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A Bond girl is a character who is a love interest, female companion or (occasionally) an adversary of James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. Bond girls occasionally have names that are double entendres or sexual puns, such as Plenty O'Toole, Holly Goodhead, or Xenia Onatopp. The female leads in the films, such as Ursula Andress, Honor Blackman, or Eva Green, can also be referred to as \"Bond girls\". The term Bond girl may also be considered as an anachronism,[1][2] with some female cast members in the films preferring the designation Bond woman.[3][4]\n

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Nearly all of Ian Fleming's Bond novels and short stories include one or more female characters who can be said to qualify as Bond girls, most of whom have been adapted for the screen. While Fleming's Bond girls have some individual traits (at least in their literary forms), they also have a great many characteristics in common.[5] One of these is age: The typical Bond girl is in her early to mid-twenties, roughly ten years younger than Bond, who seems to be perennially in his mid-thirties.[6] Examples include Solitaire (25),[7] Tatiana Romanova (24),[8] Vivienne \"Viv\" Michel (23),[9] and Kissy Suzuki (23).[10] The youngest Bond girl (though she and Bond do not sleep together) may be Gala Brand;[citation needed] she is named for the cruiser in which her father is serving at the time of her birth.[11] Bond's youngest sexual partner in the books is Mariko Ichiban, an 18-year-old masseuse in You Only Live Twice. The eldest Bond girls are Pussy Galore, who Bond speculates is in her early 30s, and 29-year-old Domino Vitali.[citation needed]\n

Bond girls conform to a fairly well-defined standard of beauty. They possess splendid figures and tend to dress in a slightly masculine, assertive fashion, wear little jewellery\u2014and that in a masculine cut\u2014wide leather belts, and square-toed leather shoes. (There is some variation in dress, though: Bond girls have made their initial appearances in evening wear, in bra and panties and, on occasion, naked.) Most are white; they often sport light though noticeable suntans (although a few, such as Solitaire, Tatiana Romanova, and Pussy Galore, are not only tanless but remarkably pale),[7][12][13] and they generally use little or no makeup and no nail polish, also wearing their nails short.[14] Their hair may be any colour,[12][15][16][17] though they typically wear it in a natural or casual cut that falls heavily to their shoulders. Their features, especially their eyes and mouths, are often widely spaced (e.g. Vesper Lynd, Gala Brand, Tiffany Case, Tatiana Romanova, Honey Ryder, Viv Michel, Mary Goodnight).[18] Their eyes are usually blue (e.g. Vesper Lynd, Gala Brand, Tatiana Romanova, Honey Ryder, Tracy Bond, Mary Goodnight),[19] and sometimes this is true to an unusual and striking degree: Tiffany Case's eyes are chatoyant, varying with the light from grey to grey-blue,[20] while Pussy Galore has deep violet eyes, the only truly violet eyes that Bond had ever seen.[13] The first description of a Bond girl, Casino Royale's Vesper Lynd, is almost a template for the typical dress as well as the general appearance of later Bond girls; she sports nearly all of the features discussed above.[17] In contrast, Dominetta \"Domino\" Vitali arguably departs to the greatest degree from the template, dressing in white leather doeskin sandals, appearing more tanned, sporting a soft Brigitte Bardot haircut, and giving no indication of widely spaced features.[21] (The departure may be due to the unusual circumstances behind the writing of the novel Thunderball, in which Domino appears.) Even Domino, however, wears rather masculine jewellery.[22][page needed]\n

The best-known characteristic of Bond girls, apart from their uniform beauty, is their pattern of sexually suggestive names, such as Pussy Galore. Names with less obvious meanings are sometimes explained in the novels. While Solitaire's real name is Simone Latrelle, she is known as Solitaire because she excludes men from her life;[16] Gala Brand, as noted above, is named for her father's cruiser, HMS Galatea; and Tiffany Case received her name from her father, who was so angry that she was not a boy that he gave her mother a thousand dollars and a compact from Tiffany's and then walked out on her.[23] Fleming's penchant for double-entendre names began with the first Bond novel Casino Royale. Conjecture is widespread that the name of the Bond girl in that novel, \"Vesper Lynd,\" was intended to be a pun on \"West Berlin,\" signifying Vesper's divided loyalties as a double agent under Soviet control. Several Bond girls, however, have normal names (e.g. Mary Ann Russell, Judy Havelock, Viv Michel, Tracy Bond (n\u00e9e Teresa Draco, aka Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo).[citation needed]\n

Most Bond girls are apparently (and sometimes expressly) sexually experienced by the time they meet Bond. Quite often those previous experiences have not been positive, and many Bond girls have had sexual violence inflicted on them in the past, causing them to feel alienated from all men\u2014until Bond comes along. Tiffany Case was gang-raped as a teenager;[24] Honey Ryder was beaten and raped as a teenager by a drunken acquaintance.[25] Pussy Galore was sexually abused at age 12 by her uncle.[26] While there is no such clear-cut trauma in Solitaire's early life, there are suggestions that she, too, avoids men because of their unwanted sexual advances in her past. Kissy Suzuki reports to Bond that during her brief career in Hollywood, when she was 17, \"They thought that because I am Japanese I am some sort of an animal and that my body is for everyone.\"[27] The implication is often that these violent episodes have turned these Bond girls against men, though upon encountering Bond they overcome their earlier antipathy and sleep with him not only willingly but eagerly. The clich\u00e9 reaches an extreme level in Goldfinger, where Pussy Galore is portrayed as a lesbian when she first meets Bond, but at the end of the novel she sleeps with him. When, in bed, he says to her, \"They told me you only liked women,\" she replies, \"I never met a man before.\"[26]\n

In Fleming's novels, many Bond girls have some sort of independent job or even career, often one that was considered inappropriate for women in the 1950s. Lynd, Brand, Tatiana Romanova, Mary Ann Russell, and Mary Goodnight are in intelligence or law-enforcement work. Those who are criminals, such as Case and Galore, tend to be similarly independent-minded in how they approach their work\u2014the latter even running her own syndicate. Even those Bond girls who have more conventional or glamorous jobs show themselves to be invested in having an independent outlook on life. While the Bond girls are clearly intended as sex objects, they are nevertheless portrayed in the novels as having a high degree of independence; this is also frequently (but not always) the case in the films.\n

Most of the novels focus on one particular romance, as some of them do not begin until well into the novel (Casino Royale is a good example). However, several exceptions have been made: In Goldfinger, the Masterton sisters are considered Bond girls (although Tilly is supposedly a lesbian), and after their deaths, Pussy Galore (also supposedly a lesbian) becomes the primary Bond girl. In Thunderball, Bond romances first Patricia Fearing, then later Domino Vitali. In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Bond enters into a relationship and an eventual marriage with Teresa \"Tracy\" di Vicenzo, and sleeps with Ruby Windsor, a patient he meets in Blofeld's hideout while posing as a genealogist. In You Only Live Twice, Bond mainly has a relationship with Kissy Suzuki, but also romances Mariko Ichiban, as well as another girl.\n

Several Bond girls have obvious signs of inner turmoil (Vesper Lynd or Vivienne Michel), and others have traumatic pasts. Most Bond girls whose characters are allowed to develop in the course of the story are flawed, and several have unhappy sexual backgrounds (Ryder, Galore, Case, Michel, and Suzuki, among others).\n

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The inspiration for all of Fleming's Bond girls may be his onetime lover Muriel Wright, who according to The Times:[28]\n

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has a claim to be the fons et origo of the species: pliant and undemanding, beautiful but innocent, outdoorsy, physically tough, implicitly vulnerable and uncomplaining, and then tragically dead, before or soon after marriage.

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Wright was 26 and \"exceptionally beautiful\" when she and Fleming met in 1935. A talented rider, skier, and polo player, Wright was independently wealthy and a model. She was devoted to Fleming, despite his repeated unfaithfulness. She died in an air raid in 1944, devastating Fleming, who called Wright \"too good to be true\".[28]\n

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Ursula Andress (as Honey Ryder) in Dr. No (1962) is widely regarded as the first Bond girl,[29] although she was preceded by both Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench and Zena Marshall as Miss Taro in the same film.[30] Goldfinger (1964), the third, established the Bond girl as regularly appearing in Bond films.[31]\n

There is no set rule on what kind of person a Bond girl will be or what role she will play. She may be an ally or an enemy of Bond, pivotal to the mission or simply there for her looks. There are female characters such as Judi Dench's M, Camille Montes, a Bolivian intelligence agent who teams up with Bond in Quantum of Solace, and Bibi Dahl in For Your Eyes Only, who are not romantic interests of Bond, and hence may not be considered Bond girls.[32][33][34] It has been argued that M's pivotal role in the plot of Skyfall qualifies her as a Bond girl or Bond woman.[35][36][37]\n

There have been many attempts to break down the numerous Bond girls into a top 10 list for the entire series; characters who often appear in these lists include Anya Amasova (from The Spy Who Loved Me, portrayed by Barbara Bach); Pussy Galore (from Goldfinger, portrayed by Honor Blackman); Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (from On Her Majesty's Secret Service, portrayed by Diana Rigg); and often ranked Number 1 on the list, Honey Ryder (from Dr. No, portrayed by Ursula Andress).[38][39] Entertainment Weekly put \"Bond bathing suits\" on its 2009 end-of-the-decade \"best-of\" list, saying, \"And you thought spies were supposed to be inconspicuous! Halle Berry's orange bikini in Die Another Day (2002) and Daniel Craig's supersnug powder blue trunks in Casino Royale (2006) suggest that neither 007 star can keep a secret.\"[40]\n

Monica Bellucci in Spectre became the oldest Bond girl at the age of 50, although she stated that she does not consider herself to be a \"Bond girl\", but a \"Bond woman\".[41]\n

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Roald Dahl said that when writing the script for You Only Live Twice, he was advised to use three Bond girls: The first should die \"preferably in Bond's arms\" early, the second a villain whom Bond seduces before she dies in an unusual and gory way midway, and the third survives to the end of the film.[31] In several, the Bond girl is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess. Examples are Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) in Never Say Never Again (1983), Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in The World Is Not Enough (1999), and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) in Die Another Day (2002). The Dalton films of the 1980s introduced the \"Bond woman\", who is equal to and challenges Bond, but he remains the heterosexual hero; they are depicted with Dalton and later Bonds and their cars and gadgets, implying that all are possessions that Bond can use and dispose.[31]\n

As of 2013, there had been only two films in which James Bond falls in love with the Bond girl. The first was On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), in which Countess Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) marries Bond but is shot dead by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the story's end. The second was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale (2006). Bond confesses his love to her and resigns from MI6 so that they can have a normal life together. He later learns that she had been a double agent working for his enemies. The enemy organisation Quantum had kidnapped her former lover and had been blackmailing her to secure her co-operation. She ends up actually falling in love with Bond, but dies, as Quantum is closing in on her, by drowning in a lift in a building under renovation in Venice.[42][43]\n

With the exception of these two doomed Bond girls, it is never explained why Bond's love interest in one film is gone by the next, and is never mentioned or even alluded to again. This is not always the case in the novels, which do sometimes make references to the Bond girls who have appeared in previous books. Tiffany Case and Honey Ryder are revealed to have married other men (in From Russia With Love and The Man With the Golden Gun respectively), and in Doctor No, Bond briefly wonders about Solitaire. In John Gardner's novels continuing the franchise Bond girls begin to appear in more than one book, often picking up their relationships with Bond from before, and in one case continuing a romance through two consecutive titles. In Licence Renewed it is specifically noted in an epilogue that Bond and Lavender Peacock stopped seeing each other after a brief romance, but Sukie Tempesta (Nobody Lives for Ever), Beatrice Maria da Ricci (Win, Lose or Die), and Fredericka von Gr\u00fcsse (Never Send Flowers) all make return appearances in later books. Anthony Horowitz's Trigger Mortis picks up two weeks after the events in Goldfinger with Bond continuing his relationship with Pussy Galore. A unique case is Mary Goodnight, who appears in the novels On Her Majesty's Secret Service and You Only Live Twice as Bond's secretary, before becoming a full-fledged Bond girl in The Man With the Golden Gun.[citation needed]\n

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The role of a Bond girl, as it has evolved in the films, is typically a high-profile part that can sometimes give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although a number of Bond girls were well-established beforehand. For instance, Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman were both cast as Bond girls after they had already become stars in the United Kingdom for their roles in the television series The Avengers. Teri Hatcher was already known for her role as Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman before she was cast in Tomorrow Never Dies. A few years after playing a Bond girl, she became one of the most highly paid actresses on television, starring in Desperate Housewives. \n

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Broccoli's original choice for the role of Domino Derval was Julie Christie following her performance in Billy Liar in 1963. It seems he was disappointed when he met her so instead he considered Raquel Welch after seeing her on the cover of the October 1964 issue of Life magazine. Welch, however, was hired by Richard Zanuck of 20th Century Fox to appear in the film Fantastic Voyage the same year instead.[44] French actress Claudine Auger was ultimately cast in the role. Thunderball launched Auger into a successful European film career but did little for her in the United States.[45]\n

The producers encountered difficulty in casting the female lead in Casino Royale (2006), due to the perception among many leading actresses that appearing in a James Bond film could hinder their careers. Catherine Zeta Jones was one of several actresses who declined a role in the film. However, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary, with several former Bond girls going on to have very high profile acting careers.[46] Of the earlier actresses, Ursula Andress and Honor Blackman both had well regarded careers, and Jane Seymour\u2014who was an unknown when she was cast in Live and Let Die (the opening credits read \"Introducing Jane Seymour\")\u2014later won an Emmy Award for playing Maria Callas in a TV movie and then became a household name playing the title role in her TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.[47] Since Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli took over producing the films in the mid-1990s, several actresses have also won or been nominated for an Oscar: Kim Basinger in 1998 (Best Supporting Actress), Halle Berry in 2002 (who won Best Actress while she was filming Die Another Day), Rosamund Pike (nominated for Best Actress in 2015), and Michelle Yeoh in 2023 (Best Actress). Ultimately, the up-and-coming actress Eva Green was cast as Vesper Lynd, and won BAFTA's Rising Star Award for her performance.\n

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Prior to the series being rebooted in 2006 with Casino Royale, Sylvia Trench was the only Bond girl character to appear in more than one film (Dr. No in 1962 and From Russia with Love in 1963). She was meant to be Bond's regular girlfriend, but was dropped after her appearance in the second film.[citation needed] After the series was rebooted, Moneypenny was re-introduced in Skyfall (2012) as an agent assisting Bond in his mission and her characterisation was closer to that of a Bond girl; following her demotion at the end of Skyfall the character returned for the next film, Spectre (2015), as M's personal assistant and the characterisation of Moneypenny was closer to that of the original series. L\u00e9a Seydoux, who played Madeleine Swann in Spectre, reprised her role in No Time to Die (2021).\n

In the Eon series, three actresses have made reappearances as different Bond girls: Martine Beswick and Nadja Regin both first appeared in From Russia with Love, and then appeared in Thunderball and Goldfinger respectively. Maud Adams played Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and the eponymous character in Octopussy (1983).\n

If the non-Eon produced films, Casino Royale (1967) and Never Say Never Again (1983), are included, several other actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962) and Casino Royale (1967); Angela Scoular in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Casino Royale (1967); Valerie Leon in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Never Say Never Again.[48]\n

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Casino Royale (1953)Vesper Lynd\n
Live and Let Die (1954)Simone \"Solitaire\" Latrelle\n
Moonraker (1955)Gala Brand\n
Diamonds Are Forever (1956)Tiffany Case\n
From Russia, with Love (1957)Corporal Tatiana Romanova\n
Dr. No (1958)Honeychile Rider\n
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\"From a View to a Kill\" (1960)Mary Ann Russell\n
\"For Your Eyes Only\" (1960)Judy Havelock\n
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\"Risico\" (1960)Lisl Baum\n
\"The Hildebrand Rarity\" (1960)Liz Krest\n
Thunderball (1961)
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The Spy Who Loved Me (1962)Vivienne Michel\n
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)
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You Only Live Twice (1964)
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The Man with the Golden Gun (1965, posthumously)Mary Goodnight\n
\"The Living Daylights\" (1966, posth.)Trigger\n
\"The Property of a Lady\" (1966, posth.)Maria Freudenstein\n
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Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun. Several short stories, such as \"Quantum of Solace\", \"The Hildebrand Rarity\", \"The Living Daylights\", and \"The Property of a Lady\", feature female characters in prominent roles, but none of these women interact with Bond in a romantic way.\n

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Colonel Sun (1968)Kingsley Amis, as Robert MarkhamAriadne Alexandrou\n
Licence Renewed (1981)John GardnerLavender Peacock\n
For Special Services (1982)John Gardner
  • Cedar Leiter
  • Nena Bismaquer
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Icebreaker (1983)John Gardner
  • Paula Vacker
  • Rivke Ingber
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Role of Honour (1984)John GardnerPersephone \"Percy\" Proud\n
Nobody Lives for Ever (1986)John GardnerSukie Tempesta\n
No Deals, Mr. Bond (1987)John GardnerEbbie Heritage\n
Scorpius (1988)John GardnerHarriett Horner\n
Win, Lose or Die (1989)John Gardner\n
  • Clover Pennington
  • Beatrice Maria da Ricci
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Brokenclaw (1990)John GardnerSue Chi-Ho\n
The Man from Barbarossa (1991)John Gardner
  • Stephanie Ador\u00e9
  • Nina Bibikova
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Death is Forever (1992)John GardnerElizabeth \"Easy\" St. John\n
Never Send Flowers (1993)John GardnerFredericka \"Flicka\" von Gr\u00fcsse\n
SeaFire (1994)John GardnerFredericka \"Flicka\" von Gr\u00fcsse\n
COLD (1996)John Gardner
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  • Beatrice Maria da Ricci
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\"Blast From the Past\" (1997)Raymond Benson\u2014\n
Zero Minus Ten (1997)Raymond BensonSunni Pei\n
The Facts of Death (1998)Raymond Benson
  • Niki Mirakos
  • Hera Volopoulos
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\"Midsummer Night's Doom\" (1999)Raymond Benson
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High Time to Kill (1999)Raymond Benson
  • Helena Marksbury
  • Hope Kendal
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\"Live at Five\" (1999)Raymond BensonJanet Davies\n
DoubleShot (2000)Raymond Benson\n
  • Kimberly Feare
  • Heidi Taunt
  • Hedi Taunt
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Never Dream of Dying (2001)Raymond BensonTylyn Mignonne\n
The Man with the Red Tattoo (2002)Raymond Benson
  • Reiko Tamura
  • Mayumi McMahon
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Devil May Care (2008)Sebastian FaulksScarlett Papava\n
Carte Blanche (2011)Jeffery Deaver
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Solo (2013)William Boyd
  • Bryce Fitzjohn
  • Efua Blessing Ogilvy-Grant
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Trigger Mortis (2015)Anthony Horowitz
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Forever and a Day (2018)Anthony HorowitzJoanne \"Sixtine / Madame 16\" Brochet\n
With a Mind to Kill (2022)Anthony HorowitzKatya Leonova\n
On His Majesty's Secret Service (2023)\nCharlie Higson\nRagnei\u00f0ur Radnarsd\u00f3ttir\n
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From Russia with Love
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Goldfinger
Pussy GaloreBonita (Nadja Regin)
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Domino DervalFiona VolpePaula Caplan (Martine Beswick)\n
You Only Live Twice
Kissy SuzukiHelga BrandtAki\n
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Teresa di VicenzoIrma Bunt (Ilse Steppat)Teresa di Vicenzo\n
Diamonds Are ForeverTiffany Case (Jill St. John)Tiffany Case
Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood)\n
Live and Let Die
Solitaire\u2014Rosie Carver\n
The Man with the Golden Gun
Mary Goodnight\u2014Andrea Anders\n
The Spy Who Loved Me
Anya AmasovaNaomi (Caroline Munro)Felicca (Olga Bisera)\n
Moonraker
Holly Goodhead
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  • Blonde Beauty (Irka Bochenko)
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For Your Eyes Only
Melina Havelock\u2014Countess Lisl von Schlaf\n
Octopussy
Octopussy\u2014\u2014\n
A View to a Kill
Stacey Sutton
May Day\n
The Living Daylights
Kara Milovy\u2014\u2014\n
Licence to Kill
Pam Bouvier\u2014Della Churchill (Priscilla Barnes)\n
GoldenEye
Natalya SimonovaXenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen)\u2014\n
Tomorrow Never Dies
Wai Lin\u2014Paris Carver\n
The World Is Not Enough
Dr. Christmas Jones
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Die Another Day
Giacinta \"Jinx\" JohnsonMiranda Frost\u2014\n
Casino RoyaleVesper Lynd (Eva Green)Vesper LyndValenka (Ivana Mili\u010devi\u0107)
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Quantum of SolaceStrawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton)Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko)\u2014Strawberry Fields\n
Skyfall
Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris)\u2014S\u00e9v\u00e9rine\n
Spectre
Dr. Madeleine Swann\u2014\u2014\n
No Time to DieDr. Madeleine Swann (L\u00e9a Seydoux)
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In addition to the Eon Productions films, there have been two Bond films produced by independent studios and one television production. The roles are not as easily categorized.\n

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Casino Royale
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Casino Royale
1967 film		Vesper LyndUrsula Andress\n
Miss Goodthighs\nJacqueline Bisset\n
Miss Moneypenny\nBarbara Bouchet\n
Agent Mimi/Lady Fiona McTarry\nDeborah Kerr\n
The Detainer\nDaliah Lavi\n
Mata Bond\nJoanna Pettet\n
Buttercup\nAngela Scoular\n
Never Say Never Again
1983 film		Domino PetachiKim Basinger\n
Fatima Blush\nBarbara Carrera\n
Patricia Fearing\nPrunella Gee\n
Lady in Bahamas\nValerie Leon\n
Nicole\nSaskia Cohen Tanugi\n
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Agent Under FireZoe NightshadeCaron Pascoe (voice)\n
Adrian Malprave\nEve Karpf (voice)\n
Dr. Natalya Damescu\nBeatie Edney (voice)\n
NightfireDominique ParadisLena Reno (voice)\n
Zoe Nightshade\nJeanne Mori (voice)\n
Alura McCall\nKimberley Davies (voice)\n
Makiko Hayashi\nTamlyn Tomita (voice)\n
Everything or NothingSerena St. GermaineShannon Elizabeth\n
Dr. Katya Nadanova\nHeidi Klum\n
Miss Nagai\nMisaki Ito\n
Mya Starling\nM\u00fda\n
GoldenEye: Rogue AgentPussy GaloreJeannie Elias (voice)\n
Xenia Onatopp\nJenya Lano (voice)\n
From Russia with LoveTatiana RomanovaDaniela Bianchi (likeness), Kari Wahlgren (voice)\n
Eva Adara\nMaria Menounos\n
Elizabeth Stark\nNatasha Bedingfield\n
Blood StoneNicole HunterJoss Stone (likeness and voice)\n
GoldenEye 007Xenia OnatoppKate Magowan (likeness and voice)\n
Natalya Simonova\nKirsty Mitchell (likeness and voice)\n
007 LegendsHolly GoodheadJane Perry\n
Tracy Draco\nDiana Rigg (likeness), Nicola Walker (voice)\n
Pam Bouvier\nCarey Lowell\n
Jinx\nGabriela Montaraz (likeness), Madalena Alberto (voice)\n
Pussy Galore\nHonor Blackman (likeness), Natasha Little (voice)\n
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In 2002 former Bond girl Maryam d'Abo co-wrote the book Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond. This book later became a DVD exclusive documentary featuring d'Abo and other Bond girls, including Ursula Andress. In some locations, the documentary was released as a gift with the purchase of Die Another Day on DVD. The featurette was included on the DVD release of Casino Royale (2006).\n

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References[edit]

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  25. ^ Fleming, Ian, Doctor No (Glidrose, 1958), ch. 11.\n
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  27. ^ Fleming, Ian, You Only Live Twice (Glidrose, 1964), ch. 14.\n
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The voluptuous Swiss actress Ursula Andress is invariably cited as the “first Bond Girl,” and her initial appearance in Dr. No (1962) walking out of the sea in a white bikini is rightly touted as one of the most eye-popping entrances in movie history.

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Discovered in her native Mexico by the film star Errol Flynn, who reportedly became her lover and convinced her to move to Hollywood when she was barely out of high school, Linda Christian starred as “Valerie Mathis” in a TV adaptation of Ian Fleming’s first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1954\u2014almost a full decade before Andress starred as Honey Ryder in Dr. No.

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Almost before the ink was dry on headlines announcing the crash of the first atomic bomb, Hollywood had turned the event to good publicity. At the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio Miss Linda Christians, a hitherto obscure starlet, was solemnly proclaimed the Anatomic Bomb. Half-Mexican, half-Dutch, Linda was born in Tampico, Mexico, thinks it was 22 years ago. Her real name is Blanca Rose Welter. Her father, an oil executive, traveled widely, taking his family with him. They were in Palestine in 1941 during a bomb scare. Linda was evacuated to Mexico with a bad case of malaria, recovered, went to Hollywood to join her brother, got a job modeling hats, was seen and singed by M-G-M. So far she has been in no pictures, the publicity role of the Anatomic Bomb being her first important assignment. With long residence in Holland, Italy, France and Switzerland, Linda thinks Hollywood is wonderful.

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A Look at Every Single Bond Girl Through Time

By Mariana Martinez - Guide

Published: , Last Updated:\u00a0

The 007 film franchise has come a long way since 1962 and our list of all the James Bond girls is accordingly diverse. That said, at least one thing has never changed over the course of 5+ decades and 20+ official entries: pretty much every official Bond girl (and the actress who plays her) goes easy on the eyes. Of course, beauty standards have evolved over the years and the Bond films have too. As such, any list of all the James Bond girls doubles as a historical survey, providing an overview of various shifting trends.

Meanwhile, outright attractiveness isn\u2019t the only consistent Bond girl motif. For example, a number of Bond women first appear as allies or sexual interests before revealing themselves to be double agents and femme fatales. In turn, audiences have learned to be cautious when meeting a new Bond girl, who could very well turn out to be Agent 007\u2019s final undoing. Then we have the \u201csacrificial lambs,\u201d i.e. those who make the mistake of getting too close to the superspy and end up getting killed as a result.

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When Daniel Craig tackled the role of James Bond, the franchise made some radical shifts in its depiction of women. For example, it introduced Dame Judi Dench as M, Bond\u2019s superior and the head of MI6. Representing another benchmark, 2006\u2019s \u201cCasino Royale\u201d was the first film in over 35 years to have Bond openly professing his love for a woman. That woman was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) and she played a vital role in both \u201cCasino Royale\u201d and its follow-up, \u201cQuantum of Solace.\u201d

The upcoming Bond film, \u201cNo Time to Die,\u201d will continue to reposition the role of women within the iconic franchise. To ensure as much, \u201cFleabag\u201d creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge was brought on to co-write the screenplay. With her help, Daniel Craig\u2019s Bond keeps his romantic streak alive, reportedly marrying Dr. Madeleine Swann (L\u00e9a Seydoux). Showing just how far both society and the franchise has come, Swann retains her maiden name.

No matter where the series goes from here, odds are it will hang tight to one of its foremost traditions (even if that means introducing \u201cBond men\u201d somewhere down the road). Today, we honour that tradition with a list of all the James Bond girls (and actresses). Starting with the first Bond girl and ending with the latest, here we go.

1. Dr. No (1962)

\"Ursula
Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder | Image: United Artists

Honey Ryder

Actress: Ursula Andress

Long before Halle Berry emerged from the water in a head-turning bikini, a seashell-slinger named Honey Ryder did the very same thing. Played by European starlet Ursula Andress, the fiercely independent character set a precedent by wrapping brains, beauty, and an element of danger into one iconic package. To this day, many refer to Ryder as the first Bond girl.

\"Eunice
Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench | Image: United Artists

Sylvia Trench

Actress: Eunice Gayson

Considered the \u201cother\u201d first Bond girl, Sylvia Trench appears in the opening scene of \u201cDr No\u201d and sticks around for both this film and its follow-up, \u201cFrom Russia with Love.\u201d As Bond\u2019s love interest, she gets left in the lurch every time he gets called away on a mission. So goes the life of a superspy\u2019s girlfriend.

\"Zena
Zena Marshall as Miss Taro | Image: United Artists

Miss Taro

Actress: Zena Marshall

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Working for Dr No, the lovely Miss Taro attempts to lure Agent 007 into a deadly trap. Sensing danger, Bond quickly turns the tables on both his seductress and her boss. Miss Taro was the first of many femme fatales to cross paths with Agent 007.

2. From Russia with Love (1963)

\"Daniela
Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana Romanova | Image: United Artists

Tatiana Romanova

Actress: Daniela Bianchi

Originally hired to seduce and unwittingly betray Bond, Soviet agent Tatiana Romanova ends up helping him instead. A short-lived romance ensues.

\"Aliza
Aliza Gur as Vida | Image: Popperfoto

Vida

Actress: Aliza Gur

Representing one of the early franchise\u2019s many anachronisms, a gypsy named Vida (played by Israeli actress Aliza Gur) engages in a brutal catfight over a man. When Connery\u2019s Bond breaks up the fight, his reward is to spend some quality time with both participants.

\"Martine
Martine Beswick as Zora | Image: Popperfoto

Zora

Actress: Martine Beswick

The other gypsy involved in the catfight is Zora, who\u2019s ready and willing to die for her man. Actress Martine Beswick (who was accidentally credited as Martin Beswick during the opening title sequence) would later appear as Bond girl Paula Caplan in 1965\u2019s \u201cThunderball.\u201d

3. Goldfinger

\"Honor
Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore | Image: George Konig

Pussy Galore

Actress: Honor Blackman

No list of Bond girls is complete without Pussy Galore, whose tawdry name is too NSFW to Google. Ripped straight from the pages of Ian Fleming\u2019s original novel, she\u2019s the leader of a female aviation group and one of Goldfinger\u2019s top henchwomen. After Bond basically forces himself upon her, she eventually caves and then switches sides. Suffice it to say, everything surrounding this character has aged poorly.

\"Shirley
Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson | Image: Danjaq

Jill Masterson

Actress: Shirley Eaton

One of the most iconic scenes in \u201cGoldfinger\u201d involves the assassination of this Bond girl, who\u2019s sprawled across the bed and covered head to toe in gold paint. Her fatal mistake? Helping Bond, naturally.

\"Tania
Tania Mallet as Tilly Masterson | Image: United Artists

Tilly Masterson

Actress: Tania Mallet

Seeking revenge for her sister\u2019s death, Tilly Masterson tries to take out Goldfinger on two separate occasions. After both failed attempts, she gets killed by Oddjob and his deadly steel-rimmed hat.

\"Greyscale
Nadja Regin as Bonita | Image: Getty Images

Bonita

Actress: Nadja Regin

In the pre-title sequence of \u201cGoldfinger,\u201d Bond is taking care of some \u201cunfinished business\u201d when he walks in on Bonita while she\u2019s taking a bath.\u00a0As it turns out, this Bond girl has some unfinished business of her own.

4. Thunderball

\"Claudine
Claudine Auger as Domino Derval | Image: Danjaq

Domino Derval

Actress: Claudine Auger

Another early Bond film means another woman who simply can\u2019t resist his advances. This time around, that woman is Domino Derval, who betrays SPECTRE Agent Emilio Largo after an underwater encounter with Agent 007.

\"Martine
Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan | Image: Apic

Paula Caplan

Actress: Martine Beswick

You might recognise Bond girl actress Martine Beswick from her previous appearance as a catfighting gypsy in \u201cFrom Russia with Love.\u201d Here, she plays Paula Caplan, who helps Bond in his mission and then meets with an untimely demise.

\"Luciana
Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe | Image: United Artists

Fiona Volpe

Actress: Luciana Paluzzi

Bond quite literally flirts with danger when he beds this SPECTRE assassin, who later gets killed during a clever dance sequence.

\"Molly
Molly Peters as Patricia \u201cPat\u201d Fearing | Image: United Artists

Patricia \u201cPat\u201d Fearing

Actress: Molly Peters

While recovering from a hangover and subsequent assassination attempt, Bond earns the affection of this sexy and sympathetic nurse. A steamy fling follows.

\"Maryse
Maryse Guy Mitsouko as Mademoiselle La Porte | Image: United Artists

Mademoiselle La Porte

Actress: Maryse Guy Mitsouko

Given her all-too-brief appearance as a French liaison, Mademoiselle La Porte barely qualifies as a Bond girl. We\u2019ll put her name on the list anyway!

5. You Only Live Twice

\"Karin
Karin Dor as Helga Brandt | Image: United Artists

Helga Brandt

Actress: Karin Dor

After seducing Bond, this sultry SPECTRE henchwoman fails to kill him the next morning. As punishment, she\u2019s dropped into a pool of deadly piranhas. It\u2019s one heck of a way to go.

\"Akiko
Akiko Wakabayashi as Aki | Image: United Artists

Aki

Actress: Akiko Wakabayashi

A top agent for the Japanese secret service, Aki saves Bond\u2019s life a few times and eventually dies as a result, thereby fulfilling the \u201csacrificial lamb\u201d archetype.

\"Mie
Mie Hama as Kissy Suzuki | Image: United Artists

Kissy Suzuki

Actress: Mie Hama

Bond goes undercover as a Japanese fisherman and stages a mock wedding with this poorly named Bond girl, who happens to be a ninja. Yeah, times have definitely changed since the early Bond films.

\"Tsai
Tsai Chin as Ling | Image: United Artists

Ling

Actress: Tsai Chin

Speaking of things that films can no longer get away with, \u201cYou Only Live Twice\u201d opens with Bond and Ling in bed, where he ponders the taste of Chinese girls. Yikes.

6. On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service

\"Diana
Diana Rigg as Teresa di Vicenzo | Image: Danjaq

Teresa di Vicenzo

Actress: Diana Rigg

This beautiful contessa was the first Mrs. Bond and, therefore, one of the franchise\u2019s most important characters. Unfortunately, she gets assassinated by SPECTRE on the day of her wedding.

\"Angela
Angela Scoular as Ruby Bartlett | Image: United Artists

Ruby Bartlett

Actress: Angela Scoular

SPECTRE leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his righthand woman Irma Bunt have numerous Bond girls up their proverbial sleeves, including this one. While under hypnosis, Ruby leads Bond into the clutches of the enemy.

\"Catherine
Catherine Schell as Nancy | Image: United Artists

Nancy

Actress: Catherine Schell

As one of the only males in a Swiss clinic, George Lazenby\u2019s Bond draws all kinds of female attention. Who is Nancy to resist?

7. Diamonds are Forever

\"Jill
Jill St. John as Tiffany Case | Image: United Artists

Tiffany Case

Actress: Jill St. John

After Bond saves her life, diamond smuggler Tiffany Case abandons SPECTRE to start playing for the good guys. With her help, Bond takes down Blofeld once and for all.

\"Lana
Lana Wood as Plenty O\u2019Toole | Image: Danjaq

Plenty O\u2019Toole

Actress: Lana Wood

In the early Bond films, cheesy and highly suggestive names simply came with the territory. Enter Plenty O\u2019Toole, a gold-digging Bond girl who gets thrown out of a window by mobsters.

\"Lola
Lola Larson as Bambi | Image: Maritius Images

Bambi

Actress: Lola Larson

One of two gymnastic bodyguards, Bambi helps keep Willard Whyte prisoner in his Las Vegas villa.

\"Trina
Trina Parks as Thumper | Image: United Artists

Thumper

Actress: Trina Parks

Introducing the other gymnastic bodyguard: Thumper. When Bond arrives at the villa, he squares off against both women and their formidable martial arts skills.

\"Denise
Denise Perrier as Marie | Image: United Artists

Marie

Actress: Denise Perrier

Using her bra as a weapon, Bond squeezes vital information out of the lovely Marie.

8. Live and Let Die

\"Jane
Jane Seymour as Solitaire | Image: United Artists

Solitaire

Actress: Jane Seymour

Among all the early Bond girl actresses, Jane Seymour went on to have one of the biggest careers. In \u201cLive and Let Die\u201d, she plays Solitaire, a psychic tarot card reader who loses her unique powers after making love to Bond.

\"Gloria
Gloria Hendry as Rosie Carver | Image: United Artists

Rosie Carver

Actress: Gloria Hendry

Bond girl Rosie Carver presents herself as a CIA agent, but she\u2019s secretly working for drug kingpin Dr. Kanaga. That can only lead to one thing: death by scarecrow.

\"Madeline
Madeline Smith as Miss Caruso | Image: Mirrorpix

Miss Caruso

Actress: Madeline Smith

The Italian secret service is missing one of its top agents, Miss Caruso. As it turns out, she\u2019s been hiding in Bond\u2019s bed.

9. The Man with the Golden Gun

\"Britt
Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight | Image: United Artists

Mary Goodnight

Actress: Britt Ekland

Swedish bombshell Britt Ekland plays Mary Goodnight, Bond\u2019s secretary and travelling assistant. She and Bond miraculously avoid a romantic tryst, though it\u2019s not for a lack of trying.

\"Maud
Maud Adams as Andrea Anders | Image: Eon Productions

Andrea Anders

Actress: Maud Adams

Assassin Francisco Scaramanga is the man with the golden gun, even if that sounds like a pet name for Bond himself. Scaramanga\u2019s girlfriend is Andrea Anders, who betrays him and then suffers the ultimate fate. This was the first of two appearances by Maud Adams, who later starred as a different Bond girl in \u201cOctopussy.\u201d

\"Carmen
Carmen du Sautoy as Saida | Image: Eon Productions

Saida

Actress: Carmen du Sautoy

Hoping to find out what happened to a fellow MI6 agent, Bond visits the agent\u2019s lover, a Lebanese belly dancer named Saida.

\"Francoise
Francoise Therry as Chew Mee | Image: Thunderballs

Chew Mee

Actress: Francoise Therry

In case you were wondering, the campy Bond girl names were alive and well in 1974. For proof, look no further than Chew Mee, played by Francoise Therry. Oh, and let\u2019s not forget about her occasional suitor, Hai Fat.

10. The Spy Who Loved Me

\"Barbara
Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova | Image: Danjaq

Anya Amasova

Actress: Barbara Bach

Her official Bond girl name was Anya Amasova, but she also went by the code-name \u2018Triple X.\u2019 She sits next to Roger Moore\u2019s Bond inside a Lotus Espirit during a gripping car chase sequence. Meanwhile, the actress playing her would go on to marry a Beatle. What more do you need to know?

\"Sue
Sue Vanner as Log Cabin Girl | Image: United Artists

Log Cabin Girl

Actress: Sue Vanner

\u201cBut James, I need you,\u201d says Log Cabin Girl as Bond gets up to leave. \u201cSo does England,\u201d he replies. With that, he\u2019s out the door and she\u2019s on the radio, revealing herself as a secret KGB agent.

\"Caroline
Caroline Munro as Naomi | Image: United Artists

Naomi

Actress: Caroline Munro

Working for Bond enemy Karl Stromberg probably means you\u2019re going to blow up in a helicopter before the movie ends\u2026and that\u2019s exactly what happens to poor Naomi.

\"Olga
Olga Bisera as Felicca | Image: United Artists

Felicca

Actress: Olga Bisera

After being hired to seduce Agent 007, Felicca ends up falling for the spy and fulfilling the role of \u201csacrificial lamb.\u201d You know what that means: \u201cBye, Felicca!\u201d

11. Moonraker

\"Lois
Lois Chiles as Holly Goodhead | Image: Danjaq

Holly Goodhead

Actress: Lois Chiles

Her name is Holly Goodhead and she narrowly avoids an explosion involving rockets. Have we fulfilled our innuendo quota yet?

\"Corinne
Corinne Cl\u00e9ry as Corinne Dufour | Image: United Artists

Corinne Dufour

Actress: Corinne Cl\u00e9ry

After sleeping with Bond, Corinne shares vital information about Hugo Drax and then gets killed by a pack of wild dogs. Sounds about right.

\"Emily
Emily Bolton as Manuela | Image: PictureLux

Manuela

Actress: Emily Bolton

Manuela mixes Bond a vodka martini in his hotel suite. After shaking and not stirring, she helps him locate one of Drax\u2019s warehouses, where the assassin Jaws awaits.

\"Leila
Leila Shenna as Private Jet Hostess | Image: United Artists

Private Jet Hostess

Actress: Leila Shenna

In the pre-title sequence, Bond is aboard a private jet and on the last leg (both literally and figuratively) of his latest mission. It\u2019s a leisurely trip until the hostess pulls out a gun and reveals herself as the enemy. Soon enough, Bond is soaring through the air without a parachute.

12. For Your Eyes Only

\"Carole
Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock | Image: Sunset Boulevard

Melina Havelock

Actress: Carole Bouquet

After her parents are assassinated by a hitman, Melina tracks the perpetrator down and kills him with a crossbow. Eventually, she teams up with Bond to find the person who ordered the hit.

\"Lynn-Holly
Lynn-Holly Johnson as Bibi Dahl | Image: United Artists

Bibi Dahl

Actress: Lynn-Holly Johnson

Professional skater Lynn-Holly Johnson starred as Bibi Dahl, who also happens to skate for a living. Despite her many attempts to woo Bond, he turns her down due to her young age.

\"Cassandra
Cassandra Harris as Countess Lisl von Schlaf | Image: Keith Hamshere

Countess Lisl von Schlaf

Actress: Cassandra Harris

Greek smuggler Milos Columbo has a mistress and her name is Countess Lisl von Schlaf. She spends the night with Bond and then meets a tragic fate, like so many before her.

13. Octopussy

\"Maud
Maud Adams as Octopussy | Image: MGM

Octopussy

Actress: Maud Adams

With a title like \u201cOctopussy,\u201d you\u2019d think this instalment was a list of Bond girls unto itself. Instead, it\u2019s a relatively standard\u2014albeit blatantly cheeky\u2014entry in the franchise. At the heart of the film is the title character, who operates a floating palace of female acrobats. Actress Maud Adams had previously appeared as a different Bond girl in \u201cThe Man with the Golden Gun.\u201d

\"Kristina
Kristina Wayborn as Magda | Image: MGM

Magda

Actress: Kristina Wayborn

Octopussy\u2019s righthand woman is Magda, who\u2019s ordered to sleep with Bond.

\"Tina
Tina Hudson as Bianca | Image: MGM

Bianca

Actress: Tina Hudson

When Bond gets captured during a mission, it\u2019s MI6 Agent Bianca and her superb driving skills to the rescue.

14. A View to a Kill

\"Tanya
Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton | Image: Keith Hamshere

Stacey Sutton

Actress: Tanya Roberts

Actress Tanya Roberts starred in the final season of \u201cCharlie\u2019s Angels\u201d before landing the role of wealthy Bond girl Stacey Sutton. After pointing a shotgun at Bond, she learns to trust him and eventually helps him take down Max Zorin.

\"Grace
Grace Jones as May Day | Image: Danjaq

May Day

Actress: Grace Jones

If May Day is one of the most iconic Bond girl names, it\u2019s thanks to actress Grace Jones. After trying to kill Bond multiple times, she gets double-crossed by Zorin and then switches sides.

\"Mary
Mary St\u00f6vin as Kimberley Jones | Image: MGM

Kimberley Jones

Actress: Mary St\u00f6vin

In the infamous pre-title sequence, Bond snowboards down a mountain and evades all sorts of obstacles before arriving at a cleverly concealed boat. Waiting on board is fellow MI6 Agent Kimberley Jones with caviar and a bottle of vodka. All those near-death experiences were totally worth it.

\"Fiona
Fiona Fullerton as Pola Ivanova | Image: MGM

Pola Ivanova

Actress: Fiona Fullerton

Bond and KGB Agent Pola Ivanova hit up the spa and slip into the hot tub for a night of steamy deception.

15. The Living Daylights

\"Maryam
Maryam d\u2019Abo as Kara Milovy | Image: Danjaq

Kara Milovy

Actress: Maryam d\u2019Abo

Timothy Dalton\u2019s Bond finds a friend in Kara Milovy, but only after deciding not to kill her.

\"Kell
Kell Tyler as Linda | Image: Danjaq

Linda

Actress: Kell Tyler

Bored of \u201cplayboys and tennis pros,\u201d socialite Linda pines for a \u201creal man\u201d while aboard a yacht. On cue, Bond arrives by way of smoldering parachute. He joins her for champagne and perhaps some extracurricular activities.

16. Licence to Kill

\"Carey
Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier | Image: Thunderballs

Pam Bouvier

Actress: Carey Lowell

An ex-army pilot and CIA informant, Pam Bouvier flies Bond to Isthmus City and adopts the guise of his executive secretary. Eventually, the two strike up a romance.

\"Talisa
Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora | Image: Danjaq

Lupe Lamora

Actress: Talisa Soto

After crossing paths on more than one occasion, Bond forces Lupe to take him to drug kingpin Franz Sanchez. She later makes a pass at Bond, but alas, his heart belongs to Pam Bouvier\u2026for this one movie.

17. Goldeneye

\"Famke
Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp | Image: Getty Images

Xenia Onatopp

Actress: Famke Janssen

When Pierce Brosnan stepped into the role of Agent 007, it spawned a new wave of high-profile Bond girl names and actresses. That included Famke Janssen and her on-screen counterpart Xenia Onatopp, henchwoman for rogue agent Alec Trevelyan.

\"Izabella
Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova | Image: Danjaq

Natalya Simonova

Actress: Izabella Scorupco

After narrowly escaping death at the hands of Xenia Onatopp, Natalya uses her computer skills to help Bond in his mission.

\"Serena
Serena Gordon as Caroline | Image: United Artists

Caroline

Actress: Serena Gordon

MI6 psychologist Caroline gets more than she bargained for when joining Bond for a ride in his Aston Martin DB5. A near brush with death doesn\u2019t stop her from quickly yielding to Bond\u2019s advances.

18. Tomorrow Never Dies

\"Michelle
Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin | Image: Keith Hamshere

Wai Lin

Actress: Michelle Yeoh

Actress Michelle Yeoh was a Hong Kong action star by the time she starred as Wai Lin, who teams up with Bond to bring down crazed media mogul Elliot Carver.

\"Teri
Teri Hatcher as Paris Carver | Image: Danjaq

Paris Carver

Actress: Teri Hatcher

Playing a different sort of desperate housewife, Teri Hatcher tackles the role of Paris Carver, former Bond flame and spouse to Elliot Carver. Upon selling out her husband, Carver\u2019s fate as sacrificial lamb is more or less sealed.

\"Cecilie
Cecilie Thomsen as Professor Inga Bergstrom | Image: Danjaq

Professor Inga Bergstrom

Actress: Cecilie Thomsen

Bond is \u201cjust brushing up on a little Danish\u201d when he slips under the sheets with Professor Inga Bergstrom, who teaches Danish at Oxford University.

19. The World is Not Enough

\"Denise
Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas Jones | Image: Rex Features

Dr. Christmas Jones

Actress: Denise Richards

Amongst Bond girl names and actresses, who can forget Dr. Christmas Jones, as portrayed by Denise Richards? The world\u2019s most unlikely nuclear physicist, Jones helps Bond unravel a sinister scheme. Talk about brains and beauty!

\"Sophie
Sophie Marceau as Elektra King | Image: Rex Features

Elektra King

Actress: Sophie Marceau

Suffering from a nasty case of neglect, wealthy heiress Elektra King kills her father and then tries to blow up Instanbul. Legendary French actress and filmmaker Sophie Marceau tackles the role.

\"Serena
Serena Scott Thomas as Dr. Molly Warmflash | Image: MGM

Dr. Molly Warmflash

Actress: Serena Scott Thomas

The franchise had come a long way since the days of Pussy Galore, but cheeky Bond girl names persisted. That brings us to Dr. Molly Warmflash, who tells Bond he better call her after they sleep together.

20. Die Another Day

\"Halle
Halle Berry as Jinx | Image: MGM

Jinx

Actress: Halle Berry

Paying tribute to original (and arguably first) Bond girl Honey Ryder, Halle Berry\u2019s Jinx emerges from the sea in a skimpy bikini, a hunting knife attached to her side. It might very well be the most famous moment in Bond girl history. Presuming you can get that image off the mind, you might recall that Jinx is an NSA assassin.

\"Rosamund
Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost | Image: MGM

Miranda Frost

Actress: Rosamund Pike

Long before she was a gone girl, actress Rosamund Pike was a Bond girl. More than that, she was an MI6 agent and former Olympic fencing champion named Miranda Frost, who\u2019s much more dangerous than meets the eye.

\"Rachel
Rachel Grant as Peaceful Fountains of Desire | Image: Thunderballs

Peaceful Fountains of Desire

Actress: Rachel Grant

Upon his arrival at the Hong Kong Yacht Club Hotel, Bond is greeted at the door by this Chinese masseuse. What starts as a friendly massage becomes something far more devious in no time at all.

21. Casino Royale

\"Eva
Eva Green as Vesper Lynd | Image: MGM

Vesper Lynd

Actress: Eva Green

Daniel Craig brought a certain amount of gravitas to the role of Bond and his relationships followed suit. Nowhere was that more evident than with Vesper Lynd, who saves Bond\u2019s life and steals his heart in the process. When Vesper fails to leave her past behind, it results in tragedy.

\"Catherina
Catherina Murino as Solange Dimitrios | Image: Danjaq

Solange Dimitrios

Actress: Catherina Murino

After winning an Aston Martin DB5 in a poker game, Bond uses it as a sly way to trick and charm Solange Dimitrios, wife to a villain.

\"Dame
Dame Judi Dench as M | Image: Danjaq

M

Actress: Dame Judi Dench

While not technically a \u201cBond girl,\u201d Dame Judi Dench and her turn as M is too great to leave off the list!

22. Quantum of Solace

\"Olga
Olga Kurylenko as Camille Montes | Image: Sputnik/AFP

Camille Montes

Actress: Olga Kurylenko

Bond and Camille Montes both have revenge on the mind, so they team up to make it happen.

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Strawberry Fields

Actress: Gemma Arterton

Bond might be crushed by the loss of Vesper Lynd, but that doesn\u2019t stop him from seducing MI6 office worker Strawberry Fields.

23. Skyfall

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S\u00e9v\u00e9rine

Actress: B\u00e9r\u00e9nice Marlohe

Bond tries to free S\u00e9v\u00e9rine from the clutches of Silva, only to end up watching her die, wasting good Scotch in the process.

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Bond\u2019s Lover

Actress: Tonia Sotiropoulou

A non-speaking Bond girl with no credited name is still a Bond girl, damn it!

24. Spectre

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Dr. Madeleine Swann

Actress: L\u00e9a Seydoux

The daughter of a deceased SPECTRE agent, French psychologist Dr. Madeleine Swann joins Bond on adventures of both the action-packed and romantic variety. At the end of the film, Bond and Swann drive toward the sunset in his Aston Martin DB5.

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Lucia Sciarra

Actress: Monica Bellucci

Lucia Sciarra isn\u2019t exactly thrilled when she discovers that James Bond killed her husband, but she sleeps with him anyway. Some traditions never die.

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Eve Moneypenny

Actress: Naomie Harris

Actress Naomie Harris isn\u2019t the first to play Eve Moneypenny\u2014secretary to M\u2014but she is the most notable.

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Estrella

Actress: Stephanie Sigman

Making a brief appearance, Mexican intelligence operative Estrella joins Bond at a Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico City. He then leaves her hanging in a hotel room. How rude!

25. No Time to Die

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Paloma

Actress: Ana de Armas

Preceded by a long list of legends, Cuban actress Ana de Armas will become one of the newest Bond girls in the upcoming instalment. Excellent choice!

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Nomi

Actress: Lashana Lynch

She might be on our list of all the James Bond girls, but Lashana Lynch transcends prototype by appearing as Agent 007 toward the beginning of the film. Things presumably change when Bond comes out of retirement. Wait, he\u00a0does\u00a0come out of retirement, right?

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Dr. Madeleine Swann

Actress: L\u00e9a Seydoux

We\u2019ve tried to avoid doubling down on Bond girl names, but Dr. Madeleine Swann is too integral to the upcoming instalment to leave out. Here\u2019s hoping she makes it past the wedding!

General FAQ

Here are some common questions (and their answers) that people have been asking about Bond girls.

Who was first Bond girl?

While not technically the first love interest to appear on screen, most people consider Ursula Andress to be the first Bond girl. She played the role of Honey Ryder, who famously emerged from the sea in a bikini with a hunting knife strapped to her side.

Who is the best Bond girl?

No one really agrees as to who the 'best' Bond girl is, but Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), and Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) appear on numerous lists.

Who was a Bond girl twice?

Actresses Maud Adams and Martine Beswick have both appeared as two different Bond girls, while actresses Eva Green, Eunice Gayson, L\u00e9a Seydoux, and Naomie Harris have played the same Bond girl in more than one film.

Why did Vesper Lynd die?

After embezzling money behind Bond's back, Vesper Lynd locks herself into a sinking elevator. As a final gesture, she kisses Bond's hand and frees him from guilt.

Why did Vesper lock herself in?

Having betrayed Bond by bringing embezzled money to Quantum henchmen, Vesper Lynd locks herself into a sinking elevator so as to commit suicide.

Does Bond girl die in Casino Royale?

Bond's love interest, Vesper Lynd, dies by drowning at the end of Casino Royale.

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The Evolution Of The Bond Girl

It\u2019s been a long journey.

by Katherine J. Igoe
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James Bond is part of our cultural DNA, and so too is the \u201cBond girl\u201d \u2014 the woman who aids, fights, and loves the British super-spy. Historically, there are a few options for Bond girls: the enemy who\u2019s wooed to Bond\u2019s side, the accomplice, the competent \u201cfemale James Bond.\u201d And then there are a few that exist out of these categories entirely, though traditionally, they\u2019ll either die, or they end the movie as Bond\u2019s love interest.

Over the years, the Bond girl has at times been afflicted with the worst aspects of the franchise \u2014 specifically, its sexist, racist, classist, and generally stereotypical tendencies. (Some people don\u2019t even like to use the term Bond girl, labeling it dismissive.) The benefit of the franchise\u2019s longevity is that this archetype has been given time to evolve. But, as this list shows, for every empowered woman lead, there\u2019s another who loses her agency and sometimes her life in service to the MI6 agent.

Recent films have fortunately fared better, and 2021\u2019s No Time to Die seems like it\u2019s no exception: The movie will see Nomi (Lashana Lynch) take up the mantle of 007, and a brilliant, lively performance from Ana de Armas, in addition to the return of Spectre Bond girl Madeleine Swann (L\u00e9a Seydoux).

While this list doesn\u2019t include every single Bond girl ever, it provides a timeline of important, iconic, and influential characters who have helped shape the Bond universe. Each one has added something important to our understanding of the Bond girl, whether it be a crucial step forward, or several embarrassing steps back.

Sylvia Trench

Dr. No (1962)

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The first Bond girl ever! Eunice Gayson (voiced by Nikki van der Zyl) as Sylvia Trench stuns in an orange-red ballgown and flirts with Bond at a London club. She was initially going to be a recurring character and, in fact, she did make a cameo in the later Bond film From Russia With Love. She\u2019s also one half of what would become an iconic exchange:

Bond: \u201cI admire your courage, Miss, er... ?\u201d

Trench: \u201cTrench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr... ?\u201d

Bond: \u201cBond, James Bond.\u201d

Honey Ryder

Dr. No (1962)

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Of course, when you think Bond girl, you probably think about the second woman who appears in Dr. No: shell diver Honey Ryder (played by Ursula Andress, dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl and Diana Coupland). Her introduction, in which she rises from the sea in a white bikini, is iconic. She gets drawn into the plot somewhat by accident, and isn\u2019t given a lot of actual agency and, but the fact that she\u2019s suspicious of Bond and brandishes a knife at him augurs things to come \u2014 even if she does end the movie, like so many Bond girls, in a passionate embrace with the spy.

Tatiana Romanova

From Russia with Love (1963)

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Even this early in the franchise, fans did catch glimpses of \u201cthe competent Bond girl.\u201d Tatiana (Daniela Bianchi, voiced by Barbara Jefford) is a fervently patriotic Russian agent and former ballerina, who\u2019s forced to reevaluate her devotion to duty and country when she meets Bond. After starting out as a naive SPECTRE pawn, she reclaims some of her agency over the course of the film.

Rosa Klebb

From Russia with Love (1963)

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Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), while not a Bond girl in the typical sense \u2014 she\u2019s a SPECTRE agent with a knack for torture \u2014 absolutely merits a mention on this list. An efficient killer with a devilishly smart assassination technique (specifically, sticking someone to death with a knife concealed in her shoe), Klebb falls into the unfortunate stereotype of the \u201cevil/psychotic lesbian\u201d (it\u2019s made even more explicit in Ian Fleming\u2019s book of the same name, on which the film is based). But she\u2019s still notable for as an early female villain who has what it takes to go toe-to-toe with Bond.

Jill Masterson

Goldfinger (1964)

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If you\u2019re unfamiliar, this is the Bond girl who\u2019s best known for her cause of death: gold paint, slathered all over her body. She\u2019s not in many scenes, and she follows a typical trajectory: woman works for the bad guy; woman is swayed over to Bond\u2019s side; woman is immediately murdered. The death was creative and spawned a (false) urban legend that the actor Shirley Eaton actually died from being painted gold, but it\u2019s also a depressing plot device that\u2019s solely added for shock value.

Pussy Galore

Goldfinger (1964)

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Aside from the patently ridiculous name, Pussy was a queer-coded, feisty nemesis with fighting skills, who showed an initial disinterest in Bond. Her fight-turned-love scene with Bond is interpreted by many as an assault, and Fleming\u2019s portrayal of the character in the book on which the film is based is now seen as offensive. Honor Blackman, then 39, was the oldest Bond girl at the time; she also did her own stunts, and took issue with the term \u201cBond girl.\u201d

Fiona Volpe

Thunderball (1965)

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To call Fiona \u201cformidable\u201d would be an understatement. She\u2019s a SPECTRE assassin who has no issue killing anyone who gets in her way or screws up the mission. The femme fatale beds Bond and then immediately turns on him, getting in a few insults before engaging in a chase that (sigh) leads to Bond using her as a human shield for a bullet meant for him.

Domino Derval

Thunderball (1965)

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Domino (played by Claudine Auger, voiced by Nikki van der Zyl) is initially the mistress of SPECTRE leader Emilio Largo, but her allegiances chance when she learns Largo killed her brother. She joins forces with Bond and \u2014 unlike some of the women before her \u2014 does not die. She actually manages to kill Largo herself, and she\u2019s glad she did it. For a character dragged into the action, she really holds her own.

Aki

You Only Live Twice (1967)

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You Only Live Twice is now known as the immensely racist film where Bond dons yellowface, but Japanese actor Akiko Wakabayashi gives a great performance, and is a bright spot in the otherwise less-than-great movie. Her character actively assists Bond as an agent \u2014 but then is murdered midway through the film with poison meant for Bond. Also, she\u2019s forced to say this line when Bond takes her to bed: \u201cI think I will enjoy very much serving under you.\u201d Yikes.

Kissy Suzuki

You Only Live Twice (1967)

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Kissy (Mie Hama, dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl) plays Bond\u2019s \u201cwife\u201d as part of his bid to remain undercover. She doesn\u2019t have as large of a role, but the part made the actor a celebrity in her native Japan. She subsequently distanced herself from acting and from being a Bond girl, saying, \u201cI didn\u2019t want that image to stick with me.\u201d

Tracy, Teresa Draco di Vicenzo

On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service (1969)

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Tracy (Diana Rigg, in a typically stellar performance) doesn\u2019t just match Bond \u2014 she exceeds him in every way with her energy and talent. Largely considered one of the best Bond girls ever, in part due to her rich backstory as a grieving heiress, she\u2019s also the only woman to marry Bond. Spoiler alert: she is immediately murdered. I guess that\u2019s one way to preserve Bond\u2019s single status, but it\u2019s still a tragedy.

Tiffany Case

Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

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Known as the Bond film with the annoying, strangely named women, Diamonds Are Forever sees \u201cPlenty O\u2019Toole\u201d (Lana Wood) replaced by \u201cTiffany Case\u201d (Jill St. John) as the true lead of the movie. Like with a lot of Ian Fleming\u2019s characters, including Pussy Galore before her, Tiffany\u2019s hatred of men is chalked up to an early rape in the book; the movie erases this aspect and softens her character but still makes her flaky and incompetent. The first major American Bond girl didn\u2019t get a very fair shake.

Rosie Carver

Live and Let Die (1973)

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Bond\u2019s first Black love interest dies depressingly quickly. The additional choice to make her hysterical and bad at her job hasn\u2019t aged well; it\u2019s very much a missed opportunity. Actor Gloria Hendry has spoken out about the need to have more women involved in the franchise, and said she even suggested Halle Berry be cast as the next (female) Bond.

Solitaire

Live and Let Die (1973)

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Jane Seymour, who plays tarot reader Solitaire, was 20 at the time of filming, and has said that her doe-eyed character was meant to look like a virgin. So it\u2019s not a great look that she not only sleeps with Bond, but does so despite knowing it\u2019ll cause her to lose her psychic talents. Also not great? The fact that Bond stacks a deck of tarot cards to trick her into pulling the \u201cLovers\u201d card and sleeping with him. Ew.

Andrea Anders

The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

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Maud Adams has the distinction of having played two Bond girls in the franchise. The first one, as the mistress of an assassin, is the less fun role. She enlists Bond\u2019s help because she feels trapped. Bond surprises her in the shower, threatens her, and then smacks her in the face. Then she still decides to sleep with him later \u2014 and is immediately murdered by her assassin boyfriend.

Mary Goodnight

The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)

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Played by Britt Ekland, Mary Goodnight is portrayed as \u201cairhead\u201d operative constantly trying (and failing) to help with the mission \u2014 a foil for Bond\u2019s competence. But the poor thing has a tough time; her character arc includes being kidnapped by the aforementioned assassin, being constantly forced to wear a bikini, Princess Leia-style, and having to hide in a closet while Bond romances Andrea.

Major Anya Amasova

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

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Agent XXX (sigh), aka Anya, is a nice return to the \u201ccompetent\u201d Bond girl. She\u2019s a Russian spy who resolves to kill Bond for murdering her lover, a fellow Russian agent. During their attempts to out-spy each other, she and Bond develop some pretty amazing chemistry. Played by Barbara Bach, Anya was supposed to become a recurring character in the franchise, but that never materialized.

Holly Goodhead

Moonraker (1979)

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One of the more competent and integral-to-the-plot Bond girls is also saddled with the objectively terrible name of Holly... Goodhead. Some Bond fans say she\u2019s boring, but Holly (Lois Chiles) gets to actively contribute to the mission, steering the two out of danger and saving the planet in the process. But then the film ends with Holly and Bond sleeping together in orbit.

Melina Havelock

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

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This Bond girl is also a bit progressive: She doesn\u2019t say much, but she\u2019s driven by revenge and gets her own signature weapon (a crossbow). She\u2019s also capable and strong, like Bond\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and she actually gets to kill the assassin who murdered her parents. Unsurprisingly, she and Bond end the film together, but never has an actor done so much with so little. Hilariously, Carole Bouquet gave an interview at the time in which she said Bond star Roger Moore was old enough to be her dad, not her lover (she was 23, and Moore was 53). Truth!

Octopussy

Octopussy (1983)

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The second time Adams stars in a Bond film, she\u2019s given a much meatier role in the form of... Octopussy! Yes, that is the character\u2019s real nickname, but she\u2019s also the owner of multiple criminal enterprises with several loyal henchwomen. She\u2019s just as feisty as Bond, and the two get to match wits before ultimately choosing to be allies.

May Day

A View to a Kill (1985)

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A huge, huge improvement in casting and character development, May Day (Grace Jones) as is smart, strong, and capable as all of her male counterparts. I mean, she literally lifts a man over her head! Jones famously did not get along with Roger Moore and pranked him during their love scene with a sex toy, which is hilarious. Her character still ends up dying heartbroken over her villainous lover\u2019s betrayal, but at least she gets to foil his plans first.

Stacey Sutton

A View to a Kill (1985)

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After May Day\u2019s demise, Bond ends up with the more prototypical Bond girl: Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts), an oil heiress who works with the spy. Her breathy performance is sometimes criticized, but she\u2019s also not given a ton to work with. Also, the reason Roger Moore finally decided to stop playing Bond was reportedly because he was older than Roberts\u2019... mom.

Kara Milovy

The Living Daylights (1987)

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The franchise was revamped after Moore\u2019s departure, resulting in seemingly grittier take on Bond, with Timothy Dalton in the title role. The love interest in The Living Daylights, however, shares some unfortunate DNA with Tanya Roberts in A View to a Kill. The character is depicted as fairly incompetent, but the most bizarre choice is saddling her with a cello that the characters have to lug around for a chunk of the movie.

Pam Bouvier

License to Kill (1989)

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Former Army pilot and government informant Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) doesn\u2019t just look stylish in a ballgown; she\u2019s allowed to be both smart and charismatic. There\u2019s a reason she was named after Jackie Kennedy Onassis (whose maiden name was Bouvier): She gives just as good as she gets, and she\u2019s actively interested in Bond, so it\u2019s not a bummer when she ends up with him in the end.

Xenia Onatopp

GoldenEye (1995)

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This character basically sexes people to death! I\u2019m not kidding: The aptly named Xenia Onatopp can cut off a man\u2019s air supply by wrapping her legs around him and gleefully... you know... (it\u2019s theorized she\u2019s the first Bond Girl shown having an orgasm!). Famke Janssen is having the best time in this, and I love every second she\u2019s on screen. She dies, of course, but she\u2019s also a pilot and a ruthlessly efficient agent to boot.

Natalya Simonova

GoldenEye (1995)

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Natalya (Izabella Scorupco) is one of those \u201creally good at her job\u201d Bond girls. She successfully evades a mass execution alongside her fellow programmers, then helps Bond as his impromptu IT guru. Of course, she gets menaced by the bad guy, and also turns from being critical of Bond \u2014 because he dared the villain to kill her, of course \u2014\u00a0to being totally persuaded by his \u201ccharms.\u201d

Paris Carver

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

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A pre-Desperate Housewives Teri Hatcher plays the girl who gets too close to Bond, causing him to run away, before meeting up with him again as the wife of the movie\u2019s villain. She throws caution to the wind, sleeps with Bond, gives him information... and is immediately murdered by her husband. As with a number of deaths on this list, this instance of fridging drives Bond to seek revenge.

Wai Lin

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

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Michelle Yeoh was \u201cthe female James Bond,\u201d according to Bond actor Pierce Brosnan himself. A Chinese agent, Wai Lin demonstrates impressive fighting skills that actually exceed Bond\u2019s, and she doesn\u2019t need his help getting things done \u2014 until the plot demands her to, and she ends the movie romantically with him. She almost became a recurring character with a spinoff, and it\u2019s devastating that we didn\u2019t get to see her kick more butt.

Elektra King

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

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Elektra (Sophie Marceau) is a nice counterpoint to the traditional Bond girl. She makes Bond (and the audience) believe that she\u2019s the potential victim of a terrorist, but as it turns out, she\u2019s with the terrorist, and is the mastermind behind an evil plot. (She totally killed her dad!) She gets Bond to trust her before happily revealing her true nature. Does she die? She sure does, but she instigates a ton of enjoyable mayhem beforehand.

Christmas Jones

The World Is Not Enough (1999)

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Casting a Bond girl as a nuclear physicist and then naming her Christmas Jones is one of those decisions that will live in Bond girl infamy. These days, Denise Richards is absolutely in on the joke, and even referenced her role in an epic 30 Rock cameo. But in The World Is Not Enough, she does her best in a role that seems designed to make fun of her. Case in point, the terrible pun that\u2019s saved for the love scene at the end of the movie: \u201cI thought Christmas only comes once a year.\u201d

Miranda Frost

Die Another Day (2002)

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Rosamund Pike\u2019s early performance as an icy Bond girl (literally, her name\u2019s Miranda Frost) was impressive, and it also introduced the actor to a wider audience. Miranda shares some characteristics with Pike\u2019s most famous role,\u00a0Gone Girl\u2019s Amy Dunne,\u00a0in that the two are both gleefully, remorselessly evil. In real life, Pike has spoken about the sexism in the hiring process for the Bond film, and how she fought to keep her clothes on during auditions.

Jinx Johnson

Die Another Day (2002)

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The first Black Bond girl since Grace Jones\u2019 May Day, Jinx (Halle Berry) is a... quirky person, but also a skilled NSA operative (although more people probably remember her from that scene where she emerges from the beach in a bikini). In a movie filled with some racist plot points, Jinx emerges pretty unscathed, and even gets an unintentionally hilarious line in when she fights \u2014 and kills \u2014 Miranda: \u201cRead this, bitch!\u201d Jinx was another character who was considered for a spinoff, but ultimately didn\u2019t get one.

Vesper Lynd

Casino Royale (2006)

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Vesper (Eva Green) is one of the big reasons why Casino Royale \u2014 Daniel Craig\u2019s first outing as Bond \u2014was so good. She\u2019s cast as the spy\u2019s first love, and goes toe-to-toe with him before betraying him \u2014 but not before falling in love. She has a complete character arc, but (of course) it all ends with her dying and Bond calling her a \u201cbitch\u201d; he spends most of the next movie moping about it. She deserved better. However, Green fought for the character to keep her clothes on and stay empowered, which totally paid off: She\u2019s considered one of the best Bond girls.

Strawberry Fields

Quantum of Solace (2008)

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Speaking of deserving better... MI6 agent Strawberry (Gemma Arterton) tries to prevent Bond from going on an unsanctioned mission, immediately sleeps with him, and then immediately gets smothered in crude oil. That is, if you\u2019re curious, a throwback to the gold paint death in Goldfinger \u2014 and critics noted it was backward-looking in the wrong way. Even Arterton herself has spoken about the character\u2019s depressing arc.

Camille Montes

Quantum of Solace (2008)

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In the same movie, we also get a character who teams up with Bond \u2014 but, critically, doesn\u2019t sleep with him \u2014 and plays a proper role in her quest for revenge. Camille (Olga Korylenko) is an intelligence officer seeking to kill the general who slaughtered her family. Bond, as per usual, gets in the way, but gives her the chance to fulfill her mission. The character is not without controversy, and the scene in which she is nearly assaulted by the general is upsetting. Still, it\u2019s a step.

Eve Moneypenny

Skyfall (2012)

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Audiences don\u2019t realize that Naomie Harris has taken over the mantle of Moneypenny until the very end of the movie. In previous films, Bond\u2019s relationship with Moneypenny had flirtatious, semi-professional, will-they-won\u2019t-they vibe, but it gets a major upgrade here. Harris trains as a field officer alongside Bond before giving it up to sit behind her historic desk. Plus, she, uh, accidentally shoots Bond in the shoulder and assumes she killed him for the first part of the movie.

S\u00e9v\u00e9rine

Skyfall (2012)

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On the other hand, Skyfall introduces S\u00e9v\u00e9rine (Berenice Marlohe), a former sex-trafficking victim working for Javier Bardem\u2019s Raoul Silva. She gets the most bummer ending of them all: Terrified and fearing for her life, she turns to Bond to save her, but when the two are captured, she\u2019s tortured and forced to play a \u201cgame\u201d where the two men try to shoot a glass of whiskey off her head. Silva wins by shooting her in the head. Like I said, a bummer.

M

Skyfall (2012)

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Skyfall is also the last film for Judi Dench as M, James Bond\u2019s boss and ally over the course of several years (Dench actually made her debut in GoldenEye, which means her character has overseen multiple Bonds). While not a traditional Bond girl type, M has snappier banter with 007 than anyone else does. To see him take direction from someone so smart and powerful is a joy to watch.

Lucia Sciarra

Spectre (2015)

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The franchise\u2019s oldest Bond girl to date, Bellucci (then 51) made headlines for the \u201cgroundbreaking\u201d casting \u2014 even though she\u2019s only four years older than Craig. Depressingly, she doesn\u2019t get much time onscreen, and her trajectory\u2019s pretty standard: She\u2019s saved by Bond, sleeps with him, imparts information, and exits stage left. Still, she imbues a ton of life into her few scenes.

Madeleine Swann

Spectre (2015)

The psychiatrist daughter of an international criminal , Madeleine (L\u00e9a Seydoux) starts the movie wary of Bond: As she correctly points out, by coming to find her, Bond\u2019s led SPECTRE agents right to her. She gets drawn into the plot to take down the organization, and has the distinct honor of becoming Bond\u2019s girlfriend at the end of the film. She\u2019s also a major character in 2021\u2019s No Time to Die.

Nomi

No Time to Die (2021)

Lashana Lynch plays the first Black woman 007. She sat down to discuss the character with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who worked on the script, in an effort to ensure the role would feel authentic. Even though trolls protested her casting online, she\u2019s happy to be in the revolutionary role. "I feel very grateful that I get to challenge those narratives ... We\u2019re moving away from toxic masculinity, and that\u2019s happening because women are being open, demanding and vocal, and calling out misbehavior as soon as we see it," she told Harper\u2019s Bazaar UK.

Paloma

No Time to Die (2021)

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Ana de Armas\u2019 role has been hailed as one of the best parts of the movie. Calling Paloma a \u201ccomplete character,\u201d de Armas said, \u201cShe's definitely something else that I don't think we've seen in other Bond girls in previous movies. She's a lot of fun \u2014 very active, very badass!"

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The complete list of all James Bond girls in chronological order, from over 50 years of the James Bond series. From Honey Ryder in Dr. No through to Sévérine in Skyfall, learn about all the iconic Bond girls in one place. \nA Bond girl is a love interest or flirtation of Bonds, of which there have been \n75 so far.

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#1 Honey Ryder

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Actress:Ursula Andress
Nationality:Swiss
Bond Movie:Dr. No (1962)
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Honey Ryder dazzled cinema audiences, stepping out of the Caribbean sea wearing a white bikini with a large hunting knife at her side. She proved to be immensely popular with fans and set the tone for all Bond girls to come.

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#2 Sylvia Trench

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Actress:Eunice Gayson
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Dr. No (1962)
From Russia With Love (1963)
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Sylvia Trench introduced herself in the opening scene of Dr. No as \"Trench. Sylvia Trench\", which Bond then mimicked with his now trademark \"Bond. James Bond\". Trench was Bond's girlfriend for the first two films, with a running joke that Bond was called away on a mission just as things were heating up.

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#3 Miss Taro

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Actress:Zena Marshall
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Dr. No (1962)
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Miss Taro was a spy working for the villainous Dr. No. She got herself a job at government house in Kingston, Jamaica, so that she could steal secret files detailing Dr. No and Crab Key Island. She invited Bond to her house for dinner, where she laid a trap for his assassination. However, Bond smelled something was fishy and got his men to arrest Miss Taro so he could lay a trap for the assassin.

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#4 Tatiana Romanova

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Actress:Daniela Bianchi
Nationality:Italian
Bond Movie:From Russia With Love (1963)
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Tatiana Romanova worked for the Soviet Embassy in Istanbul, and was coerced \nby the deadly Rosa Klebb into a \nmission to seduce James Bond and (unknowingly) lead him to his death. She \nhelped Bond steal a Lektor decoding machine, and the pair escaped on the Orient \nExpress train. After a failed assassination attempt by henchman Red Grant, Klebb tried to personally kill \nBond, but Tatiana's loyalty to Bond won out.

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#5 Zora

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Actress:Martine Beswick
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:From Russia With Love (1963)
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Head of Station in Istanbul, Kerim Bey, took Bond to a gypsy camp, where the two girls Vida and Zora were to fight to the death over a man. Zora was played by Martine Beswick, who would return 3 years later to play another Bond girl in Thunderball.

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#6 Vida

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Actress:Aliza Gur
Nationality:Israeli
Bond Movie:From Russia With Love (1963)
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Vida and Zora engaged in an intense cat fight, scratching, fighting and \ntrying to strangle each other. The fight was broken up when an assassin attacked the camp to try and kill Kerim Bey. Bond saved the life of the camp's leader in the process, who in turn honoured Bond's request to end the fighting. Happy to have their leader alive, Vida and Zora warmed to Bond, who got to entertain them for the evening.

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#7 Pussy Galore

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Actress:Honor Blackman
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Goldfinger (1964)
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The evocatively named Pussy Galore was an original Ian Fleming character from the novel. Ms. Galore ran a flying circus of female pilots, who were hired by Auric Goldfinger to fly over Fort Knox and gas the soldiers, so that Goldfinger could break in to the gold vault.

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#8 Jill Masterson

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Actress:Shirley Eaton
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Goldfinger (1964)
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Jill Masterson was the scantly dressed girl who used binoculars and an ear piece to help Auric Goldfinger cheat at cards. Bond caught her at the game, and together they blackmailed Goldfinger into losing his money. After enjoying a few bottles of Dom Perignon with Bond, Masterson was killed by Goldfinger's henchman Oddjob, in revenge for her betrayal. Bond awoke to find her covered from head to toe in gold paint.

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#9 Tilly Masterson

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Actress:Tania Mallet
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Goldfinger (1964)
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Tilly Masterson tried to assassinate Auric Goldfinger in revenge for the death of her sister Jill. With her poor marksmanship, she missed and almost shot Bond, who took a sharp interest in her. Bond caught up with Tilly again and foiled another of her attempts to kill Goldfinger. In the process, the two were chased by Goldfinger's hitmen, and Tilly was killed by Oddjob's steel rimmed hat.

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#10 Bonita

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Actress:Nadja Regin
Nationality:Serbian
Bond Movie:Goldfinger (1964)
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In the exciting pre-title sequence of Goldfinger, Bond foils the plots of a heroin baron and blows up his operations with plastic explosives. Before leaving, Bond takes care of some unfinished business, to have a bath with Bonita. The excursion turns out to be a trap, as Bonita seduces Bond so that a henchman can knock him unconscious. Bond sees the reflection in Bonita's eyes, and she gets knocked on the head while the henchman is electrocuted in the bath. \"Shocking. Positively shocking\" Bond remarks before leaving the room.

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#11 Dink

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Actress:Margaret Nolan
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Goldfinger (1964)
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Margaret Nolan played the Golden Girl in the title sequence and the pre-release advertising for Goldfinger. However, the producers eventually choose Shirley Eaton to play Jill Masterson, and Nolan was given the \nmuch smaller role of the pool-side masseuse Dink. Dink is shown massaging Bond, but has to leave when Felix Leiter arrives for some \"man's talk.\"

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#12 Domino Derval

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Actress:Claudine Auger
Nationality:French
Bond Movie:Thunderball (1965)
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Domino Derval was the mistress of SPECTRE agent Emilio Largo. Bond discovers that Largo had killed Domino's brother, and thinks he can use that fact to get her on his side. They meet underwater as Bond untraps Domino's flipper from the coral, and Bond manages to convince her to plot against Largo.

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#13 Paula Caplan

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Actress:Martine Beswick
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Bond Movie:Thunderball (1965)
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Paula Caplan was Bond's liaison in Nassau. She was played by Martine Beswick, who had previously played Bond girl Zora in From Russia With Love. Paula helped Bond to make contact with Domino Derval, but met her end after being captured by SPECTRE agents, taking a cyanide pill to avoid torture.

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#14 Fiona Volpe

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Actress:Luciana Paluzzi
Nationality:Italian
Bond Movie:Thunderball (1965)
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Fiona Volpe was the archtypical Bond henchwoman, with the task of seducing men into traps. She was feisty and more competent than many of the henchmen in the Bond films. She met her end while dancing with Bond; a henchman tried to shoot Bond in the back, but he quickly spun round and the bullet killed Fiona instead.

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#15 Patricia Fearing

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Actress:Molly Peters
Nationality:English
Bond Movie:Thunderball (1965)
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Patricia Fearing was a nurse working at the Shrublands health clinic, where Bond had been sent to detoxify from too many martinis. After nearly being killed by SPECTRE agent Count Lippe, Bond won the sympathy of Patricia, and the two spent the night with a steam room and a mink glove.

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#16 Mademoiselle La Porte

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Actress:Maryse Guy Mitsouko
Nationality:French
Bond Movie:Thunderball (1965)
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Mlle. La Porte was Bond's French liaison during his attendance of SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar's funeral. She informs Bond that Bouvar passed away in his sleep, and as the two leave the funeral she ends with \"Is there anything else our French station can do for Monsieur Bond?\", to which Bond replies, \"Later, perhaps.\"

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#17 Kissy Suzuki

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Actress:Mie Hama
Nationality:Japanese
Bond Movie:You Only Live Twice (1967)
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Kissy Suzuki was a ninja working for the head of the Japanese secret service, Tiger Tanaka. She had a mock wedding with James Bond, who underwent surgery to disguise himself as a Japanese fisherman, so that the pair could explore a quiet village without being noticed.

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#18 Aki

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Actress:Akiko Wakabayashi
Nationality:Japanese
Bond Movie:You Only Live Twice (1967)
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Aki was a senior agent of the Japanese secret service, working directly under its leader Tiger Tanaka. She was confident and independent, and tricked Bond into walking over a trap door, which catapulted him down a steel slide leading to Tanaka's office. She drove a Toyota 2000GT and saved Bond's life on many occasions. Mid way though the film, an assassin tried to poison Bond, but Aki was poisoned by mistake.

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#19 Ling

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Actress:Tsai Chin
Nationality:Chinese
Bond Movie:You Only Live Twice (1967)
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In the opening scenes of the film, Bond is shown in bed with Ling, as the two discuss why Chinese girls taste different from all other girls. Ling gets up and presses a button that rockets the bed upwards into the wall, and two gunmen enter the room to kill Bond. It is later revealed to the audience that Ling was helping to stage Bond's death in order to keep his enemies off his back.

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#20 Helga Brandt

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Actress:Karin Dor
Nationality:German
Bond Movie:You Only Live Twice (1967)
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Helga Brandt was a SPECTRE henchwoman who pretended to fall in love with Bond and switch to his side, only to try and kill him the next morning. For failing to kill Bond, Brandt is killed by head of SPECTRE Blofeld, who drops her into a pool of piranha fish. Helga Brandt was very similar to prior Bond girl Fiona Volpe, as the producers tried to replicate their prior success.

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