Judi Dench CH, DBE, FRSA UK actress

Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9th December 1934) is an English theatre and film actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. She drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968.

[@lindahughes2289]

I admire Dame Judi immensely . Her work and her beauty grows each year. Love her voice also!

[@maureencoyle666]

I just love Judi Dench! She is a wonderful actor and always so funny & lovely to see her interviewed!!! Awesome!!! ☮️💚

[@ericreay8975]

What a gift to the industry she has consistently been.Always look forward to her latest challenge.

[@AidaJof]

Dame Judi Dench is one of my favourite actresses right along with Dame Maggie Smith ... two brilliant performers💖

[@alicenewman7888]

I can’t believe all the movies and TV shows she has been in. So talented.

[@janpark628]

What a treasure this dame is! She is a consummate British actress. Well done Judi. Don’t lose your sparkle!

[@marykarimi4041]

Such a lovely person Judi is!!!!

[@bettypierce552]

She is one of my favorite Actresses ❤. Especially English Actresses. Absolutely Beautiful Lady 😍

[@trawlins396]

She's so beautifu w such a lovely speaking voicel. I don't think Brits know how lucky they are to have that exquisite accent.

[@patriciamattone5414]

What an excellent actress and a lovely, charming woman. Love you, Judi!!

[@cynthiabradley7891]

Eleanor Lavish, Lady Brachnal, "M", "The Elemental" and a bunch of other roles I don't have time to cross reference but you did them so effortlessly and believable. You rock Dame Judi!!!!!!

[@naly202]

I love this lady in everything I've seen her, including in Cats.

[@datinchristievengadesan6636]

Truly humble, greatly talented

[@carolynprince1181]

I love Judi Dench. Thank you for posting this.

[@katehughes1860]

Love this lady

[@marlenebaily6179]

A favourite!

[@OIII-IOOO]

her impression here of tracey ullman is just extraordinary

[@helenjoberns2788]

Lovely to see, thank you

[@philipocallaghan]

Thank you for this.

[@kozmikhannah]

She was cool in her middle age!

[@kozmikhannah]

In the interview in a black suit. Really cool woman.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

She still is

[@kcwatkins4377]

So lovely.

[@maureenlee2397]

I love Judi Dench...her simple style..her husky voice...her sense of humour, very talented and inspiring charming lady...wish to meet her in person one day....missed that opportunity when Judi went to do Borneo Adventure documentary 2019...

[@Ozymandi_as]

My first exposure to Judi Dench were the sitcoms she made for the BBC in the 80s and 90s, first with her husband Michael Williams, and then the wonderful Geoffrey Palmer. These were fairly gentle takes on middle aged love and relationships, congenial and comfortable, but not jaw dropping. They did not prepare for my first experience of Dench on stage, playing Mrs Armefeldt in Sondheim's _A Little Night Music_. She's not much of a singer in any conventional sense, but playing an actress becoming aware that she is past her prime, she sang the part brilliantly. And she was _so_ incredibly sexy, she was magnetic, you couldn't take your eyes offer. One scene she played with her long time lover while supposedly eating a sandwhich, which she used as a prop, waving it about, gesticulating with it, and generally putting it anywhere but into her mouth. She was teasing him, with a bloody sandwich! Absolutely briliant. Her face is like a mask that can transform in an instant, to convey any emotion a human can have, without her really doing anything very much. She doesn't have to vamp, gurn or pull faces. It is as if she is being illuminated from within by the colours of a feeling. That is what those tedious film executives missed when they spoke to her as a young actress in such crushing terms. She was beautiful, but they did not have the gift of seeing it. Meryl Streep tells a similar story, and has a similar gift for using her face like a projection screen.

[@KuiWagacha]

I fell in love with Dame Judi when we borrowed a Shakespeare's play in Senegal, starting Ephesus (Dad had to tell us that it was s real place and where it was,,,!!!,) The actors were all brilliant, but the star WAS Judi. And she wasn't even super-pretty, which surprised me. We were so used to SUPER-PRETTY STARS in the 80s and 90s. Go to HELL, YOU'RE PRETTY WHEN YOU WANNA BE!!! And it's ABSOLUTELY YOU PRETTY-PARTY, when you want it to be (Ugly cry if you want to!!!) And God BLESS.

[@Ozymandi_as]

There's beauty, which in showbiz can be somewhat formulaic, in the nicest possible way; and then there is charisma, which Judi has in spades, when she is in-role. As you say, its difficult to look away when she is on stage, and it means she can be tremendously sexy. This is a spirited, passionate woman, not merely a vehicle for a stylish wardrobe.

[@pedanticradiator1491]

That can't be Margaret Rutherford sat with Judi in 1988, Margaret died in 1972

[@smcnicoll]

You are right. It was veteran actress Athene Seyler.

[@dlewis895]

GENEROSITY WORK IN PROGRESS. HATES NARROW MINDED..LIVE IE SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON STAGE YOU CAN CHANGE IT!!

[@liedersanger1]

What year?

[@Onlinesully]

best not to call her a national treasure then

[@DavidJohnson-yq4nz]

She’s almost as good as Maggie