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Biography: All about Dame Judi
As if singlehandedly setting out to prove that actresses aren't necessarily finished when they reach A Certain Age, Dame Judi Dench has achieved her greatest fame and loudest plaudits while in her mid-sixties. Formerly known as one of the UK's finest Shakespearians, once she'd taken to screen acting in earnest she was continually Oscar-nominated, for her roles in Mrs Brown, Shakespeare In Love, Chocolat and Iris, and this despite a general aversion to film-making. Dench has stated that, in films, people are cast primarily because they LOOK like a character, whereas on stage, in an hour and a half, she has the opportunity and ability to convince the audience she is whatever she chooses to be. THAT's acting.
The Cranford Chronicles (TV) (2007)
Casino Royale (2006)
Notes On A Scandal (2006)
As Time Goes By (TV, 2 episodes) (2005)
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
Pride And Prejudice (2005)
Ladies In Lavender (2004)
The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004)
Home On The Range (voice) (2004)
Sweating Bullets (voice) (2003)
Bugs! (TV, narrator) (2004)
Die Another Day (2002)
The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Iris (2001)
The Shipping News (2001)
Judi Dench: A BAFTA Tribute (TV, as herself) (2002)
Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening (TV) (2002)
Angelina Ballerina (TV, voice) (2001)
Chocolat (2000)
Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport (narrator) (2000)
The Last Of The Blonde Bombshells (TV) (2000)
Tea With Mussolini (1999)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Shakespeare In Love (1998)
Mrs Brown (1997)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Hamlet (1996)
Goldeneye (1995)
Jack and Sarah (1995)
As Time Goes By (TV series) (1992)
Absolute Hell (TV) (1991)
Can You Hear Me Thinking? (TV) (1990)
Henry V (1989)
A Handful Of Dust (1988)
Behaving Badly (TV) (1988)
Saigon: Year Of The Cat (1987)
84, Charing Cross Road (1986)
A Room With A View (1986)
Ghosts (TV) (1986)
The Angelic Conversation (voice only) (1985)
The Browning Version (TV) (1985)
Mr & Mrs Edgehill (TV) (1985)
Wetherby (1985)
Playing Shakespeare (as herself) (TV mini-series) (1984)
A Fine Romance (TV series) (1981)
Love In A Cold Climate (TV mini-series) (1980)
On Giants' Shoulders (TV) (1979)
The Comedy Of Errors (TV) (1978)
Dead Cert (1974)
Luther (1974)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)
Four In The Morning (1966)
He Who Rides A Tiger (1966)
Days To Come (TV) (1966)
A Study In Terror (1965)
The Third Secret (1964)