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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 in which she appeared with her husband... See full bio »

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Hide HideActress (102 titles)
2014 Philomena (post-production)
Philomena Lee
 
2012 Skyfall
M
 
2012 007 Legends (Video Game)
M (voice)
 
2012 Stars in Shorts
Mary
 
2012 Run for Your Wife
Bag Lady
 
2011 Friend Request Pending (short)
Mary
 
2010 James Bond 007: Blood Stone (Video Game)
M (voice)
 
2010 GoldenEye 007 (Video Game)
M (voice)
 
2007-2009 Cranford (TV mini-series)
Miss Matty Jenkyns
May 1843 (2007) … Miss Matty Jenkyns
 
2009 Nine
Lilli
 
2009/I Rage
Mona Carvell
 
2008 Quantum of Solace (Video Game)
M (voice)
 
2001-2007 Angelina Ballerina (TV series)
Miss Lilly
The Old Oak Tree (2003) … Miss Lilly (voice)
The Proposal (2003) … Miss Lilly (voice)
William the Conjuror (2003) … Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina's Baby Sister (2002) … Miss Lilly (voice)
 
2006 Casino Royale
M
 
2006 Doogal
Narrator (voice)
 
1992-2005 As Time Goes By (TV series)
Jean / Jean Pargetter
Reunion Special: Part 2 (2005) … Jean
Reunion Special: Part 1 (2005) … Jean
What Now? (2002) … Jean
The Wedding (2002) … Jean
 
2004 GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Video Game)
M (voice)
 
2004 A Dairy Tale (video short)
Mrs. Caloway (voice)
 
2004 Ladies in Lavender.
Ursula
 
2003 James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (Video Game)
M (voice)
 
2002 Die Another Day
M
 
2001 The Shipping News
Agnis Hamm
 
2001/I Iris
Iris Murdoch
 
2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (TV movie)
Elizabeth
 
1998 The Bear (short)
Narrator (American version) (voice)
 
1996 Hamlet
Hecuba
 
1996 1914-1918 (TV series)
Narrator
Explosion (1996) … Narrator (voice)
Collapse (1996) … Narrator (voice)
Hatred and Hunger (1996) … Narrator (voice)
Mutiny (1996) … Narrator (voice)
Slaughter (1996) … Narrator (voice)
 
1995 GoldenEye
M
 
1995 Jack & Sarah
Margaret
 
1994 Middlemarch (TV mini-series)
George Eliot
Episode #1.6 (1994) … George Eliot (voice)
Episode #1.7George Eliot (voice)
 
1992 The Torch (TV mini-series)
Aba
 
1991 Performance (TV series)
Christine Foskett
Absolute Hell (1991) … Christine Foskett
 
1990 Screen One (TV series)
Anne
Can You Hear Me Thinking? (1990) … Anne
 
1989 Behaving Badly (TV mini-series)
Bridget Mayor
The Horse May Talk (1989) … Bridget Mayor
Seize the Day (1989) … Bridget Mayor
Home Fires (1989) … Bridget Mayor
The Tale of the Turbot (1989) … Bridget Mayor
 
1989 Smile (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1988 A Handful of Dust
Mrs. Beaver
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
Mrs. Alving / Mrs. Rogers
Ghosts (1987) … Mrs. Alving
Make and Break (1987) … Mrs. Rogers
 
1987 84 Charing Cross Road
Nora Doel
 
1987 The Angelic Conversation
Narrator
 
1985 Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (TV movie)
Dorrie Edgehill
 
1985 A Room with a View
Eleanor Lavish, a novelist
 
1985 Wetherby
Marcia Pilborough
 
1981-1984 A Fine Romance (TV series)
Laura Dalton
A Romantic Meal (1984) … Laura Dalton
Problems (1984) … Laura Dalton
A Weekend Away (1984) … Laura Dalton
 
1983 Saigon: Year of the Cat (TV movie)
Barbara Dean
 
1982 Spaceship Earth (short)
4th Edition Narrator - 2008-
 
1981 The Cherry Orchard (TV movie)
Mme. Ranevsky
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Sister Scarli
Going Gently (1981) … Sister Scarli
 
1980 Love in a Cold Climate (TV mini-series)
Sadie
In Love and War (1980) … Sadie
Monsieur Le Duc (1980) … Sadie
Foreigners Are Fiends (1980) … Sadie
Heir Apparent (1980) … Sadie
The Merry Widower (1980) … Sadie
 
1968-1979 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Helen Payle / Z
Village Wooing (1979) … Z
On Approval (1968) … Helen Payle
 
1978-1979 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
Hazel Wiles / Imogen Langrishe
On Giant's Shoulders (1979) … Hazel Wiles
Langrishe Go Down (1978) … Imogen Langrishe
 
1978 The Comedy of Errors (TV movie)
Adriana
 
1968-1978 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller / Reader / Storyteller - 'My Sister Sophie'
A Dog So Small (1978) … Reader
My Sister Sophie/The Vicious Woman (1968) … Storyteller - 'My Sister Sophie'
Chi Ming: Chi Ming Moves House (1968) … Storyteller
Chi Ming: Chi Ming and the Jade Earring (1968) … Storyteller
 
1974 Dead Cert
Laura Davidson
 
1974 2nd House (TV series)
 
1974 Luther
Katherine
 
1973 Ooh La La! (TV series)
Amélie
Keep an Eye on Amélie (1973) … Amélie
 
1970 Confession (TV series)
Woman
Neighbours (1970) … Woman
 
1966 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Elizebeth Moris
Days to Come (1966) … Elizebeth Moris
 
1964-1966 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Terry Stevens - Daughter / Valentine Wannop
Talking to a Stranger 4: The Innocent Must Suffer (1966) … Terry Stevens - Daughter
Talking to a Stranger 3: Gladly, My Cross-Eyed Bear (1966) … Terry Stevens - Daughter
Talking to a Stranger 1: Anytime You're Ready I'll Sparkle (1966) … Terry Stevens - Daughter
 
1966 Court Martial (TV series)
Marthe
Let No Man Speak (1966) … Marthe
 
1959-1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Dido Morgan / Kate Barclay / Louisa Lindley / …
Marching Song (1964) … Dido Morgan
The Teachers (1963) … Miss Richards
The Finambulists (1963) … Susannah
 
1965 He Who Rides a Tiger
Joanne
 
1965 A Study in Terror
Sally
 
1965 Mogul (TV series)
Gwyneth Evans
Safety Man (1965) … Gwyneth Evans
 
1965 Four in the Morning
Wife
 
1964 Detective (TV series)
Charlotte Revel
Dishonoured Bones (1964) … Charlotte Revel
 
1964 The Third Secret
Miss Humphries
 
1964 Festival (TV series)
Angela Thwaites
August for the People (1964) … Angela Thwaites
 
1963 Z Cars (TV series)
Elena Collins
Made for Each Other (1963) … Elena Collins
 
1962 The Cherry Orchard (TV movie)
Anya
 
1960 The Four Just Men (TV series)
Anna
Treviso Dam (1960) … Anna
 
1960 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Emily Strachan
 
1960 The Terrible Choice (TV series)
 
1959 Hilda Lessways (TV series)
Hilda Lessways
Episode #1.6 (1959) … Hilda Lessways
Episode #1.5 (1959) … Hilda Lessways
Episode #1.4 (1959) … Hilda Lessways
Episode #1.3 (1959) … Hilda Lessways
Episode #1.2 (1959) … Hilda Lessways
 
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2009 Nine (performer: "Folies Bergère")
 
1993-1997 As Time Goes By (TV series)
What's Wrong with Mrs Bale? (1997) (performer: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - uncredited)
Misunderstandings (1993) (performer: "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" - uncredited)
 
1981 A Fine Romance (TV series)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1989 Look Back in Anger (TV movie)
 
Show ShowThanks (7 titles)
2012 J. Edgar: A Complicated Man (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2012 J. Edgar: The Most Powerful Man in the World (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
2009 To Cancer and Beyond (video short) (special thanks)
 
2009 Waiting in Rhyme (video short) (special thanks)
 
2007 Expresso (short) (special thanks)
 
2000 One Taste Is Never Enough... The Pleasures of 'Chocolat' (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
1999 Shakespeare in Love and on Film (TV documentary) (thanks - as Dame Judi Dench)
 
Show ShowSelf (93 titles)
2012-2013 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Herself
Dame Judi Dench/Jude Law/Mila Kunis/Olly Murs (2013) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
Daniel Craig/Dame Judi Dench/Javier Bardem/Of Monsters and Men (2012) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
Dame Judi Dench/Dev Patel/Sue Perkins/Will Young (2012) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2013 Shooting Bond (video documentary)
Herself
 
2013 Bond's Greatest Moments (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2012 Made in Hollywood (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.8 (2012) … Herself
 
1999-2012 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 November 2012 (2012) … Herself
Episode dated 23 January 2010 (2010) … Herself
Episode dated 31 March 2007 (2007) … Herself
Episode dated 10 May 2002 (2002) … Herself
Episode dated 12 March 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
1999-2012 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself - Guest / Herself
Episode #21.35 (2012) … Herself - Guest
Episode dated 9 May 2012 (2012) … Herself - Guest
Episode dated 3 May 2012 (2012) … Herself - Guest
Episode dated 6 December 2005 (2005) … Herself
Episode dated 25 April 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2008-2012 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 October 2012 (2012) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
Episode dated 17 December 2009 (2009) … Herself
Episode dated 21 April 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2012 The Secrets of Skyfall (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
2012 Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 (documentary)
Herself
 
2012 The 7.30 Report (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 March 2012 (2012) … Herself
 
2012 Gomorron (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 March 2012 (2012) … Herself
 
2012 J. Edgar: A Complicated Man (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2010 BBC Proms (TV series)
Herself
Prom 19: Sondheim at 80 (2010) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2009 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV series)
Herself
Episode #6.68 (2009) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2009 Live from Studio Five (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.69 (2009) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2007-2009 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 17 December 2009 (2009) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
Episode dated 13 November 2007 (2007) … Herself
 
2009 Larry King Live (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 December 2009 (2009) … Herself
The Cast of Nine! (2009) … Herself
 
2009 The ONE Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 December 2009 (2009) … Herself
 
2009 The Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2009 (TV movie)
Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2008 The 21st European Film Awards (TV special)
Herself - Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
 
2008 Xposé (TV series)
Herself
Episode #3.38 (2008) … Herself
 
2005-2008 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
The South Bank Show: Bond (2008) … Herself
 
2008 An Audience with Neil Diamond (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
2008 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 April 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2008 The British Academy Television Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
2002-2007 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
The Final Conversation (2007) … Herself
Episode dated 23 December 2006 (2006) … Herself
Episode dated 30 October 2004 (2004) … Herself
Episode dated 15 November 2003 (2003) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
Episode dated 9 March 2002 (2002) … Herself
 
2007 The World's a Stage with John Neville (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 ITV News (TV series)
Herself - BAFTA Nominee
Episode dated 11 February 2007 (2007) … Herself - BAFTA Nominee (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2006 Becoming Bond (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Corazón de... (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 September 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 Mrs Henderson Presents: Making Of (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
2006 BBC Six O'Clock News (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 January 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2005 Film 2013 (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 November 2005 (2005) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2005 HBO First Look (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
2005 The Evening Standard British Film Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2004 2nd Irish Film and Television Awards (TV movie)
Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
2004 Peace One Day (documentary)
Herself
 
2004 Today (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 June 2004 (2004) … Herself
 
2004 Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 The Funny Ladies of British Comedy (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Bugs! (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2003 Inside 'Die Another Day' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 The Laurence Olivier Awards 2003 (TV special)
Presenter
 
2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Shaken and Stirred on Ice (video documentary short)
M
 
2002 Best Ever Bond (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Die Another Day: From Script to Screen (video)
Herself
 
2002 Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Bond Girls Are Forever (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 The 74th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
2002 The Orange British Academy Film Awards (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Judi Dench talks to Richard Eyre (video)
Herself
 
2002 Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (TV special documentary)
Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
 
1999-2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 December 2001 (2001) … Herself
Episode dated 6 April 1999 (1999) … Herself
 
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Suporting Role
 
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
 
2000 One Taste Is Never Enough... The Pleasures of 'Chocolat' (TV documentary)
Herself - 'Armande'
 
1999 The Bond Cocktail (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 The 53rd Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter & Winner: Best Actress in a Play
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
1999 Shakespeare in Love and on Film (TV documentary)
Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
1999 Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years (video)
Herself
 
1998 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 27 November 1998 (1998) … Herself
 
1998 Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (TV special documentary)
Desiree (segment "Send In The Clowns")
 
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Leading Role
 
1998 30 Years of Billy Connolly (TV mini-series)
Herself
 
1997 James Bond: Shaken and Stirred (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Highly Classified: The World of 007 (video documentary)
Herself
 
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV series)
Herself
Very Important Pennis: Part 1 (1996) … Herself
 
1996 J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1995 GoldenEye: The Secret Files (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
1995 Westminster Abbey (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1989 The London Programme (TV series documentary)
Herself
Saving the Rose Theatre (1989) … Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
1989 Coral Browne: Caviar for the General (TV special)
Herself (as Dame Judi Dench)
 
1988 One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1988 An Audience with Victoria Wood (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1988 Aspel & Company (TV series)
Herself
Episode #6.5 (1988) … Herself
 
1988 Good Morning Britain (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 7 April 1988 (1988) … Herself
 
1988 An Audience with Peter Ustinov (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1987 Calendar (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 31 December 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
1983 Children in Need (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 November 1983 (1983) … Herself
 
1980 Playing Shakespeare (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
Rehearsing the Text (1980) … Herself
Set Speeches and Soliloquies (1980) … Herself
 
1978 The Morecambe & Wise Show (TV series)
Herself / Jekyll's Wife
The First Thames Special (1978) … Herself/Jekyll's Wife
 
1968 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 21 April 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (26 titles)
2012 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
 
2011 The Many Faces of... (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
 
2009 Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen (TV movie)
Lady Macbeth (uncredited)
 
2008 Russell & Ross: What the F*** Was All That About? (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2008 Bond on Location (TV documentary short)
Herself
 
2008 The 80th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2007 Have I Got News for You (TV series)
 
2007 Movie Connections (TV series documentary)
 
2007 A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2007 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
 
2007 The 79th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Barbara Covett
 
2007 Canada A.M. (TV series)
 
2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 Film 2013 (TV series)
 
2006 Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2005 La Marató 2005 (TV special)
Iris Murdoch
 
2005 Pride and Prejudice Revisited (TV documentary)
Lady Catherine de Bourgh (uncredited)
 
2002 After They Were Famous (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Unforgettable Joan Sims (TV special documentary)
 
2000 The World Is Not Enough (Video Game)
M (uncredited)
 
1999 And the Word Was Bond (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1999 The Making of 'GoldenEye': A Video Journal (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1999 The Making of 'The World Is Not Enough' (video documentary short)
Herself
 
1985 Mis-Takes (video)
Unknown
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Wrote the foreword to the book "Shakespeare For Dummies"(R) (IDG Books, 1999) See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Print Biographies  | 10 Interviews  | 12 Articles  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Dame Judi Dench

Height:

5' 1" (1.55 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I had no film career until Mrs Brown, which Harvey Weinstein oversaw. He gave a lunch for me at the time and I told him I had his name tattooed on my bum. I hadn't, I had my make-up lady design something that I showed him. He's never forgotten it. See more »

Trivia:

She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1984 (1983 season) for Best Actress in a New Play for Pack of Lies. 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. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius