So it turns out Judi Dench is actually more Irish than English
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evoke.ieIt would be hard to find an actress more synonymous with Britain than Judi Dench but a new episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
will explain why the Oscar winner was able to slip so seamlessly into an Irish accent for roles in Philomena and Belfast. Her mother, Eleanora, was born in Dublin while her father, Reginald Dench, was born in England but grew up in the Irish capital.
At the start of the programme, she says: ‘My Ma was very funny, very Irish, and fiery, very fiery, and had no relations at all that we ever met. ‘Mummy had red hair and very, very turquoise blue eyes. ‘My father was born in Dorset, and he was brought up in Dublin and he was the most wonderful doctor.’ After uncovering reports of his bravery in battle in World War One
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