Judi Dench had been a famous British theatrical actress long before she got famous in Hollywood and around the globe. She got her breakthrough role as James Bond’s boss in GoldenEye (1995) when she was 61 years old. After GoldenEye, Judi Dench was nominated for numerous movie awards, including 7 Academy Award nominations (she won one of them: Shakespeare in Love, in 1998, for Best Supporting Actress).