Judi Dench got her first tattoo at the age of 81, and here's what it looks like
LONDON -- Actress and all-round national treasure Dame Judi Dench might be 81, but she's still as hip as ever.
Dench has gotten the words "carpe diem" tattooed on her right wrist. The actress told the Mirror Online that the tattoo was a gift from her daughter Finty.
“That’s my motto: Seize the day. Finty gave it to me for my 81st birthday – she’s wonderful with surprises," Dench told the Mirror.
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However, Dench -- just like us -- isn't immune to a bit of banter from her fellow actors.
"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,” Dench continued.
Here's what her inking looks like.
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Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
