FrameThrower · Actors · Judi Dench
Judi Dench
17 films · 890 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1985–2016
Born 9 December 1934 · York, North Yorkshire, England
Dame Judith Olivia "Judi" Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA is a retired English film, stage and television actress.
Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 17 films · 890 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1985–2016
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress1999
- BAFTA Fellowship2001
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role1999
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role1989
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role1987
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play1999
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire1988
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire1970
- IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award2023
How their films are shot
Measured across 890 frames from the 17 films we hold. This is the look of the work Judi takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 17 films we hold, 45% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Judi takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Skyfall
2012 · M
Mrs Henderson Presents
2005 · Mrs. Laura Henderson
The Angelic Conversation
1985 · (voice)
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Miss Avocet
Jane Eyre
2011 · Mrs. Fairfax
Nine
2009 · Lilli
Quantum of Solace
2008 · M
Casino Royale
2006 · M
Pride & Prejudice
2005 · Lady Catherine de Bourgh
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Aereon
Die Another Day
2002 · M
The World is Not Enough
1999 · M
Shakespeare in Love
1998 · Queen Elizabeth
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997 · M
GoldenEye
1995 · M
Henry V
1989 · Mistress Quickly
A Room With A View
1985 · Eleanor Lavish
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 890 frames from Judi Dench's 17 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.