Judi Dench - IMDb IMDb Actress | Music Department | Soundtrack Judi Dench was born in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England. She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a ... See full bio » Born: a list of 35 people created 02 Jul 2011 a list of 35 people created 19 Apr 2012 a list of 35 people created 28 May 2014 a list of 25 people created 05 Aug 2014 a list of 26 people created 18 May 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Judi Dench's work have you seen? User Polls Won 1 Oscar. Another 59 wins & 163 nominations.

See more awards » Known For 2016 The Hollow Crown (TV Series) Cecily, Duchess of York 2015 The Vote (TV Movie) Christine Metcalfe - Total War (1996) ... Narrator (voice) - Stalemate (1996) ... Narrator (voice) 1992 The Torch (TV Mini-Series) Aba 1990 Screen One (TV Series) Anne 1989 Behaving Badly (TV Mini-Series) Bridget 1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) Sister Scarli 1976 Arena (TV Series documentary) Sweetie Simpkins 1973 Ooh La La!

(TV Series) Amélie 1966 Court Martial (TV Series) Marthe 1963 Z Cars (TV Series) Elena Collins 1963 Love Story (TV Series) Pat McKendrick 1960 The Terrible Choice (TV Series) Good Angel Music department (1 credit) A Fine Romance (TV Series) (theme sung by - 14 episodes, 1981 - 1983) (theme song sung by - 12 episodes, 1983 - 1984) - A Romantic Meal (1984) ... (theme song sung by) - Problems (1984) ... (theme song sung by) 2013 Fifty Years on Stage (TV Movie) (performer: "Send in the Clowns") 2009 Nine (performer: "Folies Bergère") - What's Wrong with Mrs Bale? (1997) ... (performer: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - uncredited) - Misunderstandings (1993) ...

(performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" - uncredited) 1982-1984 A Fine Romance (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes) - The Telephone Call (1984) ... (performer: "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" - uncredited) - Furniture (1982) ... (performer: "Rule, Britannia!" - uncredited) Hide 2009 Waiting in Rhyme (Video short) (special thanks) 2007 Expresso (Short) (special thanks) 1999 Shakespeare in Love and on Film (TV Movie documentary) (thanks - as Dame Judi Dench) Hide 2016 Rio Olympics (TV Mini-Series) Herself 2015 In Conversation (TV Series documentary) Herself 2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Herself 2015 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2015 The Insider (TV Series) Herself 1999-2014 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Herself 2013 Good Day L.A.

(TV Series) Herself - Guest 2013 Arena (TV Series documentary) Herself 2013 At the Movies (TV Series) Herself 2013 Shooting Bond (Video documentary) Herself 2013 Bond's Greatest Moments (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2012 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Herself 1999-2012 Charlie Rose (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2008-2012 This Morning (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2012 The Secrets of Skyfall (TV Short documentary) Herself 2012 Anderson Live (TV Series) Herself 2012 J. Edgar: A Complicated Man (Video documentary short) Herself 2011 The Many Faces of... (TV Series documentary) Herself / Various Characters 2011 Na plovárne (TV Series) Herself 2010 BBC Proms (TV Series) Herself 2010 The South Bank Show Revisited (TV Series documentary) Herself - Episode #6.68 (2009) ...

Herself - Guest (as Dame Judi Dench) 2007-2009 Breakfast (TV Series) 2009 Larry King Live (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2009 The One Show (TV Series) Herself 2009 Cranford in Detail (Video documentary short) Herself / Miss Matty Jenkins (as Dame Judi Dench) 2005-2008 The South Bank Show (TV Series documentary) Herself 2008 Tavis Smiley (TV Series) Herself - Guest 2007 ITV News (TV Series) Herself - BAFTA Nominee 2007 The Making of Cranford (Video documentary short) Herself / Miss Matty Jenkyns (as Dame Judi Dench) 2006 Becoming Bond (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2006 Corazón de...

(TV Series) Herself 2006 Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles (Video documentary short) Herself / M (Barbara Mawdsley) 2006 Mrs Henderson Presents: Making Of (Video documentary short) Herself 2005 Film 2016 (TV Series) Herself 2005 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary) Herself 2003 Inside 'Die Another Day' (Video documentary short) Herself 2002 Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (TV Special documentary) Herself - Performer 2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2002 Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2002 Happy Anniversary Mr.

Bond (TV Movie documentary) Herself / M 2002 Best Ever Bond (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2002 Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2002 Bond Girls Are Forever (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2002 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary) Herself - Actress (segment "Dame Judi") 2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2001 The BAFTA TV Awards 2001 (TV Special documentary) Herself 2001 A Look at Iris (Video documentary short) Herself 1999 The Bond Cocktail (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1997 James Bond: Shaken and Stirred (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1996 Very Important Pennis (TV Series) Herself 1995 GoldenEye: The Secret Files (TV Short documentary) Herself 1995 Westminster Abbey (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1989 The London Programme (TV Series documentary) Herself 1988 Caught in the Act (TV Movie documentary) Hers

elf 1988 An Audience with Victoria Wood (TV Special documentary) Herself - Audience Member (uncredited) 1988 Aspel & Company (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1988 Good Morning Britain (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1983 Children in Need (TV Series) Herself 1982 Playing Shakespeare (TV Mini-Series documentary) Herself 1982 The Bafta Awards (TV Special) Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a TV Series 1976 My Homeland (TV Movie documentary) Reader 1974 2nd House (TV Series) Herself, in scenes from 'Antony and Cleopatra' - Frank's for the Memory (1974) ...

Herself, in scenes from 'Antony and Cleopatra' 1969 Omnibus (TV Series documentary) Herself - Reading poetry 1969 An Evening with... (TV Series) Herself - Guest Reader 1968 Call My Bluff (TV Series) Herself 2015 Inside Spectre with Richard Wilkins (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2013 Six by Sondheim (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2013 American Dad! (TV Series) Herself 2012 Top Gear (TV Series) M 2008 Bond on Location (TV Short documentary) Herself 2007 The Story of Jackanory (TV Movie documentary) Herself - 'Jackanory' Storyteller 2007 Canada A.M.

(TV Series) Herself 2007 Film 2016 (TV Series) Herself 2007 In Character with Cate Blanchett (Video documentary short) Barbara Covett (uncredited) 2006 Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (Video documentary short) Herself 2002 After They Were Famous (TV Series documentary) Cat Burglar 2002 The Unforgettable Joan Sims (TV Special documentary) Elizabeth (uncredited) 1999 And the Word Was Bond (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV Series documentary) - Norman Wisdom (1999) ... (as Dame Judi Dench) 1998 Best of British (TV Series) Herself - Audience Member 1986 Breakfast Time (TV Series) Eleanor Lavish, a novelist Personal Details Other Works: She acted in Hugh Whitemore's play, "Pack of Lies," at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Michael Williams, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Richard Vernon, and Larry Hoodekoff in the cast. Clifford Williams was director.

See more » Publicity Listings: 5 Print Biographies | 11 Interviews | 14 Articles | 3 Pictorials | 16 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: Once, a long time ago, I read some bad reviews and I made the decision not to read the reviews. You get some critics who don't like you, or the play. But they don't have to do it every night. I don't want to be affected like that. I loved doing "Madame de Sade. A friend told me not to apologise for myself or the play, and I won't. Then I cast it all off and go and put my feet up under the chimney... See more » Trivia: When she started training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, she admits she wasn't taking it as seriously as she ought to have done. She was caught out during an improvisation scene at which point she realised that that was what it was all about and studied harder than she had ever done in her life. See more » Trademark: Known for often playing dignified, strong willed women in positions of authority who are sometimes opposed or criticised by those under her.

Star Sign: Dame Judi Dench a star from York England Yorkshire links Dame Judi Dench Judi Dench as a young actress playing the virgin Mary in the 1957 York Festival of Mystery Plays. The plays were performed in St Mary's Abbey, the museum gardens, York, England. Trivia When Royal Shakespeare Company Director Peter Hall asked Judi Dench to play the title role in a staged, and then later televised, production of Cleopatra, Dench refused, saying that her Cleopatra would be a "menopausal dwarf". Director Hall was later successful in coaxing Dench into the role, of which she won rave reviews from both theatre critics and tv audiences. Her first stage appearance was as a snail in a play at her Quaker junior school. 1947 Judi went to the Mount boarding school in York. Judi turned out once for the Settlement Players. An amature dramatics group from York who are still up and running. Other Settlement players have also performed in the Mystery Plays such as City Councilor Roger Farrington who played God to Robson Green's Jesus in 1992.

She made history in 1996 as the first person to win two Olivier awards (for British theatre) for different roles. Her 1999 Oscar was awarded for an 8 minute performance in Shakespeare in Love (1998) Daughter, with Williams, Finty Williams Dame Judi created the role of Sally Bowles in the London premire of the musical, CABARET. Judi Dench was to play "Grizabella" in the original "CATS" West End production, but an ailment forced her out of the play. Elaine Paige replaced her. Awards Judi Dench 2005 Oscars / Acadamy Awards Nominated Best Actress Judi Dench in Mrs. Henderson Presents 2001 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Chocolat (2000) 1999 Won Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Shakespeare in Love (1998)1998 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role for: Mrs.

Brown (1997) and Iris (2001) American Comedy Awards, USA 2001 Nominated American Comedy Award Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication for: Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) British Academy Awards 2001 Won BAFTA TV Award Best Actress for: Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) Nominated BAFTA Film Award Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Chocolat (2000) 1999 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for: Shakespeare in Love (1998) 1998 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for: Mrs.

Brown (1997) Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Comedy Performance for: "As Time Goes By" (1992) 1990 Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Actress for: Behaving Badly (1988) (TV) 1989 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Handful of Dust, A (1988) 1988 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: 84 Charing Cross Road (1986) 1987 Won BAFTA Film Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Room with a View, A (1986) 1986 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role for: Wetherby (1985) 1984 Won BAFTA TV Award Best Light Entertainment Performance for: "Fine Romance, A" (1981) Nominated BAFTA TV Award Best Actress for: Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983) (TV) 1966 Won BAFTA Film Award Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for: Four

 in the Morning (1966) Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1998 Won CFCA Award Best Actress for: Mrs.

Brown (1997) Emmy Awards 2001 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for: Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) Golden Globes, USA 2001 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for: Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Chocolat (2000) 1999 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for: Shakespeare in Love (1998) 1998 Won Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Mrs. Brown (1997) Golden Satellite Awards 2001 Nominated Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama for: Chocolat (2000) 1998 Won Golden Satellite Award Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for: Mrs.

Brown (1997) National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA 1999 Won NSFC Award Best Supporting Actress for: Shakespeare in Love (1998) Online Film Critics Society Awards 1998 Won OFCS Award Best Actress for: Mrs.

Brown (1997) Screen Actors Guild Awards 2001 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: Chocolat (2000) Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for: Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The (2000) (TV) Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture for: Chocolat (2000) Nomination shared with:Juliette Binoche,Leslie Caron,Johnny Depp,Alfred Molina,Carrie-Anne Moss,Hugh O'Conor,Lena Olin,Peter Stormare,John Wood 1999 Won Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast for: Shakespeare in Love (1998) Award shared with:Ben Affleck,Simon Callow,Jim Carter,Martin Clunes,Joseph Fiennes,Colin Firth,Gwyneth Paltrow,Geoffrey Rush,Antony Sher,Imelda Staunton, Tom Wilkinson,Mark Williams Nominated Actor Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role for: Shakespeare in Love (1998) 1998 Nominated Actor

 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for: Mrs.

Brown (1997) ShoWest Convention, USA 2001 Won ShoWest Award Supporting Actress of the Year Filmography "A Study in Terror" (1965) "Days to Come" (1966) "Four in the Morning" (1966) "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1968) "Luther" (1973) "The Comedy of Errors" (1978) "Macbeth" (1979) "Saigon: Year of the Cat" (1983) "The Browning Version" (1985) "84 Charing Cross Road" (1986) "Ghosts" (1986) "A Room with a View" (1986) "Behaving Badly" (1988) "A Handful of Dust" (1988) "Henry V" (1989) "The Chronicles of Riddick" (2004) "Ladies in Lavender" (2004) Judi Dench | British actress | Britannica.com British actress Alternative Title: Dame Judith Olivia Dench

 Judi Dench Judi Dench, in full Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born December 9, 1934, York , North Yorkshire , England ), British actress known for her numerous and varied stage roles and for her work in television and in a variety of films.

Judi Dench and Colin Firth in Shakespeare in Love (1998). Copyright © 1999 Miramax Films Dench studied at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art in London . In 1957 she gave her first important critically acclaimed performance, as Ophelia in the Old Vic production of Hamlet. The following year she made her Broadway debut in Twelfth Night. Her performance as Lady Macbeth in the Royal Shakespeare Company ’s Macbeth (1977) earned her a Laurence Olivier Award from the Society of West End Theatre Managers (now the Society of London Theatre). It was her first of eight Olivier Awards; she also won for Juno and the Paycock (1980), Pack of Lies (1983), Antony and Cleopatra (1987), Absolute Hell (1996), A Little Night Music (1996), and The Winter’s Tale (2016), and in 2004 she received a special Olivier Award.

Judi Dench appearing in a National Theatre production of Anton Chekhov’s The … Robbie Jack/Corbis From the beginning of her career, Dench frequently acted on television, in adaptations of plays as well as in series. Among her notable credits were two romantic comedy series that aired on the BBC : A Fine Romance (1981–84), which she starred in with her husband, Michael Williams, whom she had married in 1971 and who died in 2001; and As Time Goes By (1992–2005). She later starred in the BBC miniseries Cranford (2007–09), based on works by Elizabeth Gaskell . After making her big-screen debut in the crime drama The Third Secret (1964), Dench acted in such films as A Room with a View (1985) and A Handful of Dust (1988). She took the role of James Bond ’s boss, M, in GoldenEye (1995)—the first of several Bond movies in which she appeared—and subsequently played two British queens, the recently widowed Queen Victoria in Mrs.

Brown (1997) and Queen Elizabeth I in the comedy Shakespeare in Love (1998). For her role as Elizabeth I, she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress, and, for that of Queen Victoria, she won an Academy Award nomination and the Golden Globe Award for best actress in a drama. Additional Oscar nominations for best actress came for her portrayals of British writer Iris Murdoch in Iris (2001), an eccentric theatre owner in Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005), and the lonely teacher Barbara Covett in Notes on a Scandal (2006). Daniel Craig (left) as James Bond and Judi Dench as M in Casino Royale … © 2006 Sony Pictures Entertainment. All rights reserved. Britannica Stories Scientists Ponder Menopause in Killer Whales After appearing in the musical Nine (2009), Dench played Mrs. Fairfax in Jane Eyre (2011), an adaptation of the Charlotte Brontë novel. In Clint Eastwood ’s biopic J. Edgar (2011), she portrayed the mother of J.

Edgar Hoover (played by Leonardo DiCaprio ), and, in the drama My Week with Marilyn (2011), she appeared as actress Sybil Thorndike . She was featured in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011) and its 2015 sequel, both of which concern the comic hijinks of a group of British retirees in India . Dench also starred alongside Steve Coogan in Philomena (2013), based on the true story of a woman’s search for a child she had given up for adoption in her youth. She earned another Oscar nomination for best actress for her work on that film . In 2015 Dench paired with Dustin Hoffman in a BBC adaptation of Roald Dahl ’s Esio Trot (1990). The following year she had a cameo in Tim Burton ’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Judi Dench - TV.com Judi Dench 12/9/1934, York, North Yorkshire, England UK Birth Name EDIT Judi Dench was born on 9th December, 1934, in York, England.

After graduating from drama school she went on to act in a number of professional stage productions, the first playing Ophelia in Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. She remained a stage actor for many years, before her debut film role… more Credits S 37: Ep 18 Cranford (1) 5/4/08 S 1: Ep 3 November 1842 12/2/07 S 1: Ep 1 June 1842 11/18/07 S 1: Ep 2 August 1842 11/25/07 S 9: Ep 6 As Time Goes By: Reunion 12/3/05 S 9: Ep 5 You Must Remember This 8/11/02 S 9: Ep 4 What Now?

8/4/02 S 9: Ep 2 Another Proposal 7/14/02 S 2: Ep 5 Anya's Visit / Henry's Halloween 6/7/03 S 2: Ep 1 The Proposal / William the Conjuror 5/10/03 S 4: Ep 8 Episode Twenty Six 2/17/84 S 4: Ep 7 Episode Twenty Five 2/10/84 S 4: Ep 6 Episode Twenty Four 2/3/84 S 4: Ep 5 Episode Twenty Three 1/27/84 S 4: Ep 4 Episode Twenty Two 1/20/84 S 1: Ep 8 In Love and War 12/17/80 S 1: Ep 7 Monsieur Le Duc 12/10/80 S 1: Ep 6 Foreigners Are Fiends 12/3/80 S 1: Ep 5 Heir Apparent 11/26/80 S 1: Ep 4 The Merry Widower 11/19/8

0 S 86: Ep 1 The 86th Annual Academy Awards 3/2/14 S 2: Ep 281 November 21, 2013 11/21/13 S 33: Ep 45 November 8, 2013 11/8/13 S 1: Ep 6 Series 1 Episode 6 6/10/13 S 8: Ep 22 10th February, 2013 2/10/13 S 6: Ep 18 16th January, 2011 1/16/11 S 25: Ep 44 November 2, 2012 11/2/12 S 22: Ep 71 December 16, 2009 12/16/09 S 14: Ep 114 May 29, 2012 5/29/12 S 6: Ep 68 Judi Dench/Michelle Rodriguez 12/1

8/09 S 1: Ep 69 Thursday 17/12/09 12/17/09 S 3: Ep 19 January 25, 2007 1/25/07 S 78: Ep 1 The 78th Annual Academy Awards 3/5/06 S 8: Ep 52 December 6 2005 12/6/05 S 53: Ep 20 June 10, 2004 6/10/04 S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards 3/24/02 S 73: Ep 1 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards 3/25/01 S 72: Ep 1 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards 3/26/00 S 3: Ep 135 Show #566 4/6/99 S 71: Ep 1 The 71st Annual Academy Awards 3/21/99 S 70: Ep 1

 The 70th Annual Academy Awards 3/23/98 S 35: Ep 15 Edward Woodward 2/1/95 S 1: Ep 6 Episode 6 5/15/94 S 6: Ep 1 April 7th 1988 4/7/88 S 2: Ep 6 1983 [4 Parts] 11/25/83 S 2: Ep 2 Days to Come 10/25/66 S 1: Ep 3 Safety Man 7/21/65 S 1: Ep 6 Dishonoured Bones 5/4/64 S 3: Ep 2 Made for Each Other 9/11/63 S 1: Ep 25 Treviso Dam 2/27/60 S 4: Ep 20 An Audience With Neil Diamond 5/31/08 S 2: Ep 9 An Audience With Victoria Wood 12/10/88 Become a contributor Important: You must only upload images which you have created yourself or that you are expressly authorised or

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Choose background: Judi Dench | Biography and Filmography | 1934 Co-starred in "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" 2012 Reprised character of M opposite Daniel Craig's James Bond in "Skyfall" 2012 Co-starred in the ensemble comedy drama "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" 2011 Nominated for the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television ("Return to Cranford") 2011 Made a cameo in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" 2011 Cast as the title character's mother in the biographical drama "J.

Edgar," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Leonardo DiCaprio 2011 Played Dame Sybil Thorndike in "My Week with Marilyn" 2010 Earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for "Return to Cranford" 2010 Nominated for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie ("Return to Cranford") 2009 Played Daniel Day-Lewis' confidant and costume designer in Rob Marshall's musical adaptation of the Broadway play, "Nine" 2008 Reprised her role as M for the 22nd Bond adventure "Quantum Of Solace"; second collaboration with Craig as Bond 2008 Co-starred in the BBC One five-part series "Cranford" (aired on PBS in the US); earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress in a Miniseries 2006 Reprised her role as M for "Casino Royale" opposite Daniel Craig in his first film as James Bond 2006 Played a London schoolteacher opposite Cate Blanchett in Richard Eyre's "Notes on a Sc

andal"; received Golden Globe, SAG and Oscar nominations for Lead Actress 2005 Cast as Lady Catherine de Bourg in Joe Wright's adaptation of the Jane Austen classic "Pride and Prejudice" 2005 Portrayed Laura Henderson in the Stephen Frears directed "Mrs.

Henderson Presents"; received Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Lead Actress 2002 Reprised role of M for "Die Another Day"; final collaboration with Pierce Brosnan as Bond 2002 Played Lady Bracknell in Oliver Parker's remake of Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" 2002 Co-starred with Maggie Smith in David Hare's West End play "The Breath Of Life" 2001 Portrayed Irish novelist Iris Murdoch in her later life (the younger version played by Kate Winslet) in Richard Eyre's "Iris"; earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination 2001 Re-teamed with director Lasse Hallstrom for "The Shipping News" playing Kevin Spacey's aunt 2000 Starred in the HBO original film "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells"; received SAG and Emmy nomination for Lead Actress 2000 Featured as a crusty old woman in Lasse Hallstrom's "Chocolat"; received Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination 1999 Appeared with an ensemble cast in Franco Zeffirelli's "Tea With Mussolini" 1999 Again reprised role of

 M for "The World Is Not Enough"; third collaboration with Pierce Brosnan as Bond 1998 Earned critical acclaim and several awards for her brief role as Elizabeth I in "Shakespeare in Love" 1997 Starred in David Hare's London play "Amy's View"; production moved to Broadway in 1999 1997 First leading role in a feature, portraying Queen Victoria in "Mrs.

Brown"; earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination 1997 Reprised role of M in "Tomorrow Never Dies"; second collaboration with Brosnan as Bond 1996 Made cameo appearance as Hecuba in Kenneth Branagh's full-length film of "Hamlet" 1995 Took over the role of M in "GoldenEye" opposite Pierce Brosnan in his first film as James Bond 1992 Co-starred with Geoffrey Palmer in the British sitcom "As Time Goes By" 1989 Played Gertrude, opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role of "Hamlet" at the National Theatre 1989 Directed by Branagh's for the stage production of "Henry V" 1989 Stage directing debut "Look Back in Anger" for Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theater Company; also starred with Branagh and Emma Thompson (aired on Bravo in 1993) 1987 Portrayed Cleopatra in an acclaimed stage production of "Antony and Cleopatra" at The National Theatre 1987 Co-starred with Ian Holm in the British adaptation of Noel Coward's "Mr.

and Mrs Edgehill" 1986 Featured as Miss Eleanor Lavish in the Merchant-Ivory film "A Room With a View" 1985 Co-starred with Vanessa Redgrave in "Wetherby"; written and directed by David Hare 1983 Appeared in the British TV production "Saigon: Year of the Cat"; directed by Stephen Frears and written by David Hare 1983 Originated the role of Barbara in the West End production of "Pack of Lies" 1982 Won critical praise for her stage role as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" 1981 Appeared opposite her husband Michael Williams in the British comedy series "A Fine Romance"; also performed the series' theme song 1978 Played one of three spinster sisters, opposite Jeremy Irons in the BBC television film "Langrishe, Go Down"; adapted for the screen by Harold Pinter 1976 Cast opposite Ian McKellen, who played the title role of Nunn's acclaimed production of "Macbeth" 1968 Played Titania in Peter Hall's film version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 

1968 Won critical praise as Sally Bowles in the London stage version of "Cabaret" 1967 Made TV debut in the BBC's four-part serial "Talking to a Stranger" 1965 Breakthrough screen role in "Four in the Morning" 1964 Made feature film debut in "The Third Secret" 1961 Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company playing Anya in "The Cherry Orchard"; first collaboration with Ian Holm 1960 Portrayed the female lead in Old Vic Company's production of "Romeo and Juliet" 1958 Made New York debut as Katherine in "Henry V" 1957 Played the Virgin Mary in the revival of the York Mystery Plays; appeared with her father and older brother 1957 Became a member of the Old Vic Company in London 1957 Judi Dench - Biography - IMDb Judi Dench Biography Showing all 115 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (82) | Personal Quotes (27) Overview (3) 5' 1" (1.

55 m) Mini Bio (1) Judi Dench was born in York, England, to Eleanora Olive (Jones), who was from Dublin, Ireland, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor from Dorset, England.

She attended Mount School in York, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She has performed with Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for A Fine Romance (1981) in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams , and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and A Room with a View (1985) . She received an ACE award for her performance in the television series Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985). She was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970, and was created Dame of Order of the British Empire in 1988. - IMDb Mini Biography By: dh Spouse (1) ( 5 February 1971 - 11 January 2001) (his death) (1 child) Trade Mark (1) Known for often playing dignified, strong willed women in positions of authority who are sometimes opposed or criticised by those under her.

Trivia (82) When Royal Shakespeare Company Director Peter Hall asked Judi Dench to play the title role in a staged, and then later televised, production of Cleopatra, Dench refused, saying that her Cleopatra would be a "menopausal dwarf." Director Hall was later successful in coaxing Dench into the role, of which she won rave reviews from both theatre critics and TV audiences. Her first stage appearance was as a snail in a play at her Quaker junior school. She made history in 1996 as the first person to win two Laurence Olivier awards (for British theatre) for different roles. Her 1999 Oscar was awarded for an six-minute performance in only four scenes as "Queen Elizabeth I" in Shakespeare in Love (1998). It is the second shortest performance ever to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, the only shorter one being Beatrice Straight 's five-minute performance in Network (1976). Mother, with Michael Williams , of Finty Williams . Created the role of Sally Bowles in the London premiere of the musical, Cabaret.

She was cast to play "Grizabella" in the original West End production of "CATS", but she tore her Achilles Tendon and was forced to quit the musical. Elaine Paige replaced her. She was ranked second in the 2001 Orange Film Survey of the greatest British Film Actresses. Received the Film Actress Award for her role in Chocolat at The Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2002. Unfortunately Ms Dench was in attendance at the Berlin Film Festival and couldn't attend the Awards ceremony, but was able to send a televised message congratulating the charity on its 50th anniversary. Awarded an honorary DLitt by Oxford University on 28 June 2000. Was awarded an honourary Litt.D. (Doctor in Letters) from Trinity College on Friday, 11th July, 2003. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1984 (1983 season) for Best Actress in a New Play for Pack of Lies. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1988 (1987 season) for Best Actress in a New Play for Antony and Cleopatra.

Presented with The Society's Special Award for her outstanding contribution to British theatre at the 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards. [February 2004] She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1996 (1995 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in A Little Night Music at the Royal National Theatre Olivier Stage. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1996 (1995 season) for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Absolute Hell at the Royal National Theatre Lyttleton Stage. She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1999 (1998 season) for Best Actress for her performance in Filumena. She was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress of the 1997 season for her performance in Amy's View at the Royal National Theatre: Lyttelton and then Aldwych theatres. Younger sister of Jeffery Dench . She was awarded the 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Special Award for her Outstanding Contributions to British Theatre.

She was awarded the 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress of 1981 for A Kind Of Alaska and The Importance of Being Earnest. She was awarded the 1987 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Actress for her performance in Anthony and Cleopatra. She was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Anthony and Cleopatra. She was awarded the 1982 London Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for her performance in A Kind of Alaska and The Importance of Being Earnest. During the filming of As Time Goes By (1992) , she used to direct everybody to hide from the director when he left the set. Even after winning so many acting awards, she still admits to being insecure and wanting to improve the next performance. She admits that she prefers stage first, television second and film in third place. She was awarded the 1997 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best Actress for her performance in Amy's View at the Royal National Theatre.

She was awarded the 1997 London Evening Standard Theatre Award: The Patricia Rothermere Award for her contributions to theatre. An Associate Member of RADA. Won Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "Amy's View." Voted Best British Actress of all time in a poll for Sky TV [Feb 2005]. Was listed as a potential nominee on the 2005 Razzie Award nominating ballot. She was listed as a suggestion in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her performance in the film The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), she failed to receive a nomination however. She was awarded a Companion of Honour in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. Currently supporting the Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds Restoration Appeal (2005). Topped the poll in Britain's Finest Actresses, July 2005 Attended the Mount School and at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She and Vanessa Redgrave were in the same class at drama school.

As of 2014, received seven Oscar nominations, all of them when she was already over the age of 60. No other actor or actress collected more nominations when older than 60, the closest runner-ups being Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, Laurence Olivier, Spencer Tracy, Melvyn Douglas and Edith Evans with a mere three nominations each. When she started training at the Central School of Speech and Drama, she admits she wasn't taking it as seriously as she ought to have done. She was caught out during an improvisation scene at which point she realised that that was what it was all about and studied harder than she had ever done in her life. Was not able to attend the Oscars in 2007, because she had to undergo a knee surgery. Shares two roles with both Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett . She and Winslet both played the title role in Iris (2001), and she and Blanchette have both played Queen Elizabeth. All three of them have played Ophelia in Hamlet. At the opening of the Judi Dench Theatre in London in 1986 she was introduced as "Here she is, Miss Judy Geeson '.

She and her The Shipping News (2001) and Notes on a Scandal (2006) co-star Cate Blanchett both received Oscar-nominations for playing Queen Elizabeth I in 1999. Dench won for her supporting role in Shakespeare in Love (1998) while Blanchett was nominated for Elizabeth (1998). Provides the narration for Spaceship Earth at Walt Disney World's Epcot in the 4th version (soft opening December 2007, final opening scheduled for February 2008). Judi Dench is the new narrator of "Spaceship Earth", the dark ride at EPCOT. She replaced Jeremy Irons after Walt Disney World and Siemens decided to update the classic ride housed inside the infamous golf-ball. She is a frequent co-star of her close friend Geoffrey Palmer . First woman to portray the 007 series character "M", which she did in GoldenEye (1995). Good friend of Paul Scofield . Awarded honorary D.Litt from the University of St Andrews, June 2008.

She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours List and awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1988 Queen's New Year Honours List for her services to drama. In a 2004 opinion poll of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Dame Dench's performance as "Lady Macbeth" in Trevor Nunn 's 1976 production of "Macbeth" was voted the second greatest Shakespearean performance of all time. Only Paul Scofield 's masterful "King Lear" was ranked higher. In her autobiography "And Furthermore," Dench says that she never really understood what was going on in the movie The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), but she enjoyed the experience of making the movie, and she thought the sets were great. Has twice been nominated for an Oscar in the same year that another actress was nominated for playing the same role. She received Best Supporting Actress for playing Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998), while Cate Blanchett was nominated for Elizabeth (1998).

She was later nominated for Best Actress in Iris (2001), for which Kate Winslet was also nominated for the title role. Whilst training at the Old Vic Theatre in the 1950s, Dench shared a flat with Barbara Leigh-Hunt . Was six months pregnant with her daughter, Finty Williams , when she completed her run of the play "London Assurance". Following the birth of her daughter, Finty Williams , Dench and her husband immediately began trying for another child. However, having been unsuccessful, the couple looked into adoption when Dench was in her 40s, but they were turned down. Became engaged to Michael Williams during Christmas 1970 after he proposed to her on a beach in Australia. Has had custody of her grandson, Sammy Williams (b. 1997), since 2004 following her daughter Finty Williams 's rehabilitation for alcoholism. Going blind due to condition called macular degeneration. Does not plan to retire [February 19, 2012]. A lifelong animal lover, Judi is the proud owner of a racehorse named Smokey Oakey.

Also owns a dog, 4 cats, 2 Guinea pigs and some fish. Counts Mrs Brown (1997) as the movie that became the quintessential breakthrough event of her career as a film actress, winning her her first Oscar nomination. Even though she'd performed regularly on stage in the US in Old Vic productions almost 40 years earlier, it wasn't until after this movie that Hollywood really came calling. Dench is a supporter of Everton Football Club and she has been named as a patron of the soccer team's official charity "Everton in the Community". She played a Countess in William Shakespeare 's "All's Well That Ends Well" in London West End. [February 2004] She visited Staunton, Virginia to promote the Shenandoah Shakespeare Theatre. [May 2004] Playing Mistress Quickly in a production of The Merry Wives of Windsor - The Musical at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. [January 2007] Her father, Reginald Arthur Dench, was from Dorset, England, and her mother, Eleanora Olive (Jones), was from Dublin, Ireland.

The longest she has gone without an Oscar nomination is the 7 years between Notes on a Scandal (2006) and Philomena (2013). As of 2014, has appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: A Room with a View (1985), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000) and Philomena (2013). The only film to win in the category was Shakespeare in Love (1998). Was the 114th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1998) at The 71st Annual Academy Awards (1999) on March 21, 1999. Is one of 26 actresses who have received an Academy Award for their performance in a comedy; hers being for Shakespeare in Love (1998).

The others in chronological order, are: Claudette Colbert ( It Happened One Night (1934)), Loretta Young ( The Farmer's Daughter (1947)), Josephine Hull ( Harvey (1950)), Judy Holliday ( Born Yesterday (1950)), Audrey Hepburn ( Roman Holiday (1953)), Goldie Hawn ( Cactus Flower (1969)), Glenda Jackson ( A Touch of Class (1973)), Lee Grant ( Shampoo (1975)), Diane Keaton ( Annie Hall (1977)), Maggie Smith ( California Suite (1978)), Mary Steenburgen ( Melvin and Howard (1980)), Jessica Lange ( Tootsie (1982)), Anjelica Huston ( Prizzi's Honor (1985)), Olympia Dukakis ( Moonstruck (1987)), Cher ( Moonstruck (1987)), Jessica Tandy ( Driving Miss Daisy (1989)), Mercedes Ruehl ( The Fisher King (1991)), Marisa Tomei ( My Cousin Vinny (1992)), Dianne Wiest ( Bullets Over

 Broadway (1994)), Mira Sorvino ( Mighty Aphrodite (1995)), Frances McDormand ( Fargo (1996)), Helen Hunt ( As Good as It Gets (1997)), Gwyneth Paltrow ( Shakespeare in Love (1998)), Penelope Cruz ( Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)), and Jennifer Lawrence ( Silver Linings Playbook (2012)).

She has two roles in common with Helen Mirren : (1) Dench played Titania in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), in which Mirren also appeared, while Mirren played her in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981) and (2) Dench played Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998) while Mirren played her in Elizabeth I (2005). A section of the paved river bank alongside the River Ouse in York, upstream of Lendal Bridge near the Museum Gardens, was named Dame Judi Dench Walk in honour of the city being her birthplace. Is one of 13 actresses who won their Best Supporting Actress Oscars in a movie that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for Shakespeare in Love (1998)). The others are Hattie McDaniel for Gone with the Wind (1939), Teresa Wright for Mrs.

Miniver (1942), Celeste Holm for Gentleman's Agreement (1947), Mercedes McCambridge for All the King's Men (1949), Donna Reed for From Here to Eternity (1953), Eva Marie Saint for On the Waterfront (1954), Rita Moreno for West Side Story (1961), Meryl Streep for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Juliette Binoche for The English Patient (1996), Jennifer Connelly for A Beautiful Mind (2001), Catherine Zeta-Jones for Chicago (2002) and Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave (2013). The only person to always be credited "and Judi Dench as M" in all her James Bond opening credits sequences for her appearances. Bernard Lee did not get the credit in Dr. No (1962). Robert Brown never got the credit. Ralph Fiennes was credited as Gareth Mallory in Skyfall (2012).

Following her Oscar win for Shakespeare in Love (1998), the producers of the Bond franchise gave her character M a much larger role -- one central to the film's plot -- for the first time in the Bond franchise. While M had typically only been seen in Bond films in bookend scenes at the very beginning and end, this time around the writers made her past actions the primary motive for the film's two main villains. They did the same thing with M in Skyfall (2012), purportedly because they were planning to kill off her character and wanted her (platonic) relationship with Bond to come full circle. Starred in two film adaptations of Anton Chekhov 's The Cherry Orchard. First in 1962, in the Royal Shakespeare Company production, The Cherry Orchard (1962), in which she played Anya, and in the 1981 BBC production The Cherry Orchard (1981), in which she played the lead, Mme. Ranevsky. Shares a role with her Nine (2009) co-star Marion Cotillard : both played Lady Macbeth.

Dench on stage in the '70s and Cotillard in the 2015 film adaptation, Macbeth (2015). They both co-starred opposite an actor who played Magneto in the X-Men franchise; Dench with Ian McKellen and Cotillard with Michael Fassbender . Daughter of Reginald Arthur Dench (1897-1964) and Eleanora Olave Dench (née Jones) (1897-1983). Great aunt of Jacob Bowker.

Question: Where in England was Dame Judi Dench born?
Answer: York