Judi Dench was honored with the Dorchester Outstanding Achievement Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards at the Dorchester Hotel

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Judi Dench was honored with the Dorchester Outstanding Achievement Award at a ceremony in London on Tuesday, January 25. The 76-year-old actress was presented with the prize by theater legend Peter Hall, who first worked with her in 1962, at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards at the Dorchester Hotel.

Although a clearly emotional Judi revealed she was delighted with the honor, she joked in her acceptance speech she hoped this wasn't the end of her career. She said, "I'm so overwhelmed by this and I hope it doesn't mean I've got to finish now and not go on working. I'm very alarmed about that because I've got a year planned out now and I want to go on doing it if I can."

Other winners at the event, which was hosted by Melvyn Bragg, included low budget movie "Monsters" which won the Best Film award, presented to director Gareth Edwards by Rupert Grint and "This is England '86", which took home the top honors in the Best Drama category beating "Misfits" and "Sherlock Holmes".

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