Judi Dench British Actress Known for Quantum of Solace

Judi Dench (9 December 1934, York) is a British actress. Audiences know her from Quantum of Solace (2008) and The World Is Not Enough (1999).

Early life

Schooling on record includes Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Clifton Pre-preparatory School.

Career

Her first listed screen credit dates to 1959, with Hilda Lessways. Work from the 1990s includes GoldenEye (1995, as M) and Shakespeare in Love (1998). Die Another Day (2002, as M) and Casino Royale (2006, as M) are among her 2000s credits. In the 2010s, she appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) and Skyfall (2012, as M). The 2020s brought Artemis Fowl (2020) and Belfast (2021, as Granny, Buddy's grandmother).

The list below counts 65 films and 7 TV series from 1959 to 2021. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (15), followed by action (8) and adventure (6). Her latest credit on record is Off the Rails (2021). Of her ten titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) has the highest, at $1.05 billion. Judi Dench also worked as director on Look Back in Anger.

Maggie Smith appears in five of her listed titles, including A Room with a View (1986) and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Daniel Craig (four titles) and Pierce Brosnan (four titles). John Madden directed three of her titles on record, among them The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015). Kenneth Branagh is credited as director on three of them, including Henry V (1989) and Hamlet (1996).

Recognition

Among her honours is the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, won in 1999 for Shakespeare in Love. Other wins include four BAFTA Awards (1987, 1989 and 1999) and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1999). Among her nominations is the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1998 for Mrs. Brown. In all, Judi Dench has won 26 awards and received 12 nominations.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Michael Williams (1971 to 2001, widowed). She is the mother of Finty Williams.