Dame Judith Olivia Dench,
CH,
DBE,
FRSA, (born 9 December 1934), known as
Judi Dench, is an English actress. She has won nine
BAFTAs, seven
Laurence Olivier Awards, two
Screen Actors Guild Awards, an
Academy Award, two
Golden Globe Awards and a
Tony Award.
Personal life
Judi Dench was born in
York,
North Riding of Yorkshire, the daughter of Eleanora Olave (
née Jones), a native of
Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor who met Judi's mother while studying medicine at
Trinity College.
Dench was raised a
Quaker and lived in
Tyldesley,
Greater Manchester. Notable relatives include her older brother, actor
Jeffery Dench, and her niece, Emma Dench, a
Roman historian previously at
Birkbeck, University of London,
[Birkbeck College - staff page] and currently at
Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
