Judi Dench
Author
Publisher
Penguin Michael Joseph
Pub. Date
2023
Description
Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig. Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green. Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin on his head. These are just a few of the things Dame Judi Dench has done in the name of Shakespeare. Here, Judi opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra.
4) Red Joan
Publisher
Lionsgate UK
Pub. Date
2019
Description
Judi Dench stars as an ex-spy with a secret past in this British drama directed by Trevor Nunn. Based on real events, the film begins with the arrest of Joan Stanley (Dench/Sophie Cookson), an octogenarian living in London accused of treason. After being brought in for questioning, Joan's secret life as a KGB spy is exposed. While studying physics at Cambridge in the late-1930s, Joan falls in love with Jewish refugee Leo Galich (Tom Hughes) and finds...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Ent
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Murder mystery based on the 1934 novel by Agatha Christie starring Kenneth Branagh, Johnny Depp and Judi Dench. When notorious gangster Ratchett (Depp) is murdered on a luxurious train ride through Europe, Detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) must solve the case before another victim is claimed by one of the 13 mysterious passengers on board. Among the suspects are Princess Dragomiroff (Dench), Pilar Estravados (Penelope Cruz), a devout missionary,...
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2018
Description
The extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship in the later years of Queen Victoria's (Academy Award winner Judi Dench) remarkable rule. When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young clerk, travels from India to participate in the Queen's Golden Jubilee, he is surprised to find favour with the Queen herself. As the Queen questions the constrictions of her long-held position, the two forge an unlikely and devoted alliance with a loyalty to one another...
7) Cats
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Tom Hooper writes and directs this film adaptation of the stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and 'Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats' by T. S. Eliot. A gang of cats that call themselves the Jellicles prepare for the most important night of their lives, when one of them will be picked as the Jellicle choice and will elevate to the Heaviside Layer where they will be reincarnated into a life they could only dream of. The cast includes Judi Dench,...