Judi Dench played the lead role in Chocolat.
Chocolat (2000 film) . Adapted by screenwriter Robert Nelson Jacobs , Chocolat tells the story of a young mother , played by Juliette Binoche , who arrives at the fictional , repressed French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes with her six-year-old daughter and opens La Chocolaterie Maya , a small chocolaterie . Judi Dench . A seven-time Oscar nominee , Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love and has received nominations for her roles in Mrs Brown ( 1997 ) , Chocolat ( 2000 ) , Iris ( 2001 ) , Mrs Henderson Presents ( 2005 ) , Notes on a Scandal ( 2006 ) , and Philomena ( 2013 ) .