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How old is Judi Dench? Acting legend makes shock appearance on This Morning

Millions of viewers at home were shocked on Wednesday when it was announced that Dame Judi Dench would be making an appearance on This Morning.

Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby were massively hyped up as they revealed the news and plenty of people at home shared their excitement.

Others called for ITV to repeat Dame Judi's Wild Borneo Adventure. One tweeted: "I’d love @ITV to repeat Judi Dench's Wild Borneo Adventure. I missed the series seeing her on #ThisMorning just reminded me of it," and echoing those sentiments, another posted: "Can you put Judi Dench in Borneo on the iplayer please? Or do you have any plans on putting it on??"

How old is Judi Dench?

Born on December 9 1934, Dame Judi is now 85-years-old.

Dench made her professional debut in 1957 with the Old Vic Company. 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.

Since then she has appeared in countless stage productions, TV shows and movies including Mrs Brown, Chocolat, Iris, Mrs Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal, and Philomena, all of which she was nominated for an Oscar for.

And she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1998 for Shakespeare in Love. More recently she was in the live action remake of Cats last year.

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