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Acting

Judi Dench

Career: Active from 1962 to 2023, busiest in 2004 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 59
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Casino Royale
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Judi Dench Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.4, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.0, average 4.8
Violence
2.5, average 4.1
Crime
2.2, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Character Study 7
Political Intrigue 6
Historical Drama 6
British Charm 5
Melancholy 4
Gentle Humor 4
Literary Adaptation 4
Psychological Drama 3
Historical Setting 3
Family Drama 3
Moral Ambiguity 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

129

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

10 titles · average score 55

The Magic Faraway Tree

68

as The Fridge (voice)

Allelujah

43

as Mary

Born to be The King

as Narrator

Spirited

64

as Dame Judi Dench

Belfast

76

as Granny

Off the Rails

46

as Diana

Blithe Spirit

39

as Madame Arcati

Six Minutes to Midnight

48

as Miss Rocholl

Staged

80

TV show · as Judi

Artemis Fowl

27

as Commander Root

2010s

28 titles · average score 62

Cats

31

as Old Deuteronomy

Red Joan

48

as Joan Elizabeth Stanley

All Is True

63

as Anne Shakespeare

Victoria & Abdul

63

as Queen Victoria

Murder on the Orient Express

59

as Princess Dragomiroff

Tulip Fever

39

as The Abbess of St. Ursula

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

63

as Miss Avocet

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

60

as Evelyn Greenslade

Roald Dahl's Esio Trot

69

as Mrs. Silver

Philomena

81

as Philomena

Skyfall

82

as M

Jane Eyre

77

as Mrs. Fairfax

2000s

29 titles · average score 61

Quantum of Solace

60

as M

Cranford

72

TV show · as Miss Matilda Jenkyns

Notes on a Scandal

77

as Barbara Covett

Casino Royale

84

as M

Mrs. Henderson Presents

69

as Mrs. Laura Henderson

Home on the Range

50

as Mrs. Caloway (voice)

Ladies in Lavender

65

as Ursula

The Chronicles of Riddick

49

as Aereon

Die Another Day

54

as M

Iris

71

as Iris Murdoch

Angelina Ballerina

66

TV show · as Miss Lilly (voice)

Chocolat

67

as Armande Voizin

1990s

15 titles · average score 73

Tea with Mussolini

64

as Arabella

The World Is Not Enough

56

as M

Shakespeare in Love

80

as Queen Elizabeth

Mrs Brown

77

as Queen Victoria

Tomorrow Never Dies

58

as M

Hamlet

86

as Hecuba

GoldenEye

73

as M

Jack & Sarah

72

as Margaret

As Time Goes By

79

TV show · as Jean Pargetter

J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973

as Narrator

Absolute Hell

as Christine Foskett

Can You Hear Me Thinking?

as Anne

1980s

20 titles · average score 71

Henry V

82

as Mistress Quickly

Look Back in Anger

81

Director

A Handful of Dust

69

as Mrs. Beaver

84 Charing Cross Road

80

as Nora Doel

The Angelic Conversation

53

as (voice)

Wetherby

61

as Marcia Pilborough

Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill

as Dorrie Edgehill

The Browning Version

as Millie Crocker-Harris

Saigon: Year of the Cat

55

as Barbara Dean

A Fine Romance

62

TV show · as Laura Dalton

The Cherry Orchard

as Mme. Ranevsky

Going Gently

as Sister Scarli

1970s

12 titles · average score 62

Macbeth

75

as Lady Macbeth

On Giant's Shoulders

as Hazel Wiles

as Z

The Comedy of Errors

as Adriana

Langrishe, Go Down

as Imogen Langrishe

The South Bank Show

63

TV show

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV show · as Imogen Langrishe / Helen Wiles

My Homeland

as Reader

Luther

58

as Katharina

Dead Cert

53

as Laura Davidson

Playhouse

TV show · as Sister Scarli

TV show · as Woman

1960s

15 titles · average score 61

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Helen Payle / Z

Talking to a Stranger

TV show · as Terry Stevens - Daughter

Four in the Morning

62

as Wife ("Judi")

He Who Rides a Tiger

as Joanne

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Elizabeth Moris

The Troubleshooters

TV show · as Gwyneth Evans

A Study in Terror

54

as Sally

Theatre 625

TV show · as Terry Stevens / Valentine Wannop

Detective

TV show · as Charlotte Revel

TV show · as Angela Thwaites

The Cherry Orchard

as Anya

An Age of Kings

TV show · as Katherine of Valois