Biography
Dame Judith Olivia Dench is an English actress. Widely considered one of Britain's greatest actresses, she is noted for her versatile roles on stage and screen. Dench has garnered various accolades throughout a career that spans seven decades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, six British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), and seven Olivier Awards.
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Awards & recognition
- IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award · 2023
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2017
- Praemium Imperiale · 2011
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2008
- honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews · 2008
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- BAFTA Fellowship · 2001
- Benjamin Franklin Medal · 2000
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1999
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 1999
- Tony Award — Best Actress in a Play · 1999
- Laurence Olivier Award — Best Actress · 1996
- Laurence Olivier Award — Best Actress in a Musical · 1996
- honorary doctorate · 1992
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 1989
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1988
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 1987
- BAFTA Award — Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Critics' Circle Award — Distinguished Service to the Arts
- Evening Standard Theatre Award — Best Actress
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- honorary degree of the University of Leeds
- Laurence Olivier Awards
- Society of London Theatre Special Award
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2022 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2018 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2014 · nominated
- European Film Award – People's Choice Award — Best European Film · 2014 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2007 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2006 · nominated
- Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actress · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 2002 · nominated
- Jameson People's Choice Award — Best Actress · 2002 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 2001 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1999 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1998 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Into the Woods
Cranford
Pride & Prejudice
Staged
Middlemarch
Casino Royale
Angelina Ballerina
As Time Goes By
Louis Theroux Interviews...
Vicious
The Hollow Crown
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Philomena
Skyfall
Hamlet
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Everything or Nothing
Jane Eyre
The Graham Norton Show
84 Charing Cross Road
Six by Sondheim
Notes on a Scandal
Henry V
Belfast
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Who Do You Think You Are?
Chocolat
Spirited
Victoria & Abdul
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
GoldenEye
A Room with a View
Tea With the Dames
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
The Importance of Being Earnest
Shakespeare in Love
Mrs. Brown
The Magic Faraway Tree
Murder on the Orient Express
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
My Week with Marilyn
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Red Joan
Spectre
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
The Chronicles of Riddick
Tulip Fever
Muse of Fire
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Ladies in Lavender