Multiple Primetime Emmy® Award nominee Dame Judi Dench made her Shakespearean debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company in London, England, and has enjoyed a consistently remarkable ever since. In addition to the screen and stage icon's many credits–Jane Eyre, Quantum of Solace, Notes On A Scandal, Shakespeare in Love (as "Queen Elizabeth I"), Mrs. Henderson Presents and more–Dench was appointed to the Order of the British Empire in 1970 and promoted to Dame Commander in 1988. More about Dame Judi Dench and Return To Cranford at the official show site.