- "With M, she's always slightly changed in each film. In the first one naturally I would have thought out why and how this woman has gotten to this part and why she’s head of MI6. Each time you come to do it you actually learn a little bit more about her, and you supply a little bit more about her. So there's a lot more of the relationship between her and Bond beforehand that goes into this one, but it adds a bit more because there's more to tell."
- ― Judi Dench
Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934),[1] is an English actress and was notable for being the first female M in the James Bond film series. Her first appearance as the chief of MI6 was in GoldenEye (1995), a role she continued to play until Spectre (2015). To date, she is the longest-serving cast member in the franchise, and the only one to appear in both the original movies and the reboot series.
Bond Involvement[]
Everything or Nothing[]
In early 2004 Electronic Arts' video game Everything or Nothing presented an essemble of celebrities and had a script by the veteran screenwriter Bruce Feirstein. Returning along with John Cleese as "Q" were Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, Dame Judi Dench as "M", and Richard Kiel as Jaws.[2] This was Dench's fifth official role as M. All cast members ended contributing generously with their likenesses provided thanks to EA's electronic "cyberscanning" process.[2]
Bond Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1995 | GoldenEye (film) | M | Released |
| 1997 | Tomorrow Never Dies (film) | M | Released |
| 1999 | The World Is Not Enough (film) | M | Released |
| 2002 | Die Another Day (film) | M | Released |
| 2003 | Everything or Nothing | M | Released |
| 2005 | GoldenEye: Rogue Agent | M | Released |
| 2006 | Casino Royale (film) | M | Released |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace (film) | M | Released |
| 2008 | Quantum of Solace (video game) | M | Released |
| 2010 | Blood Stone | M | Released |
| 2010 | GoldenEye 007 (2010 game) | M | Released |
| 2012 | Skyfall (film) | M | Released |
| 2012 | 007 Legends | M | Released |
| 2012 | Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 | Herself | Released |
| 2015 | Spectre (film) | M | Released (on video tape) |
Appearances[]
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Trivia[]
- Dench had a longtime, close friendship with the late Tim Pigott-Smith, who portrayed the Foreign Secretary in Quantum of Solace, alongside Dench.
- Happens that Dench wasn't best pleased when her character was killed off in the movies, she said "I have played M three more times and was not best pleased when they killed me off in Skyfall."[3]
References[]
- ↑ "Entertainment: Hollywood's premier Dame", BBC News, 24 February 2002. Retrieved on 13 January 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hans ten Cate. Daily Llama - NEWS 2003 (en). Daily Llama. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23.
- ↑ Rob Leigh. Judi Dench wasn't "best pleased" when James Bond character M was killed off (en). The Mirror. Retrieved on 2024-01-25.
External links[]
- Judi Dench at IMDb