Dame Judi Dench is an English actress. Among her major awards, Dench has won an Academy Award, a Tony, four television BAFTA Awards, six film, and seven Laurence Olivier Awards. She holds the record for most acting majors across all six American and British events, winning eighteen and receiving fifty two nominations. Other significant awards include two Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and ten critics awards. Overall, in her career to date, she has won 55 competitive awards from 203 nominations. She has also received 10 honorary awards, including the lifetime achievement Special Olivier Award and the BAFTA Fellowship.
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Film and television awards[edit]
Academy Awards[edit]
AACTA Awards[edit]
BAFTA Awards[edit]
Emmy Awards[edit]
Golden Globe Awards[edit]
Screen Actors Guild Awards[edit]
Theatre awards[edit]
Tony Awards[edit]
Olivier Awards[edit]
Drama Desk Awards[edit]
Evening Standard Theatre Awards[edit]
Honorary Awards[edit]
Critics Awards[edit]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2008
Herself
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominated
2011
J. Edgar
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Nominated
2012
Skyfall
Won
Female Icon Award for Humanitarian Activism
Nominated
2013
Philomena
EDA Award for Best Actress
Nominated
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Nominated
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Best Actress
Runner-up
2013
Philomena
Runner-up
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards[edit]
Critics’ Choice Awards[edit]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Dublin Film Critics’ Circle Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Runner-up
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2012
Skyfall
Best Supporting Actress
Won
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Philomena
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1998
Shakespeare in Love
Best Supporting Actress
Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2001
Iris
Best Actress
Nominated
London Film Critics’ Circle Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
British Actress of the Year
Won
2001
Iris
Won
2004
Ladies in Lavender
Nominated
2005
Mrs Henderson Presents
Nominated
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Nominated
Actress of the Year
Nominated
2012
Skyfall
Supporting Actress of the Year
Nominated
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / Skyfall
British Actress of the Year
Nominated
2013
Philomena
Won
Actress of the Year
Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
National Board of Review Awards[edit]
National Society of Film Critics Awards[edit]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2001
Iris
Best Actress
Nominated
2012
Skyfall
Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Nominated
Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2001
Iris
Best Foreign Actress
Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards[edit]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]
Society of Texas Film Critics Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress
Runner-up
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress
Runner-up
1998
Shakespeare in Love
Best Supporting Actress [K]
Runner-up
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Runner-up
Notes
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2005
Mrs Henderson Presents
Best Actress
Won
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Nominated
2013
Philomena
Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Award[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Best Actress
Nominated
Utah Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress
Nominated
1998
Shakespeare in Love
Best Supporting Actress
Runner-up
2001
Iris
Best Actress
Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Best Actress
Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards[edit]
Women Film Critics Circle Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Won
Miscellaneous Awards[edit]
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2004
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance – Female
Won
American Comedy Awards[edit]
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards[edit]
[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress
Nominated
British Academy Scotland Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress – Film
Won
British Independent Film Awards[edit]
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1982
A Fine Romance
Best Actress
Won
2008
Cranford
Nominated
CableACE Awards[edit]
Notes
Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2011
My Week with Marilyn[B]
Ensemble Cast
Won
Notes
Dorian Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Philomena
Film Performance of the Year – Actress
Nominated
Empire Awards[edit]
European Film Awards[edit]
Evening Standard Film Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Best Actress
Won
Golden Raspberry Awards[edit]
Irish Film & Television Academy Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Philomena
Best International Actress
Won
National Movie Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2007
Casino Royale
Best Performance by a Female
Nominated
New York Film Critics Online Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2001
Iris
Best Actress
Won
Online Film & Television Association Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress
Nominated
Best Drama Actress
Nominated
1998
Shakespeare in Love
Best Ensemble [G]
Won
Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
2000
Chocolat
Nominated
2001
Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Nominated
2005
Mrs Henderson Presents
Best Actress
Nominated
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Nominated
2009
Return to Cranford
Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Nominated
2012
Skyfall
Best Supporting Actress
Nominated
2013
Philomena
Best Actress
Nominated
Notes
G^ Shared with the respective ensembles of the films
Online Film Critics Society Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1997
Mrs Brown
Best Actress
Won
2006
Notes on a Scandal
Nominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Skyfall
International Star
Won
Rembrandt Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2013
Skyfall
Best Foreign Actress
Nominated
Satellite Awards[edit]
Notes
H^ Shared with Marion Cotillard, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Fergie, and Penélope Cruz
Saturn Awards[edit]
SESC Film Festival Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
1999
Mrs Brown[I]
Best Foreign Actress
Won
Notes
ShoWest Awards[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2001
Herself
Supporting Actress of the Year
Won
Taormina Film Fest Awards[edit]
TV Quick Award[edit]
Year
Nominated work
Category
Result
2008
Cranford
Best Actress
Nominated
Honors, degrees, and titles[edit]
Freedom of the City
Commonwealth honours[edit]
Dench was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1970 Birthday Honours[78] and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 1988 New Year Honours.[79] She was appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2005 Birthday Honours.[80]
Commonwealth honours
Scholastic honours[edit]
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
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