Judi Dench biography

Interpreting the classics

December 9, 1934
Judith Olivia Dench was born on December 9, 1934 in York in England. Her mother is of Irish descent, and her father is English and is a doctor by profession. Parents had met several years earlier at Trinity College, Dublin. His brothers Jeffrey and Peter, instead, born in Manchester, one of the first cities where living parents. Both his father, both her brother Jeffrey are passionate about theatre and Judi approaches to this art form, especially thanks to the brother who decides before you enroll in an acting school. Judi Dench started acting so amateurish, in some school productions, but his professional career started in 1957, when he joined the Old Vic Theatre Company. Then switch to the prestigious company William Shakespeare's plays in dramatic roles and classics such as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli and Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". In 1968 he performed in "Cabaret" proving to be a considerable singing talent. In 1964 made her film debut in the film "the third secret".
Stands out as one of the most important British actresses of the postwar period, continuing to work for major theater companies such as the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1971 she married the actor Michael Williams: they have one daughter, Tara Hourglass Frances Williams. The theatrical career of Judi Dench continues with success, allowing it to win prizes. Plays various roles, always working especially for the Royal Shakespeare Company, that allow her to switch between dramatic roles and aristocrats like the Duchess of Malfi "of 1971 in comic roles such as" The comedy of errors "by Trevor Nunn of 1977. In 1988 he made his debut as a Director of the Company of Renaissance Theatre with which organises various theatrical tour dedicated especially to the works of Shakespeare. His film career is beyond the theater but no less important.
His first appearance with a leading role in keeping with his style of interpretation takes place in 1986 in "room with a view" by James Ivory in which acts in a marginal role. Afterwards with his appearance in "James Bond" year 1995 as Mr M, the head of the British secret service, a role which incidentally will continue to interpret in all subsequent films, walks up to the general public. In 1997, she played Queen Victoria in "my Queen": her performance elicits the European and American critics and receives an Oscar nomination as supporting actress. The following year he wins with the interpretation of another Queen, Elizabeth I in '' Shakespeare in love. " His participation in American and English films from this point onwards increases exponentially while giving him a chance to meet with heterogeneous and different roles, even compared to the theatrical characters interpreted in the twenty previous years: in 1999 play directed by Zeffirelli in "tea with Mussolini" and "Chocolat" in 2000 alongside Juliette Binoche. The big American productions the claim making her acting alongside stars such as Johnny Depp in "Iris-a true love", Kevin Spacey and Julianne Moore in "Lady Handerson" and Cate Blanchet in "notes on a scandal" in which his remarkable interpretation of an old and repressed high school teacher gives her another Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress. Meanwhile don't forget the theatre and continues to work in England for several theatre companies in dramatic roles and Shakespearian. In 2012 alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie "j. Edgar", in which she played his mother building a dramatic character and caricature.
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