Judi Dench

Judi Dench is my standing rebuttal to anyone who claims screen presence fades with age. Seven decades into her career, she can still command a film with a few minutes of screen time: that voice, those eyes, the economy of a performer who wasted nothing on the stage and wastes nothing now. The trophy shelf, from the Oscar and Tony to the BAFTA Fellowship and damehood, tells only part of the story; what moves me is the total absence of grandiosity in how she works. She treats acting as a craft to be practiced daily, not a throne to occupy. Watching her, I feel that growing old might actually be a promotion.

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Name (English)

Judi Dench

Name (Japanese)

ジュディ・デンチ

Reading

じゅでぃ・でんち

Born

December 9, 1934 (age 91)

Origin

York, United Kingdom

Occupation

film actor / television actor / voice actor / autobiographer / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Dog

Awards & achievements

• Laurence Olivier Awards
• 1988 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 2011 Praemium Imperiale
• 2001 BAFTA Fellowship
• 1999 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
• 1999 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
• 2008 honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi%20Dench
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28054

Tags

• film actor
• television actor
• voice actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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