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  • Dench donates Shakespeare In Love playhouse set to theatre group - 15 September 2009
    -A theatre set handed to the British Shakespeare Company by actress Dame Judi Dench is to be turned into a real playhouse.- -Dench offered the oak-timbered set, modelled on London's 16th century Rose Theatre for 1998 movie Shakespeare In Love, to the troupe after sh


  • Awards for United 93, Dench and Craig - 5 February 2007
    for best film, while Peter Morgan was awarded best screenplay for his efforts on The Queen and The Last King of Scotland.-Dame Judi Dench pipped Dame Helen Mirren to the post for the best actress award, being recognised for her role as an obsessive teacher in recen

Judi Dench - what members say


  • A Room With A View
  • A Room With A View review by from HORNCASTLE
    Rated - 4 stars 5 August 2004
    ...ut in the supporting ones also. Many familar names to the British movie goer... Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Maggie Smith and Denholm Elliot to name a few. Helena Bonham Car...  
  • Chocolat
  • Chocolat review by from LONDON
    Rated - 4 stars 19 July 2004
    ...they have REAL power, for example they can force people to leave the village! Judi Dench in a smallish part is her usual compelling self. Tradition, conservatism, the ...  
  • 84 Charing Cross Road
  • 84 Charing Cross Road review by skeadugenga from Reading, England
    Rated - 5 stars A gentle story, beautifully acted 12 August 2004
    ...gue, and he conveys emotions within the character that we're not overtly told. Judi Dench is also very good as Franks wife, although in danger of straying into stage Iri...  

Judi Dench - filmography


  • Nine (2009)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Marion Cotillard,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Rob Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14 members
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  • Rage on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Judi Dench,  Eddie Izzard
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Expose of the inner lives of a group of people who work at a New York fashion house. Shot as though from a cellphone camera, events begin to unfold over a seven day period that turn what appeared to be a runway accident into a potential murder.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 58 members
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  • Quantum of Solace on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Olga Kurylenko,  Mathieu Amalric
    Director: Marc Forster
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Quantum Of Solace continues the high octane adventures of James Bond (Daniel Craig) in Casino Royale. Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (Judi Dench) interrogate Mr White (..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 42,292 members
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  • Doogal (2006)
    Starring: Chevy Chase,  Judi Dench
    Director: Dave Borthwick,  Jean Duval
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An old legend tells of three magic jewels whose powers can combine to create a force so great that it could even freeze the sun... if it fell into the wrong hands. When the evil sorcerer Zeebad (Jon Stewart) escapes from his ancient prison, he vows to exact revenge by deep-freezing the earth ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 26% from 29 members
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  • Casino Royale on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Daniel Craig,  Judi Dench,  Jeffrey Wright
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    CASINO ROYALE introduces JAMES BOND before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status.Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist, MOLLAKA (Sebastien ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 98,404 members
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  • Pride and Prejudice on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Matthew MacFadyen,  Brenda Blethyn
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This version of Jane Austen's fiercely beloved novel has the daunting task of living up not only to the classic book, but also to the excellent 1995 miniseries of the same name. Yet 2005's Pride & Prejudice is up to the task, thanks to lively pacing, a witty script, an excellent cast, and clever ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 42,055 members
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  • Ladies In Lavender on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Maggie Smith,  Judi Dench,  Daniel Brühl
    Director: Charles Dance
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in 1936, Ladies in Lavender is the charming and sweetly melancholic story about two ageing spinster sisters whose peaceable Cornwall existence is disrupted when the take a young man into their care... and their hearts.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 28,119 members
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  • The Life Of Shakespeare on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Ian Richardson,  Judi Dench
    Director: Alan Tibbitts
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A profile of the life and work of William Shakespeare, the world's most famous dramatist. Features archive material, period cameo scenes and music by The Shakespeare's Globe Musicians. Filmed on location in Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford-Upon-Avon and London, this programme attempts to bring ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 75 members
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  • Die Another Day on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Colin Salmon,  Halle Berry
    Director: Lee Tamahori
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In DIE ANOTHER DAY, the 20th James Bond adventure, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) gets off to a rough start when he's captured and subsequently tortured during an assignment in North Korea. When the suave secret agent is eventually liberated, he embarks on a dangerous mission that involves tracking a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 24,419 members
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  • Iris on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Kate Winslet,  Hugh Bonneville
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back and forth between the young Iris and John (played by Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville), at the height ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 9,297 members
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  • Chocolat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Johnny Depp,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Lasse Hallstrom's CHOCOLAT is set in the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong north wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 35,400 members
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  • The World Is Not Enough on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sophie Marceau,  Judi Dench
    Director: Michael Apted
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Complete with ski chases, casino hijinks, high-tech gadgetry, and sultry women, the 19th installment in the James Bond franchise features the increasingly at ease Pierce Brosnan in his third appearance as 007, in a race to save the world's oil supply. Sophie Marceau (BRAVEHEART) stars as Elektra ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 17,843 members
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  • Tomorrow Never Dies on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Teri Hatcher,  Don Baker
    Director: Roger Spottiswoode
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The British super spy goes after a ruthless media baron (an amalgam of Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch, and Bill Gates, played with feisty aplomb by Pryce) whose diabolical plans include instigating World War III so that his empire can obtain an exclusive (a la CNN during the Gulf War). This time, 007 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 16,419 members
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  • Mrs Brown on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Billy Connolly,  Ann Sheridan
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    While grieving for her dead husband, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria falls under the healthy influence of John Brown, the unapologetically brash Scottish manservant who oversees the royal retreat at Balmoral. When the two become close friends--and perhaps even physical intimates--the royal family and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 4,243 members
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  • GoldenEye on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Pierce Brosnan,  Sean Bean,  Famke Janssen
    Director: Martin Campbell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Armed with his license to kill, James Bond (Agent 007) races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for GoldenEye, an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward the Earth. However, Bond is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: Alec Trevelyan, ..read more »
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 1 & 2 (3 discs) on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Geoffrey Palmer,  Judi Dench
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When Jean Pargetter (Judi Dench), owner of Type for You secretarial agency, sends her daughter out to dinner with an unsatisfied client, she has no idea that a romance that started when she 19 years old, will be rekindled. The prickly client is Lionel Hardcastle (Geoffrey Palmer), her sweetheart ..read more »
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  • Look Back In Anger (1989)
    Starring: Kenneth Branagh,  Emma Thompson
    Director: Judi Dench
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Adaptation of the John Osborne play, about Jimmy Porter, a selfish, very "angry young man" who feels the world is against him and takes it out on his wife, by seducing her best friend; a woman he originally despised. Starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson, this Renaissance Theatre Company ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 344 members
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  • Henry V on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Kenneth Branagh,  Derek Jacobi,  Paul Scofield
    Director: Kenneth Branagh
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Kenneth Branagh makes his directorial debut and also plays the title role in HENRY V, an ambitious film that began a resurgence of interest in films of Shakespeare's plays. Henry is a young king seeking a way to make his mark on history. He gets his chance when he learns he can make a legal claim ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,648 members
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  • A Handful Of Dust on DVD (1988)
    Starring: James Wilby,  Kristin Scott-Thomas,  Rupert Graves
    Director: Charles Sturridge
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Tony and Brenda appear to have the perfect marriage - living in the fashionable England of the 30's in a Victorian country estate. But when Tony invites the dashing, yet penniless young socialite John Beaver for a weekend stay, he unknowingly ignites a series of shattering events - passion, ..read more »
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  • The Angelic Conversation on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Judi Dench
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Derek Jarman takes fourteen of Shakespeare's sonnets (read by Judi Dench) as a basis for a visual celebration of the senses.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 166 members
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  • Macbeth on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Ian McKellen,  Judi Dench
    Director: Philip Casson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Trevor Nunn's film of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition and witchcraft attempts to recreate his acclaimed 1976 staging of the play. Ian McKellen and Judi Dench play the ambitious pair who murder their way to the Scottish throne. Nunn's film retains the spare, simple look of his stage ..read more »
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  • Luther on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Stacy Keach,  Patrick Magee,  Hugh Griffith
    Director: Guy Green
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This adaptation of John Osborne's LUTHER was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Stacy Keach stars as Martin Luther, the German priest who, during the 16th century, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 41 members
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  • Four In The Morning on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Ann Lynn,  Joe Melia
    Director: Anthony Simmons
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Award-winning drama starring Judi Dench in one of her first movie roles. A man (Brian Phelan) picks up his girlfriend (Ann Lynn) after she finishes her shift as a nightclub dancer. They go for a moonlight stroll along the river but soon begin playing petty games with each other's emotions. ..read more »
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  • Judi Dench At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench
    Director: Michael Frayn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Collection of eight lavish BBC productions spanning four decades and featuring the multi-talented Judi Dench. Titles include: Talking to a Stranger (1966) Keep an Eye on Amélie (1973) The Cherry Orchard (1981) Going Gently (1981) Ghosts (1987) Make and Break (1987) Can You Hear Me ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 102 members
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  • Cranford - The Specials
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Imelda Staunton,  Jonathan Pryce
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief ..read more »
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    Due for release on 28th December 2009
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 4 (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Director: Sydney Lotterby
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features episodes from the fourth series of the television comedy.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 589 members
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  • Angelina Ballerina - Big Performance (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Finty Williams,  Judi Dench
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features eight animated episodes based on the books by Helen Craig and Katharine Holabird. Episodes include: 'The Royal Banquet', 'Angelina Mouse Detective', 'Angelina's Baby Sister', 'Midnight Muddle', 'The Silver Locket', 'Show And Tell', 'The Proposal' and 'Heads And Tails'.
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 6 on DVD
    Starring: Geoffrey Palmer,  Judi Dench,  Philip Bretherton
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the early 1950s a young army officer and a student nurse fell in love. Meeting up again after 38 years, older, wiser but still capricious, Jean and Lionel discover that love has a different pace and new priorities as time goes by, but that the heat of old flames can be rekindled. Jean thinks ..read more »
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  • As Time Goes By - Series 5 on DVD
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Geoffrey Palmer
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Lionel is an ex-army officer who returns to England to write his memoirs. Fate reunites him with his lost love of 38 years ago, Jean. Can their love be rekindled? Features episodes from the sixth series of the television comedy.
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  • Angelic Conversation to Watch Now (1985)
    Starring: Judi Dench
    Director: Derek Jarman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 81 minutes
    The imagery of young male figures in a variety of locations and pursuits is counterpointed with Judi Dench's readings of fourteen Shakespearean sonnets, almost all from those of the first 126 sonnets addressed to a young man.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3 members
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Judi Dench facts

5 most recent films

Nine - 3.5 stars
Rage - 2.0 stars
Quantum of Solace - 3.5 stars
Quantum of Solace - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Cranford - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cranford - Complete BBC Series - 4.5 stars
Casino Royale - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Cranford - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Casino Royale - 4.0 stars
Hey Mr Producer - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cranford - The Specials - 3 stars
Doogal - 1.5 stars
Luther - 2.5 stars
Nine - 3.5 stars
1914 - 1918: The Great War And The Shaping Of The 20th Century - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Samantha Bond - 15 times - show films
Pierce Brosnan - 15 times - show films
Geoffrey Palmer - 13 times - show films
Desmond Llewelyn - 10 times - show films
John Cleese - 9 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sydney Lotterby - 7 times - show films
Martin Campbell - 5 times - show films
Lee Tamahori - 5 times - show films
Michael Apted - 4 times - show films
David N. Twohy - 4 times - show films