Judi Dench

Dame Judith Olivia Dench  (born 9 December 1934) is an English movie, stage and television actress.

Dench appeared in James Bond movies as the character M. She has also appeared in other large budget movies such as Mrs. Henderson Presents and Ladies in Lavender.

Personal life
Dench was born in Heworth, York, England. She is the daughter of Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor. Dench attended the Mount School, a Quaker independent secondary school in York. She became a Quaker. 

In 1971, Dench married British actor Michael Williams. Their only child is Tara Cressida Frances Williams. She was born on 24 September 1972. She is known professionally as Finty Williams. Dench and her husband starred together several times. Michael Williams died from lung cancer in 2001, aged 65.

In early 2012, Dench said she had macular degeneration. Because of this, she needed someone to read scripts to her.Judi Dench says she isn't going blind, Reuters per ABC Online, 21 February 2012

Dench's brother, Jeffery Dench, died on 27 March 2014 at the age of 85.

 Filmography 
 Year Title Role Notes 1964  Miss Humphries 1965 Four in the Morning WifeCalled Judy by her husband in the movie, but imdb refers to the character by this name. BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles 1965  Sally 1965 He Who Rides a Tiger Joanne 1968  Titania 1973 Luther Katherine 1974 Dead Cert Laura Davidson 1978 Langrishe, Go Down Imogen Langrishe BBC television film 1979 On Giant's Shoulders Hazel Wiles Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress 1985  Narrator 1985 Wetherby Marcia Pilborough Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1985  Eleanor Lavish BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1987 84 Charing Cross Road Nora Doel Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1988  Mrs. Beaver BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1989 Henry V Mistress Quickly 1989 Behaving Badly Bridget Mayor Channel 4 television serialNominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Actress 1992 Indiana Jones Sarah Fullman 1993–1997 ABC For Kids Announcer 1995 Jack and Sarah Margaret 1995 GoldenEye M 1996 Hamlet Hecuba 1997 Mrs. Brown Queen Victoria BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleBAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress in a FilmGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressLondon Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the YearOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressSatellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated – Academy Award for Best ActressNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role 1997 Tomorrow Never Dies M 1998 Shakespeare in Love Queen Elizabeth I Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 1999 Tea with Mussolini Arabella 1999  M 2000 Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Narrator Documentary 2000  Elizabeth British Academy Television Award for Best ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television FilmNominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a MovieNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie 2000 Chocolat Armande Voizin Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureNominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 2001 Iris Iris MurdochBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleLondon Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the YearNominated – Academy Award for Best ActressNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleNominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 2001  Agnis Hamm Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role 2002 The Importance of Being Earnest Lady Bracknell 2002 Die Another Day M 2002–05 Angelina Ballerina Miss Lilly Voice role 2003 Bugs! Narrator Short subject 2004 Home on the Range Mrs. Caloway Voice role 2004  Aereon 2004 Ladies in Lavender Ursula Widdington 2005 Pride & Prejudice Lady Catherine de Bourgh 2005 Mrs Henderson Presents Laura Henderson St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated – Academy Award for Best ActressNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated – British Independent Film Award for Best ActressNominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or ComedyNominated – London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the YearNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleNominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 2006  Narrator 2006 Casino Royale M Nominated – National Film Award for Best Actress 2006 Notes on a Scandal Barbara Covett British Independent Film Award for Best ActressEvening Standard British Film Award for Best ActressNominated – Academy Award for Best ActressNominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture DramaNominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best ActressNominated – London Film Critics' Circle for British Actress of the YearNominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best ActressNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleNominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama 2007 Go Inside to Greet the Light Narrator 2007, 2009 Cranford Miss Matty Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best ActressNominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television FilmNominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a MovieSatellite Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film 2008 Quantum of Solace M 2009 Rage Mona Carvell 2009 Nine Liliane La Fleur Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion PictureNominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best CastNominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureNominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble 2011 Jane Eyre Mrs. Fairfax 2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Noblewoman Cameo 2011 My Week with Marilyn Dame Sybil Thorndike Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2011 J. Edgar Anna Marie 2012 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Evelyn 2012 Run For Your Wife Bag Lady  Cameo 2012 Skyfall M Post-production

 Awards and nominations 
 Movies 
Awards
1966: BAFTA Film Award for Best Newcomer – Four in the Morning
1989: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – A Handful of Dust
1989: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – A Room with a View
1998: BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress – Mrs. Brown
1998: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama – Mrs. Brown
1998: Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama – Mrs. Brown
1999: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Shakespeare in Love
1999: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – Shakespeare in Love
1999: SAG Award for Best Cast – Shakespeare in Love
2001: BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award
2001: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress – Chocolat
2002: BAFTA movie Award for Best Actress – Iris
2007: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress – Notes on a Scandal
2009: Satellite Award for Best Cast – Nine

Nominations
1986: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – Wetherby
1988: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – 84 Charing Cross Road
1998: Academy Award for Best Actress – Mrs. Brown
1998: SAG Award for Best Actress – Mrs. Brown
1999: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Shakespeare in Love
1999: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress – Shakespeare in Love
2001: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress – Chocolat
2001: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – Chocolat
2001: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Chocolat
2001: Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama – Chocolat
2002: Academy Award for Best Actress – Iris
2002: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – The Shipping News
2002: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama – Iris
2002: SAG Award for Best Actress – Iris
2002: SAG Award for Best Supporting Actress – The Shipping News
2002: Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama – Iris
2005: British Independent Film Award for Best Actress – Mrs Henderson Presents
2005: Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy – Mrs Henderson Presents
2006: Academy Award for Best Actress – Mrs Henderson Presents
2006: BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress – Mrs Henderson Presents
2006: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy – Mrs Henderson Presents
2006: SAG Award for Best Actress – Mrs Henderson Presents
2006: Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Drama – Notes on a Scandal
2007: Academy Award for Best Actress – Notes on a Scandal
2007: BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress – Notes on a Scandal
2007: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Drama – Notes on a Scandal
2007: SAG Award for Best Actress – Notes on a Scandal
2007: Saturn Award for Best Actress – Notes on a Scandal
2009: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress – Quantum of Solace
2010: SAG Award for Best Cast – Nine
2012: BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress – My Week with Marilyn

 Television 
Awards
1968: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – Talking to a Stranger
1982: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – A Fine Romance, Going Gently and The Cherry Orchard
1982: Broadcast Press Guild Award for Best Actress – A Fine Romance
1985: BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance
2001: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2001: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2008: Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – Cranford

Nominations
1980: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – ITV Playhouse, Macbeth and On Giant's Shoulders
1983: BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance
1984: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – Saigon: Year of the Cat
1984: BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance
1990: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – Behaving Badly
1998: BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Performance – As Time Goes By
2001: American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2001: Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2001: SAG Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2008: BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress – Cranford
2008: Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – Cranford
2009: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – Cranford
2010: Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – Return to Cranford
2010: Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television movie – Return to Cranford
2011: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film – Return to Cranford

 Theatre 
Awards
1977: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival of a Play – Macbeth
1980: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – Juno and the Paycock
1980: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival of a Play – Juno and the Paycock
1982: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – The Importance of Being Earnest and A Kind of Alaska
1982: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – The Importance of Being Earnest and A Kind of Alaska
1983: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play – Pack of Lies
1987: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – Antony and Cleopatra
1987: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – Antony and Cleopatra
1987: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play – Antony and Cleopatra
1996: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical – A Little Night Music
1996: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play – Absolute Hell
1997: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – Amy's View
1999: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play – Amy's View
2004: Society of London Theatre Special Award

Nominations
1982: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play – Other Places
1982: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival of a Play – The Importance of Being Earnest
1992: Olivier Award for Best Director of a Musical – The Boys from Syracuse
1993: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play – The Gift of the Gorgon
1998: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play – Amy's View
1999: Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Play – Amy's View
1999: Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play – Filumena
2005: Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance – All's Well That Ends Well

References

 Other websites
 Judi Dench Biography 


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