Judi Dench

Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress and author. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. She drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968.

Over the next two decades, Dench established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She achieved success in television during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984, and in 1992 got a starring role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent and included supporting roles in major films such as A Room with a View (1986) opposite Maggie Smith, but then she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond films until Spectre (2015). She then received several accolades, including her first Oscar nomination for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997) and the following year won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Shakespeare in Love. A seven-time Oscar nominee, she has also received nominations for her roles in Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and Philomena (2013).

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Famous quotes by Judi Dench:

"The Lord Chamberlain happened to be a friend of hers."
"I am afraid it is a non-starter. I cannot even use a bicycle pump [let alone a computer]."
"I'm going to have a bit of a rest and come face-to-face with it all. I think I must do it, and it's time for me to do it now,"
"Sex and the City."
"It's incredibly moving to hear some of our greatest actors performing Shakespeare."
"... I just had a quick look up and down, like you would."
"I don't think about them very much. I think it's good luck if you get them. But I hope it won't affect the film if it doesn't get any. The film stands on its own merits."
"It wasn't notorious and it wasn't sleazy. It was very fashionable to go there in the beginning, and then during the war it got to be a place where the soldiers and sailors and airmen all went."
"They wouldn't talk about that, when we met the girls who are still alive. They wouldn't engage into whether or not there was ever an affair between them. They said they were very close."
"I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day."
"The more I do, the more frightened I get. But that is essential. Otherwise why would I go on doing it?"
"It is true that there are few plays of Shakespeare that I haven't done."
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James Corden enjoys a date night with wife Julia Carey in Santa Monica after making ...

The Daily Mail 09 Apr 2025
The couple's date night comes days after James stunned audiences at the Breakthrough Prize in LA by making a lurid sexual gag concerning Dame Judi Dench, 90, and a leading US medical adviser ... Fauci had a one night stand with Dame Judi Dench.'.
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Here’s to Us: Old Friends, a Familiar Trip Through the Sondheim Canon

New York Magazine 09 Apr 2025
Photo ... Over in London, its first iteration was a charity concert turned memorial service studded with stars including Maria Friedman, Imelda Staunton, and Judi Dench alongside Bernadette (I guess I have to keep referring to her by first name) ... Related.
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Vogue 08 Apr 2025
none other than Judi Dench as the venomous Lady Catherine de Bourgh; a kindly, pre-Downton Penelope Wilton as the Bennet sisters’ aunt, Mrs Gardiner; a pre-White Lotus Tom Hollander as the exhausting ...
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‘Jane Eyre’: Charlotte’s web captures Me Rochester, You Jane on stage

People's World 08 Apr 2025
... movie co-starring William Hurt and Charlotte Gainsbourg; and most recently, a 2011 film with an all-star cast, featuring Michael Fassbender (that protean actor who can play anyone), Judi Dench as Mrs.
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James Corden makes cringey sex joke about Judi Dench, 90, at star-studded gala

New York Post 07 Apr 2025
James Corden made a cringey sex joke about Dame Judi Dench that stunned the audience at the star-studded Breakthrough Prize gala in Los Angeles Saturday ... Fauci had a one-night stand with Dame Judi Dench,” the British comedian said onstage.
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James Corden Receives Awkward Reaction to NSFW Joke About Judi Dench

E! Online 07 Apr 2025
James Corden’s Judi Dench joke didn’t go quite as planned. After the former host of The Late Late Show told a NSFW joke about the legendary actress and famed immunologist Anthony Fauci, the ... .
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James Corden sparks gasps with X-rated joke about Dame Judi Dench's sex life at awards

The Mirror 07 Apr 2025
Gavin and Stacey star, James Corden, made a jaw-dropping joke about Dame Judi Dench at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles, which left the star-studded crowd stunned ... .
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James Corden met with silence after bizarre Dame Judi Dench and Dr Fauci joke at ...

London Evening Standard 07 Apr 2025
The actor’s attempt at humour during the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in Los Angeles left the room in awkward silence ... .
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The Daily Mail 07 Apr 2025
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Hindustan Times 07 Apr 2025
Actor Paul Giamatti has spoken about the emotional experience of reprising his role in Downton Abbey ... (Also Read. Tree planted in honour of Maggie Smith bore fruit on the day of her funeral, reveals Judi Dench) ... About Downton Abbey. The Grand Finale ... ....
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The Daily Mail 07 Apr 2025
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The Daily Mail 07 Apr 2025
Destiny's Child alum Michelle Williams shared a disturbing photo on her Instagram on Saturday night. She was on an American Airlines flight and seated in first class in the window seat ... 1 2 3 ... Moment James Corden makes sexual joke about Dame Judi Dench.
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