Best Actress nominee Dame Judi Dench won’t be attending the 2014 Oscars

DAME Judi Dench will not be attending this year’s Oscar Awards despite being nominated for the Best Actress award for her role in Philomena.

OSCAR nominee Dame Judi Dench will not attend Sunday’s ceremony, we’ve learned.

The 79-year-old star — nominated for Philomena in the Best Actress category with Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep — is in India filming The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2.

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Sources said her schedule wouldn’t permit her to get to LA in time for the show. Dench reportedly said the round trip would take a whopping 48 hours.

After missing the Golden Globes, Dench had said she intended to make the Oscars.

Oscar nominated Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in a scene from Philomena.