Judi Dench is an actress.
The BAFTA Fellowship , or the Academy Fellowship , is a lifetime achievement award presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) since 1971 `` in recognition of outstanding achievement in the art forms of the moving image '' , and is the highest honour the Academy can bestow . Judi Dench . Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company . The Old Vic is a theatre in Lambeth , London , England , located just south-east of Waterloo station on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road .