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She received her dramatic training at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and made her professional debut as Ophelia in Hamlet in Liverpool in 1957. She subsequently spent several seasons in repertory in Oxford and Nottingham. In 1961, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and made numerous appearances with the company in Stratford and London over the next two decades, winning several best actress awards. Dench has also made numerous appearances in the West End and with the National Theatre in London. She is a multiple winner of the main awards for performances on the London stage, including a record six Laurence Olivier Awards. She has also appeared with success on Broadway in Amy''s View, and has occasionally directed plays. As she enters her seventies, Dame Judi remains probably the biggest draw on the London stage. She is often compared and contrasted with Dame Maggie Smith, another British actress of the same generation, with whom she has appeared in several movies, including the 2004 Ladies in Lavender, and on stage in David Hare''s two-hander Breath of Life. She returned to the West End stage in April 2006 in Hay Fever alongside Peter Bowles, Belinda Lang and Kim Medcalf. Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series As Time Goes By and A Fine Romance. Dame Judi Dench has frequently appeared with her close friend Geoffrey Palmer in the series As Time Goes By and in the films Mrs. Brown and Tomorrow Never Dies, both filmed in 1997. Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Elizabeth I in the film Shakespeare in Love. Dench''s win was notable as her performance in Shakespeare in Love lasted for about eight minutes. Dench''s late-life film career has been remarkably successful. Until 1997, she had made relatively few film appearances, especially in comparison to the number she has made since then. She has racked up six Oscar nominations in nine years for Mrs Brown in 1997, her Oscar-winning turn in Shakespeare in Love in 1998, for Chocolat in 2000, for the lead role of writer Iris Murdoch in Iris in 2001 Kate Winslet playing her as a younger woman), for Mrs Henderson Presents in 2005, and for Notes on a Scandal in 2006. In 2006, Dench received almost universal critical acclaim, including Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominations, for her fierce performance in Notes on a Scandal. Doogal (2006) as Narrator Casino Royale (2006) as M Notes On A Scandal (2006) as Barbara Covett Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Lady Catherine de Bourg Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) as Laura Henderson The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004) as Aereon Home On The Range (2004) as Mrs. Caloway Ladies In Lavender (2004) as Ursula Bugs! (2003) as Narrator The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) as Lady Bracknell Die Another Day (2002) as M Iris (2001) as Iris Murdoch The Shipping News (2001) as Agnis Hamm Chocolat (2000) as Armande Voizin Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport (2000) The Last Of The Blonde Bombshells (2000) as Elizabeth Tea With Mussolini (1999) as Arabella The World Is Not Enough (1999) as M Shakespeare in Love (1998) as Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Brown (1997) as Queen Victoria Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) as M Jack & Sarah (1996) as Margaret Hamlet (1996) as Hecuba Goldeneye (1995) as M Henry V (1989) as Mistress Quickly A Handful Of Dust (1988) as Mrs. Beaver 84 Charing Cross Road (1986) as Nora Doel A Room With A View (1985) as Miss Lavish Wetherby (1985) as Marcia Pilborough Langrishe, Go Down (1978) as Imogen Langrishe Luther (1974) as Katherine A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968) as Titania A Study In Terror (1965) as Sally Four In The Morning (1965) as Wife He Who Rides A Tiger (1965) as Joanne The Third Secret (1964) as Miss Humphries Angelina Ballerina as Miss Lilly
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