Dame Judi's stage, TV and film career spans almost 50 years
|
Oscar-winning actress Dame Judi Dench has been made a Companion of Honour by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The 70-year-old became one of only 65 people in the UK to hold the award marking service of national importance.
As well as her Academy Award-winning turn in Shakespeare in Love, Dame Judi has appeared extensively on stage, in four James Bond films and Mrs Brown.
She was made an OBE in 1970 and a dame in 1988. The Companion of Honour was instituted by George V in 1917.
Dame Judi earned four Oscar nominations in five years between 1998 and 2002, and has won five film Baftas for Iris, Shakespeare in Love, Mrs Brown, A Room with a View and Four in the Morning.
She has played the role of "M" in the James Bond films since 1995's Goldeneye.
Her television successes include the 1980s sitcom A Fine Romance, with her late husband Michael Williams who died of cancer in 2001, and As Time Goes By with Geoffrey Palmer.
Home
~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~16~RS~)
BBC NEWS CHANNEL
News services
E-mail this to a friend
Printable version
