Judi Dench
Biography
Judi Dench is an English actress whose stage and screen career has spanned seven decades. Born in York, she turned professional in 1957 with the Old Vic Company and performed in Shakespeare plays such as Hamlet and Macbeth. She won a BAFTA as Most Promising Newcomer and drew strong reviews for her leading role in Cabaret in 1968, later establishing herself with the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. On television, she starred in A Fine Romance and As Time Goes By. Her international breakthrough came playing M in GoldenEye (1995), a part she played in eight James Bond films, including Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Casino Royale (2006), Quantum of Solace (2008) and Skyfall (2012). An eight-time Academy Award nominee, she won Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love (1998); her other nominations include Mrs Brown (1997), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Philomena (2013) and Belfast (2021).
91years old
Turns 92 on December 9in 52 days
- Born York
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Judith Olivia Dench (birth name)Also credited as Dame Judi Dench
Movie Career
- Films
- 58
- Career span
- 59 years1964 to 2023
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A first
Dench was cast as M in GoldenEye in 1995, becoming the first woman to portray James Bond's boss and succeeding Robert Brown in the role.
Getting ready for a role
In 1968 Dench was offered the part of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. She had never done a musical, and her fear of singing before an audience was such that she tried out from the wings, so the pianists were left by themselves on stage.
First role
In September 1957, Dench gave her first professional stage performance with the Old Vic Company at the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool, where she played Ophelia in Hamlet.
Behind the camera
Dench directed for the first time in 1988, during the Renaissance Theatre Company's touring season. Her Much Ado About Nothing, placed in the Napoleonic era, had Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as Benedick and Beatrice.
Behind the award
In 2016, Dench won Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Olivier Awards for playing Paulina in The Winter's Tale. That eighth win as a performer broke her own record.
Judi Dench movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Kenneth Branagh directed four of these films, John Madden four and Stephen Frears three. Pierce Brosnan appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Pierce Brosnan's page
Maggie Smith's page
Samantha Bond's page
Ian McKellen's page
Daniel Craig's page
Tom Wilkinson's page
All films by Kenneth Branagh
John MaddenDirector, 4 films, 1997 to 2015
All films by John Madden
All films by Stephen Frears
Also four films together4 more actors
- Rosamund PikeEverything or Nothing (2012), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Bond Girls Are Forever (2002) and Die Another Day (2002)
- Penelope WiltonThe Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), Pride & Prejudice (2005) and Iris (2001)
- Desmond LlewelynThe World Is Not Enough (1999), Highly Classified: The World of 007 (1998), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and GoldenEye (1995)
- Gerard HoranAllelujah (2023), Belfast (2021), Artemis Fowl (2020) and All Is True (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Judi Dench's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$7.2 billion
40 of the 58 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 58 films: 40 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 7 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 40Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 7Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 67% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.1B15.3% of the total
- 2$1.0B14.4% of the total
- 3$599M8.3% of the total
- 4$590M8.1% of the total
- 5$432M6.0% of the total
- 6$362M5.0% of the total
- 7$353M4.9% of the total
- 8$352M4.9% of the total
$2.4 billionfrom the other 32 films with a worldwide figure, 33% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1987 to 2023, eight of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | |||
| 1999 | Best Supporting Actress | Shakespeare in Love | Won |
| BAFTA | |||
| 1999 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Shakespeare in Love | Won |
| 1989 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | A Handful of Dust | Won |
| 1987 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | A Room with a View | Won |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Won | ||
| SAG Awards | |||
| Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Won | ||
| Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role | Won | ||
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1999 | Best Actress in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2023 | IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| 2017 | Honorary doctor of Harvard University | Honorary | |
| 2011 | Praemium Imperiale | Won | |
| 2008 | European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.