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Judi Dench
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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 theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
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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 theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968. During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series As Time Goes By. Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in GoldenEye (1995), a role she played in each James Bond film until Skyfall (2012). She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001). Regarded by critics as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, and frequently named as the leading British actress in polls, Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.
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The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Tony Awards
The One Show
Parkinson
The Hollow Crown
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Pebble Mill
Top Gear
Going Live!
Omnibus
Who Do You Think You Are?
An Age of Kings
Performance
Countryfile
Staged
Louis Theroux Interviews
Spectre
Spirited
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
My Week with Marilyn
Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars
The Chronicles of Riddick
A Room with a View
Tomorrow Never Dies
Artemis Fowl
Pride & Prejudice
Six Minutes to Midnight
Jane Eyre
Murder on the Orient Express
J. Edgar
The World Is Not Enough
Die Another Day
GoldenEye
Shakespeare in Love
Belfast
Nine
Tulip Fever
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Casino Royale
Quantum of Solace
The Cherry Orchard
Chocolat
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
Nothing Like a Dame
Cranford
Skyfall
Cats
Home on the Range
Talking to a Stranger
My Homeland
Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage
The Browning Version
Langrishe, Go Down
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
The Cherry Orchard
A Dairy Tale
Victoria & Abdul
Going Gently
Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Ghosts
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Absolute Hell
Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre
On Giant's Shoulders
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