Mini-Synapse of Judi Dench's CareerJudi Dench made her professional stage debut with a role of 'Ophelia' in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" staged by Old Vic Production Company at the Royal Court Theater in Liverpool. She spent four years with Old Vic productions from 1957-1961. She later moved to several stage production houses such as Royal Shakespeare Company in December of 1961, Nottingham Playhouse in 1963, and Oxford Playhouse Company in April of 1964. Her wonderful stage performances took her to United States, Canada, and Yugoslavia and to Edinburgh Festival. Judi Dench appeared in a countless number of plays over the decades winning several awards. Her mere presence in plays drew large number of crowds to theaters.
BAFTA winning movies like "Four in the Morning" (1965), "Talking to a Stranger" (1966), "A Fine Romance", "A Room with a View" (1985); Oscar winning film "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), and Oscar nominated movies like "Mrs Brown" (1997), "Chocolat" (2000), "Iris" (2001), "Mrs Henderson Presents" (2005), and "Notes on a Scandal" (2006) are a few of the movies that speak volumes for her acting skills. Finally in 1995, Judi Dench became known throughout the world as the boss "M" of James Bond. She first appeared as "M" in "Golden Eye" in which Pierce Brosnan starred as James Bond. She has since played the role of "M" - the head of the Foreign Intelligence wing of Her Majesty's Secret Service MI6 in a series of Bond movies like "Tomorrow Never Dies" (1997), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999), "Die Another Day" (2002), "Casino Royale" (2006), and "Quantum of Solace" (2008). |
