
Judi Dench
Highest Rated: 100% A Room With a View (1986)
Lowest Rated: 8% Doogal (2006)
Birthday: Dec 09, 1934
Birthplace: York, North Yorkshire, England, UK
One of the most celebrated actresses of her generation, British national treasure Judi Dench spent the first half of her career treading the boards with various prestigious theatre companies before venturing into Hollywood with award-winning roles in "Mrs Brown" (1997), "Shakespeare in Love" (1998) and "Iris" (2001). Born in the English county of Yorkshire in 1934, Judi Dench studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama and landed her first professional gig in 1957 playing Ophelia in an Old Vic production of "Hamlet." Dench spent the next four years further honing her craft with the company before moving on to the Playhouse theatres in Nottingham and Oxford and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Dench established herself as a Shakespearean great during her decade-spanning stint with the latter, but still found the time to simultaneously pursue a screen career, too. After making her feature film debut in thriller "The Third Secret" (1964), she won the first two of her many BAFTAs for turns in kitchen sink drama "Four in the Morning" (1965) and Rashomon-esque anthology piece "Talking to a Stranger" (BBC2, 1966), appeared in crime movies "He Who Rides a Tiger" (1965) and "Dead Cert" (1974) and starred in Harold Pinter's "Langrishe, Go Down" (BBC2, 1978) and Emmy-winning biopic "On Giant's Shoulders" (BBC2, 1979). Dench became more of a British TV regular during the 1980s, with memorable roles including Aunt Sadie in Nancy Mitford adaptation "Love in a Cold Climate" (ITV, 1980), Madame Ranevsky in Chekhov play "The Cherry Orchard" (BBC1, 1981) and translator Laura Dalton in "A Fine Romance" (ITV, 1981-84), a sitcom in which she starred alongside real-life husband Michael Williams. Following an 11-year absence, Dench returned to the film world to play novelist Eleanor Lavish in Merchant Ivory production "A Room with a View" (1985) and head back to her Yorkshire roots for acclaimed mystery "Wetherby" (1985). She went on to narrate Derek Jarman drama "The Angelic Conversation" (1987), appear as Mrs Beaver in Evelyn Waugh's "A Handful of Dust" (1988) and play Mistress Quickly in "Henry V" (1989) in which she forged a long-standing working relationship with director Kenneth Branagh. After impressing as a newly-single housewife in miniseries "Behaving Badly" (Channel 4, 1989) and starring alongside Geoffrey Palmer as two reunited lovers in gentle sitcom "As Time Goes By" (BBC1, 1992-2005), Dench appeared as Richard E. Grant's mother in rom-com "Jack and Sarah" (1995) and was cast as boss M in Pierce Brosnan's first James Bond outing "Goldeneye" (1995), going on to reprise the role in every 007 movie up until "Skyfall" (2012). But the Hollywood phase of her career truly began when she portrayed Queen Victoria in historical biopic "Mrs Brown" (1997). Dench received significant Oscar buzz for her performance but was only rewarded by the Academy a year later for her eight-minute supporting role as Queen Elizabeth I in "Shakespeare in Love" (1998). Dench consolidated her awards darling status with the parts of eccentric landlady Armande in "Chocolat" (2000), saxophone-playing widower Elizabeth in "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells" (HBO, 2000) and dementia-stricken novelist Iris Murdoch in biopic "Iris" (2001), also picking up a Tony Award for her turn in "Amy's View." After adding "The Shipping News" (2001) and "The Importance of Being Earnest" (2002) to her filmography, Dench made a few surprising detours, voicing a cow in animation "Home on the Range" (2004) and appearing alongside Vin Diesel in sci-fi spin-off "The Chronicles of Riddick" (2004). But she soon returned to more familiar fare, co-starring with fellow Dame Maggie Smith in "Ladies in Lavender" (2004), playing Catherine de Bourgh in Joe Wright's take on "Pride and Prejudice" (2005) and starring as a theatre-loving socialite in "Mrs Henderson Presents" (2005). Dench received several awards nominations for her quietly menacing turn opposite Cate Blanchett in "Notes on a Scandal" (2006), assumed the role of Miss Matilda Jenkins in period dramedy "Cranford" (BBC1, 2007) and showcased her musical talents as costume designer Lilli in "Nine" (2009). Dench remained just as prolific as she approached her eighties, showing up as Mrs. Fairfax in "Jane Eyre" (2011), portraying real-life figures Annie Hoover in "J. Edgar" (2011) and Sybil Thorndike in "My Week with Marilyn" (2011) and leading a cast of British acting veterans in "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" (2012). After starring as an Irishwoman determined to find the son she was forced to put up for adoption in "Philomena" (2013), Dench charmed audiences as the tortoise-owning widow in Roald Dahl adaptation "Esio Trot" (BBC One, 2014), appeared as time-manipulating Miss Esmeralda Avocet in fantasy "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (2016) and added "The Hollow Crown" (BBC Two, 2016) and "All Is Lost" (2018) to her list of Shakespeare-themed works. She also appeared in a string of other period dramas, including "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017), "Tulip Fever" (2017) and "Victoria & Abdul" (2017), once again portraying Queen Victoria in the latter. Dench then turned TV presenter for a documentary exploring her passion for trees before playing a spy in "Red Joan" (2018), headmistress in "Six Minutes to Midnight" (2019) and the wise Old Deuteronomy in Tom Hooper's much talked-about adaptation of Broadway musical "Cats" (2019).
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Highest Rated Movies
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28% | 38% | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati (Character) | $190.1K | 2020 |
8% | 19% | Artemis Fowl | Commander Root (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Six Minutes to Midnight | Miss Rocholl (Character) | - | 2020 |
19% | 53% | Cats | Old Deuteronomy (Character) | $27.2M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nothing Like a Dame | Unknown (Character) | - | 2018 |
98% | 76% | Nothing Like a Dame | Self | $858.9K | 2018 |
30% | 55% | Red Joan | Joan (Character) | $1.6M | 2018 |
71% | 67% | All Is True | Anne Hathaway (Character) | $1.2M | 2018 |
66% | 68% | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria (Character) | $22.2M | 2017 |
10% | 43% | Tulip Fever | Abbess (Character) | $2.4M | 2017 |
60% | 53% | Murder on the Orient Express | Princess Natalia Dragomiroff (Character) | $101.5M | 2017 |
64% | 60% | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Miss Avocet (Character) | $87.2M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Esio Trot | Mrs Silver (Character) | - | 2015 |
65% | 59% | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade (Character) | $33M | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Muse of Fire | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
91% | 89% | Philomena | Philomena Lee (Character) | $37.7M | 2013 |
60% | 66% | Stars in Shorts | Mary (Character) | - | 2012 |
100% | 87% | Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 | Self | - | 2012 |
92% | 86% | Skyfall | M (Character) | $304.4M | 2012 |
78% | 78% | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade (Character) | $46.4M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angelina Ballerina: The Shining Star Trophy | Miss Lilly (Voice) | - | 2011 |
83% | 71% | My Week With Marilyn | Sybil Thorndike (Character) | $85.3K | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Corrections | Unknown (Character) | - | 2011 |
43% | 44% | J. Edgar | Annie Hoover (Character) | $37.3M | 2011 |
84% | 76% | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax (Character) | $11.2M | 2011 |
39% | 37% | Nine | Lilli (Character) | $19.7M | 2009 |
38% | 40% | Rage | Mona Carvell (Character) | - | 2009 |
64% | 58% | Quantum of Solace | M (Character) | $168.4M | 2008 |
87% | 83% | Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett (Character) | $17.5M | 2006 |
8% | 22% | Doogal | Narrator | $7.6M | 2006 |
94% | 89% | Casino Royale | M (Character) | $167M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angelina Ballerina - All Dancers on Deck | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
86% | 89% | Pride & Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Character) | $38.4M | 2005 |
67% | 72% | Mrs. Henderson Presents | Laura Henderson (Character) | $11M | 2005 |
64% | 66% | Ladies in Lavender | Ursula Widdington (Character) | $6.8M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Peace One Day | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
29% | 65% | The Chronicles of Riddick | Aereon (Character) | $57.6M | 2004 |
53% | 29% | Home on the Range | Mrs. Calloway (Voice) | - | 2004 |
82% | 58% | Bugs! | Narrator | $16.7M | 2003 |
56% | 41% | Die Another Day | M (Character) | $160.2M | 2002 |
57% | 72% | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell (Character) | $8.4M | 2002 |
79% | 73% | Iris | Iris Murdoch (Character) | $5.6M | 2001 |
55% | 61% | The Shipping News | Agnis Hamm (Character) | $11.4M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 79% | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth (Character) | - | 2000 |
91% | 87% | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport | Narrator | $374.6K | 2000 |
62% | 83% | Chocolat | Amande Voizin (Character) | $71.3M | 2000 |
66% | 76% | Tea With Mussolini | Arabella (Character) | $14.4M | 1999 |
52% | 49% | The World Is Not Enough | M (Character) | $126.9M | 1999 |
92% | 80% | Shakespeare in Love | Queen Elizabeth (Character) | $100.2M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bear | Narrator | - | 1998 |
57% | 53% | Tomorrow Never Dies | M (Character) | $145M | 1997 |
92% | 79% | Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown | Queen Victoria (Character) | $9.2M | 1997 |
95% | 90% | Hamlet | Hecuba (Character) | $4.4M | 1996 |
74% | 79% | Jack & Sarah | Margaret (Character) | $114.8K | 1995 |
78% | 83% | GoldenEye | M (Character) | $106M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Absolute Hell | Christine Foskett (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Can You Hear Me Thinking? | Anne (Character) | - | 1990 |
100% | 89% | Henry V | Mistress Quickly (Character) | $10.2M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 46% | A Handful of Dust | Mrs. Beaver (Character) | $1.6M | 1988 |
87% | 81% | 84 Charing Cross Road | Nora Doel (Character) | $572.7K | 1987 |
100% | 85% | A Room With a View | Eleanor Lavish, a novelist (Character) | $12M | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghosts | Mrs. Alving (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill | Dorrie Edgehill (Character) | - | 1985 |
67% | 43% | Wetherby | Marcia Pilborough (Character) | $1.1M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Angelic Conversation | Narrator | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Barbara Dean (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | On Giant's Shoulders | Hazel Wiles (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | 69% | A Performance of Macbeth | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Langrishe Go Down | Imogen Langrishe (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dead Cert | Laura Davidson (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 53% | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Four in the Morning | Wife (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He Who Rides a Tiger | Joanne (Character) | - | 1965 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Staged | Dame Judi (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2017-2020 2012-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure | Host | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Discovering | Unknown (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Rose | Guest | 2017 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today's Take | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2017 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Great Performances |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2016 2014 |
98% | 82% | Henry V: The Hollow Crown | Cecily (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2015 2013 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio Spotlight | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Generation | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 94% | Vicious | Judi Dench (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon Schama's Shakespeare and Us | Unknown (Character) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anderson | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps | Unknown (Character) | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Masterpiece Classic | Unknown (Character) | 2010 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cranford | Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns (Character) | 2009 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightline | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angelina Ballerina | Miss Lilly (Voice) | 2006 2001-2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | As Time Goes By | Jean (Character) | 2005 2002 2000 1992-1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | As Time Goes By Reunion Special | Unknown (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behaving Badly | Bridget Mayor (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Fine Romance | Unknown (Character) | 1981-1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love in a Cold Climate | Aunt Sadie (Character) | 1980 |
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