Judi Dench: movies and TV shows
Judi Dench has 187 credits in the archive: 136 films and 51 TV series, from 1949 to 2026. Highest rated: The BAFTA Awards (10.0/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2026 · busiest year: 2002 (10 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Magic Faraway Tree | The Fridge (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 91 |
| 2026 | David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth | Self | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2026 | Joke | Film | 6.0 | 91 | |
| 2026 | Letters to My Younger Future Self | Film | — | 91 | |
| 2025 | Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me | Self | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2025 | Tea with Judi Dench | Self | Film | — | 90 |
| 2024 | Dame Judi and Jay: The Odd Couple | Self | Film | — | 89 |
| 2023 | Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius | Self | TV | 5.3 | 88 |
| 2023 | Allelujah | Mary | Film | 5.2 | 88 |
| 2023 | MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema | Self - Actress (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 88 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | Spirited | Dame Judi Dench | Film | 6.8 | 87 |
| 2022 | Louis Theroux Interviews | Self | TV | 7.4 | 87 |
| 2022 | Judi Dench: Our National Treasure | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | Quintessentially British | Self | Film | 3.8 | 87 |
| 2022 | I Remember It Well: Dame Judi Dench in Conversation with Gyles Bandreth | Self | Film | — | 87 |
| 2022 | Born to be The King | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 87 |
| 2022 | Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends | Self | Film | 8.0 | 87 |
| 2021 | Belfast | Granny | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2021 | Off the Rails | Diana | Film | 6.0 | 86 |
| 2021 | The Show Must Go On! - Live at the Palace Theatre | Self - Preshow Announcement (voice) | Film | 10.0 | 86 |
| 2020 | Staged | Judi | TV | 7.9 | 85 |
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | Commander Root | Film | 5.5 | 85 |
| 2020 | Six Minutes to Midnight | Miss Rocholl | Film | 6.2 | 85 |
| 2020 | Blithe Spirit | Madame Arcati | Film | 5.7 | 85 |
| 2020 | The Big Night In | Self | Film | 9.0 | 85 |
| 2019 | Cats | Old Deuteronomy | Film | 4.1 | 84 |
| 2019 | Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure | Self | TV | 6.5 | 84 |
| 2018 | Red Joan | Joan Elizabeth Stanley | Film | 6.6 | 83 |
| 2018 | Nothing Like a Dame | Self | Film | 6.8 | 83 |
| 2018 | All Is True | Anne Shakespeare | Film | 6.1 | 83 |
| 2018 | Palo Santo | Mother of Palo Santo | Film | 7.3 | 83 |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Princess Dragomiroff | Film | 6.7 | 82 |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | The Abbess of St. Ursula | Film | 6.5 | 82 |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul | Queen Victoria | Film | 6.9 | 82 |
| 2017 | Judi Dench: My Passion for Trees | Self | Film | 6.7 | 82 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Miss Avocet | Film | 6.8 | 81 |
| 2016 | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self | Film | 7.8 | 81 |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | Film | 7.2 | 81 |
| 2015 | Spectre | M (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2015 | The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | Film | 6.4 | 80 |
| 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Mrs. Silver | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2015 | The Vote | Christine Metcalfe | Film | 8.4 | 80 |
| 2015 | Branagh Theatre Live: The Winter's Tale | Paulina | Film | 7.7 | 80 |
| 2015 | Dames of Classic Drama at the BBC | Self (archive material) | Film | 5.0 | 80 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 79 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 79 |
| 2013 | Vicious | Judi Dench (voice, uncredited) | TV | 7.5 | 78 |
| 2013 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2013 | Six by Sondheim | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 78 |
| 2013 | Philomena | Philomena | Film | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire | Self | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage | Cleopatra/Desiree Armfeldt | Film | 6.2 | 78 |
| 2012 | Skyfall | M | Film | 7.3 | 77 |
| 2012 | The Hollow Crown | Cecily | TV | 7.4 | 77 |
| 2012 | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | Evelyn Greenslade | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Everything or Nothing | Self | Film | 7.2 | 77 |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Mary | Film | 6.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Bag Lady | Film | 4.4 | 77 |
| 2012 | Top Gear: 50 Years of Bond Cars | Self | Film | 6.2 | 77 |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Society Lady | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | Mrs. Fairfax | Film | 7.2 | 76 |
| 2011 | My Week with Marilyn | Dame Sybil Thorndike | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2011 | J. Edgar | Anna Marie Hoover | Film | 6.2 | 76 |
| 2011 | Friend Request Pending | Mary | Film | 7.7 | 76 |
| 2011 | Into the Woods | The Giant (voice) | Film | 8.8 | 76 |
| 2011 | James Bond Supports International Women's Day | M (voice) | Film | 4.4 | 76 |
| 2009 | Nine | Lilli | Film | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | TV | 3.7 | 74 |
| 2009 | Rage | Mona Carvell | Film | 3.5 | 74 |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace | M | Film | 6.3 | 73 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2007 | Cranford | Miss Matilda Jenkyns | TV | 8.1 | 72 |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self | TV | 4.4 | 71 |
| 2006 | Casino Royale | M | Film | 7.6 | 71 |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Barbara Covett | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 2006 | Doogal | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.9 | 71 |
| 2006 | Directing Bond: The Martin Chronicles | Film | 6.0 | 71 | |
| 2006 | Angelina Ballerina: All Dancers on Deck | Miss Lilly (voice) | Film | 2.0 | 71 |
| 2005 | Pride & Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | Film | 8.1 | 70 |
| 2005 | Mrs. Henderson Presents | Mrs. Laura Henderson | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2005 | Angelina Ballerina: The Big Performance | Miss Lilly (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 2005 | We Become Silent - The Last Days of Health Freedom | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 2005 | Angelina Ballerina: Angelina's Princess Dance | Miss Lilly (voice) | Film | — | 70 |
| 2004 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Mrs. Caloway (voice) | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick | Aereon | Film | 6.6 | 69 |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Ursula | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2004 | A Dairy Tale | Mrs. Calloway (voice) | Film | 5.1 | 69 |
| 2004 | Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On | Miss Lilly (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2004 | Maria Callas: Living and Dying for Art and Love | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2003 | Angelina Ballerina - Lights, Camera, Action! | Miss Lilly (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2003 | Bugs! | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day | M | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Lady Bracknell | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 2002 | Bond Girls Are Forever | Herself | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2002 | The Life of Shakespeare | self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2002 | Best Ever Bond | Self | Film | 5.6 | 67 |
| 2002 | Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute | Self | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Die Another Day: From Script to Screen | Self | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2002 | Shaken and Stirred on Ice | Self | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 2002 | Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening | Performer: "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2002 | Judi Dench Talks to Richard Eyre | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 2001 | Iris | Iris Murdoch | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2001 | Angelina Ballerina | Miss Lilly (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2001 | The Shipping News | Agnis Hamm | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2000 | Chocolat | Armande Voizin | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2000 | The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Elizabeth | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2000 | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough | M | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini | Arabella | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 63 |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Queen Elizabeth | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1998 | Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Desiree Armfeldt (segment "Send In The Clowns") | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1998 | Highly Classified: The World of 007 | Self | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies | M | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1997 | Hububb | TV | 8.0 | 62 | |
| 1997 | Mrs Brown | Queen Victoria | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Hecuba | Film | 7.3 | 61 |
| 1995 | GoldenEye | M | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1995 | Jack & Sarah | Margaret | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1995 | Goldeneye: The Secret Files | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1995 | GoldenEye: The Secret Files - The Cast | Self | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | TV | 7.9 | 59 | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | Self | TV | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1992 | As Time Goes By | Jean Pargetter | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1992 | J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973 | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self | TV | 4.1 | 56 |
| 1991 | Performance | Christine Foskett | TV | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1991 | Absolute Hell | Christine Foskett | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1990 | Can You Hear Me Thinking? | Anne | Film | 8.5 | 55 |
| 1989 | Screen One | Anne | TV | 7.2 | 54 |
| 1989 | Henry V | Mistress Quickly | Film | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1989 | Behaving Badly | Bridget Mayor | TV | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger | Film | 9.3 | 54 | |
| 1988 | Countryfile | Self | TV | 5.4 | 53 |
| 1988 | A Handful of Dust | Mrs. Beaver | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1987 | Going Live! | Self | TV | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1987 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Nora Doel | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1987 | The Angelic Conversation | (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1987 | Make and Break | Mrs. Rogers | Film | — | 52 |
| 1987 | Ghosts | Helene Alving | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 1986 | A Room with a View | Eleanor Lavish | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Helene Alving | TV | — | 50 |
| 1985 | Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill | Dorrie Edgehill | Film | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1985 | The Browning Version | Millie Crocker-Harris | Film | 6.2 | 50 |
| 1985 | Wetherby | Marcia Pilborough | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | TV | 9.7 | 49 | |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Barbara Dean | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance | Laura Dalton | TV | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1981 | Going Gently | Sister Scarli | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1981 | The Cherry Orchard | Mme. Ranevsky | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1980 | Love in a Cold Climate | Aunt Sadie | TV | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1979 | Village Wooing | Z | Film | — | 44 |
| 1979 | On Giant's Shoulders | Hazel Wiles | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1979 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 43 |
| 1978 | The Comedy of Errors | Adriana | Film | 8.6 | 43 |
| 1978 | Langrishe, Go Down | Imogen Langrishe | Film | 4.4 | 43 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Imogen Langrishe | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Helen Wiles | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1976 | My Homeland | Reader | Film | — | 41 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Sister Scarli | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1974 | Luther | Katharina | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1974 | Dead Cert | Laura Davidson | Film | 4.4 | 39 |
| 1970 | Confession | Woman | TV | — | 35 |
| 1968 | Ooh La La! | Amélie | TV | 10.0 | 33 |
| 1968 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self - Reading Poetry | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Helen Payle | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Z | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1966 | Talking to a Stranger | Terry Stevens - Daughter | TV | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Elizabeth Moris | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | A Study in Terror | Sally | Film | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1965 | He Who Rides a Tiger | Joanne | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1965 | Four in the Morning | Wife ("Judi") | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Valentine Wannop | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Terry Stevens | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1964 | Detective | Charlotte Revel | TV | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1964 | The Third Secret | Miss Ada Humphries | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1963 | Festival | Angela Thwaites | TV | 8.0 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard | Anya | Film | 8.0 | 27 |
| 1960 | An Age of Kings | Katherine of Valois | TV | 5.3 | 25 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter / Winner | TV | — | 21 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 18 |
| 1949 | The BAFTA Awards | Self | TV | 10.0 | 14 |