Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Dame Judith Olivia Dench CH DBE FRSA is an English actress. She rose to international fame as M in GoldenEye, a role she continued to play in James Bond films until her final appearance in Skyfall. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love.

About Judi Dench in brief

Summary Judi DenchDame Judith Olivia Dench CH DBE FRSA is an English actress. She made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. She rose to international fame as M in GoldenEye, a role she continued to play in James Bond films until her final appearance in Skyfall. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love. She has also received many other accolades for her acting in theatre, film, and television; her other competitive awards include six British Academy Film Awards, four BAFTA TV Awards, seven Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. In June 2011, she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute. Dench was born in Heworth, York. Her father, a physician, was also the GP for the York theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress. Her niece, Emma Dench, is a historian of ancient Rome. She is a member of the British Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Royal Academy of Music, where she studied with Vanessa Redgrave. She was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship in 2001, and the Special Olivier Award in 2004. Dench has more than once been named number one in polls for Britain’s best actor. She also has a son, Jeffery, who is an actor and a director, as well as a daughter, Emma, a historian, and an author.

She lives in London with her husband and three children. She and her husband have a son and a daughter who are both actors and have three children of their own, all of whom are also actors. They have three grandchildren, one of whom is a singer-songwriter, and two sons who are actors and a father-of-three. She currently lives in the London suburb of Kensington, and has a husband and two children of whom she has two sons. She works as a freelance writer and has written several books and a number of cookbooks. Her husband is a London-based film director, and she has appeared in several films, including A Room with a View and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Her children are actor Jeffery Dench and daughter Emma, an actress and writer, and daughter-in-law Emily Dench. Her son is also a writer and director, having appeared in numerous films and TV series. She had a son named Jeffery who is also an actor, and had a daughter named Emma. She now lives in a London suburb and has three children, including daughter Emma who is a writer, poet, and historian. Her grandson is actor-director David Walliams, who has appeared on Broadway and in the West End. Her daughter is actress-daughter-to-be Charlotte Dench-Walliams-Wallis, who starred in the film version of The Godfather: Part II and the TV series The Cuckoo’s Calling.