Dame Judi Dench is thinking of getting a tattoo for her 80th birthday.

The Oscar-winning actress turned 80 on December 9 last year and has revealed she's considering getting some ink to mark the occasion, saying her 42-year-old daughter Finty is particularly keen for her to get it done.

She said: ''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.''

The actress also revealed she's ''too squeamish'' to get any cosmetic surgery done.

She told Good Housekeeping magazine: ''I've never had anything cosmetic done to my face. Do I want to? Of course! I'd love to go right and now come back with completely smooth skin. I want everyone to say, 'You must be 39!'

''But I'm much too squeamish. I don't think I'm vain enough. It's not that I don't mind the lines, because I do, but just not enough to do anything.

''My agent would go barmy. I'd do myself out of the parts for old people.''