Judi Dench is an English actress, artist, and author. She is a Younger Sister of Jeffery Dench a British Actor. Over the following few years, she performed in several of Shakespeare's plays, in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth. She received critical acclaim for her work on television during this period, in the series A Fine Romance (1981-1984) and As Time Goes By (1992-2005), in both of which she held starring roles.