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Judi Dench gets tatted for her 81st Birthday

Oscar winning actress Judi Dench got an unexpected present for her 81st birthday – a wrist tattoo.

Judi, known for her many roles including M in the James Bond films, spoke about the tattoo in an interview with Surrey Life.

Her daughter Finty paid for the work as a birthday present, with the tattoo reading “carpe diem” along the inside of Judi’s wrist.

“That’s my motto: seize the day,” she explained to Surrey Life.

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The tattoo is a sign of the spunky actress’s youthful heart as she ages. However, even the most talented of actresses can’t avoid the forward march of time.

Judi revealed her struggle with macular degeneration. She receives treatment for it every 6 weeks, but the font on her scripts has to be point size 22 so she can read it.

No matter how hard it gets, the actress doesn’t plan on retiring. “… if you give up one thing then it seems to me that you might as well give up another, and so on, when it’s much better to keep the mind active,” she said.

She said that she likes to learn a new fact every day to keep her mind sharp. Nothing can keep this lady down!

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