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Dench

British  
/ dɛntʃ /

noun

  1. Dame Judi ( Olivia ). born 1934, British actress and theatre director: her film roles include Mrs Brown (1997), Notes on a Scandal (2006), and, since 1995, 'M' in the James Bond series of films

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Dench, 90, appeared in conversation alongside longtime friend Ian McKellen when she described the profound shift in her daily life, noting that she can see vague outlines but loses all facial detail — even when looking directly at someone she loves.

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Dench first revealed her AMD diagnosis in 2012, the same year she starred as “M” for a seventh time, in the James Bond movie “Skyfall.”

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While Dench continues to work in limited ways, the new update signals that even those projects may be slipping out of reach.

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Still, Dench remains characteristically grounded, crediting her support network and refusing to frame her condition as a reason to retreat entirely from public life.

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In sharing her experience, Dench embodies not only the personal toll of vision loss but the emotional weight of losing one’s ability to connect with others in the most human way: face to face.

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