Dame Judi Dench Gets Her First Tattoo at 81

Dame Judi Dench has once again proved how amazing she is, by getting her first ever tattoo as an 81st birthday present.

The actress had her favorite saying, “Carpe diem,” inked onto her wrist as a gift from her 43-year-old daughter, Finty.

Speaking about the tat, Judi told Surrey Life: “That’s my motto: Seize the day. Finty gave it to me for my 81st birthday — she’s wonderful with surprises.”

“Mind you, the company of A Winter’s Tale, which I was doing at the time, used to say that it said, ‘Fish of the day.’”

Carp/carpe. It’s an easy mistake to make, right?

Judi revealed last year that she was hoping to get a tattoo as she got older, previously telling Good Housekeeping, “I am tempted to have a tattoo to mark my birthday. Finty’s very keen on me having one.

“There’s an Indian symbol that I like which supposedly represents life and love and everything.”

“One of the cameramen who worked on The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel told me what it meant, but I’m a bit nervous in case I’m being set up … It might be unbelievably rude!”

Dench had also previously joked about having film producer Harvey Weinstein’s name inked onto her bottom, even going so far as to have her makeup artist draw one on to fool him.

Joking about getting the ink because Weinstein cast her as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, Dench quipped: “He still thinks it’s tattooed. My makeup lady painted it on. He didn’t believe me, so I showed him.”

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