Biography
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 theatr...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
2025
as Self
Hilarious rare and unseen footage of Britain's beloved comedy duo, including some footage previously unseen on network television. Also features Gail ...

Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple
2024
as Self
Unlikely besties Dame Judi Dench and Jay Blades take each other down memory lane, as they share the experiences that shaped their lives and that ultim...

The Coronation Concert
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Take That, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Bryn Terfel, Freya Ridings and many more perform live from Windsor Castle in celebration of ...

Allelujah
2023
as Mary
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their ...

Spirited
2022
as Dame Judi Dench
Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits. But this season, he picked the ...

Quintessentially British
2022
as Self
This unique and cheeky documentary explores Britain and what makes our country great from our traditions to our self-deprecating sense of humour.

Born to be The King
2022
as Narrator
As Prince Charles, the longest serving heir apparent, ascends the throne as King, those who know him well, who have worked for and with him, discuss w...

Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self (archive footage)
A profile of the actress from a strict Quaker upbringing in Yorkshire, through her staunch determination to make it as a thespian. There's also a look...

I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth
2022
as Self
On stage – in person – for one special performance the great Dame Judi Dench and Gyles Brandreth bring their West End sell-out show to Edinburgh. Quit...

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
2022
as Self
On 3 May 2022, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in London’s West End for a thrilling, joyously staged pro...

Belfast
2021
as Granny
Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his b...

Being James Bond
2021
as M (archive footage)
Daniel Craig candidly reflects on his 15 year adventure as James Bond. Including never-before-seen archival footage from Casino Royale to the upcoming...

Off the Rails
2021
as Diana
Now in their 50’s, three friends recreate an inter-rail journey across Europe, but this time 18-year-old Maddie is taking her mother’s place, fulfilli...

The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre
2021
as Self - Preshow Announcement (voice)
Presented by Theatre Support Fund+, The Shows Must Go On! and National Theatre Live, the world’s most iconic musicals return to the West End stage wit...

Blithe Spirit
2020
as Madame Arcati
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which le...

Six Minutes to Midnight
2020
as Miss Rocholl
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and...

Artemis Fowl
2020
as Commander Root
Artemis Fowl is a 12-year-old genius and descendant of a long line of criminal masterminds. He soon finds himself in an epic battle against a race of ...

Cats
2019
as Old Deuteronomy
A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

All Is True
2018
as Anne Shakespeare
London, June 29th, 1613. The Globe Theater, ran by the famous playwright William Shakespeare, accidentally burns to ashes. Seriously affected, he stop...

Red Joan
2018
as Joan Elizabeth Stanley
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service an...

Palo Santo
2018
as Mother of Palo Santo
Palo Santo, a city on a distant planet, on which human beings are a rare commodity, worshipped and idolized by an android society. Olly, along with th...

Nothing Like a Dame
2018
as Self
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen togeth...

Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees
2017
as Self
A fungi expert also shows Judi the incredible action going on beneath her feet, revealing an astonishing underground fungal network that looks up to t...

Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Princess Dragomiroff
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Tulip Fever
2017
as The Abbess of St. Ursula
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a ...

Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
2016
as Self
This documentary celebrates one of Britain’s greatest actors, Dame Judi Dench, and looks back over her remarkable 60-year career.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Miss Avocet
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroyin...

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Self - Performer
From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversar...

Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale
2015
as Paulina
A jealous king jeopardizes his family, friendships and succession.

Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive material)
From the BBC archives, before their talents were recognised by royal decree, the early work and career defining moments of Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, D...

Spectre
2015
as M (uncredited)
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret servic...

The Vote
2015
as Christine Metcalfe
On 7 May, churches, school halls, and back rooms of community centres will be turned into polling stations, staffed by council workers and volunteers....

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
as Evelyn Greenslade
As the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has only a single remaining vacancy - posing a rooming predicament for two fresh arrivals - Sonny pursues his expans...

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
as Mrs. Silver
Mr. Hoppy is a shy old man who lives alone in an apartment building. For many years, he has been secretly in love with Mrs. Silver, a woman who lives ...

And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...

Six by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
This intimate documentary explores the life and career of the stage legend Stephen Sondheim through six of his best-known songs.

National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
2013
as Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the National Theatre of Great Britain presents National Theatre: 50 Years on Stage, bringing together the best Brit...

Philomena
2013
as Philomena
A woman searches for her adult son, who was taken away from her decades ago when she was forced to live in a convent.

Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
Funny, passionate, exciting, and smart: ‘Muse Of Fire’ will change the way you feel about Shakespeare forever. This unique feature documentary follow...

Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
2012
as Self
Richard Hammond celebrates 50 years of Bond's amazing history with cars revealing the entertaining behind-the-scenes stories of the most iconic cars.

Skyfall
2012
as M
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to he...

Everything or Nothing
2012
as Self
The story of three men with a shared dream: James Bond franchise producers Albert R. Broccoli and Harry Saltzman, and Bond creator and author Ian Flem...

Stars In Shorts
2012
as Mary
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Fer...

Run For Your Wife
2012
as Bag Lady
John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately...

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2012
as Evelyn Greenslade
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Mari...

My Week with Marilyn
2011
as Dame Sybil Thorndike
London, 1956. Genius actor and film director Laurence Olivier is about to begin the shooting of his upcoming movie, premiered in 1957 as The Prince an...

J. Edgar
2011
as Anna Marie Hoover
As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind close...

Friend Request Pending
2011
as Mary
FRIEND REQUEST PENDING is a short comedy drama about the mature generation dating in our modern social networking world. It's a tale of love but more ...

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Society Lady
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love — or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to f...

Into the Woods
2011
as The Giant (voice)
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

Jane Eyre
2011
as Mrs. Fairfax
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee...

James Bond Supports International Women's Day
2011
as M (voice)
This short film is made by 'We Are Equals' to celebrate International Women's Day. James Bond video for international women's day shows 007's feminine...

Nine
2009
as Lilli
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Wit...

Rage
2009
as Mona Carvell
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the inte...

Quantum of Solace
2008
as M
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond...

Notes on a Scandal
2006
as Barbara Covett
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions w...

Casino Royale
2006
as M
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his win...

Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck
2006
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina can't believe her ears when Miss Lilly announces that she'll be taking her ballet class to headline the Dacovian Festival of Dance! And what'...
Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles
2006
Martin Campbell directs Goldeneye.

Doogal
2006
as Narrator (voice)
An adorable candy-loving mutt goes on a mission to save the world.

Pride & Prejudice
2005
as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbeari...

Mrs. Henderson Presents
2005
as Mrs. Laura Henderson
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review...

Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance
2005
as Miss Lilly (voice)
Angelina and her ballet class are putting on a special performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Palace. When the production isn't going as planned,...
We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom
2005
as Narrator
International award-winning filmmaker Kevin P. Miller of Well TV announced the release of a new documentary about the threat to medical freedom of cho...

Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
2004
as Miss Lilly (voice)
It's Christmas, and Angelina Mouseling (Finty Williams) is auditioning for the lead role in the musical extravaganza, Cinderella Mouse and the Ugly Wh...

Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Ursula
Andrea, a gifted young Polish violinist from Krakow, is bound for America when he is swept overboard by a storm. When the Widdington sisters discover ...

A Dairy Tale
2004
as Mrs. Calloway (voice)
Mrs. Caloway attempts to tell the tale of Three Little Pigs to the four piglets, but Maggie, Buck, and others keep interrupting her and adding story e...

The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Aereon
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the fu...

Home on the Range
2004
as Mrs. Caloway (voice)
When a greedy outlaw schemes to take possession of the "Patch Of Heaven" dairy farm, three determined cows, a karate-kicking stallion and a colorful c...

Bugs!
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Explore the extraordinary hidden world of insects, where a leaf weighs more than a car, rain drops feel like exploding hand grenades and a blade of gr...

Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute
2002
as Self
A BAFTA tribute celebrating the career of Billy Connolly.
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
2002
as Self
Richard Eyre talks to Judi Dench about her art, her career and views on acting.
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Self
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Die Another Day: From Script to Screen
2002
as Self
A documentary about Die Another Day.

Die Another Day
2002
as M
James Bond is sent to investigate the connection between a North Korean terrorist and a diamond mogul, who is funding the development of an internatio...

Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as M (archive footage)
Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several former "Bond Girls" as interviewees (among them Dr. No's Ur...

The Importance of Being Earnest
2002
as Lady Bracknell
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using ...

Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening
2002
as Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
This star-studded gala celebrates the centenary of the birth of legendary Broadway composer Richard Rodgers. Rodgers' contribution to musical theatre...
The Life of Shakespeare
2002
as self
Dramatically presented and narrated by the late internationally renowned actor of stage and screen Ian Richardson, with exquisite Shakespeare readings...
Shaken and Stirred on Ice
2002
as Self
A documentary about Die Another Day.

The Shipping News
2001
as Agnis Hamm
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

Iris
2001
as Iris Murdoch
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheime...

Chocolat
2000
as Armande Voizin
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religious and morally strict, is against them, as they r...

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
2000
as Narrator (voice)
In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... t...

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Elizabeth
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an ...

The World Is Not Enough
1999
as M
Greed, revenge, world dominance and high-tech terrorism – it's all in a day's work for Bond, who's on a mission to protect a beautiful oil heiress fro...

Tea with Mussolini
1999
as Arabella
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate M...

Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years
1999
The very best of Billy Connolly's stand up comedy, from 30 years of performances around the world!

Shakespeare in Love
1998
as Queen Elizabeth
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman a...

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1998
as Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns")
'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh - classic songs ...

Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
His world is full of glamour, mystery and intrigue and now you get to be a part of it! Let gadget wizard Q (Desmond Llewelyn) be your guide to the ubi...

Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as M
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mas...

Mrs Brown
1997
as Queen Victoria
When Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert dies, she finds solace in her trusted servant, Mr. John Brown. But their relationship also brings scandal ...

Hamlet
1996
as Hecuba
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the murderer... his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing.

Goldeneye: The Secret Files
1995
as Self
Made for TV documentary including interview and behind the scenes footage from the James Bond movie GoldenEye (1995).

GoldenEye
1995
as M
When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world...

Jack & Sarah
1995
as Margaret
Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. Howev...
GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast
1995
as Self
A short documentary about the cast of GoldenEye.

J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
1992
as Narrator
J.R.R.T.: A Study of J.R.R. Tolkien is a 1992 documentary, narrated by Judi Dench, produced to celebrate the centenary of J.R.R. Tolkien's birth. It i...

Absolute Hell
1991
as Christine Foskett
Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, le...

Can You Hear Me Thinking?
1990
as Anne
Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the parents of teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia

Look Back in Anger
1989
Director
Look Back in Anger is a love triangle involving the brilliant-but-disaffected young Jimmy Porter, his upper-middle-class, impassive wife Alison Porter...

Henry V
1989
as Mistress Quickly
In the midst of the Hundred Years War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.

One More Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1988
as Self (uncredited)
The gloriously glamorous Dame Edna entertains a celebrity audience in this 1988 special.

An Audience With Victoria Wood
1988
as Self
British comedy legend Victoria Wood entertains a star-studded audience including Julie Walters, Judi Dench and Dawn French in this 1988 special. Watch...

A Handful of Dust
1988
as Mrs. Beaver
English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance ...

Ghosts
1987
as Helene Alving
Helene Alving leads an outwardly contented life. On the eve of the 10th anniversary of her husband's death, she is about to open an orphanage as a mem...

84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as Nora Doel
When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order...

Make and Break
1987
as Mrs. Rogers
Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure.

A Room with a View
1986
as Eleanor Lavish
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George st...

The Browning Version
1985
as Millie Crocker-Harris
Adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play produced for the BBC in 1985.

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
1985
as Dorrie Edgehill
Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, n...

Wetherby
1985
as Marcia Pilborough
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its resid...

The Angelic Conversation
1985
as (voice)
The Angelic Conversation is a lyrical, haunting film about a young man’s search for love in a dreamlike landscape. Its tone is set by the juxtapositio...

Saigon: Year Of The Cat
1983
as Barbara Dean
The year is 1974, and Barbara Dean (Judi Dench), a British assistant manager in a foreign bank in Saigon, begins a relationship with American Bob Ches...

The Cherry Orchard
1981
as Mme. Ranevsky
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay deb...

Going Gently
1981
as Sister Scarli
Play about two elderly cancer patients suffering in hospital.
Village Wooing
1979
as Z
Adaptation of the play by George Bernard Shaw. (Synopsis) Richard Briers tries to woo Judi Dench in this play by George Bernard Shaw.

On Giant's Shoulders
1979
as Hazel Wiles
The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his ch...

Macbeth
1979
as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Tele...

The Comedy of Errors
1978
as Adriana
The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together ...

Langrishe, Go Down
1978
as Imogen Langrishe
In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Otto Beck, a perpetual graduate stude...

My Homeland
1976
as Reader
Perhaps this is Robert Vas' most personal film; a portrait of his country - Hungary - as seen through the eyes of an exile. Robert Vas escaped from hi...

Dead Cert
1974
as Laura Davidson
As a surprise, two horse owners decide to ride their animals themselves in a steeplechase. But Bill Davidson's horse "Admiral" behaves weirdly, and fa...

Luther
1974
as Katharina
A 16th-century clergyman's view breaks the Catholic Church apart.

A Midsummer Night's Dream
1968
as Titania
Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Com...

Four in the Morning
1965
as Wife ("Judi")
The parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in a river.

A Study in Terror
1965
as Sally
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediate...

He Who Rides a Tiger
1965
as Joanne
Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. ...

The Third Secret
1964
as Miss Ada Humphries
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter ...

The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Anya
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pa...

Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love
N/A
as Self
Documentary about the legendary Diva Maria Callas.