Actor
Judi Dench
- Born: 9 December 1934, York, England
- Estimated net worth: $45 million
Judi Dench is a renowned British actress celebrated for her versatile performances across film, television, and theatre. Known for iconic roles in films like 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Skyfall', she has built a remarkable career marked by numerous awards…
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About Judi Dench
Judi Dench is a renowned British actress celebrated for her versatile performances across film, television, and theatre. Known for iconic roles in films like 'Shakespeare in Love' and 'Skyfall', she has built a remarkable career marked by numerous awards. Dench is particularly noted for her distinctive voice and ability to portray strong, complex characters.
- Born
- 9 December 1934, York, England
- Height
- 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
- Spouses
- Michael Williams (1971-2001)
- Children
- 1; Tara Cressida Frances
- Parents
- Reginald Arthur Dench, Eleanora Olive
- Estimated net worth
- $45 million
Fun facts about Judi Dench
- Judi Dench was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1988 for her services to drama.
- She has acted in over 50 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award seven times.
Famous Judi Dench quotes
“I don't think you can ever be too old to do something.”
“The only thing I can do is be myself.”
“I think it's important to be yourself, and that's why I try to be myself.”
Judi Dench filmography
Cast (195)
| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Letters to My Younger Future Self Movie | Unknown character | |
| 2026 | Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen Movie | Self | |
| 2026 | David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree Movie | The Fridge (voice) | 6.7 |
| 2026 | Joke Movie | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 2026 | The Twelfth Night Reunion Movie | Self - Performer | |
| 2025 | Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 2025 | Tea with Judi Dench featuring Kenneth Branagh Movie | Self | |
| 2024 | Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple Movie | Self | |
| 2023 | Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius TV | Self | 4.2 |
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| Year | Title | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Allelujah Movie | Mary | 5.4 |
| 2023 | MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema Movie | Self - Actress (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2022 | Spirited Movie | Dame Judi Dench | 6.8 |
| 2022 | Quintessentially British Movie | Self | 3.8 |
| 2022 | Louis Theroux Interviews TV | Self | 7.4 |
| 2022 | The Sound of 007: Live from the Royal Albert Hall Movie | Self | 5.8 |
| 2022 | Born to be The King Movie | Narrator | 7.0 |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National Treasure Movie | Self (archive footage) | 8.0 |
| 2022 | I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth Movie | Self | |
| 2022 | Remembers… TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 2022 | Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 2021 | Belfast Movie | Granny | 7.0 |
| 2021 | Off the Rails Movie | Diana | 5.9 |
| 2021 | The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre Movie | Self - Preshow Announcement (voice) | 10.0 |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit Movie | Madame Arcati | 5.7 |
| 2020 | Six Minutes to Midnight Movie | Miss Rocholl | 6.2 |
| 2020 | Staged TV | Judi | 7.9 |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl Movie | Commander Root | 5.5 |
| 2020 | The Big Night In Movie | Self | 9.0 |
| 2019 | Cats Movie | Old Deuteronomy | 4.1 |
| 2019 | Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure TV | Self | 6.5 |
| 2018 | All Is True Movie | Anne Shakespeare | 6.0 |
| 2018 | Red Joan Movie | Joan Elizabeth Stanley | 6.6 |
| 2018 | Palo Santo Movie | Mother of Palo Santo | 7.3 |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame Movie | Self | 6.8 |
| 2017 | Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees Movie | Self | 6.7 |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express Movie | Princess Dragomiroff | 6.7 |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul Movie | Queen Victoria | 6.9 |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever Movie | The Abbess of St. Ursula | 6.5 |
| 2016 | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage Movie | Self | 7.8 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Movie | Miss Avocet | 6.8 |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Movie | Self - Performer | 7.4 |
| 2015 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale Movie | Paulina | 7.7 |
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC Movie | Self (archive material) | 5.0 |
| 2015 | Spectre Movie | M (uncredited) | 6.6 |
| 2015 | The Vote Movie | Christine Metcalfe | 8.4 |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie | Evelyn Greenslade | 6.4 |
| 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Movie | Mrs. Silver | 6.7 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers TV | Self | 5.1 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV | Self | 5.8 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim Movie | Self (archive footage) | 7.1 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage Movie | Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt | 6.2 |
| 2013 | Philomena Movie | Philomena | 7.3 |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire Movie | Self | 6.5 |
| 2013 | Vicious TV | Judi Dench (voice, uncredited) | 7.5 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures TV | Self (archive footage) | 6.2 |
| 2012 | Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars Movie | Self | 6.2 |
| 2012 | Skyfall Movie | M | 7.3 |
| 2012 | Everything or Nothing Movie | Self | 7.3 |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts Movie | Mary | 6.0 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown TV | Cecily | 7.4 |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife Movie | Bag Lady | 4.4 |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Movie | Evelyn Greenslade | 7.0 |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn Movie | Dame Sybil Thorndike | 6.7 |
| 2011 | J. Edgar Movie | Anna Marie Hoover | 6.2 |
| 2011 | Friend Request Pending Movie | Mary | 7.7 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie | Society Lady | 6.6 |
| 2011 | Into the Woods Movie | The Giant (voice) | 8.8 |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre Movie | Mrs. Fairfax | 7.2 |
| 2011 | James Bond Supports International Women's Day Movie | M (voice) | 4.4 |
| 2009 | Nine Movie | Lilli | 5.5 |
| 2009 | Rage Movie | Mona Carvell | 3.5 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five TV | Self | 3.8 |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace Movie | M | 6.3 |
| 2007 | Cranford TV | Miss Matilda Jenkyns | 8.1 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show TV | Self | 7.2 |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal Movie | Barbara Covett | 7.1 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale Movie | M | 7.6 |
| 2006 | Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck Movie | Miss Lilly (voice) | 2.0 |
| 2006 | The One Show TV | Self | 4.3 |
| 2006 | Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles Movie | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 2006 | Doogal Movie | Narrator (voice) | 4.9 |
| 2006 | HiT Favourites: Happy Children's Favourites Movie | Miss Lilly (voice) | |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice Movie | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 8.1 |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson Presents Movie | Mrs. Laura Henderson | 6.7 |
| 2005 | Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance Movie | Miss Lilly (voice) | |
| 2005 | We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom Movie | Narrator | 8.0 |
| 2005 | Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance Movie | Miss Lilly (voice) | |
| 2004 | Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On Movie | Miss Lilly (voice) | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender Movie | Ursula | 6.4 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? TV | Self | 7.0 |
| 2004 | A Dairy Tale Movie | Mrs. Calloway (voice) | 4.9 |
| 2004 | Parkinson TV | Self - Guest / Performer | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Parkinson TV | Self - Guest | 7.0 |
| 2004 | Parkinson TV | Self - Guest (archive footage) | 7.0 |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick Movie | Aereon | 6.6 |
| 2004 | Home on the Range Movie | Mrs. Caloway (voice) | 6.1 |
| 2004 | Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love Movie | Self | |
| 2003 | Bugs! Movie | Narrator (voice) | 6.3 |
| 2003 | Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action! Movie | Miss Lilly (voice) | 6.2 |
| 2002 | Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute Movie | Self | 8.0 |
| 2002 | Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre Movie | Self | |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond Movie | Self | 5.7 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day: From Script to Screen Movie | Self | 6.5 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day Movie | M | 6.0 |
| 2002 | Bond Girls Are Forever Movie | Herself | 5.7 |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest Movie | Lady Bracknell | 6.8 |
| 2002 | Shaken and Stirred on Ice Movie | Self | 5.5 |
| 2002 | Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening Movie | Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | 7.0 |
| 2002 | The Life of Shakespeare Movie | self | |
| 2001 | The Shipping News Movie | Agnis Hamm | 6.4 |
| 2001 | Iris Movie | Iris Murdoch | 6.4 |
| 2001 | Angelina Ballerina TV | Miss Lilly (voice) | 7.6 |
| 2000 | Chocolat Movie | Armande Voizin | 7.0 |
| 2000 | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport Movie | Self - Narrator (voice) | 7.4 |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Movie | Elizabeth | 6.9 |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough Movie | M | 6.3 |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini Movie | Arabella | 6.4 |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love Movie | Queen Elizabeth | 6.8 |
| 1998 | Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh Movie | Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns") | 6.7 |
| 1998 | Parkinson TV | Self | |
| 1998 | Highly Classified: The World of 007 Movie | Self | 7.0 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies Movie | M | 6.4 |
| 1997 | Mrs Brown Movie | Queen Victoria | 6.8 |
| 1996 | Hamlet Movie | Hecuba | 7.3 |
| 1995 | Goldeneye: The Secret Files Movie | Self | 6.0 |
| 1995 | GoldenEye Movie | M | 6.9 |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah Movie | Margaret | 6.8 |
| 1995 | GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast Movie | Self | 6.0 |
| 1994 | Middlemarch TV | Unknown character | 7.8 |
| 1992 | HBO First Look TV | Self | 5.5 |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By TV | Jean Pargetter | 7.6 |
| 1992 | J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 Movie | Narrator | 8.0 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill TV | Self | 4.1 |
| 1991 | Performance TV | Christine Foskett | 6.3 |
| 1991 | Absolute Hell Movie | Christine Foskett | 6.0 |
| 1990 | Can You Hear Me Thinking? Movie | Anne | 8.5 |
| 1989 | Henry V Movie | Mistress Quickly | 7.1 |
| 1989 | Screen One TV | Anne | 7.2 |
| 1989 | Behaving Badly TV | Bridget Mayor | 4.3 |
| 1988 | Countryfile TV | Self | 5.4 |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust Movie | Mrs. Beaver | 6.1 |
| 1988 | Comic Relief TV | Unknown character | 6.0 |
| 1987 | Going Live! TV | Self | 8.0 |
| 1987 | Ghosts Movie | Helene Alving | 7.0 |
| 1987 | The Angelic Conversation Movie | (voice) | 5.2 |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road Movie | Nora Doel | 7.2 |
| 1987 | Make and Break Movie | Mrs. Rogers | |
| 1986 | A Room with a View Movie | Eleanor Lavish | 6.9 |
| 1985 | The Browning Version Movie | Millie Crocker-Harris | 6.4 |
| 1985 | Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill Movie | Dorrie Edgehill | 7.3 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night TV | Helene Alving | |
| 1985 | Theatre Night TV | Unknown character | |
| 1985 | Theatre Night TV | Mrs Rogers | |
| 1985 | Wetherby Movie | Marcia Pilborough | 6.0 |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare TV | Unknown character | 9.7 |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat Movie | Barbara Dean | 5.3 |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance TV | Laura Dalton | 5.4 |
| 1981 | The Cherry Orchard Movie | Mme. Ranevsky | 7.0 |
| 1981 | Going Gently Movie | Sister Scarli | 7.5 |
| 1980 | Love in a Cold Climate TV | Aunt Sadie | 6.8 |
| 1979 | Village Wooing Movie | Z | |
| 1979 | On Giant's Shoulders Movie | Hazel Wiles | 9.0 |
| 1979 | Macbeth Movie | Lady Macbeth | 7.5 |
| 1978 | The Comedy of Errors Movie | Adriana | 8.6 |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down Movie | Imogen Langrishe | 4.4 |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show TV | Unknown character | 5.6 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... TV | Self | 5.3 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week TV | Imogen Langrishe | 7.0 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week TV | Helen Wiles | 7.0 |
| 1976 | My Homeland Movie | Reader | |
| 1974 | Dead Cert Movie | Laura Davidson | 4.4 |
| 1974 | Playhouse TV | Sister Scarli | 7.0 |
| 1974 | Luther Movie | Katharina | 6.0 |
| 1970 | Confession TV | Woman | |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream Movie | Titania | 6.6 |
| 1968 | Ooh La La! TV | Amélie | 10.0 |
| 1967 | Omnibus TV | Self - Reading Poetry | 7.2 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Z | 7.0 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Helen Payle | 7.0 |
| 1966 | Talking to a Stranger TV | Terry Stevens - Daughter | 8.0 |
| 1965 | Four in the Morning Movie | Wife ("Judi") | 6.3 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month TV | Elizabeth Moris | 5.2 |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror Movie | Sally | 6.2 |
| 1965 | He Who Rides a Tiger Movie | Joanne | 6.0 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 TV | Valentine Wannop | 7.2 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 TV | Terry Stevens | 7.2 |
| 1964 | Detective TV | Charlotte Revel | 9.0 |
| 1964 | The Third Secret Movie | Miss Ada Humphries | 6.2 |
| 1963 | Festival TV | Angela Thwaites | 8.0 |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard Movie | Anya | 8.0 |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings TV | Katherine of Valois | 5.2 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards TV | Self - Presenter / Winner | |
| 1953 | The Oscars TV | Self | 7.1 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards TV | Self | 10.0 |
Crew (2)
| Year | Title | Role | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Hububb TV | Writer · Writing | 8.0 |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger Movie | Director · Directing | 9.3 |
Latest releases
- Tea with Judi Dench featuring Ian McKellen2026
- David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth2026 / TMDB 7.0
- The Magic Faraway Tree2026 / TMDB 6.7
- Joke2026 / TMDB 6.0
- Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me2025 / TMDB 7.0
Judi Dench in the news
Questions about Judi Dench
What are some of Judi Dench's most famous films?
Judi Dench is known for her roles in 'Shakespeare in Love', 'Skyfall', and 'Philomena', among many others. Her performances have garnered critical acclaim and a loyal fan base.
Has Judi Dench won any major awards?
Yes, Judi Dench has won an Academy Award, multiple BAFTA Awards, and several Laurence Olivier Awards throughout her illustrious career, highlighting her talent and contribution to the arts.
What was Judi Dench's first film?
Judi Dench's first film appearance was in 'The Third Secret' in 1964. She had previously established herself in theatre and television before transitioning to film.
What is Judi Dench's connection to the James Bond franchise?
Judi Dench portrayed M, the head of MI6, in the James Bond films starting with 'GoldenEye' in 1995 until 'Skyfall' in 2012, becoming a memorable part of the franchise.
How many children does Judi Dench have?
Judi Dench has one daughter named Tara Cressida Frances, born in 1963. She has often spoken about the joys and challenges of motherhood.
What is Judi Dench's estimated net worth?
Judi Dench's estimated net worth is around $45 million, reflecting her successful career in acting spanning several decades.
What are some milestones in Judi Dench's career?
Some milestones include her Oscar win for 'Shakespeare in Love', her long-running role as M in the Bond films, and her numerous stage performances, which have solidified her status as a versatile actress.
What is unique about Judi Dench's acting style?
Judi Dench is known for her powerful presence and emotional depth in her performances. Her ability to convey complex emotions and her distinctive voice set her apart as an actress.