| 2016 | The Hollow Crown | Cecily, Duchess of York | Episode: "Richard III" |
| 2016 | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Herself | BBC documentary produced and directed by Francis Whately |
| 2017 | Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees | Herself / Presenter | Documentary |
| 2019 | Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure | Herself | Documentary |
| 2020 | Staged | Herself | Episode: "The Cookie Jar" |
| 2022 | Louis Theroux Interviews: Dame Judi Dench | Herself | Documentary interview |
| 2023 | The Divine Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Herself; archive footage | Channel 5 documentary |
| 2023 | Dame Judi Dench Countryfile Special | Herself | Special episode |
| 2023 | Portrait Artist of the Decade | Herself | Special episode |
| 2024 | Dame Judi & Jay: The Odd Couple | Herself | Channel 4 documentary; also features Jay Blades |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1957 | York Mystery Plays | Virgin Mary | St Mary's Abbey, York |
| 1957 | Hamlet | Ophelia | The Old Vic |
| 1957 | Measure for Measure | Juliet | The Old Vic |
| 1957 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | First Fairy | The Old Vic |
| 1958 | Twelfth Night | Maria | The Old Vic Broadway Theatre, Broadway |
| 1958 | Henry V | Katharine | The Old Vic Broadway Theatre, Broadway |
| 1959 | The Double Dealer | Cynthia | The Old Vic |
| 1959 | As You Like It | Phebe | The Old Vic |
| 1959 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Cecily | The Old Vic |
| 1959 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Anne Page | The Old Vic |
| 1960 | Richard II | Queen | The Old Vic |
| 1960 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | The Old Vic; also Venice Festival |
| 1960 | She Stoops to Conquer | Kate Hardcastle | The Old Vic |
| 1960 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | The Old Vic |
| 1961 | The Cherry Orchard | Anya | Aldwych, Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) |
| 1962 | Measure for Measure | Isabella | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1962 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1962 | A Penny for a Song | Dorcas Bellboys | Aldwych (RSC) |
| 1963 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Nottingham Playhouse Company; also West Africa tour |
| 1963 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Nottingham Playhouse Company; also West Africa tour |
| 1963 | A Shot in the Dark | Josefa Lautenay | Lyric |
| 1964 | Three Sisters | Irina | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1964 | The Twelfth Hour | Anna | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1965 | The Alchemist | Dol Common | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1965 | Romeo and Jeannette | Jeannette | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1965 | The Firescreen | Jacqueline | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1965 | Measure for Measure | Isabella | Nottingham Playhouse Company |
| 1965 | Private Lives | Amanda | Nottingham Playhouse Company |
| 1966 | The Country Wife | Margery Pinchwife | Nottingham Playhouse Company |
| 1966 | The Astrakhan Coat | Barbara | Nottingham Playhouse Company |
| 1966 | St Joan | Joan | Nottingham Playhouse Company |
| 1966 | The Promise | Lika | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1966 | The Rules of the Game | Silia | Oxford Playhouse Company |
| 1967 | The Promise | Lika | Fortune (Oxford Playhouse Company) |
| 1968 | Cabaret | Sally Bowles | Palace |
| 1969 | The Winter's Tale | Hermione/Perdita | Stratford (RSC) and Aldwych (1970) |
| 1969 | Women Beware Women | Bianca | Stratford (RSC) and Aldwych (1970) |
| 1969 | Twelfth Night | Viola | Stratford (RSC) on tour in Japan/Australia (1970) Aldwych (1971) |
| 1970 | London Assurance | Grace Harkaway | Aldwych (RSC); also New Theatre (1972) |
| 1970 | Major Barbara | Barbara Undershaft | Aldwych (RSC) |
| 1971 | The Merchant of Venice | Portia | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1971 | The Duchess of Malfi | Duchess | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1971 | Toad of Toad Hall | Fieldmouse/Stoat/Mother Rabbit | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1973 | Content to Whisper | Aurelia | York Theatre Royal |
| 1973 | The Wolf | Vilma | Oxford Playhouse Apollo/ Queen's/New London |
| 1974 | The Good Companions | Miss Trant | Her Majesty's |
| 1975 | The Gay Lord Quex | Sophy Fullgarney | Albery |
| 1975 | Too True to Be Good | Sweetie Simpkins | Aldwych (RSC) |
| 1976 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Stratford (RSC) Warehouse and Young Vic (1977) |
| 1976 | Much Ado About Nothing | Beatrice | Stratford (RSC) and Aldwych (1977) |
| 1976 | The Comedy of Errors | Adriana | Stratford (RSC) and Aldwych (1977) |
| 1976 | King Lear | Regan | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1977 | Pillars of the Community | Lona Hessel | Aldwych (RSC) |
| 1978 | The Way of the World | Millamant | Aldwych (RSC) |
| 1979 | Cymbeline | Imogen | Stratford (RSC) |
| 1980 | Juno and the Paycock | Juno Boyle | Aldwych (RSC) |
| 1981 | A Village Wooing | Young Woman | New End Theatre |
| 1982 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Lyttelton, Royal National Theatre (RNT) |
| 1982 | A Kind of Alaska | Deborah | Cottesloe (RNT) |
| 1983 | Pack of Lies | Barbara Jackson | Lyric |
| 1984 | Mother Courage | Mother Courage | Barbican (RSC) |
| 1985 | Waste | Amy O'Connell | Barbican/Lyric (RSC) |
| 1986 | Mr and Mrs Nobody | Carrie Pooter | Garrick |
| 1987 | Antony and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | Olivier (RNT) |
| 1987 | Entertaining Strangers | Sarah Eldridge | Cottesloe (RNT) |
| 1988 | Much Ado About Nothing | As director | Renaissance Theatre Company |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger | As director | Renaissance Theatre Company |
| 1989 | Macbeth | As director | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| 1989 | Hamlet | Gertrude | Olivier (RNT) |
| 1989 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevskaya | Aldwych |
| 1991 | The Boys from Syracuse | As director | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| 1991 | The Plough and the Stars | Bessie Burgess | Young Vic |
| 1991 | The Sea | Mrs Rafi | Lyttelton (RNT) |
| 1992 | Coriolanus | Volumnia | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 1992 | The Gift of the Gorgon | Helen Damson | Barbican (RSC) and Wyndham's (1993) |
| 1993 | Romeo and Juliet | As director | Regent's Park Open Air Theatre |
| 1994 | The Seagull | Arkadina | Olivier (RNT) |
| 1995 | A Little Night Music | Desiree Armfeldt | Olivier (RNT) |
| 1995 | Absolute Hell | Christine Foskett | Lyttelton (RNT) |
| 1997 | Amy's View | Esme | Lyttelton (RNT) |
| 1998 | Amy's View | Esme | Aldwych (RNT) |
| 1998 | Filumena | Filumena | Piccadilly |
| 1999 | Amy's View | Esme | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway |
| 2001 | The Royal Family | Fanny Cavendish | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 2002 | The Breath of Life | Frances | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 2003 | All's Well That Ends Well | The Countess | Stratford (RSC) and Gielgud (2004) |
| 2006 | Hay Fever | Judith Bliss | Theatre Royal Haymarket |
| 2006 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Mistress Quickly | Stratford (RSC) |
| 2009 | Madame de Sade | The Marquise | Donmar at Wyndham's |
| 2010 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania/Elizabeth I | Rose Theatre, Kingston |
| 2013 | Peter and Alice | Alice | Noël Coward |
| 2015 | The Vote | Mother | Donmar |
| 2015 | The Winter's Tale | Paulina | Garrick |
Source: Judi Dench: With a Crack in her Voice by John Miller

## Other appearances
### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing | M | Voice and likeness |
| 2004 | GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | M | Voice and likeness |
| 2008 | 007: Quantum of Solace | M | Voice and likeness |
| 2010 | GoldenEye 007 | M | Voice and likeness |
| 2010 | James Bond 007: Blood Stone | M | Voice and likeness |
| 2012 | 007 Legends | M | Voice and likeness |