The Praemium Imperiale (lit. "World Culture Prize in Memory of His Imperial Highness Prince Takamatsu", Japanese: 高松宮殿下記念世界文化賞, Takamatsu no miya denka kinen sekai bunka-shō) is an arts prize awarded since 1989 by the imperial family of Japan on behalf of the Japan Art Association in the fields painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theatre/film.^[2] These are areas of achievement not covered by the Nobel Prizes.

Annually, award honorees are recommended by international advisers. The advisers include Yasuhiro Nakasone, William H. Luers, Lamberto Dini, François Pinault, Chris Patten, and Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, and decided by an anonymous committee of the Japan Art Association.^[2][3] Honorary advisors include Jacques Chirac, David Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, Jr., Helmut Schmidt and Richard von Weizsacker.

The award consists of a gold medal and 15 million yen, and was created by the Fujisankei Communications Group, which pays the expenses of around $3 million per year.^[1][2]

The Praemium Imperiale is awarded in the memory of Prince Takamatsu (1905–1987), younger brother of Emperor Shōwa who reigned from 1926 through 1989. Prince Hitachi presents the awards to the selected laureates.

Table of laureates[link]

Grants for Young Artists[link]

Since 1997, a series of grants have been made to organizations which nourish young artists.^[4]

• 1997 Hanoi Conservatory of Music, Vietnam
• 1998 Polish National Film, Television and Theater School, Poland
• 1999 Instituto Superior de Arte, Cuba
• 2000 Ulster Youth Orchestra, Northern Ireland
• 2001 Résidence du Festival, France
• 2002 European Union Youth Orchestra
• 2003 De Sono Associazione per la Musica, Italy
• 2004 Young Sound Forum of Central Europe
• 2005 Kusatsu International Summer Music Academy, Japan
• 2006 State Foundation of the National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras of Venezuela
• 2007 West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
• 2008 Italian Youth Orchestra
• 2009 Kamerata Baltica, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
• 2010 Asian Youth Orchestra
• 2011 Southbank Sinfonia and The Royal Court Young Writers Programme

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website

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Chiaki Kuriyama
Chiaki Kuriyama in September 2010
Born	栗山 千明 (Kuriyama Chiaki) (1984-10-10) October 10, 1984 (age 27) Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Occupation	Actress, singer, model
Website
http://www.spacecraft.co.jp/chiaki_kuriyama/

Chiaki Kuriyama (栗山 千明, Kuriyama Chiaki^?, born October 10, 1984) is a Japanese actress, singer and model. She is best known in the West for her roles as Takako Chigusa in Kinji Fukasaku's Japanese film Battle Royale (2000) and as Gogo Yubari in Quentin Tarantino's Hollywood film Kill Bill, Volume 1 (2003).

Biography[link]

She was born in Tsuchiura, Ibaraki. Chiaki was a popular model during Japan's child model boom in the mid-1990s. In 1997, she appeared in the photobooks Shinwa-Shōjo (Girl of Myth) and Shōjokan (Girl's Residence), photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. Shinwa-Shōjo became a best-seller but, as it contained some nudity, was discontinued by the publisher in 1999 after the institution of new anti–child pornography laws. She also posed as a model for the child fashion magazines Nicola (1997–2001) and Pichi Lemon (1996–2001).

She first achieved widespread recognition as an actress in Japan for her starring roles in the horror films Shikoku (1999) and Ju-on (2000). Chiaki also appeared in the action film Battle Royale (2000) as Takako Chigusa.

Following feature appearances on several notable Japanese television programs (including Rokubanme no Sayoko), Chiaki made her Hollywood debut in director Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill, Volume I as Gogo Yubari, the schoolgirl bodyguard of yakuza boss O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu). Chiaki's lines in the film were all in Japanese (except for four words, "hi", "bingo", "Black" and "Mamba"). She has stated that she is in the process of learning English and hopes to play more English-language roles in the future.^[1]

Chiaki's other film appearances include major roles in the samurai drama Azumi 2: Death or Love and Takashi Miike's Yōkai Daisensō.

In 2010, she released the CD single "Ryūsei no Namida" on DefStar Records as "CHiAKi KURiYAMA". The song was used as the first ending theme for Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. This single was followed by three others under her name as traditionally written in Japanese: "Kanōsei Girl", "Cold Finger Girl", and "Oisihi Kisetsu/Ketteiteki Sanpunkan"; "Cold Finger Girl" was used as the opening for the anime adaptation of Level E. She followed the singles with an album, Circus, in 2011.^[2]

Discography[link]

Singles[link]

• "Ryūsei no Namida" (流星のナミダ^?, "Meteor's Tears") (February 24, 2010) - Gundam Unicorn episode one theme song (as CHiAKi KURiYAMA)
• "Kanōsei Girl" (可能性ガール, Kanōsei Gāru^?, "Probable Girl") (November 17, 2010) - Yorinuki Gin Tama-san third opening theme, produced by Tomoyasu Hotei
• "Cold Finger Girl" (コールドフィンガーガール, Kōrudo Fingā Gāru^?) (January 26, 2011) - Level E opening theme, produced by Kenichi Asai
• "Oishii Kisetsu/Ketteiteki Sanpunkan" (おいしい季節/決定的三分間^?, "Tasty Season/Between One-Third of the Decision") (March 2, 2011) - produced by Ringo Sheena
• "Tsuki no Shouzou" (月夜の肖像^?, "Portrait of the Moon") (November 23, 2011) - Himitsu Chouhouin Erika Starring Chiaki Kuriyama as Takahashi Erika (Ending Theme)

Albums[link]

• Circus (March 16, 2011)

Filmography[link]

TV Series[link]

• Nacchan Ka (1998)
• Kowai Douwa - Oyayubihime (1999) as Sayako
• Rokubanme no Sayoko (2000) as Sayoko Tsumura
• Taju Jinkaku Tantei Saiko as Amamiya Kazuhiko no Kikan (2000)
• Himitsu Kurabu o-daiba.com (2000) as Kazumi Naruse
• Kabushiki Kaisha o-daiba.com (2000) as Kazumi Naruse
• R-17 (2001) as Saori Maruyama
• Jyooubachi (2006) as Tomoko/Kotoe Daidoji
• Woman's Island (2006) as Rei Fujishima
• Haru, Barneys de (2006) as Sakurai Sae
• Kakure Karakuri (2006) as Karin Hanayama
• Hagetaka (2007) (TV) as Yuka Mishima
• Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go (2007) as Terumi Meguro
• Ashita no Kita Yoshio (2008) as Rika Hasegawa
• Loss Time Life (2008) as Ayaka Kurosaki
• Sirius no Michi (2008) as Yuka Hirano
• Atami no Sousakan (2010) as Sae Kitajima
• Rebound (2010) as Mimura Hitomi
• Tsukahara Bokuden (2010) as Mahiro
• Himitsu Chouhouin Erika (2010) as Takahashi Erika
• Carnation (2011–2012) as Natsu Yoshida

Films[link]

• Toire no Hanako-san (1995)
• Gonin (1995) as Ogiwara's daughter
• Shikoku (1999) as Sayori Hiura
• Kamen Gakuen (2000) as Reika Dojima
• Ju-on (2000) as Mizuho Tamura
• Battle Royale (2000) as Takako Chigusa - Girl #13
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) as Gogo Yubari
• Itsuka 'A' Torein ni Notte (2003) as Yuki Noguchi
• Kagen no Tsuki (2004) as Mizuki Mochizuki
• MAIL (2005) as Mikoto
• Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) as Kozue
• Into the Sun (2005) as Ayako
• The Great Yokai War (2005) as Agi
• Scrap Heaven (2005) as Saki Fujimura
• Kisarazu Cats Eye: World Series (2006) as Ayako Sugimoto
• Ekusute (2007) as Yuko Mizushima
• Tengu Gaiden (2007) as Amaya
• KIDS (2008) as Shiho
• GS Wonderland (2008) as Miku
• Komori Kachou no Yuuga na Hibi (2008)
• Kamogawa Horumo (2009) as Fumi
• Hagetaka: The Movie (2009) as Yuka Mishima
• Neck (2010) as Eiko Akasaka

Voice roles[link]

• Eden's Bowy (1999) as Konyako Persia
• The Sky Crawlers (2008) (voice) as Midori Mitsuya
• Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker (2012) as Cassandra Pentaghast ^[3]

Video games[link]

• Ryū ga Gotoku Of the End (2011) as Asagi

TV commercials/advertisements[link]

• IZZUE (clothing brand)
• Shiseido Maquillage (fashion make-up)
• Panasonic P901iS/P902iS/P903i Cellphone
• Ecko Unlimited (Marc Ecko clothing brand)
• Morinaga Aloe yogurt (Japanese dairy products)
• Clorets (mint chewing gum)
• JA Bank Mie Prefecture (Japanese Company)
• Glico 和ごころ (wagokoro) (Japanese Confectionery Company)

Photobooks[link]

• Namaiki! Photo:Kishin Shinoyama.Text:Akio Nakamori.(ISBN 4-10-326205-2,1996).
• Tenshi/angel(天使) Photo:Mitsuo Kawamoto.(ISBN 4-09-680821-0,1996).
• Sinwa-Shoujo.(神話少女） Photo:Kishin Shinoyama. Text:Akio Nakamori.(ISBN 4-10-326207-9,1997)
• Shoujokan(少女館)　Photo:Kishin Shinoyama. (ISBN 4-10-326209-5,1997)
• Shikoku nite （死国にて)(ISBN 4-04-904318-1,1999)
• Kuriyama Chiaki ACCESS BOOK (栗山千明ACCESS BOOK)(ISBN 4-04-853047-X,1999)
• Princess (プリンセス 栗山千明×蜷川実花）Photo:Mika Ninagawa.(ISBN 4-06-352725-5,2004)
• digi+KISHIN DVD:Chiaki Kuriyama. Image Film by Kishin Shinoyama.(ASIN B0001LNO7O,2004)
• digi+Girls kishin NO.4 Kuriyama Chiaki (digi+Girls kishin NO.4 栗山 千明) Photo:Kishin Shinoyama. (ASIN: 4255002797, 2004)
• Car girl Photo:Kishin Shinoyama. (ISBN 4-584-17094-0,2004)

Awards[link]

• 2003 MTV Movie Awards: Best Fight (Kill Bill: Vol. 1)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Chiaki Kuriyama

• Official Website (Japanese)
• Chiaki Kuriyama at the Internet Movie Database
• Chiaki Kuriyama at AllRovi

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Senatore Lamberto Dini
Prime Minister of Italy
In office 17 January 1995 – 17 May 1996
President	Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Preceded by	Silvio Berlusconi
Succeeded by	Romano Prodi
Italian Minister of Justice
In office October 19, 1995 – February 16, 1996
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Filippo Mancuso
Succeeded by	Vincenzo Caianiello
Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office May 17, 1996 – June 6, 2001
Prime Minister	Romano Prodi Massimo D'Alema Giuliano Amato
Preceded by	Susanna Agnelli
Succeeded by	Giuliano Amato
Member of the Italian Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office April 19, 2006
Constituency	Toscana
Personal details
Born	(1931-03-01) March 1, 1931 (age 81) Florence, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	The People of Freedom
Spouse(s)	Donatella Pasquali Zingone
Residence	Rome, Italy
Alma mater	University of Florence
Profession	Politician Economist
Religion	Roman Catholic

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 Lamberto Dini (help·info) (born March 1, 1931) is an Italian politician and economist. He was the 75th Prime Minister of Italy from 1995 to 1996 and Foreign Minister from 1996 to 2001.

Early life and Berlusconi cabinet[link]

After studying Economics in his native city of Florence, Dini took up a post at the International Monetary Fund in 1959, where he worked his way up until he served as Executive Director for Italy, Greece, Portugal and Malta between 1976 and 1979. Then, in October 1979, he moved to the Banca d'Italia, where he served as executive until May 1994. When the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, with whom Dini had developed a rivalry, was called upon to serve as Premier, in April, 1993, Dini was widely tipped to succeed him, but was passed over (allegedly on Ciampi's instigation) in favour of Antonio Fazio.

Dini scored a comeback, though, when Silvio Berlusconi formed the Berlusconi I Cabinet in May 1994, in which Dini served as Treasury Minister. Due to a split between Berlusconi and his coalition partner Umberto Bossi, the Lega Nord leader, Berlusconi's government collapsed in December 1994, after a mere seven months in power. In January 1995, Dini was appointed Prime Minister by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. Though he was not noted as a left-winger, Dini, was given the confidence vote of the left-wing parties (apart from the Communist Refoundation) and by Lega Nord, whereas his erstwhile partners in the right-wing government chose to abstain whilst citing benevolence. In theory, his cabinet was a technocratic one.

The Olive Tree[link]

In April, 1996, a general election was called, in which Berlusconi's House of Freedoms coalition, minus the Lega Nord, was pitted against that of Romano Prodi, The Olive Tree. Relations between Dini and Berlusconi had seriously soured by then, and Dini chose to join The Olive Tree with his own centrist party, Italian Renewal. Dini was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, and served for the entire term as Minister of Foreign Affairs in four successive centre-left governments, under Prodi, Massimo D'Alema in two separate, successive cabinets, and finally Giuliano Amato.

His party has merged into Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, a larger party formed out of several centrist parties belonging to the centre-left coalition. The May 2001 the general election was won by Berlusconi and his allies (including, once again, Lega Nord), which led to Berlusconi forming his second government in June. Dini was elected to the Italian Senate, and, in this capacity, served as a delegate to the Convention in charge of drafting the European Constitution (February 2002-July 2003).

The People of Freedom[link]

In September 2007, a month before Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy merged with the Democrats of the Left to form the new big tent centre-left Democratic Party, Dini broke away from The Daisy to form the Liberal Democrats, a new incarnation of Italian Renewal.

As protagonist of the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, in view of the 2008 Italian general election Dini joined The People of Freedom, the newly created Italian liberal-conservative party led by Silvio Berlusconi.

Honours[link]

On 29 April 2009, the Japanese government announced that it has awarded Dini the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun; the honour will be presented to him by the Emperor and the Japanese Prime Minister in a formal ceremony in May.^[1]

References[link]

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Ricardo Legorreta Vilchis (May 7, 1931 – December 30, 2011)^[1] was a Mexican architect. He was a prolific designer of private houses, public buildings and master plans in Mexico, The United States and Japan.^[2]

He was awarded the prestigious UIA Gold Medal in 1999^[3] and the Praemium Imperiale in 2011.

Life and career[link]

Ricardo Legorreta was born on May 7, 1931, in Mexico City. He studied architecture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, from where he graduated in 1953. After working for five years with José Villagrán García, he established his own office in 1963.^[2]

Architectural expression[link]

Legorreta was a disciple of Luis Barragán and carried Barragan's ideas to a wider realm.^{[citation needed]} Barragan, in the 1940s and 1950s amalgamated tradition and the modern movement in architecture yet his work is mostly limited to domestic architecture.^{[citation needed]} Legorreta applied elements of Barragan's architecture in his work including bright colors, play of light and shadow, and solid Platonic geometric shapes.^{[citation needed]} One of the important contributions of Legorreta has been the use of these elements in other building types such as hotels, factories as well as in commercial and educational buildings.^{[citation needed]} His most famous works are the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City, the IBM Factory in Guadalajara and the Cathedral of Managua.^{[citation needed]}

Works[link]

Fountain in Pershing Square, Los Angeles

San Antonio Public Library, Texas, 1995

• Camino Real Hotel, 1965, (Col. Anzures, Mexico City, Mexico)
• Casa Lomas Altas, 1965, Mexico City
• Casa Montalbán, 1985 (Hollywood, California, United States)
• Tustin Market Place, 1988 (Tustin, California, United States)
• Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, 1990 (San Jose, California, United States)
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 1991 (Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico)
• Pershing Square, 1994 (Los Angeles, California, United States)
• Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 1994 (Managua, Nicaragua)
• The Tech Museum of Innovation, 1998 (San Jose, California, United States)
• College of Santa Fe Visual Arts Center, 1999 (Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States)
• Max Palevsky Residential Commons, 2001 (Chicago, United States)
• San Antonio Public Library, 1995 (Texas, United States)
• Latino Cultural Center, 2003 (Dallas, Texas, United States)
• Keller Estate Winery, 2003 (Petaluma, California, United States)
• Fashion and Textile Museum, 2003 (Bermondsey, London, United Kingdom)
• Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (Torre Tlatelolco), (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Multiplaza Panamericana, 2004 (San Salvador, El Salvador)
• UCSF Mission Bay Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center, 2005 (San Francisco, California, United States)
• Hotel La Purificadora, 2006 Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
• Texas A&M University at Qatar, 2007 (Education City, Doha, Qatar)
• Carnegie Mellon University (Qatar), 2008 (Education City, Doha, Qatar)
• Davidka Square, 2010 (Jerusalem, Israel)

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Mutlow, John (1997). Legorreta. Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2023-8. 
• Legorreta, Ricardo (2004). Legorreta + Legorreta. Rizzoli. ISBN 0-8478-2598-1. 
• Legorreta, Ricardo (2010). Legorreta: Arquitectura / Architecture 2003-2010. Area Editores. ISBN 978-607-8115-00-6. 

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ricardo Legorreta

• Official website

Dame Judi Dench
Dench at the 2007 BAFTAs.
Born	Judith Olivia Dench (1934-12-09) 9 December 1934 (age 77)[1] York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress, Author[2]
Years active	1957–present
Spouse	Michael Williams (1971–2001; widowed)
Children	Finty Williams
Parents	Reginald Arthur Dench Eleanora Olave Jones

Dame Judith Olivia “Judi” Dench, CH, DBE, FRSA (born 9 December 1934) is an English film, stage and television actress.

Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. Over the following few years she played in several of William Shakespeare's plays in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She branched into film work, and won a BAFTA Award as Most Promising Newcomer; however, most of her work during this period was in theatre. Not generally known as a singer, she drew strong reviews for her leading role in the musical Cabaret in 1968.

During the next two decades, she established herself as one of the most significant British theatre 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 has played in each James Bond film since. She received several notable film awards for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown (1997), and has since been acclaimed for her work in such films as Shakespeare in Love (1998), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005) and Notes on a Scandal (2006), and the television production The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2001).

Dench has received many award nominations for her acting in theatre, film and television; her awards include ten BAFTAs, (including the Bafta Fellowship in 2001) seven Laurence Olivier Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. In June 2011, she received a fellowship from the British Film Institute (BFI).^[3]

She was married to actor Michael Williams from 1971 until his death in 2001. They are the parents of actress Finty Williams.

Personal life[link]

Dench was born in Heworth, York, England, the daughter of Eleanora Olave (née Jones), a native of Dublin, and Reginald Arthur Dench, a doctor who met Judi's mother while studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin.^[4] Dench attended the Mount School, a Quaker independent secondary school in York, and became a Quaker.^[5][6] Her brothers, one of whom is actor Jeffery Dench, were born in Tyldesley, Lancashire.^[5][6] Notable relatives also include her niece, Emma Dench, a Roman historian and professor previously at Birkbeck, University of London, and currently at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[7]

In 1971, Dench married British actor Michael Williams and they had their only child, Tara Cressida Frances Williams, known professionally as Finty Williams, on 24 September 1972.

Dench and her husband starred together in several stage productions, and the Bob Larbey British television sitcom, A Fine Romance (1981–84). Michael Williams died from lung cancer in 2001, aged 65.

Macular degeneration[link]

In early 2012, Dench discussed her macular degeneration, with one eye "dry" and the other "wet", for which she has been treated with injections into the eye. She said that she was needing someone to read scripts to her.^[8]

Career[link]

In Britain, Dench has developed a reputation as one of the greatest actresses of the post-war period, primarily through her work in theatre, which has been her forte throughout her career. She has more than once been named number one in polls for Britain's best actress.^[9][10]

Early years[link]

Through her parents, Dench had regular contact with the theatre. Her father, a physician, was also the GP for the York theatre, and her mother was its wardrobe mistress.^[11] Actors often stayed in the Dench household. During these years, Judi was involved on a non-professional basis in the first three productions of the modern revival of the York Mystery Plays in the 1950s. In 1957, in one of the last productions in which she appeared during this period, she played the role of the Virgin Mary, performed on a fixed stage in the Museum Gardens.^[12] Though she initially trained as a set designer, she became interested in drama school as her brother Jeff attended the Central School of Speech and Drama.^[11] She applied and was accepted, where she was a classmate of Vanessa Redgrave, graduating with a first class degree in drama and four acting prizes, one being the Gold Medal as Outstanding Student.^[11]

In September 1957, she made her first professional stage appearance with the Old Vic Company, at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, as Ophelia in Hamlet, then her London debut in the same production at the Old Vic. She remained a member of the company for four seasons, 1957–1961, her roles including Katherine in Henry V in 1958 (which was also her New York debut), and as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet in October 1960, directed and designed by Franco Zeffirelli. During this period, she toured the United States and Canada, and appeared in Yugoslavia and at the Edinburgh Festival.

She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in December 1961 playing Anya in The Cherry Orchard at the Aldwych Theatre in London, and made her Stratford-upon-Avon debut in April 1962 as Isabella in Measure for Measure. She subsequently spent seasons in repertory both with the Playhouse in Nottingham from January 1963 (including a West African tour as Lady Macbeth for the British Council), and with the Playhouse Company in Oxford from April 1964. That same year, she made her film debut in The Third Secret.

Prominence[link]

In 1968, she was offered the role of Sally Bowles in the musical Cabaret. As Sheridan Morley later reported: "At first she thought they were joking. She had never done a musical and she has an unusual croaky voice which sounds as if she has a permanent cold. So frightened was she of singing in public that she auditioned from the wings, leaving the pianists alone on stage".^[13] But when it opened at the Palace Theatre in February 1968, Frank Marcus, reviewing for Plays and Players, commented that: "She sings well. The title song in particular is projected with great feeling."

After a long run in Cabaret, she rejoined the RSC making numerous appearances with the company in Stratford and London for nearly twenty years, winning several best actress awards. Among her roles with the RSC, she was the Duchess in John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1971. In the Stratford 1976 season, and then at the Aldwych in 1977, she gave two comedy performances, first in Trevor Nunn's musical staging of The Comedy of Errors as Adriana, then partnered with Donald Sinden as Beatrice and Benedick in John Barton's "British Raj" revival of Much Ado About Nothing. As Bernard Levin wrote in The Sunday Times: "...demonstrating once more that she is a comic actress of consummate skill, perhaps the very best we have."^[14]

One of her most notable achievements with the RSC was her performance as Lady Macbeth in 1976. Nunn's acclaimed production of Macbeth was first staged with a minimalist design at The Other Place theatre in Stratford. Its small round stage focused attention on the psychological dynamics of the characters, and both Ian McKellen in the title role, and Dench, received exceptionally favourable notices. "If this is not great acting I don't know what is", wrote Michael Billington in The Guardian. "It will astonish me if the performance is matched by any in this actress's generation", commented J C Trewin in The Lady. The production transferred to London, opening at the Donmar Warehouse in September 1977, and was adapted for television, later released on VHS and DVD. Dench won the SWET Best Actress Award in 1977.

Dench was nominated for a BAFTA for her role as Hazel Wiles in the 1979 BBC drama On Giant's Shoulders.^[15] In 1989, she was cast as Pru Forrest, the long-time silent wife of Tom Forrest, in the BBC soap opera The Archers on its 10,000th edition.^[16]

She had a romantic role in the BBC television film Langrishe, Go Down (1978), with Jeremy Irons and a screenplay by Harold Pinter from the Aidan Higgins novel, directed by David Jones, in which she played one of three spinster sisters living in a fading Irish mansion in the Waterford countryside.

Dench made her debut as a director in 1988 with the Renaissance Theatre Company's touring season, Renaissance Shakespeare on the Road, co-produced with the Birmingham Rep, and ending with a three month repertory programme at the Phoenix Theatre in London. Dench's contribution was a staging of Much Ado About Nothing, set in the Napoleonic era, which starred Kenneth Branagh and Samantha Bond as Benedick and Beatrice.

She has made numerous appearances in the West End including the role of Miss Trant in the 1974 musical version of The Good Companions at Her Majesty's Theatre. In 1981, Dench was due to play the title role of Grizabella in the original production of Cats, but was forced to pull out due to a torn Achilles tendon, leaving Elaine Paige to play the role.^[17] She has acted with the National Theatre in London where, in September 1995, she played Desiree Armfeldt in a major revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music, for which she won an Olivier Award.

Popular success[link]

In 1995, she took over the role of M (James Bond's boss) with the James Bond film series, starting with GoldenEye replacing Robert Brown. She has appeared in six James Bond films, including Die Another Day (2002),Casino Royale (2006) and its direct sequel Quantum of Solace (2008), making her the longest-running current cast member of the series. She is currently filming her seventh Bond film, Skyfall, to be released in 2012.

She has won multiple awards for performances on the London stage, including a record six Laurence Olivier Awards. She also won the Tony Award for her 1999 Broadway performance in the role of Esme Allen in David Hare's Amy's View. She has taken on the role of Director for a number of stage productions. Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Elizabeth I in the film Shakespeare in Love.

Judi Dench has frequently appeared with her close friend Geoffrey Palmer. They co-starred in the series As Time Goes By, where she played Jean Pargetter, becoming Jean Hardcastle after she married Lionel Hardcastle. The programme spanned nine seasons. They also worked together on the films Mrs. Brown and Tomorrow Never Dies, both filmed in 1997. Dench has also lent her distinctive voice to many animated characters, narrations, and various other voice work. She plays the role of "Miss Lilly" in the children's animated series Angelina Ballerina (alongside her daughter, Finty Williams, as the voice of Angelina) and as Mrs. Calloway in the Disney animated film Home on the Range. She has narrated various classical music recordings (notably Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Britten's Canticles-The Heart of the Matter), and has appeared in numerous BBC Radio broadcasts as well as commercials. Her many television appearances include lead roles in the series A Fine Romance and As Time Goes By. In the United States, As Time Goes By has been repeated on PBS and on BBC America.

Recent years[link]

Dench returned to the West End stage in April 2006 in Hay Fever alongside Peter Bowles, Belinda Lang and Kim Medcalf. She finished off 2006 with the role of Mistress Quickly in the RSC's new musical The Merry Wives, a version of The Merry Wives of Windsor.^[18]

Dench's more recent film career has garnered six Academy Award nominations in nine years for Mrs. Brown in 1997; her Oscar-winning turn as Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love in 1998; for Chocolat in 2000; for the lead role of writer Iris Murdoch in Iris in 2001 (with Kate Winslet playing her as a younger woman); for Mrs Henderson Presents (a romanticised history of the Windmill Theatre) in 2005; and for 2006's Notes on a Scandal, a film for which she received critical acclaim, including Golden Globe, Academy Award, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

In 2007, the BBC issued The Judi Dench Collection, DVDs of eight television dramas: Talking to a Stranger quartet (1966), Keep an Eye on Amélie (1973), The Cherry Orchard (1981), Going Gently (1981), Ghosts (with Kenneth Branagh, Natasha Richardson and Michael Gambon, 1987), Make and Break (with Robert Hardy, 1987), Can You Hear Me Thinking? (co-starring with her husband, Michael Williams, 1990) and Absolute Hell (1991).^[19]

Dench, as Miss Matty Jenkins, co-starred with Eileen Atkins, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis, in the BBC One five-part series Cranford. The series began transmission in the UK in November 2007, and on the BBC's U.S. producing partner station WGBH (PBS Boston) in spring 2008.

Dench became the voice for the narration for the updated Walt Disney World Epcot attraction Spaceship Earth in February 2008.

In February 2008, she was named as the first official patron of the York Youth Mysteries 2008, a project to allow young people to explore the York Mystery Plays through dance, film-making and circus. This culminated on 21 June with a day of city centre performances in York.

She worked on the 22nd Bond adventure Quantum of Solace and reprised her role as M.

She is interested in horse racing and in partnership with her chauffeur Bryan Agar owns a four-year-old horse, "Smokey Oakey", who won the 2008 Brigadier Gerard Stakes.^[20]

She returned to the West End from 13 March – 23 May 2009, playing Madame de Merteuil in Yukio Mishima's Madame De Sade, directed by Michael Grandage as part of the Donmar season at Wyndham's Theatre. A year later, Dench renewed her collaboration with Sir Peter Hall at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames in A Midsummer Night's Dream which opened in February 2010, when she played Titania as Queen Elizabeth I in her later years: Queen of the Forest of Arden. On 31 July 2010, Dame Judi performed Send in the Clowns at a special celebratory promenade concert from the Royal Albert Hall as part of the proms season, in honour of composer Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday, the entire concert in honour of his music.^[21][22]

Public life[link]

Dench was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1970^[23] and promoted to Dame Commander of the order in 1988.^[24] She was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 2005.^[25] In June 2011, she became a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI).^[3]

Dench is a patron of the Leaveners, Friends School Saffron Walden and the Archway Theatre, Horley, Surrey. She became president of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2006,^[26] taking over from Sir John Mills, and is also president of the Questors Theatre, Ealing. In May 2006, she became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She was also patron of Ovingdean Hall School, a special day and boarding school for the deaf and hard of hearing in Brighton, which closed in 2010,^[27] and Vice President of The Little Foundation.

Dench is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. In 1996, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (D.Univ) from Surrey University^[28] and in 2000–2001 she received an Honorary DLitt from Durham University.^[29] In July 2000, she was awarded a Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) by Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, where she actively supported their Drama School at the Gateway Theatre on Elm Row.^{[citation needed]} On 24 June 2008, she was honoured by the University of St Andrews, receiving the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) at the university's graduation ceremony.^[30]

Dench has worked with the non-governmental indigenous organisation, Survival International, campaigning in the defence of the tribal people, the Bushmen of Botswana and the Arhuaco of Colombia. She made a small supporting video saying the Bushmen are victims of tyranny, greed and racism.^[31][32]

On 22 July 2010, Dench was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) by Nottingham Trent University.^[33]

The Dr. Hadwen Trust announced on 15 January 2011 that Dench had become a patron of the trust joining existing high profile personalities, Joanna Lumley and David Shepherd.^[34]

On 19 March 2012 it was announced that Dench was to become honorary patron of the charity "Everton in the Community", the official charity of Everton F.C. in Everton, Liverpool. It was also revealed that Dench is a supporter of Everton.^[35]

Filmography[link]

She has also lent her likeness and voice for the role of M in James Bond video games:

• Everything or Nothing
• GoldenEye: Rogue Agent
• Quantum of Solace
• GoldenEye 007
• Blood Stone

Theatre work[link]

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Source: "Judi Dench: With a Crack in her Voice" by John Miller

As an actress[link]

As a director[link]

• 1988 – Much Ado About Nothing, Renaissance Theatre Company
• 1989 – Look Back in Anger – Renaissance Theatre Company
• 1989 – Macbeth – Central School of Speech and Drama
• 1991 – The Boy from Syracuse, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
• 1993 – Romeo and Juliet, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Discography[link]

• Cabaret (1968), Original London cast album CBS (1973)
• The Good Companions (1974), Original London cast recording (1974)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (1995); from Felix Mendelssohn as Recitant. Conducted by Seiji Ozawa
• A Little Night Music (1995) by Stephen Sondheim, Royal National Theatre Cast
• Nine (2009) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Awards and nominations[link]

Theatre[link]

Awards

• 1977: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival – Macbeth
• 1980: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – Juno and the Paycock
• 1980: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival – Juno and the Paycock
• 1982: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – The Importance of Being Earnest and A Kind of Alaska
• 1982: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – The Importance of Being Earnest and A Kind of Alaska
• 1984: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play – Pack of Lies
• 1987: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – Antony and Cleopatra
• 1987: Evening Standard Award for Best Actress – Antony and Cleopatra
• 1987: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress – Antony and Cleopatra
• 1996: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress – Absolute Hell
• 1996: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Entertainment – A Little Night Music
• 1997: Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress – Amy's View
• 1999: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play – Amy's View
• 2004: Laurence Olivier Award: Special Award for Outstanding Contributions to British Theatre

Television[link]

Awards

• 1967: BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress – Talking to a Stranger^[37]
• 1982: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – A Fine Romance, Going Gently and The Cherry Orchard
• 1982: Broadcast Press Guild Award for Best Actress – A Fine Romance
• 1985: British Academy Television Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance
• 2001: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
• 2001: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Nominations

• 1979 British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – On Giant's Shoulders
• 1983: British Television Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance
• 1984: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – Saigon: Year of the Cat
• 1984: British Television Academy Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance – A Fine Romance
• 1990: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – Behaving Badly
• 1998: British Television Academy Award for Best Comedy Performance – As Time Goes By
• 2001: American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Performer in a TV Special – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
• 2001: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie^[38] – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
• 2001: Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie – The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
• 2008: British Academy Television Award for Best Actress – Cranford
• 2008: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie – Cranford
• 2008: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film – Cranford
• 2008: Satellite Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film – Cranford
• 2010: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie – Return to Cranford

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Dench, Judi. And Furthermore. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-297-85967-3.
• Lavery, Alison (ed.). The Judi Dench Handbook. Emereo, 2010. ISBN 978-1-74244-659-2.
• Miller, John (ed.). Darling Judi: A Celebration of Judi Dench. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2004. ISBN 0-297-84791-0.
• Trowbridge, Simon. The Company: A Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Oxford: Editions Albert Creed, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9559830-2-3.
• Herbert, Ian; Christine Baxter and Robert E. Finlay (1981). Who's Who in the Theatre (17th ed.). Detroit: Gale. ISBN 0-273-01717-9. 
• Billington, Michael (1993). One Night Stands: A critic's view of British theatre from 1971–1991. London: Nick Hern Books. ISBN 1-85459-185-1. 

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