Dame Judith Olivia Dench , (born December 9, 1934) is a British actress. Dench made his professional debut in 1957 with Old Vic Company. Over the next few years, he appeared in several Shakespeare plays in roles such as Ophelia on Hamlet, Juliet on Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth on Macbeth. . Although much of his work during this period was in the theater, he also branched into film work and won the BAFTA Award as the Most Promising Newcomer. He drew strong reviews for his main role in the Cabaret musicals in 1968.
Over the next two decades, Dench established himself as one of Britain's most significant theater players, working for the National Theater Company and Royal Shakespeare Company. He received critical acclaim on television during this period, in the series A Fine Romance from 1981 to 1984, and from 1992 to 2005 with a lead role in the romantic comedy series As Time Goes By >. His film appearances are sparse and include supporting roles in major films, such as A Room with a View (1986), before he rose to international fame as M in GoldenEye (1995). ), the role he continues to play in James Bond movies to Specter (2015).
A seven-time Oscar nominee, Dench won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and has received nominations for her role in Mrs Brown (1997) ), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on Scandals (2006), and Philomena (2013). He also received many other awards for his acting in theater, film and television; Other competitive awards include six UK Academy Film Awards, four BAFTA TV Awards, seven Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and Tony Awards. He also received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2001 and the Special Olivier Award in 2004. In June 2011, he received a scholarship from the British Film Institute (BFI). Dench is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
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Dench was born in Heworth, North Riding of Yorkshire. His mother, Eleanora Olive (Jones Jones), was born in Dublin, Ireland. His father, Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor, was born in Dorset, England, and then moved to Dublin, where he grew up. She met Dench's mother as she studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin.
Dench attended Mount School, an independent Quaker secondary school in York, and became a Quaker. His brothers, one of whom is actor Jeffery Dench, was born in Tyldesley, Lancashire. His niece, Emma Dench, was an ancient Roman historian and previous professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University.
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Careers
In the UK, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, especially through his work in the theater, who has been a skill throughout his career. He has been more than once called number one in the poll for best British actor.
Initial work
Through his parents, Dench made regular contact with the theater. His father, a doctor, is also a general practitioner for York theater, and his mother is the mistress of his wardrobe. Actors often live in Dench households. During these years, Judi Dench was involved in a non-professional base in the first three productions of the modern revival of the Mystery Plays of York in 1951, 1954 and 1957. In the third production he played the role of the Virgin Mary, performed on a fixed stage at Museum Gardens. Although originally he trained as a set designer, he became interested in drama school when his brother Jeff attended the School of Speech and Drama Center. She enrolled and was accepted by the School, then based at Royal Albert Hall, London, where she was Vanessa Redgrave's classmate, graduating and awarded four acting prizes, including the Gold Medal as an Outstanding Student.
In September 1957, he made his first professional stage performance with Old Vic Company, at the Royal Court Theater, Liverpool, as Ophelia at Hamlet. The history of England in 1957-1962, one volume in the series, cites contemporary reviews of his appearance: "... has the talent to be shown for better profit when he acquires several techniques to do so." Dench then made his debut in London in the same production at Old Vic. He remained a member of the company for four seasons, 1957-1961, his roles included Katherine in Henry V in 1958, (which was also his debut in New York City), and as directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli. During this period, he toured the United States and Canada and appeared in Yugoslavia and at the Edinburgh Festival. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in December 1961, playing Anya at The Cherry Orchard at the Aldwych Theater in London and making his debut in Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1962 as Isabella at Measuring for Measuring He then spent the season at the good repertory with Playhouse in Nottingham from January 1963, (including a West African tour as Lady Macbeth for the British Council) and with the Playhouse Company in Oxford from April 1964. That same year, he made his debut The Third Secret, before being featured in a minor role in the Sherlock Holmes thriller A Study in Terror (1965) at the recommendation of his colleague at Nottingham Playhouse, John Neville.
Prominence
The 1966 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for Movie Role Lead was made for Dench for his performance at Four In the Morning and was followed in 1968 by the BAFTA Television Best Actress Award for his role in John Hopkins. '1966 drama BBC Talking to Strangers .
In 1968, he was offered the role of Sally Bowles in the Cabaret musicals. As Sheridan Morley later reported: "At first he thought they were joking he never did musical and he had an unusual sound that sounded as if he had a permanent fever, so frightened he sang in public that he auditioned from the wings, leaving pianist alone on stage ". But when it opened at Palace Theater in February 1968, Frank Marcus, reviewing for Plays and Players, commented that: "He sings well.The title of the song, in particular, is projected with incredible feelings."
After a long period in Cabaret, he rejoined the RSC made numerous appearances with companies in Stratford and London for nearly twenty years, winning several "best actress" awards. Among his roles with RSC, he was Duchess at John Webster's Duchess of Malfi in 1971. In the 1976 Stratford season, and later at Aldwych in 1977, he gave two comedy shows, first in the musical Staging Trevor Nunn of The Comedy of Errors as Adriana, then partnered with Donald Sinden as Beatrice and Benedick in "Raj" British John "resurrection Much Ado About Nothing.As Bernard Levin in The Sunday Times: "... shows once again that he is a perfect comic skill actress, probably the best we have." One of his most prominent achievements with RSC is his appearance as Lady Macbeth in 1976. The famous Nunn production from Macbeth was first staged with a minimalist design at The Other Place theater in Stratford.His round stage focused on the psychological dynamics of the character, and an excellent Ian McKellen in the title role, and Dench, received a very favorable notification. "If this is not a great acting, I do not know what it is", wrote Michael Billington at The Guardian. "It would surprise me if his performance fits with anyone in this generation of actresses", commented J C Trewin at The Lady . Production was moved to London, opened at Donmar's Warehouse in September 1977, and adapted for television, later released on VHS and DVD. Dench won the SWET Best Actress Award in 1977.
Dench was nominated for BAFTA for his role as Hazel Wiles in the BBC drama 1979 At Giant's Shoulders . In 1989, he served as Pru Forrest, the longtime wife of Tom Forrest, in the 10,000th edition of The Archers' BBC The Archers. She has a romantic role in the BBC television film Langrishe, Go Down (1978), with Jeremy Irons and screenplay by Harold Pinter of Aidan Higgins novel, directed by David Jones, in which she plays one three virgin sisters who lives in a faded Irish mansion in the countryside of Waterford. Dench made his directorial debut in 1988 with the Renaissance Theater theater tour, Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road, produced jointly with the Birmingham Rep, and ended with a three-month treasury program in Phoenix. Theater in London. Dench's contribution is a staging of Much Ado About Nothing , made in the Napoleonic era, starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson as Benedick and Beatrice. He has made many appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of The Good Companions at Her Majesty's Theater. In 1981, Dench will play Grizabella in the original production of Cat , but was forced to pull out because the Achilles tendon was torn, leaving Elaine Paige to play the role. He has acted with the National Theater in London where he played the unforgettable Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (1987). In September 1995, he portrayed Desiree Armfeldt in the great revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, in which he won the Olivier Prize.
In 1989 Judi Dench starred in David Behaving Badly for Channel 4, based on Catherine Heath's novel of the same name.
Popular success
After a long period between the James Bond film License to Kill (1989) and GoldenEye (1995), the manufacturer brought Dench to take over as the role of M, James Bond boss. Characters reportedly modeled on Dame Stella Rimington, MI5 real life head between 1992 and 1996; Dench became the first woman to portray M, replacing Robert Brown. The seventeenth spy film in the series and the first starring Pierce Brosnan as a fictional MI6 officer, GoldenEye marks the first Bond film made after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, which give the plot's back story. The film earned a worldwide gross of US $ 350.7 million, with critics viewing the film as the modernization of the series.
In 1997, Dench appeared in his role as the lead actor of the first film as Queen Victoria in the John Madden Mrs Brown's teleplay, depicting Victoria's relationship with her personal maid and favorite John Brown, played by Billy Connolly. Filmed with BBC One and WGBH's Masterpiece Theater, it was eventually acquired by Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein, who feels the drama movie should receive a theatrical release after viewing it and taking it from the BBC to US theaters. Released to generally positive reviews and unexpected commercial success, going on to earn over $ 13 million worldwide, the film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. For his performance, Dench received universal praise by critics and was awarded his fourth BAFTA and the first Best Actress nomination at the 70th Academy Awards. In 2011, while receiving the British Film Film Awards in London, Dench commented that the project launched his career in Hollywood and joked that "it was thanks to Harvey, whose name I tattooed on my ass".
Other Dench films in 1997 were Roger Spottiswoode , his second film in the series James Bond . In the same year, Dench returned with director John Madden to film Shakespeare in Love (1998), a romantic comedy depicting a love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes, while he was writing drama Romeo and Juliet . In her appearance as Queen Elizabeth I, The New York Times commented that "shrewd Dench, Elizabeth is one of the treats of this movie." The following year, he was nominated for most high-profile awards, winning the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. On his Oscars win, Dench joked on the stage, "I feel for eight minutes on the screen I will only get a little from him."
Also in 1999, Dench won the Tony Award for his performance on Broadway 1999 in the role of Esme Allen in Sir David Hare's Amy View . That same year, she co-stars Cher, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, and Lily Tomlin in the semi-autobiographical drama Franco Zeffirelli Tea with Mussolini that tells the story of an Italian youngster who Luca grew up by a circle of women England and America, before and during World War II. 1999 also saw the release of the third Bond film Pierce Brosnan, World Not Enough . The film portrays M in a bigger role with the main villain Renard, who again haunts him when he manipulates the murder of his old friend Sir Robert King and seems to try to kill his daughter Electra.
2001-2005
In January 2001, Dennis's husband Michael Williams died of lung cancer. Dench went to Nova Scotia, Canada immediately after Williams's funeral to begin production of the drama film Lasse HallstrÃÆ'
After Iris , Dench soon returned to Canada to complete The Shipping News with Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx, the drama revolves around a quiet and introspective stylist (Spacey) who, after the death of his daughter's mother, moved to Newfoundland with his daughter and aunt, played by Dench, in hopes of starting his life again in the small town where he grew up. The film received mixed reviews from critics, and was financially unsuccessful, receiving only US $ 24 million worldwide with a budget of US $ 35 million. Dench received a BAFTA and SAG Award nomination for his performance.
In 2002, Dench played Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and Reese Witherspoon in Oliver Parker. The Importance of Being Earnest , a comedy about the mistaken identity set forth in the English upper class society during the Victorian Era. Based on Oscar Wilde's classical comedy on etiquette of the same name, he describes Lady Bracknell, a role he has repeatedly played before, including a task at the Royal National Theater in 1982. The film was released for a warm reaction by critics - who called it "entertainment windy, assisted by impressive players ", but felt that it also suffered" from some strange director choices "- and earned only US $ 17.3 million during its limited release. Dench's other 2002 film is Die Another Day , the twentieth installment of the James Bond series. Lee Tamahori's directed spy film marked her fourth appearance as MI6 head M and last franchise appearance by Pierce Brosnan as Bond. Die Another Day received mixed reviews Despite that, it became the best-selling James Bond movie up to that point. In the animated series of 2002 animated children Angelina Ballerina, Dench lent her voice to Miss Lilly, Angelina's ballet teacher. Her daughter, Finty Williams, gave Angelina her own voice.
In 2004, Dench emerged as Aereon, the Elemental race ambassador who helped unravel the mysterious past Richard B. Riddick, played by Vin Diesel, in the science fiction sequel David Twohy, The Chronicles of Riddick. Chosen by Diesel, who encourages writers to re-create characters to match a woman's personality because she wants to work with an actress, she calls the shoot "so much fun," even though she "has no idea what's going on in the plot." critical failure and office box. In his review of the film, James Berardinelli of ReelViews states that he feels that the Dench character no longer functions "useful rather than giving [him] a chance to appear in a science fiction movie."
He followed Riddick with a more traditional role in the British drama Charles Dance Ladies in Lavender, which also starred Maggie Smith's friend. In the film, Dench plays half of the sister duo and takes it upon himself to care for the holiest stranger for health, eventually finding himself falling in love with a man a few decades younger than him. This special release received positive reviews from critics, with Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times calling it "very sweet and civilized [and] happy watching Smith and Dench together; their acting is so natural it can breathe." in 2004, Dench voted for several smaller projects. At Walt Disney, on the Range, she, along with Roseanne Barr and Jennifer Tilly, voiced an unfair trio of dairy cows that had to catch the famous cow rustler, for her bounty, to save their idyllic. farming from foreclosures. The film is a little successful for Disney.
A big hit for Dench came with Joe Wright Pride & amp; Prejudice , a 2005 novel adaptation by Jane Austen, starring Keira Knightley and Donald Sutherland. Wright persuaded Dench to join her cast as Lady Catherine de Bourgh by writing to her that read "I love when you play bitches. Please come and be a prostitute for me." Dench had only one week to shoot the scene, forcing Wright to make them the first days of filming. With two gross worldwide more than US $ 121 million and several Academy Award nominations and Golden Globes, the film became a critical and commercial success.
2006-2010
Dench, in his role as "M", was the only cast member brought from Brosnan to appear in Casino Royale (2006), reboot Martin Campbell from the James Bond movie series, starring Daniel Craig in appearance debuted as a fictitious MI6 agent. This thriller film received a very positive critical response, with reviewers highlighting Craig's performance and re-creation of the Bond character. It earned over US $ 594 million worldwide, ranking it among the highest-grossing James Bond films ever released.
In April 2006, Dench returned to the West End stage at Hay ive with Peter Bowles and Belinda Lang. He completed 2006 with the role of Mrs Raphael in the new RSC The Merry Wives , a version of The Merry Wives of Windsor .
Dench appeared before Cate Blanchett as a London teacher with a passion devoted to vulnerable women in Richard Eyre's drama in 2006
Dench, as Miss Matty Jenkyns, co-starred with Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, and Francesca Annis at BBC One five-part series of Cranford . The first season of the series began transmission in November 2007.
Dench became the voice for the narrative for rides that updated Walt Disney World Epcot Spaceship Earth in February 2008. That same month, he was named the first official patron of York Youth Mysteries 2008, a project that allows young people to explore York Mystery Played through dance, film and circus making. His only film in 2008 was Marc Forster Quantum of Solace, a twenty-second James Bond film produced by Eon, where he changed his role as M with Daniel Craig. A direct sequel to the 2006 film Casino Royale, Forster feels Dench is underused in previous films, and wants to make his share larger, making him interact with Bond more. The project garnered mixed public reviews by critics, who especially felt that Quantum of Solace was not as impressive as the predecessor of Casino Royale, but became another hit for franchises with the rest of the world. gross US $ 591 million. For his performance, Dench was nominated for the Saturn Award the following year.
Dench returned to West End in mid-2009, playing Madame de Montreuil in the drama Yukio Mishima Madame de Sade, directed by Michael Grandage as part of Donmar's season at Wyndham's Theater. That same year, he appeared in the experimental film Sally Potter Rage , a project featuring 14 actors playing fictional figures in and around the fashion world, providing monologues before a clear background. Attracted to the fact that it was not like he had done before, Dench welcomed the opportunity to work with Potter. "I like to do something unexpected, or predictable, I have to learn to smoke together, and I manage my pants," he said about the shoot. The next film is a musical Rob Marshall Nine , based on Arthur Kopit's book for 1982 musicals of the same name, itself suggested by the semi-autobiographical film Federico Fellini 8Ã,½ . Also starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, PenÃÆ' Â © lope Cruz, and Sophia Loren, he plays Lilli La Fleur, an eccentric but motherly French costume designer who performed the song "Folies BergÃÆ'¨res" in the film. Despite mixed to negative reviews, Nine was nominated for four Academy Awards, and was awarded the Satellite Award for Best Picture and Best Actor.
Also in 2009, Dench replicated the role of Matilda Jenkyns in Back to Cranford , the second part of the second season of the television series Simon Curtis. Disappointed critically, Dench was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Emmy Primetime Awards, and Satellite Awards. In 2010, he renewed his collaboration with Peter Hall at Rose Theater in Kingston upon Thames at A Midsummer Night's Dream, which opened in February 2010; she played Titania as Queen Elizabeth I in her final years - almost 50 years after she first played a role for the Royal Shakespeare Company. In July 2010, Dench performed "Send in the Clowns" at a special celebration promenade concert of the Royal Albert Hall as part of the prom season, in honor of Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday.
2011-2014
In 2011, Dench starred in Jane Eyre , My Week with Marilyn and J. Edgar . In the drama period Cary Joji Fukunaga, Jane Eyre, based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Charlotte BrontÃÆ'Â «, she played the role of Alice Fairfax, the housekeeper for Rochester, a solitary and thoughtful master of Thornfield Hall , where Jane's main character, played by Mia Wasikowska, was hired as a nanny. Dench is reported to have signed a contract with the project after he received a funny personal note from Fukunaga, where he "promised him that he would be the sexiest woman on set if he did the movie." Recognized among the critics, it was a mediocre arthouse success at the box office, the top-selling US $ 30.5 million worldwide. In Simon Curtis' My Week with Marilyn , which depicts the 1957 film The Prince and the Showgirl starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier, Dench plays actress Sybil Thorndike. The film received positive reviews, and won the Best Actress Dench in a Supporting Role nomination at the 65th BAFTA Awards.
Dench's final film in 2011 was Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, a biopic drama about the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, of the Palmer Raids and beyond, including the examination of his personal life as a homosexual who is trapped. Chosen by Eastwood to play Anna Marie Hoover, Hoover's mother, Dench initially thought a friend was organizing him when he received a call from Eastwood. "I did not take it seriously to start, and then I realized it was really him and it was a complicated conversation," he said. Released for mixed receipts, both with criticism and commercial, the film has grossed US $ 79 million worldwide. In the same year, Dench reunited with Rob Marshall and Johnny Depp for a cameo appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, playing a noble lady robbed by Captain Jack Sparrow, played by Depp. He made a second cameo of that year at Ray Cooney's Run for Your Wife .
In 2011, Dench reunited with director John Madden on the comedy drama series The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), starring ensemble players who also consist of Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith , Tom Wilkinson, and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners who moved to a retired hotel in India, run by young and passionate Sonny (Dev Patel). Released to positive reviews by critics, who claimed the movie was "a sweet story about a senior set featuring top-notch veteran actors", it became a shocking box-office hit after the international release, eventually grossing $ 135 million worldwide, mostly from run domestic. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is ranked among the most exciting special releases of the year, and Dench, the Peter Travers of Rolling Stone called "the miracle of the tough", collects Best Actress nods at the Awards Independent English Movies and Golden Globe Awards.
Also in 2012, Friend Request Pending , an indie short film that has been filmed by Dench in 2011, received a wide release as part of feature films Stars in Shorts and The Joy of Six . In a 12-minute comedy, directed by my assistant director Chris Foggin, with a budget of just Ã, £ 5,000, he describes a retired wrestler with the skipper of the church and cyber art. -flirting through social networking. Dench made his seventh and final appearance as M in the twenty-third film James Bond, Skyfall (2012), directed by Sam Mendes. In the film, Bond investigates attacks against MI6; it happens that it is part of an attack against M by former MI6 operations, Raoul Silva (played by Javier Bardem) to embarrass, discredit and kill M as revenge against him for betraying him. Dench's position as M is then filled by the character Ralph Fiennes. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the James Bond series, Skyfall was received positively by critics and at the box office, grossing more than $ 1A billion worldwide, best-selling all time films in the UK and best-selling films in the James Bond series . Critics call the performance of the nomination Saturn Awards Dench "very luminous".
In 2013, Dench starred as a title character in a film directed by Stephen Frears, Philomena , a movie inspired by the real-life event of a woman looking for a son taken by the Catholic Church half a century earlier.. The film was screened in the main competition section of the 70th Venice International Film Festival, where the film was very well received by critics. In Dench's appearance, The Times commented that "this is a Dench victory." At the age of 78, he has a golden career behind him, often as a queen and a cold matriarch, so the warmth under the pressure he exuded here almost a surprise [...] Dench gives grace performances, nuances, and cinematic heroism. "He was later nominated for many major acting awards, including a seventh Academy Award nomination.
2015-present
In 2015, Dench appeared before Dustin Hoffman in a small screen adaptation of Dearbhla Walsh from the children's novel Roald Dahl Esio Trot (1990), in which a bachelor's pensioner fell in love with his widowed neighbor, played by Dench, who kept the turtle as a companion after her husband's death, first broadcast on BBC One on New Year's Day 2015, became one of the most watched programs of the week, and earned Dench his first Best Actress nominee at the 2016 International Emmy Awards. Michael Hogan commented: "We are used to seeing Dench in a forbidden role but here he remembers his legs, the flirtatious side, featured in sitcoms as A Fine Romance and Over Time. The Dame is sparkling and really exciting. "
Like most of the original players, Dench repeats Evelyn's role in John Madden's Best Second Marigold Exotic Hotel (2015), a sequel to the sleeping hit of 2011. The comedy drama was released for the warm reviews of critics, who consider it "original like the title - but with this talented and very attractive player, it does not matter. " From April to May 2015, Dench plays a mother, with his real daughter Finty Williams playing the character's daughter, at The Vote in Donmar's Warehouse. The last appearance was broadcast live on More4 at 8:25 pm; the moment when the event in the drama took place. His performance marked his first appearance at the theater since 1976. On September 20, 2015, he was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs for the third time, where he revealed that his first acting performance was as a snail. He replicated his role as M in the James Bond movie 2015, Spectre , in the form of a recording sent to Bond.
In 2016, Dench made an Olivier Award history when he won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role for his role at The Winter's Tale, breaking his own record with his eighth win as a player. Subsequently, he starred as Cecily Neville, Duchess of York for Benedict Cumberbatch Richard III in the second series of BBC's Two Historical Series The Hollow Crown. That same year, he joined Eva Green and Asa Butterfield in Tim Burton's dark fantasy movie Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Dench plays Miss Esmeralda Avocet, a principal who can manipulate time and can turn into a bird. The film garnered mixed reviews from critics, who felt it was "on a strong footing as a visual experience rather than a narrative." Budgeted at US $ 110 million, it became a commercial hit, grossing nearly US $ 300 million worldwide.
Dench's first film in 2017 was Justin Chadwick Tulip Fever , with Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz. Set during the tulip mania period, the historical drama follows the 17th century painters in Amsterdam who fall in love with a married woman whose portrait has been hired to paint. Filmed in 2014, the film suffers some delays and gets a lot of negative reviews from critics, calling it "a beautifully fitted period piece nullified by uninspired dialogue and excessive planning." Also in 2017, Dench inspired the role of Queen Victoria when she directed Stephen Frears Victoria & amp; Abdul . The drama of these biographies illustrates the real-life relationship between the king and his Indian aides, Abdul Karim, played by the opposite Ali Fazal. While the movie meets with warm reviews for the "unbalanced narrative", Dench received special praise for his performance, making this actress the Golden Globe nomination to-12. Dench's final film of the year was Kenneth Branagh's Orient Express murder, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. This mystery-drama ensemble film follows the world-renowned detective Hercule Poirot, who attempted to complete the assassination of a famous European train in the 1930s. Dench portrays Princess Dragomiroff versus Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Penelope Cruz. The film has grossed $ 206 million worldwide and received mixed positive reviews from critics, with praise for the players' performances, but criticism for not adding anything new to previous adaptations.
In September 2017, the LADBible website posted a video from Dench rapping with UK Grime MC Lethal Bizzle. This collaboration came about because of the slang "dench" term, used as a compliment, a feature in Bizzle's lyrics and on her clothing brand, Stay Dench, which Dench had previously helped to promote.
Personal life
On February 5, 1971, Dench married British actor Michael Williams. They have their only child, Tara Cressida Frances Williams, a professionally known actress as Finty Williams, on September 24, 1972. Dench and her husband starred together in some stage production and in the British soap opera Bob Larbey, A Fine Romance (1981-84). Michael Williams died of lung cancer in 2001, aged 65 years. They have one grandson, son of Finty, Sam Williams (born 1997).
Dench has been in contact with environmental conservation David Mills since 2010. During the 2014 interview with The Times magazine, he discussed how he never expected to find love again after the death of her husband, "I'm not even prepared to be ready. It's very, very gradual and growing up... It's great. "
In early 2012, Dench discusses his macular degeneration, with one eye "dry" and the other "wet", where he has been treated with injections into the eye. He said that he needed someone to read the script to him. He also underwent knee surgery in 2013, but stated that he recovered from the procedure well and "It's not a problem for me."
Dench has been critical of the prejudices in the film industry against older actresses. He declared in 2014, "I'm tired of being told I'm too old to try anything, I have to be able to decide for myself if I can not do something and nobody tells me I'll forget my sentence or I'll stumble and fall on the set"; and "Age is a number.This is something that is imposed on you... It makes me very free when people say, 'Are you going to retire? Is not it time you raise your legs?' Or let me know I'm [my] age. "
In 2013, he spoke of his personal religious faith. Dench, a Quaker, said, "I think it tells everything I do... I can not live without it."
Awards and charities
Dench was appointed Officer of the Royal Order of the United Kingdom (OBE) in the 1970 Anniversary Award and Commander of the Dame of the British Royal Order (DBE) in New Year 1988. He was appointed as a Member of the Friends of the Order (CH) in the 2005 Anniversary Awards. In June 2011, became a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI).
In a biography by John Miller, it was noted that in the late 1990's, Dench was the protector of more than 180 charities, many of which were linked either to the theater or to medical purposes, such as York Against Cancer. Dench is the protector of Leaveners, Friends School Saffron Walden, Archway Theater, Horley, Surrey and OnePlusOne Marriage and Partnership Research, London. He became president of the Mountview Theater Arts Academy in London in 2006, taking over from Sir John Mills, and the president of Theater Questors, Ealing. In May 2006, he became Honorary Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He is also the protector of Ovingdean Hall School, a special day and boarding school for deaf and hearing at Brighton, which closed in 2010, and Vice President of The Little Foundation. Dame Judi is also an active and active Vice President of the national Revitalize national charity.
Dench is Honorary Member Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. In 1996, he was awarded the DUniv degree from the University of Surrey and in 2000-2001, he received a distinguished honorary degree from Durham University. On June 24, 2008, he was honored by the University of St Andrews, receiving a distinguished honorary degree at a university graduation ceremony. On 26 June 2013, he was honored by the University of Stirling, receiving an honorary doctorate at a university graduation ceremony in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Art, especially for the film.
In March 2013, Dench was listed as one of the fifty best outfits in the 50's by The Guardian . One of the highest profile actresses in popular British culture, Dench appears on Debrett's 2017 list of the most influential people in Britain.
Dench has worked with non-governmental indigenous organizations, Survival International, campaigning to defend tribal people, San Botswana, and Arhuaco Colombia. He creates a small supporting video that says San is a victim of tyranny, greed and racism. Dench is also a patron of the Karuna Trust, a charity that supports work among some of the poorest and most oppressed Indians, especially though not exclusively Dalits.
On July 22, 2010, Dench was awarded the honorary Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by Nottingham Trent University. Dr. The Hadwen Trust announced on January 15, 2011, that Dench has been a protector of trust, joining, among others, Joanna Lumley and David Shepherd. On March 19, 2012, it was announced that Dench would be the Everton charity protector in the Community, Everton F.C's official charity. and it was revealed that Dench was an Everton supporter.
Dench is an American Shakespeare Center adviser. She is the protector of the Shakespeare School Festival, a charity that allows school children across England to showcase Shakespeare in professional theater. He is also a protector of Shakespeare North, a playhouse project that will be completed in 2019 in the city of Prescot in Knowsley, near Liverpool. He is the protector of East Park Riding for Disabled, a riding school for handicapped children in Newchapel, Surrey. Dench is also a Vice President of the national Revitalization charity, which provides an accessible holiday for those with disabilities. In 2011, along with Sting musician and billionaire businessman Richard Branson, he publicly urged policymakers to adopt more progressive drug policies by decriminalizing drug use.
Dench was one of 200 celebrities to sign an open letter to the Scots asking them to vote for No to independence, published in August 2014, a few weeks before the Scottish referendum.
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