Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an 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 theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During 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 played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
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Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
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Make and Break
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Can You Hear Me Thinking?
as AnneReal life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the...
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as SelfRichard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the...
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One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
as Self (uncredited)The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special.
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Saigon: Year Of The Cat
as Barbara DeanThe year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank...
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful...
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The Cherry Orchard
as AnyaMadame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family...
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The Browning Version
as Millie Crocker-HarrisAdaptation of Terence Rattigan's play produced for the BBC in 1985.
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Ghosts
as Mrs. AlvingThe publication of Ghosts in 1881 caused an uproar and almost ruined Ibsen. It was banned across...
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The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)Presented by Theatre Support Fund+, The Shows Must Go On! and National Theatre Live, the world’s...
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Going Gently
as Sister ScarliPlay about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.
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Luther
as KatharinaOne sixteenth-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.
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Four in the Morning
as Wife ("Judi")The parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in...
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The Cherry Orchard
as Mme. RanevskyMadame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family...
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Goldeneye: The Secret Files
as SelfMade for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond...
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A Dairy Tale
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The Comedy of Errors
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina Sets Sail
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Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
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Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
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Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
as SelfUnlikely besties Dame Judi Dench and Jay Blades take each other down memory lane, as they share...
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Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
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J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
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Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
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My Homeland
as ReaderPerhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen...
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Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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The Graham Norton Show
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The Graham Norton Show
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The One Show
as SelfA topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
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Top Gear
as M (archive footage)This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary,...
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Tony Awards
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An Audience with...
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As Time Goes By
as Jean PargetterTwo lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
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The Hollow Crown
as CecilyA series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
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The Oscars
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Who Do You Think You Are?
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Staged
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Going Live!
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Performance
as Christine FoskettAn anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.
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Cranford
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Cranford
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Vicious
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Middlemarch
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An Age of Kings
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An Age of Kings
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Parkinson
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Talking Pictures
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Angelina Ballerina
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Love in a Cold Climate
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A Fine Romance
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Playing Shakespeare
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Behaving Badly
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Live from Studio Five
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Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure
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