Dame Judi Dench not sure of winning Oscars
Thursday,
February
15,
2007
Dame
Judi
Dench
is
so
certain
she
will
leave
the
Oscars
empty
handed,
she
has
opted
to
watch
the
Hollywood
ceremony
from
a
hospital
bed.
The
72-year-old
actress
-
who
is
up
for
the
Best
Actress
award
for
her
role
in
'Notes
on
a
Scandal'
-
will
not
be
attending
the
prestigious
event
on
February
25
because
she
is
due
to
go
into
hospital
for
a
knee
operation.
She
said
at
the
Berlin
Film
Festival:
"The
thing
about
the
Oscars,
it's
strange
because
in
the
theatre
you
would
say,
'Break
a
leg'.
"I
can't
because
I'm
to
have
a
knee
operation.
I
can't
go
to
the
awards.
I'm
going
to
have
my
leg
broken
and
put
back
together.
I
will
watch
and
cheer
from
my
bed." Judi
faces
stiff
competition
in
her
category
from
fellow
dame,
Helen
Mirren,
who
has
been
nominated
for
her
portrayal
of
Queen
Elizabeth
II
in
'The
Queen'.
Judi
said:
"Don't
put
any
money
on
me
because
you'll
lose."
This
is
Judi's
sixth
Oscar
nomination.
She
previously
took
home
the
Best
Actress
statue
in
1998,
for
her
performance
in
'Shakespeare
In
Love'.
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