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Judi Dench
United Kingdom
Judi Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for an eight-minute performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love 1998. She is a ten-time BAFTA winner and has received seven Oscar nominations, all after age 60. Dench made history as the first woman to portray M in James Bond with GoldenEye 1995. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1988 and was voted Best British Actress of all time in a Sky TV poll.
