Judi Dench | 87

Is there anything that Judi Dench can’t do? She has not only defied all of the conventional rules governing the hiring of actresses of a “particular age.” But she has also done most of her cinematic work in her sixties. She has no trouble portraying the grande dame despite her diminutive stature.

Dench made her stage debut with the Old Vic Company back in 1957. She appeared in several of William Shakespeare’s plays during the next few years, including Ophelia, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth. She dabbled in movies, but her main focus was on stage. Throughout the next two decades, Dench proved herself as one of the most important British theater actors. She has garnered several credits and accolades for theater, film, and television work. She is among the most iconic actresses of the postwar period, and she is usually named the leading British actress in surveys.