Judi Dench Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays, in such roles as Ophelia in "Hamlet", Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", and Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth". Although most of her work during this period was in theatre, she also branched into film work and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer. She drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical "Cabaret" in 1968. Over the next two decades,
Helen Mirren Clearing", "Pride", "Raising Helen", and "Shadowboxer". Mirren also provided the voice for the supercomputer "Deep Thought" in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". During her career, she has portrayed three British queens in different films and television series: Queen Elizabeth I in the television series "Elizabeth I" (2005), Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen" (2006), and Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III, in "The Madness of King George" (1994). She is the only actor ever to have portrayed both Queens Elizabeth on the screen. Mirren's title role of "The Queen" earned her