Judi Dench Dench commented that the project launched her Hollywood career and joked that "it was thanks to Harvey, whose name I have had tattooed on my bum". Dench's other film of 1997 was Roger Spottiswoode's "Tomorrow Never Dies", her second film in the "James Bond" series. The same year, Dench reteamed with director John Madden to film "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), a romantic comedy-drama that depicts a love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes, while he was writing the play "Romeo and Juliet". On her performance as Queen Elizabeth I, "The New York Times" commented that "Dench's shrewd,
Judi Dench filmography performers, working for the National Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In television, she achieved success during this period, in the series "A Fine Romance" from 1981 until 1984 and in 1992 began a continuing role in the television romantic comedy series "As Time Goes By". Her film appearances were infrequent until she was cast as M in "GoldenEye" (1995), a role she continued to play in James Bond in films through to "Spectre". She has starred in many acclaimed films since then, and won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress in 1999 for "Shakespeare in Love". Judi