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[[File:Ursulaa.jpg|thumb|Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first Bond girl in the official films.]]
 
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A '''Bond Girl''' is a character who portrays a significant supporting role or a love interest in a [[James Bond]] film, novel or [[video game]]. They typically have unusual names, and are physically attractive. The concept of Bond girls has evolved much over the years, and has proven one of the more controversial tropes of the Bond series - with some arguing that they should be referred to as "Bond Women" rather than girls. Bond girls have also represented the character's womanising, although this too has been toned down in recent years.
   
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Bond girls fall into a number of different categories - sometimes they are women whom Bond rescues, or they are fellow agents and allies. Bond girls can also be opponents, rivals or members of enemy organisations. Bond girls vary greatly in terms of personality, occupation and appearance. Bond girls have included characters who were professional cello players, astronauts, air pilots, psychiatrists, nuclear scientists, [[tarot]] readers, marine archaeologists and corporate bosses, as well as the more predictable roles of spies and villains' girlfriends. A Bond girl can be feisty and independent, or docile and helpless. Some are extremely good at physical combat, while others evade it.
A '''Bond Girl''' is a character or the actress portraying a love interest or sex object of [[James Bond]] in a film, novel or [[video game]]. They typically have names that are double entendres, such as "[[Pussy Galore]]."
 
   
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Some female characters such as [[Judi Dench]]'s [[M (Judi Dench) (classic film continuity)|M]], [[Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya)|Rosa Klebb]], and [[Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat)|Irma Bunt]] are not classified as Bond girls, and are typically more mature and formidable women. [[Miss Moneypenny]], on the other hand, is not usually seen as a Bond girl, but occupies an intermediate point between these two poles, sometimes flirting with him, and sometimes criticising him.
Generally, Bond girls are victims rescued by Bond, fellow agents or allies, villainesses or members of an enemy organization, or merely eye candy that have no direct interaction with James Bond whatsoever. Other female characters such as [[Judi Dench]]'s [[M]] and [[Miss Moneypenny]] are not thought of as Bond girls.
 
   
The role of a Bond girl is typically a high-profile part that can give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although there have been a number of Bond girls that were well-established prior to gaining their role. For instance, [[Diana Rigg]] and [[Honor Blackman]] were both Bond girls after becoming major stars for their roles on the television series, ''The Avengers''. Additionally, [[Halle Berry]] won an Academy Award in 2002, an award presented to her while in the midst of filming ''[[Die Another Day]]''.
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The role of a Bond girl is typically a high-profile part that can give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although there have been a number of Bond girls that were well-established prior to gaining their role. For instance, [[Diana Rigg]] and [[Honor Blackman]] were both Bond girls after becoming major stars for their roles on the television series, ''The Avengers''. Additionally, [[Halle Berry]] won an Academy Award in 2002, an award presented to her while in the midst of filming ''[[Die Another Day (film)|Die Another Day]]''. Despite claims of a [[Bond girl curse]], many of them have had successful careers later, and the attitude of past Bond girls to their former roles is as varied as the women who played them.
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==Names==
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Bond girls often have very unusual sounding names. In the early days of Bond, it was typical for many Bond girls to have names which were smutty double entendres, examples of these would include [[Honey Ryder]], [[Pussy Galore]], [[Plenty O'Toole]], [[Chew Mee]], [[Anya Amasova|Agent XXX]], [[Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles)|Holly Goodhead]], [[Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen)|Onatopp]] and so on. Some of these originate with Fleming, but some do not. This particular aspect has been parodied many times, especially in Austin Powers.
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However, not all Bond girl names have sexual connotations, by any means. For example, [[Vesper Lynd]]'s name is a pun on "West Berlin", with Berlin being a city known for its divided loyalties in the Cold War. Some are more cryptic - [[Jenny Flex]] as a pun on "genuflects"; [[May Day]] as a well known distress signal and so on. [[Tatiana Romanova]]'s name has no such obvious puns or origins, although in the [[From Russia with Love (novel)|novel]], Bond remarks on a possible link with the Romanovs, Russia's royal house (In reality, Romanov is actually a very common Russian surname).
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Others are cultural references: [[Strawberry Fields]] (a [[Beatles]] song); [[Madeleine Swann]] (a reference to the novels of Marcel Proust); [[Tracy Bond]] is a partial reference to St. Theresa and so on.
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Some of Ian Fleming's names (as with those of [[James Bond (ornithologist)|James Bond himself]], [[Felix Leiter]], [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]], [[Auric Goldfinger]] and others) are also taken from people who knew, or knew of, in real life.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
[[Image:Pussy Galore.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Honor Blackman]] as [[Pussy Galore]] in ''[[Goldfinger]]'']]
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[[File:Honey_Ryder_4.jpg|thumb|250px|Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first main Bond girl in the official films.]]
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[[Ursula Andress]] is often considered the first Bond girl, playing [[Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)|Honey Ryder]] in the film ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' (1962). She was, however, preceded by Eunice Gayson who played the character [[Sylvia Trench]]. Trench is the only Bond girl to appear as the same character in more than one film, appearing again in ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' (1963). Initially, Trench was planned to be a regular girlfriend of Bond's in the series, but was subsequently dropped after the encore appearance.
   
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It should be noted however that [[Valerie Mathis]] was the first ever Bond girl to appear on screen in the 1954 television version of [[Casino Royale (1954 TV)|Casino Royale]]. She was played by [[Linda Christian]].
[[Ursula Andress]] is often considered the first Bond girl, playing [[Honey Ryder]] in the film ''[[Dr. No]]'' (1962). She was, however, preceded by Eunice Gayson who played the character [[Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson)|Sylvia Trench]]. Trench is the only Bond girl to appear as the same character in more than one film, appearing again in ''[[From Russia with Love]]'' (1963). Initially, Trench was planned to be a regular girlfriend of Bond's in the series, but was subsequently dropped after the encore appearance.
 
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[[File:LindaChristian.jpeg|thumb|left|250px|Linda Christian - the very first Bond girl to appear on screen in 1954.]]
   
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Even very early on, Bond girls were not necessarily helpless victims by any means, for example in ''Goldfinger'', Pussy Galore is a highly successful and respected gang leader, who has little interest in men (in the book it is openly stated that she is a lesbian, whereas in the film this is only hinted at.) The earliest non-white Bond girl is [[Miss Taro (Zena Marshall)]], who is supposed to be Eurasian, but is played by a white actress, with ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' featuring an ensemble of East Asian actresses. The first black Bond girl is [[Rosie Carver]] in ''Live and Let Die''. In subsequent films, Bond girls come from many different backgrounds and regions, with the Soviet bloc being a frequent origin.
It should be noted that [[Vesper Lynd|Valerie Mathis ]]was the first ever Bond girl on screen in the 1954 version of [[Casino Royale (1954 TV)|Casino Royale]]. She was played by[[ Linda Christian]].[[File:LindaChristianF11.jpg|thumb|Linda Christian - the very first Bond girl to appear on screen in 1954.]]
 
   
To date, only two Bond girls has captured the heart of James Bond. [[Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg)|Tracy di Vicenzo]] played by [[Diana Rigg]], marries Bond in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969). At film's end, Tracy Bond is gunned down by 007's nemesis [[Blofeld (Telly Savalas)|Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]. It was initially planned that her death would actually occur in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971), but this idea was dropped during filming of ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' when current-Bond [[George Lazenby]] announced he would step down from the role and the other girl is Vesper Lynd who was a traitor but she died too.
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To date, only three Bond girls have captured the heart of James Bond. The first was [[Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg)|Tracy di Vicenzo]] played by [[Diana Rigg]], who marries Bond in ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]'' (1969). At film's end, Tracy is gunned down by 007's nemesis [[Blofeld (Telly Savalas)|Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]. It was initially planned that her death would actually occur in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'' (1971), but this idea was dropped during filming of ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' when current-Bond [[George Lazenby]] announced he would step down from the role. The next girl was [[Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)|Vesper Lynd]] in [[Casino Royale (film)|''Casino Royale ''(2006)]] who was secretly working for Bond's enemies and shared the same fate. Lastly, in the film [[Spectre (film)|''Spectre'']], Bond rides off into the sunrise with [[Madeleine Swann|Dr Madeleine Swann]] who returns in ''[[No Time to Die]].'' In that film, she and Bond are happy and in love until he starts questioning her innocence in the bombing of Vesper's grave leading to their breakup. Five years later they reunite and it's revealed she had his child, [[Mathilde Swann]], and the film ends with Bond sacrificing himself for them.
   
Within the official series, [[Maud Adams]] is the only actress to portray a main character as two different Bond girls, starting with ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' in 1974 and again as the title character in ''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983). She additionally appears as an extra in a third Bond film, ''[[A View to a Kill]]'' in 1985. Two other girls, [[Martine Beswick]] (''Thunderball'') and [[Nadja Regin]] (''Goldfinger'') also appear in a second adventure, appearing first in ''From Russia with Love''. [[Tsai Chin]] appeared in two Bond films as well "[[You Only Live Twice]]" as a Ling and as Madame Wu in "[[Casino Royale]]".
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Within the Eon series, [[Maud Adams]] is the only actress to portray a main character as two different Bond girls in two different films, starting as [[Andrea Anders]] in ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]'' in 1974 and again as the [[Octopussy (Maud Adams)|title character]] in ''[[Octopussy (film)|Octopussy]]'' (1983). She also appears as an extra in a third Bond film, ''[[A View to a Kill (film)|A View to a Kill]]'' in 1985. Two other girls, [[Martine Beswick]] (''Thunderball'') and [[Nadja Regin]] (''Goldfinger'') also appear in a second adventure, appearing first in ''From Russia with Love''. [[Tsai Chin]] appeared in two Bond films as well ''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]'' (1967) as a [[Ling]] and later as [[Madam Wu]] in ''[[Casino Royale (film)|Casino Royale]]'' (2006).
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[[Image:Pussy Galore.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Honor Blackman]] as [[Pussy Galore]] in ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'']] (Ursula Andress who appears in Dr. No, also plays [[Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress)|Vesper Lynd]] in the non-Eon spoof [[Casino Royale (1967 film)]])
   
In 1995 [[Famke Janssen]], who portrayed [[Xenia Onatopp]] was considered the only major female character (and villain) whom Bond does not bed. However in 2008, lead Bond Girl [[Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko)|Camille]] also shows a restrain to Bond's usually forward charms.
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In 1995 [[Famke Janssen]], who portrayed [[Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen)|Xenia Onatopp]], was considered the only major female character (and villain) whom Bond does not bed. However in 2008, lead Bond Girl [[Camille Montes]] also shows a restraint to Bond's usually forward charms.
   
Becoming more frequent, traditional Bond girls that have romantic trysts with Bond, are later discovered to be villainesses such as [[Sophie Marceau]]'s [[Elektra King]] in ''[[The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999) and [[Miranda Frost]] played by [[Rosamund Pike]] in ''Die Another Day''.
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Becoming more frequent, traditional Bond girls that have romantic trysts with Bond, are later discovered to be villainesses starting with [[Sophie Marceau]]'s [[Elektra King]] in ''[[The World Is Not Enough (film)|The World Is Not Enough]]'' (1999) and [[Miranda Frost]] portrayed by [[Rosamund Pike]] in ''[[Die Another Day (film)|Die Another Day]]'' (2002).
   
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In late 2014, it was announced that [[Monica Bellucci]] will play [[Lucia Sciarra]] in ''[[Spectre (film)|Spectre]]'' (2015). At age 50, Bellucci made record as the oldest Bond girl in the film series. Previously, [[Honor Blackman]] held record, playing [[Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)|Pussy Galore]] in ''Goldfinger'', aged 39 in 1964. Both actresses play the unlikely role, of being a Bond girl older than James Bond. (Casino Royale (1967) also had the 45 year old [[Agent Mimi]])
==Criticisms==
 
Since the film series began in the early 1960s, Bond girls have been criticized by feminists, and others, who feel they generalize women as bimbos, damsels in distress, or objectify women as a result of Bond's actions. Through the years, the role of the Bond girl has changed somewhat from the stereotypical Bond girl to women that are Bond's equal, possessing special skills he needs to complete his mission, or even at times women that rescue Bond. These Bond girls are shown to be more headstrong, resourceful, and, in recent films, capable of holding their own. For example, in [[Moonraker|''Moonraker'']] the character of [[Holly Goodhead]] is established as being a trained space shuttle commander, a number of years before the first female shuttle commander was appointed in the real world. [[Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh)|Wai Lin]] in ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', is a trained special agent working for People's Republic of China; and [[Christmas Jones]] in [[The World Is Not Enough|''The World Is Not Enough'']] is a nuclear physicist.
 
   
 
==Films==
 
==Films==
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===Eon series James Bond girls===
[[File:TheGirlsofBondTimeilne.jpg|300px|thumb|A timeline of Bond Girls (1962-2012).]]
 
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!Sexual encounters
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!Bond girl
 
 
!Actress
 
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!Main Bond girl
 
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|''[[Dr. No]]''
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|''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''
|[[Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)|Honey Ryder]]<br />[[Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson)|Sylvia Trench]]<br />[[Miss Taro]]
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|[[Sylvia Trench |Sylvia Trench]]
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|[[Ursula Andress]]<br />[[Eunice Gayson]]<br />Zena Marshall
 
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[[Miss Taro (Zena Marshall)|Miss Taro]]
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[[Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)|Honey Ryder]]
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|[[Eunice Gayson]]
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[[Zena Marshall]]
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[[Ursula Andress]]
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|[[Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)|Honey Ryder]]
 
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|''[[From Russia with Love]]''
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|''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]''
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|[[Sylvia Trench]]
|[[Tatiana Romanova]]<br />[[Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson)|Sylvia Trench]]<br />Vida<br />Zora
 
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|[[Daniela Bianchi]]<br />[[Eunice Gayson]]<br />[[Aliza Gur]]<br />[[Martine Beswick]]
 
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[[Vida (Aliza Gur)|Vida]]
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[[Zora (Martine Beswick)|Zora]]
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[[Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi)|Tatiana Romanova]]
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|[[Eunice Gayson]]
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[[Aliza Gur]]
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[[Martine Beswick]]
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[[Daniela Bianchi]]
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|[[Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi)|Tatiana Romanova]]
 
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|''[[Goldfinger]]''
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|''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]''
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|[[Bonita]] (implied)
|[[Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)|Pussy Galore]]<br />[[Jill Masterson]]<br />[[Tilly Masterson]]<br />[[Bonita]]<br />Dink
 
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[[Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton)|Jill Masterson]]
|[[Honor Blackman]]<br />[[Shirley Eaton]]<br />[[Tania Mallet]]<br />[[Nadja Regin]]<br />[[Margaret Nolan]]
 
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[[Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)|Pussy Galore]]
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|[[Nadja Regin]]
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[[Shirley Eaton]]
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[[Honor Blackman]]
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|[[Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)|Pussy Galore]]
 
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|''[[Thunderball]]''
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|''[[Thunderball (film)|Thunderball]]''
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|[[Patricia Fearing (Molly Peters)|Patricia Fearing]]
|[[Domino Vitali|Dominique "Domino" Derval]]<br />[[Fiona Volpe]]<br />[[Patricia Fearing]]<br />[[Paula Caplan (Martine Beswick)|Paula Caplan]]<br />[[Mlle. La Porte]]
 
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|[[Claudine Auger]]<br />[[Luciana Paluzzi]]<br />[[Molly Peters]]<br />[[Martine Beswick]]<br />[[Maryse Guy Mitsouko]]
 
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[[Paula Caplan]] (implied)
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[[Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi)|Fiona Volpe]]
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[[Domino (Claudine Auger)|Domino Derval]]
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|[[Molly Peters]]
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[[Martine Beswick]]
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[[Luciana Paluzzi]]
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[[Claudine Auger]]
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|[[Domino (Claudine Auger)|Domino Derval]]
 
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|''[[You Only Live Twice]]''
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|''[[You Only Live Twice (film)|You Only Live Twice]]''
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|[[Ling]]
|[[Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi)|Aki]]<br />[[Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama)|Kissy Suzuki]]<br />[[Ling]]<br />[[Helga Brandt (Karin Dor)|Helga Brandt]]
 
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|[[Akiko Wakabayashi]]<br />[[Mie Hama]]<br />[[Tsai Chin]]<br />[[Karin Dor]]
 
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[[Aki]]
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[[Helga Brandt]]
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[[Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama)|Kissy Suzuki]]
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|[[Tsai Chin]]
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[[Akiko Wakabayashi]]
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[[Karin Dor]]
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[[Mie Hama]]
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|[[Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama)|Kissy Suzuki]]
 
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|''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
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|''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (film)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
|[[Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg)|Tracy Bond]]<br />[[Nancy (Catherine Von Schell)|Nancy]]<br />[[Ruby Windsor|Ruby Barlett]]
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|[[Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg)|Tracy Bond (Teresa di Vicenzo)]]
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|[[Diana Rigg]]<br />Catherine Von Schell<br />[[Angela Scoular]]
 
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[[Ruby Bartlett]]
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[[Nancy]]
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|[[Diana Rigg]]
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[[Angela Scoular]]
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[[Catherine Von Schell]]
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|[[Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg)|Tracy Bond (Teresa di Vicenzo)]]
 
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|''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]''
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|''[[Diamonds are Forever (film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
|[[Tiffany Case (Jill St. John)|Tiffany Case]]<br />[[Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood)|Plenty O'Toole]]<br />[[Marie (Denise Perrier)|Marie]]
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|[[Tiffany Case (Jill St. John)|Tiffany Case]]
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|[[Jill St. John]]<br />[[Lana Wood]]<br />[[Denise Perrier]]
 
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[[Plenty O'Toole]]
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|[[Jill St. John]]
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[[Lana Wood]]
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[[Tiffany Case (Jill St. John)|Tiffany Case]]
 
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|''[[Live and Let Die]]''
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|''[[Live and Let Die (film)|Live and Let Die]]''
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|[[Miss Caruso]]
|[[Solitaire (Jane Seymour)|Solitaire]]<br />[[Rosie Carver]]<br />[[Miss Caruso (Madeline Smith)|Miss Caruso]]
 
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|[[Jane Seymour]]<br />[[Gloria Hendry]]<br />[[Madeline Smith]]
 
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[[Rosie Carver]]
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[[Solitaire (Jane Seymour)|Solitaire]]
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|[[Madeline Smith]]
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[[Gloria Hendry]]
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[[Jane Seymour]]
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|[[Solitaire (Jane Seymour)|Solitaire]]
 
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|''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
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|''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (film)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
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|[[Andrea Anders]]
|[[Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland)|Mary Goodnight]]<br />[[Andrea Anders (Maud Adams)|Andrea Anders]]<br />[[Saida]]
 
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|[[Britt Ekland]]<br />[[Maud Adams]]<br />[[Carmen du Sautoy|Carmen Sautoy]]
 
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[[Saida]]
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[[Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland)|Mary Goodnight]]
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|[[Maud Adams]]
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[[Saida|Carmen du Sautoy]]
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[[Britt Ekland]]
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|[[Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland)|Mary Goodnight]]
 
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|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
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|''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
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|[[Martine Blanchaud (Sue Vanner)|Martine Blanchaud]]
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[[Harem girl (Dawn Rodrigues)|Harem Tent Girl]]
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[[Anya Amasova]]
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|[[Sue Vanner]]
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[[Dawn Rodrigues]]
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[[Barbara Bach]]
 
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[[Anya Amasova]]
[[Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach)|Anya Amasova]] (Agent XXX)<br />[[Naomi]]<br />[[Log Cabin Girl]]<br />[[Harem Tent Girl]]<br />Felicca
 
|[[Barbara Bach]]<br />[[Caroline Munro]]<br />[[Sue Vanner]]<br />Dawn Rodrigues<br />[[Olga Bisera]]
 
 
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|''[[Moonraker]]''
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|''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]''
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|[[Corinne Dufour]]
|[[Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles)]]<br />[[Corinne Dufour (Corinne Clery)|Corinne Dufour]]<br />[[Manuela]]<br />Hostess Private Jet
 
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|[[Lois Chiles]]<br />[[Corinne Clery]]<br />[[Emily Bolton]]<br />[[Leila Shenna]]
 
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[[Manuela]]
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[[Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles)|Holly Goodhead]]
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|[[Corinne Cléry]]
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[[Emily Bolton]]
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[[Lois Chiles]]
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|[[Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles)|Holly Goodhead]]
 
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|''[[For Your Eyes Only]]''
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|''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]''
|[[Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet)|Melina Havelock]]<br />[[Lisl (Cassandra Harris)|Countess Lisl von Schlaf]]<br />[[Bibi Dahl]]
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|[[Lisl von Schlaf|Countess Lisl von Schlaf]]<br />[[Melina Havelock |Melina Havelock]]
|[[Carole Bouquet]]<br />[[Cassandra Harris]]<br />[[Lynn-Holly Johnson]]
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|[[Cassandra Harris]]
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[[Carole Bouquet]]
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|[[Melina Havelock |Melina Havelock]]
 
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|''[[Octopussy]]''
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|''[[Octopussy (film)|Octopussy]]''
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|[[Bianca]] (implied)
|[[Octopussy (Maud Adams)|"Octopussy"]]<br />[[Magda]]<br />[[Penelope Smallbone]]<br />[[Bianca (Tina Hudson)]]
 
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[[Magda]]
|[[Maud Adams]]<br />[[Kristina Wayborn]]<br />[[Michaela Clavell]]<br />[[Tina Hudson]]
 
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[[Octopussy (Maud Adams)|Octopussy]]
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|[[Tina Hudson]]
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[[Kristina Wayborn]]
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[[Maud Adams]]
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|[[Octopussy (Maud Adams)|Octopussy]]<br />
 
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|''[[A View to a Kill]]''
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|''[[A View to a Kill (film)|A View to a Kill]]''
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|[[Kimberley Jones]]
|[[Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts)|Stacey Sutton]]<br />[[May Day (Grace Jones)|May Day]]<br />[[Pola Ivanova]]<br />[[Kimberley Jones]]<br />[[Jenny Flex]]<br />[[Pan Ho]]
 
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|[[Tanya Roberts]]<br />[[Grace Jones]]<br />[[Fiona Fullerton]]<br />[[Mary Stavin]]<br />[[Alison Doody]]<br />[[Papillon Soo]]
 
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[[May Day]]
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[[Pola Ivanova]]
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[[Stacey Sutton]]
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|[[Mary Stavin]]
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[[Grace Jones]]
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<br />[[Fiona Fullerton]]
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[[Tanya Roberts]]
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|[[Stacey Sutton]]
 
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|''[[The Living Daylights]]''
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|''[[The Living Daylights (film)|The Living Daylights]]''
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|[[Linda]]
|[[Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo)|Kara Milovy]]<br />[[Rubavitch]]<br />[[Linda]]
 
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|[[Maryam d'Abo]]<br />[[Virginia Hey]]<br />[[Kell Tyler]]
 
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[[Kara Milovy]]
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|[[Kell Tyler]]
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[[Maryam d'Abo]]
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|[[Kara Milovy]]<br />
 
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|''[[Licence to Kill]]''
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|''[[Licence to Kill (film)|Licence to Kill]]''
|[[Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell)|Pam Bouvier]]<br />[[Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto)|Lupe Lamora]]
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|[[Pam Bouvier |<nowiki/>]]
|[[Carey Lowell]]<br />[[Talisa Soto]]<br />
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[[Pam Bouvier |Pam Bouvier]]<br />[[Lupe Lamora |Lupe Lamora]]
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|[[Carey Lowell|<nowiki/>]]
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[[Lupe Lamora |Carey Lowell]]<br />[[Talisa Soto|<nowiki/>]][[Lupe Lamora |Talisa Soto]]<br />
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|[[Pam Bouvier |Pam Bouvier]]
 
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|''[[GoldenEye]]''
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|''[[GoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]''
  +
|[[Caroline]]
|[[Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco)|Natalya Simonova]]<br />[[Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen)|Xenia Onatopp]]<br />Caroline<br />[[Irina (Minnie Driver)|Irina]]
 
  +
|[[Izabella Scorupco]]<br />[[Famke Janssen]]<br />[[Serena Gordon]]<br />[[Minnie Driver]]
 
  +
[[Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen)|Xenia Onatopp]]
  +
  +
[[Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco)|Natalya Simonova]]
  +
|[[Serena Gordon]]
  +
  +
[[Famke Janssen]]
  +
  +
[[Izabella Scorupco]]
  +
|[[Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco)|Natalya Simonova]]<br />
 
|-
 
|-
|''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
+
|''[[Tomorrow Never Dies (film)|Tomorrow Never Dies]]''
|[[Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh)|Wai Lin]]<br />[[Paris Carver (Teri Hatcher)|Paris Carver]]<br />[[Inga Bergstorm|Prof. Inga Bergstrom]]
+
|[[Inga Bergstorm|Prof. Inga Bergstrom]]
  +
|[[Michelle Yeoh]]<br />[[Teri Hatcher]]<br />[[Cecilie Thomsen]]
 
  +
[[Paris Carver]]
  +
  +
[[Wai Lin]]
  +
|[[Cecilie Thomsen]]
  +
  +
[[Teri Hatcher]]
  +
  +
[[Michelle Yeoh]]
  +
|[[Wai Lin]]
 
|-
 
|-
|''[[The World Is Not Enough]]''
+
|''[[The World Is Not Enough (film)|The World Is Not Enough]]''
|[[Elektra King (Sophie Marceau)|Elektra King]]<br />[[Christmas Jones (Denise Richards)|Dr. Christmas Jones]]<br />[[Molly Warmflash|Dr. Molly Warmflash]]<br />[[Giulietta da Vinci]] (Cigar Girl)
+
|[[Molly Warmflash|Dr. Molly Warmflash]]
  +
|[[Sophie Marceau]]<br />[[Denise Richards]]<br />[[Serena Scott Thomas]]<br />[[Maria Grazia Cucinotta]]
 
  +
[[Elektra King]]
  +
  +
[[Christmas Jones|Dr. Christmas Jones]]
  +
|[[Serena Scott Thomas]]
  +
  +
[[Sophie Marceau]]
  +
  +
[[Denise Richards]]
  +
|<br />[[Christmas Jones|Dr. Christmas Jones]]<br />
 
|-
 
|-
|''[[Die Another Day]]''
+
|''[[Die Another Day (film)|Die Another Day]]''
  +
|[[Jinx (Halle Berry)|Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson]]<br />[[Miranda Frost |Miranda Frost]]
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"|
 
[[Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson]]<br />[[Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike)|Miranda Frost]]<br />[[Peaceful Fountains of Desire]]
+
|[[Halle Berry]]<br />[[Rosamund Pike]]
  +
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" |
|[[Halle Berry]]<br />[[Rosamund Pike]]<br />[[Rachel Grant]]
 
  +
  +
[[Jinx (Halle Berry)|Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson]]
 
|-
 
|-
|''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]''<br />2006 version
+
|''[[Casino Royale (film)|Casino Royale]]''<br />2006 version
  +
|[[Solange Dimitrios]]
  +
  +
[[Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)|Vesper Lynd]]
  +
|[[Caterina Murino]]
  +
  +
[[Eva Green]]
 
|
 
|
[[Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)|Vesper Lynd]]<br />[[Solange (Caterina Murino)|Solange Dimitrios]]<br />[[Valenka (Ivana Miličević)|Valenka]]
+
[[Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)|Vesper Lynd]]
|[[Eva Green]]<br />[[Caterina Murino]]<br />[[Ivana Miličević]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|''[[Quantum of Solace]]''
+
|''[[Quantum of Solace (film)|Quantum of Solace]]''
  +
|[[Camille Montes]]
|[[Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko)|Camille Montes]]<br />[[Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton)|Strawberry Fields]]
 
  +
[[Strawberry Fields]]
  +
|[[Olga Kurylenko]]
  +
[[Gemma Arterton]]
  +
|[[Camille Montes]]
  +
|-
  +
|''[[Skyfall (film)|Skyfall]]''
  +
|[[Unnamed Girl]]
  +
  +
[[Sévérine]]
  +
|[[Tonia Sotiropoulou]]
  +
  +
[[Berenice Marlohe]]
  +
|[[Sévérine]]<br />
  +
|-
  +
|''[[Spectre (film)|Spectre]]''
  +
|[[Estrella (Stephanie Sigman)|Estrella]] (implied)
  +
  +
[[Lucia Sciarra]]
  +
  +
[[Madeleine Swann]]
  +
|[[Stephanie Sigman]]
  +
  +
[[Monica Bellucci]]
  +
  +
[[Léa Seydoux]]
 
|
 
|
  +
[[Madeleine Swann]]
[[Olga Kurylenko]]<br />[[Gemma Arterton]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|''[[No Time to Die (film)|No Time to Die]]''
|''[[Skyfall]]''
 
  +
|[[Madeleine Swann]]
|[[Severine]]<br />[[Unnamed Girl]]
 
  +
|[[Léa Seydoux]]
|[[Berenice Marlohe]]<br />[[Tonia Sotiropoulou]]
 
  +
|[[Madeleine Swann]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
In addition to those actresses mentioned above, the Bond films traditionally have groups of women in the background whose general purpose is nothing more than eye candy: they include the sunbathing Miami beauties in ''Goldfinger'', the Thai girls at the kung fu school in ''The Man With the Golden Gun'', Tiger Tananka's bathing beauties in ''You Only Live Twice'', and Sheik Hossein's harem in ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. However, in ''Moonraker'', ''For Your Eyes Only'', ''Octopussy'', ''A View to a Kill'', and ''The Living Daylights'' these women were also referred to in the media as full fledge Bond girls to provide added publicity for the film through eye-catching magazine and newspaper appearances.
+
In addition to those actresses mentioned above, the Bond films traditionally have groups of women in the background whose general purpose is nothing more than eye candy: they include the sunbathing Miami beauties and [[Pussy Galore's Flying Circus]] in ''Goldfinger'', the Thai girls at the kung fu school in ''The Man With the Golden Gun'', Tiger Tananka's bathing beauties in ''You Only Live Twice'', and Sheikh Hossein's harem in ''The Spy Who Loved Me''. However, in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker'', ''For Your Eyes Only'', ''Octopussy'', ''A View to a Kill'', and ''The Living Daylights'' these women were also referred to in the media as full fledge Bond girls to provide added publicity for the film through eye-catching magazine and newspaper appearances.
  +
  +
In ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', they include [[Blofeld (classic film continuity)|Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]'s [[Blofeld's Angels of Death|Angels of Death]]. In ''[[Moonraker (film)|Moonraker]]'' (1979) this included members of [[Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale)|Hugo Drax]]'s "master race" and a group of women encountered by Bond in the jungles of [[Brazil]], in ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981) many women were seen frolicking around a villain's pool, while in ''Octopussy'' (1983) they served mainly as the title character's servants and guards. In ''[[A View to a Kill (film)|A View to a Kill]]'' (1985) they adorned [[Max Zorin]]'s outdoor reception and in ''[[The Living Daylights (film)|The Living Daylights]]'' (1987) they served as decorations at the villain's swimming pool and later Bond overpasses a harem in Tangiers. Although the Bond films haven't stopped making use of feminine "eye candy" completely, such large "Bond girl groups" have not featured again since ''The Living Daylights''.
  +
  +
===Non-Eon films===
  +
There are a number of notable Bond girls in the non-Eon productions. In fact, as stated above, the very first Bond girl was Valerie Mathis in the 1954 ''[[Casino Royale (1954 TV)|Casino Royale]]'', before ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'' was even made. Ursula Andress became a Bond girl for a second time in [[Casino Royale (1967 film)|the 1967 ''Casino Royale'']] and [[Caroline Munro]] can also be spotted in a bit part in it before she became an "official" Bond girl. The '67 ''Casino Royale'' also features [[Sir James Bond (David Niven)|Sir James Bond]]'s daughter [[Mata Bond]] as a Bond girl.
  +
  +
Whereas ''Casino Royale'' has a massive ensemble of Bond girls, there are only two main ones in ''[[Never Say Never Again (film)|Never Say Never Again]]''.
  +
  +
{| cellpadding="3" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse;"
  +
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
  +
! width="225" |Film
  +
!Bond girls
  +
!Actresses
  +
|-
  +
|''[[Casino Royale (1954 TV)]]''
  +
|[[Valerie Mathis]]
  +
|[[Linda Christian]]
  +
|-
  +
|''[[Casino Royale (1967 film)]]''
  +
|[[Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress)|Vesper Lynd]]<br>
  +
[[Mata Bond]]<br>
  +
[[Agent Mimi]]<br>
  +
Fang Leader<br>
  +
Eliza<br>
  +
Heather<br>
  +
Peg<br>
  +
Meg<br>
  +
[[Buttercup]]<br>
  +
[[Jag (Mireille Darc)|Jag]]<br>
  +
Control Girl<br>
  +
[[Miss Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet)|Miss Moneypenny]]<br>
  +
Lorelei<br>
  +
Ting Ling<br>
  +
[[The Detainer]]<br>
  +
Shirley<br>
  +
[[Giovanna Goodthighs]]<br>
  +
Captain of the Guards<br>
  +
Keystone Kop<br>
  +
Michele<br>
  +
Guard Girl
  +
|[[Ursula Andress]]<br>
  +
[[Joanna Petett]]<br>
  +
[[Deborah Kerr]]<br>
  +
[[Tracy Reed]]<br>
  +
[[Gabriella Licudi]]<br>
  +
[[Tracey Crisp]]<br>
  +
[[Elaine Taylor]]<br>
  +
[[Alexandra Bastedo]]<br>
  +
[[Angela Scoular]]<br>
  +
[[Mireille Darc]]<br>
  +
[[Penny Riley]]<br>
  +
[[Barbara Bouchet]]<br>
  +
?<br>
  +
?<br>
  +
[[Daliah Lavi]]<br>
  +
?<br>
  +
[[Jacqueline Bisset]]<br>
  +
[[Jeanne Roland]]<br>
  +
[[Geraldine Chaplin]]<br>
  +
[[Frances Cosslett]]<br>
  +
[[Caroline Munro]]
  +
|-
  +
|''[[Omnibus: The British Hero]]
  +
|Various<br>
  +
Various
  +
|[[Gabrielle Drake]]<br>
  +
[[Katya Wyeth]]
  +
|-
  +
|''[[Never Say Never Again (film)|Never Say Never Again]]''
  +
|[[Fatima Blush]]<br>
  +
[[Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger)|Domino Petachi]]<br>
  +
[[Patricia Fearing (Prunella Gee)|Patricia Fearing]]<br>
  +
[[Lady in the Bahamas]]<br>
  +
| [[Barbara Carrera]]<br>
  +
[[Kim Basinger]]<br>
  +
[[Prunella Gee]]<br>
  +
[[Valerie Leon]]<br>
  +
|-
  +
|}
   
  +
===Group Galleries===
In ''Moonraker'' this included members of [[Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale)|Hugo Drax]]'s "master race" and a group of women encountered by Bond in the jungles of [[Brazil]], in ''For Your Eyes Only'' the women were seen frolicking around a villain's pool, while in ''Octopussy'' they served mainly as the title character's underlings. In "A View to A Kill" they adorned Max Zorin's outdoor reception and in "The Living Daylights" they served as decorations at the villain's swimming pool. Although the Bond films have never stopped making use of feminine "eye candy", such large "Bond girl groups" were not featured after ''The Living Daylights''.
 
  +
<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
  +
Pussy Galore's Pilots (Promotional Still 2).jpg|''Goldfinger'' (1964)
  +
Bathtub.jpg|''You Only Live Twice'' (1967)
  +
Bond with angels of death.jpg|''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969)
  +
Roger Moore and Moonraker Bond Girls.jpg|''Moonraker'' (1979)
  +
Poolside.jpg|''For Your Eyes Only'' (1981)
  +
Octopus Cult.jpg|''Octopussy'' (1983)
  +
Harem.jpg|''The Living Daylights'' (1987)
  +
TLD_girls_pic.jpg|''Licence to Kill'' (1989)
  +
</gallery>
   
===Novels===
+
==Novels==
[[Ian Fleming]]
+
===Ian Fleming===
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
  +
!Year released
!width="225"|Novel
 
! !width="200"|Bond girl
+
! width="225" |Novel
  +
! !width="200" |Bond girl
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1953
| ''[[Casino Royale]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]''
 
| [[Vesper Lynd (Literary)|Vesper Lynd]]
 
| [[Vesper Lynd (Literary)|Vesper Lynd]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1954
| ''[[Live and Let Die]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Live and Let Die (novel)|Live and Let Die]]''
 
| [[Solitaire (Literary)|Solitaire]]
 
| [[Solitaire (Literary)|Solitaire]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1955
| ''[[Moonraker]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Moonraker (novel)|Moonraker]]''
| [[Gala Brand]]
 
  +
| [[Gala Brand (Literary)|Gala Brand]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1956
| ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Diamonds are Forever (novel)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''
 
| [[Tiffany Case (Literary)|Tiffany Case]]
 
| [[Tiffany Case (Literary)|Tiffany Case]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1957
| ''[[From Russia with Love]]''
 
  +
| ''[[From Russia with Love (novel)|From Russia with Love]]''
 
| [[Tatiana Romanova (Literary)|Tatiana Romanova]]
 
| [[Tatiana Romanova (Literary)|Tatiana Romanova]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1958
| ''[[Dr. No]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]''
 
| [[Honey Ryder (Literary)|Honeychile Ryder]]
 
| [[Honey Ryder (Literary)|Honeychile Ryder]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1959
| ''[[Goldfinger]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Goldfinger (novel)|Goldfinger]]''
|
 
[[Tilly Masterson (Literary)|Tilly Masterton]]
+
| [[Jill Masterson (Literary)|Jill Masterton]]<br>[[Jill Masterson (Literary)|Tilly Masterton]]<br>[[Pussy Galore (Literary)|Pussy Galore]]
 
[[Pussy Galore (Literary)|Pussy Galore]]
 
 
[[Jill Masterson (Literary)|Jill Masterton]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1960
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"From A View to a Kill"|From a View to a Kill]]"
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"From A View to a Kill"|From a View to a Kill]]"
 
| [[Mary Russell|Mary Ann Russell]]
 
| [[Mary Russell|Mary Ann Russell]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1960
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"For Your Eyes Only"|For Your Eyes Only]]"
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"For Your Eyes Only"|For Your Eyes Only]]"
 
| [[Judy Havelock (Literary)|Judy Havelock]]
 
| [[Judy Havelock (Literary)|Judy Havelock]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1960
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"Quantum of Solace"|Quantum of Solace]]"
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"Quantum of Solace"|Quantum of Solace]]"
 
| [[Rhoda Llewellyn]]
 
| [[Rhoda Llewellyn]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1960
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"Risico"|Risico]]"
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"Risico"|Risico]]"
 
| [[Lisl Baum]]
 
| [[Lisl Baum]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1960
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"The Hildebrand Rarity"|The Hildebrand Rarity]]"
 
| "[[For Your Eyes Only#"The Hildebrand Rarity"|The Hildebrand Rarity]]"
 
| [[Liz Krest]]
 
| [[Liz Krest]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1961
| ''[[Thunderball]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Thunderball (novel)|Thunderball]]''
| [[Domino (Literary)|Dominetta "Domino" Vitali]]
 
  +
| [[Patricia Fearing (Literary)|Patricia Fearing]]<br>[[Domino (Literary)|Dominetta "Domino" Vitali]]
 
[[Patricia Fearing (Literary)|Patricia Fearing]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1962
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
 
  +
| ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (novel)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''
 
| [[Vivienne Michel (Literary)|Vivienne Michel]]
 
| [[Vivienne Michel (Literary)|Vivienne Michel]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1963
| ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
 
  +
| ''[[On Her Majesty's Secret Service (novel)|On Her Majesty's Secret Service]]''
| [[Tracy Bond (Literary)|Teresa di Vicenzo]]
 
  +
| [[Ruby Windsor]]<br>[[Tracy Bond (Literary)|Teresa di Vicenzo]]
 
[[Ruby Windsor]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1964
| ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''
 
  +
| ''[[You Only Live Twice (novel)|You Only Live Twice]]''
 
| [[Kissy Suzuki (Literary)|Kissy Suzuki]]
 
| [[Kissy Suzuki (Literary)|Kissy Suzuki]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1965 (posthumously)
| ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
 
  +
| ''[[The Man with the Golden Gun (novel)|The Man with the Golden Gun]]''
| [[Mary Goodnight (Literary)|Mary Goodnight]]
 
  +
| [[Tiffy]]<br>[[Mary Goodnight (Literary)|Mary Goodnight]]
 
[[Tiffy]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1966 (posthumously)
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"Octopussy"|Octopussy]]"
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"Octopussy"|Octopussy]]"
| No Bond girl
+
| ''No Bond girl''
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1966 (posthumously)
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"The Living Daylights"|The Living Daylights]]"
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"The Living Daylights"|The Living Daylights]]"
 
| "[[Trigger]]"
 
| "[[Trigger]]"
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1966 (posthumously)
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"The Property of a Lady"|The Property of a Lady]]"
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"The Property of a Lady"|The Property of a Lady]]"
 
| [[Maria Freudenstein]]
 
| [[Maria Freudenstein]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1966 (posthumously)
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"007 in New York"|007 in New York]]"
 
| "[[Octopussy and The Living Daylights#"007 in New York"|007 in New York]]"
 
| [[Solange (Literary)|Solange]]
 
| [[Solange (Literary)|Solange]]
 
|}
 
|}
Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ''The Man with the Golden Gun.'' The short stories "Quantum of Solace", "The Living Daylights" and "The Property of a Lady" feature female characters in prominent roles, but none of these women interact with Bond in any sort of romantic fashion.
+
[[Mary Goodnight (Literary)|Mary Goodnight]] was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ''The Man with the Golden Gun.'' The short stories "Quantum of Solace", "The Living Daylights" and "The Property of a Lady" feature female characters in prominent roles, but none of these women interact with Bond in any sort of romantic fashion.
   
===Kingsley Amis (a.k.a. Robert Markham)===
+
===Kingsley Amis===
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
  +
!Year released
!width="225"|Novel
 
! !width="200"|Bond girl
+
! width="225" |Novel
  +
! !width="200" |Bond girl
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1968
 
| ''[[Colonel Sun]]''
 
| ''[[Colonel Sun]]''
 
| [[Ariadne Alexandrou]]
 
| [[Ariadne Alexandrou]]
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{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
  +
!
!width="225"|Novel
 
  +
Year released
! !width="200"|Bond girl
 
  +
! width="225" |Novel
  +
! !width="200" |Bond girl
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1981
 
| ''[[Licence Renewed]]''
 
| ''[[Licence Renewed]]''
| Lavender Peacock<br />Ann Reilly
+
| [[Lavender Peacock]]<br />[[Mary Jane Mashkin]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1982
 
| ''[[For Special Services]]''
 
| ''[[For Special Services]]''
| Cedar Leiter<br />Nena Bismaquer<br />Ann Reilly
+
| [[Cedar Leiter]]<br />[[Nena Bismaquer]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1983
| ''[[Icebreaker (novel)|Icebreaker]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Icebreaker]]''
| Paula Vacker<br />Rivke Ingber
 
  +
| [[Paula Vacker]]<br />[[Rivke Ingber]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1984
 
| ''[[Role of Honour]]''
 
| ''[[Role of Honour]]''
| Percy Proud<br />Freddie Fortune<br />Cindy Chalmer
+
| [[Percy Proud|Persephone Proud]]<br />[[Freddie Fortune]]<br />[[Cindy Chalmer]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1986
 
| ''[[Nobody Lives For Ever]]''
 
| ''[[Nobody Lives For Ever]]''
| Sukie Tempesta<br />Nannie Norrich
+
| [[Sukie Tempesta]]<br />[[Nannie Norrich]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1987
 
| ''[[No Deals, Mr. Bond]]''
 
| ''[[No Deals, Mr. Bond]]''
| Ebbie Heritage<br />Heather Dare
+
| [[Ebbie Heritage]]<br />[[Heather Dare]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1988
| ''[[Scorpius (novel)|Scorpius]]''
 
  +
| ''[[Scorpius]]''
| Harriet Horner
 
  +
| [[Harriet Horner]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1989
 
| ''[[Win, Lose or Die]]''
 
| ''[[Win, Lose or Die]]''
| Beatrice Maria da Ricci<br />Clover Pennington<br />Nikki Ratnikov
+
| [[Beatrice Maria da Ricci]]<br />[[Clover Pennington]]<br />[[Nikki Ratnikov]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1990
 
| ''[[Brokenclaw]]''
 
| ''[[Brokenclaw]]''
| Sue Chi-Ho
+
| [[Sue Chi-Ho]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1991
 
| ''[[The Man from Barbarossa]]''
 
| ''[[The Man from Barbarossa]]''
| Nina Bibikova<br />Stephanie Adore
+
| [[Nina Bibikova]]<br />[[Stephanie Adore]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1992
 
| ''[[Death is Forever]]''
 
| ''[[Death is Forever]]''
| Elizabeth St. John<br />Praxi Simeon
+
| [[Easy St. John]]<br />[[Praxi Simeon]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1993
 
| ''[[Never Send Flowers]]''
 
| ''[[Never Send Flowers]]''
| Flicka von Grusse
+
| rowspan="2" |[[Fredericka von Grüsse|Flicka von Grüsse]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1994
 
| ''[[SeaFire]]''
 
| ''[[SeaFire]]''
| Flicka von Grusse
 
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1996
 
| ''[[COLD]]''
 
| ''[[COLD]]''
| Beatrice Maria da Ricci<br />Toni Nicolleti
+
| [[Sukie Tempesta]]<br />[[Beatrice da Ricci]]<br />[[Toni Nicolleti]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
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{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
  +
!Year released
!width="225"|Novel
 
! !width="200"|Bond girl
+
! width="225" |Novel
  +
! !width="200" |Bond girl
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1997
 
| "[[Blast From the Past]]"
 
| "[[Blast From the Past]]"
| Cheryl Haven
+
| [[Cheryl Haven]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1997
 
| ''[[Zero Minus Ten]]''
 
| ''[[Zero Minus Ten]]''
| Sunni Pei
+
| [[Sunni Pei]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1998
 
| ''[[The Facts of Death]]''
 
| ''[[The Facts of Death]]''
| Niki Mirakos
+
| [[Niki Mirakos]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1999
 
| "[[Midsummer Night's Doom]]"
 
| "[[Midsummer Night's Doom]]"
| [[Lisa Dergan]]
+
| [[Lisa Dergan]]*
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1999
 
| ''[[High Time to Kill]]''
 
| ''[[High Time to Kill]]''
| Helena Marksbury<br />Gina Hollander<br />Hope Kendall
+
| [[Helena Marksbury]]<br />[[Gina Hollander]]<br />[[Hope Kendall]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|1999
 
| "[[Live at Five]]"
 
| "[[Live at Five]]"
| Janet Davies<br />Natalia Lustokov
+
| [[Janet Davies]]<br />[[Natalia Lustokov]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|2000
 
| ''[[Doubleshot]]''
 
| ''[[Doubleshot]]''
| Heidi Taunt<br />Hedy Taunt
+
| [[Heidi Taunt]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|2001
 
| ''[[Never Dream of Dying]]''
 
| ''[[Never Dream of Dying]]''
| Tylyn Mignonne
+
| [[Tylyn Mignonne]]
 
|-
 
|-
  +
|2002
 
| ''[[The Man with the Red Tattoo]]''
 
| ''[[The Man with the Red Tattoo]]''
| Reiko Tamura<br />Mayumi McMahon
+
| [[Reiko Tamura]]<br />[[Mayumi McMahon]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
Playboy Playmate Lisa Dergen is, to date, the only real-life person to be featured as a Bond girl in any literary Bond story.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Playboy Playmate Lisa Dergen is, to date, the only real-life person to be featured as a Bond girl in any literary Bond story.
   
===Charlie Higson===
+
=== Sebastian Faulks ===
  +
{| class="article-table"
  +
!Year released
  +
!Novel
  +
!Bond girl
  +
|-
  +
|2008
  +
|[[Devil May Care|''Devil May Care'']]
  +
|[[Scarlett Papava]]
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== Jeffrey Deaver ===
  +
{| class="article-table"
  +
!Year released
  +
!Novel
  +
!Bond girl
  +
|-
  +
|2011
  +
|[[Carte Blanche|''Carte Blanche'']]
  +
|[[Felicity Willing]]
  +
  +
[[Ophelia Maidenstone]]
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== William Boyd ===
  +
{| class="article-table"
  +
!Year released
  +
!Novel
  +
!Bond girl
  +
|-
  +
|2013
  +
|[[Solo|''Solo'']]
  +
|[[Bryce Fitzjohn]]
  +
  +
[[Blessing Belem|Efua Ogilvy-Grant]]
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== Anthony Horowitz ===
  +
{| class="article-table"
  +
!Year released
  +
!Novel
  +
!Bond girl
  +
|-
  +
|2015
  +
|[[Trigger Mortis|''Trigger Mortis'']]
  +
|[[Jeopardy Lane]]
  +
  +
[[Logan Fairfax]]
  +
  +
[[Pussy Galore (Literary)|Pussy Galore]]
  +
|-
  +
|2018
  +
|[[Forever and a Day|''Forever and a Day'']]
  +
|[[Joanne Brochet]]
  +
[[Monique de Troyes]]
  +
|}
  +
  +
=== Young Bond Novels ===
  +
  +
==== Charlie Higson ====
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!width="225"|Novel
+
! width="225" |Novel
! !width="200"|Bond girl
+
! !width="200" |Bond girl
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[SilverFin]]''
 
| ''[[SilverFin]]''
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| ''[[Blood Fever]]''
 
| ''[[Blood Fever]]''
 
| Amy Goodenough
 
| Amy Goodenough
  +
|-
  +
| ''[[Double or Die]]''
  +
| Kelly Kelly
  +
|-
  +
| ''[[Hurricane Gold]]''
  +
| Precious Stone
  +
|-
  +
| ''[[By Royal Command]]''
  +
| Roan Powers
  +
|}
  +
  +
==== Steve Cole ====
  +
{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
  +
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
  +
! width="225" |Novel
  +
! !width="200" |Bond girl
  +
|-
  +
| ''[[Shoot to Kill]]''
  +
| Boudicia "Boody" Price
  +
|-
  +
| ''[[Heads You Die]]''
  +
| Jagua<br />Maritsa
  +
|-
  +
| ''[[Strike Lightning]]''
  +
| Unknown
  +
|}
  +
  +
== Comic strips ==
  +
{| class="article-table"
  +
!Comic strip
  +
!Bond girl
  +
|-
  +
|[[River of Death|''River of Death'']]
  +
|[[Kitty Redwing]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[The Golden Ghost|''The Golden Ghost'']]
  +
|[[Velvet Lee]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Fear Face|''Fear Face'']]
  +
|[[Briony Thorne]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Double Jeopardy|''Double Jeopardy'']]
  +
|[[Lalla Sadub]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Starfire|''Starfire'']]
  +
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
  +
|-
  +
|[[Trouble Spot|''Trouble Spot'']]
  +
|[[Gretta]]
  +
|-
  +
|[[Isle of Condors]]
  +
|[[Crystal Kelly]]
 
|}
 
|}
   
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{| style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" cellpadding="3"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
 
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
!width="240"|Game (production company)
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! width="240" |Game (production company)
! !width="200"|Bond girl
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! !width="200" |Bond girl
! !width="285"|Actress (if applicable)
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! !width="285" |Actress (if applicable)
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Agent Under Fire]]'' (Electronic Arts)
 
| ''[[Agent Under Fire]]'' (Electronic Arts)
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|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Nightfire]]'' (Electronic Arts)
 
| ''[[Nightfire]]'' (Electronic Arts)
|
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|
 
[[Dominique Paradis]]<br />Zoe Nightshade
 
[[Dominique Paradis]]<br />Zoe Nightshade
   
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[[Makiko Hayashi]]
 
[[Makiko Hayashi]]
|
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|
 
[[Lena Reno]]<br />[[Jeanne Mori]]
 
[[Lena Reno]]<br />[[Jeanne Mori]]
   
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|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Everything or Nothing]]'' (Electronic Arts)
 
| ''[[Everything or Nothing]]'' (Electronic Arts)
| Serena St. Germaine<br />Dr. Katya Nadanova<br />Miss Nagai<br />Mya Starling
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| [[Serena St. Germaine]]<br />[[Dr. Katya Nadanova]]<br />[[Miss Nagai]]<br />[[Mya Starling]]
| [[Shannon Elizabeth]]<br />[[Heidi Klum]]<br />[[Misaki Ito]]<br />[[Mya (singer)|Mya]]
+
| [[Shannon Elizabeth]]<br />[[Heidi Klum]]<br />[[Misaki Ito]]<br />[[Mýa Harrison]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|From Russia with Love]]'' (Electronic Arts)
 
| ''[[From Russia with Love (video game)|From Russia with Love]]'' (Electronic Arts)
| Tatiana Romanova<br />Eva<br />Elizabeth Stark
+
| Tatiana Romanova<br />[[Eva Adara]]<br />[[Elizabeth Stark]]
 
| [[Daniela Bianchi]] (likeness)<br />[[Maria Menounos]]<br />[[Natasha Bedingfield]]
 
| [[Daniela Bianchi]] (likeness)<br />[[Maria Menounos]]<br />[[Natasha Bedingfield]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[Quantum of Solace (video game)|Quantum of Solace]] (Activision)
 
| [[Quantum of Solace (video game)|Quantum of Solace]] (Activision)
| [[Camille Montes]]
+
| [[Camille Montes|Camille Rivera]]<br />[[Vesper Lynd (Eva Green)|Vesper Lynd]]
|[[Olga Kurylenko]]
+
|[[Olga Kurylenko]]<br />[[Eva Green]]
 
|-
 
|-
| ''[[GoldenEye (2010 video game)|GoldenEye (2010)]]'' (Activision)
+
| ''[[GoldenEye 007 (2010 game)|GoldenEye 007 (2010)]]'' (Activision)
 
| [[Natalya Simonova]]
 
| [[Natalya Simonova]]
 
| [[Kirsty Mitchell]]
 
| [[Kirsty Mitchell]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| ''[[Bloodstone|Blood Stone]]'' (Activision)
 
| ''[[Bloodstone|Blood Stone]]'' (Activision)
| Nicole Hunter
+
| [[Nicole Hunter]]
 
| [[Joss Stone]]
 
| [[Joss Stone]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [[007 Legends]] (Activision)
 
| [[007 Legends]] (Activision)
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; height: 25px;"|
+
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; height: 25px;" |
  +
[[Pussy Galore (007 Legends)|Pussy Galore]]<br />
Holly Goodhead<br />
 
Tracey Bond<br />
+
[[Tracy Bond (Diana Rigg)|Tracy Bond]]<br />
Pam Bouvier<br />
+
[[Pam Bouvier]]<br />
Jinx<br />
+
[[Jinx]]<br />
  +
[[Holly Goodhead]]
Pussy Galore
 
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"|
+
| style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" |
[[Jane Perry]] (likeness)/ [[Lois Chiles]] (voice)<br>
+
[[Honor Blackman]] (likeness)/ [[Natasha Little]] (voice actor)<br />
[[Diana Rigg]] (likeness)<br>
+
[[Diana Rigg]] (likeness)<br />
[[Carey Lowell]] (likeness/voice)<br>
+
[[Carey Lowell]] (likeness/voice)<br />
[[Gabriela Montaraz]] (likeness)/ [[Madalena Alberto]] (voice actor)<br>
+
[[Gabriela Montaraz]] (likeness)/ [[Madalena Alberto]] (voice actor)<br />
[[Honor Blackman]] (likeness)/ [[Natasha Little]] (voice actor)
+
[[Jane Perry]] (likeness)/ [[Lois Chiles]] (voice)
 
|}
 
|}
  +
[[File:TheGirlsofBondTimeilne.jpg|thumb|300px|An out of date timeline of Bond Girls (1962-2012).]]
  +
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*After the release of ''[[For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981) a background actress in a pool scene, [[Tula]], was revealed to be a transsexual.
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*After the release of ''[[For Your Eyes Only (film)|For Your Eyes Only]]'' (1981) a background actress in a pool scene, [[Tula]], was revealed to be a transsexual, although it does not seem that (most of) the film production crew were aware of this. She is not a major character and has no dialogue, but nonetheless this revelation did generate tabloid interest in the following year, with the now defunct British tabloid newspaper the ''News of the World'' outing her.
*Vesper Lynd, the Bond girl from Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, is believed to be based on Christine Granville, a real-life SOE agent.
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*Vesper Lynd, the Bond girl from Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, is believed to have been based on Christine Granville, a real-life SOE agent.
*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 An updated version was included on the original ''[[Casino Royale]]'' DVD..
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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 (film)|Die Another Day]]'' on DVD. An updated version was included on the original ''[[Casino Royale]]'' DVD..
 
*[[Halle Berry]] and [[Kim Basinger]] are the only Oscar winners to play a Bond girl.
 
*[[Halle Berry]] and [[Kim Basinger]] are the only Oscar winners to play a Bond girl.
 
*After the release of ''Die Another Day'', MGM and [[EON Productions]] considered creating a spinoff series featuring Halle Berry's Jinx character. Plans for this were cancelled in 2003.
 
*After the release of ''Die Another Day'', MGM and [[EON Productions]] considered creating a spinoff series featuring Halle Berry's Jinx character. Plans for this were cancelled in 2003.
*Early drafts of ''[[Die Another Day]]'' included an appearance by [[Wai Lin]], but [[Michelle Yeoh]] was unavailable.
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*Early drafts of ''[[Die Another Day (film)|Die Another Day]]'' included an appearance by [[Wai Lin]], but [[Michelle Yeoh]] was unavailable.
*Media reports for ''[[The World is Not Enough]]'' indicated the producers planned to include cameo appearances by every surviving Bond girl actress, ranging from [[Ursula Andress]] to [[Michelle Yeoh]], but that did not occur; however, one "eye-candy" Bond girl was played by Eunice Gayson's daughter.
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*Media reports for ''[[The World Is Not Enough (film)|The World Is Not Enough]]'' indicated the producers planned to include cameo appearances by every surviving Bond girl actress, ranging from [[Ursula Andress]] to [[Michelle Yeoh]], but that did not occur; however, one "eye-candy" Bond girl was played by Eunice Gayson's daughter.
 
*[[Ursula Andress]] and [[Maud Adams]] remain, to date, the only actresses to have played more than one major Bond girl, although several other actresses have appeared more than once as "eye-candy" Bond girls.
 
*[[Ursula Andress]] and [[Maud Adams]] remain, to date, the only actresses to have played more than one major Bond girl, although several other actresses have appeared more than once as "eye-candy" Bond girls.
  +
*It is interesting to note that while [[Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton)|Jill]] is listed as an enemy on the Bond girl timeline, [[Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)|Pussy Galore]] was more of an antagonist to Bond.
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*[[Léa Seydoux]] as [[Madeleine Swann]] is the only Bond girl to be the main Bond girl twice in the films, ''[[Spectre (film)|Spectre]]'' and ''[[No Time to Die (film)|No Time to Die]]''.
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  +
==See also==
  +
*[[Bond Girl Curse]]
  +
*[[Miss Moneypenny]]
   
 
==External links==
 
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Women - 007

A Bond Girl is a character who portrays a significant supporting role or a love interest in a James Bond film, novel or video game. They typically have unusual names, and are physically attractive. The concept of Bond girls has evolved much over the years, and has proven one of the more controversial tropes of the Bond series - with some arguing that they should be referred to as "Bond Women" rather than girls. Bond girls have also represented the character's womanising, although this too has been toned down in recent years.

Bond girls fall into a number of different categories - sometimes they are women whom Bond rescues, or they are fellow agents and allies. Bond girls can also be opponents, rivals or members of enemy organisations. Bond girls vary greatly in terms of personality, occupation and appearance. Bond girls have included characters who were professional cello players, astronauts, air pilots, psychiatrists, nuclear scientists, tarot readers, marine archaeologists and corporate bosses, as well as the more predictable roles of spies and villains' girlfriends. A Bond girl can be feisty and independent, or docile and helpless. Some are extremely good at physical combat, while others evade it.

Some female characters such as Judi Dench's M, Rosa Klebb, and Irma Bunt are not classified as Bond girls, and are typically more mature and formidable women. Miss Moneypenny, on the other hand, is not usually seen as a Bond girl, but occupies an intermediate point between these two poles, sometimes flirting with him, and sometimes criticising him.

The role of a Bond girl is typically a high-profile part that can give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although there have been a number of Bond girls that were well-established prior to gaining their role. For instance, Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman were both Bond girls after becoming major stars for their roles on the television series, The Avengers. Additionally, Halle Berry won an Academy Award in 2002, an award presented to her while in the midst of filming Die Another Day. Despite claims of a Bond girl curse, many of them have had successful careers later, and the attitude of past Bond girls to their former roles is as varied as the women who played them.

Names

Bond girls often have very unusual sounding names. In the early days of Bond, it was typical for many Bond girls to have names which were smutty double entendres, examples of these would include Honey Ryder, Pussy Galore, Plenty O'Toole, Chew Mee, Agent XXX, Holly Goodhead, Onatopp and so on. Some of these originate with Fleming, but some do not. This particular aspect has been parodied many times, especially in Austin Powers.

However, not all Bond girl names have sexual connotations, by any means. For example, Vesper Lynd's name is a pun on "West Berlin", with Berlin being a city known for its divided loyalties in the Cold War. Some are more cryptic - Jenny Flex as a pun on "genuflects"; May Day as a well known distress signal and so on. Tatiana Romanova's name has no such obvious puns or origins, although in the novel, Bond remarks on a possible link with the Romanovs, Russia's royal house (In reality, Romanov is actually a very common Russian surname).

Others are cultural references: Strawberry Fields (a Beatles song); Madeleine Swann (a reference to the novels of Marcel Proust); Tracy Bond is a partial reference to St. Theresa and so on.

Some of Ian Fleming's names (as with those of James Bond himself, Felix Leiter, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, Auric Goldfinger and others) are also taken from people who knew, or knew of, in real life.

History

Honey Ryder 4

Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first main Bond girl in the official films.

Ursula Andress is often considered the first Bond girl, playing Honey Ryder in the film Dr. No (1962). She was, however, preceded by Eunice Gayson who played the character Sylvia Trench. Trench is the only Bond girl to appear as the same character in more than one film, appearing again in From Russia with Love (1963). Initially, Trench was planned to be a regular girlfriend of Bond's in the series, but was subsequently dropped after the encore appearance.

It should be noted however that Valerie Mathis was the first ever Bond girl to appear on screen in the 1954 television version of Casino Royale. She was played by Linda Christian.

LindaChristian

Linda Christian - the very first Bond girl to appear on screen in 1954.

Even very early on, Bond girls were not necessarily helpless victims by any means, for example in Goldfinger, Pussy Galore is a highly successful and respected gang leader, who has little interest in men (in the book it is openly stated that she is a lesbian, whereas in the film this is only hinted at.) The earliest non-white Bond girl is Miss Taro (Zena Marshall), who is supposed to be Eurasian, but is played by a white actress, with You Only Live Twice featuring an ensemble of East Asian actresses. The first black Bond girl is Rosie Carver in Live and Let Die. In subsequent films, Bond girls come from many different backgrounds and regions, with the Soviet bloc being a frequent origin.

To date, only three Bond girls have captured the heart of James Bond. The first was Tracy di Vicenzo played by Diana Rigg, who marries Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). At film's end, Tracy is gunned down by 007's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld. It was initially planned that her death would actually occur in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), but this idea was dropped during filming of On Her Majesty's Secret Service when current-Bond George Lazenby announced he would step down from the role. The next girl was Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (2006) who was secretly working for Bond's enemies and shared the same fate. Lastly, in the film Spectre, Bond rides off into the sunrise with Dr Madeleine Swann who returns in No Time to Die. In that film, she and Bond are happy and in love until he starts questioning her innocence in the bombing of Vesper's grave leading to their breakup. Five years later they reunite and it's revealed she had his child, Mathilde Swann, and the film ends with Bond sacrificing himself for them.

Within the Eon series, Maud Adams is the only actress to portray a main character as two different Bond girls in two different films, starting as Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974 and again as the title character in Octopussy (1983). She also appears as an extra in a third Bond film, A View to a Kill in 1985. Two other girls, Martine Beswick (Thunderball) and Nadja Regin (Goldfinger) also appear in a second adventure, appearing first in From Russia with Love. Tsai Chin appeared in two Bond films as well You Only Live Twice (1967) as a Ling and later as Madam Wu in Casino Royale (2006).

Pussy Galore

Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger

(Ursula Andress who appears in Dr. No, also plays Vesper Lynd in the non-Eon spoof Casino Royale (1967 film))

In 1995 Famke Janssen, who portrayed Xenia Onatopp, was considered the only major female character (and villain) whom Bond does not bed. However in 2008, lead Bond Girl Camille Montes also shows a restraint to Bond's usually forward charms.

Becoming more frequent, traditional Bond girls that have romantic trysts with Bond, are later discovered to be villainesses starting with Sophie Marceau's Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Miranda Frost portrayed by Rosamund Pike in Die Another Day (2002).

In late 2014, it was announced that Monica Bellucci will play Lucia Sciarra in Spectre (2015). At age 50, Bellucci made record as the oldest Bond girl in the film series. Previously, Honor Blackman held record, playing Pussy Galore in Goldfinger, aged 39 in 1964. Both actresses play the unlikely role, of being a Bond girl older than James Bond. (Casino Royale (1967) also had the 45 year old Agent Mimi)

Films

Eon series James Bond girls

Film Sexual encounters Actress Main Bond girl
Dr. No Sylvia Trench

Miss Taro

Honey Ryder

Eunice Gayson

Zena Marshall

Ursula Andress

Honey Ryder
From Russia with Love Sylvia Trench

Vida

Zora

Tatiana Romanova

Eunice Gayson

Aliza Gur

Martine Beswick

Daniela Bianchi

Tatiana Romanova
Goldfinger Bonita (implied)

Jill Masterson

Pussy Galore

Nadja Regin

Shirley Eaton

Honor Blackman

Pussy Galore
Thunderball Patricia Fearing

Paula Caplan (implied)

Fiona Volpe

Domino Derval

Molly Peters

Martine Beswick

Luciana Paluzzi

Claudine Auger

Domino Derval
You Only Live Twice Ling

Aki

Helga Brandt

Kissy Suzuki

Tsai Chin

Akiko Wakabayashi

Karin Dor

Mie Hama

Kissy Suzuki
On Her Majesty's Secret Service Tracy Bond (Teresa di Vicenzo)

Ruby Bartlett

Nancy

Diana Rigg

Angela Scoular

Catherine Von Schell

Tracy Bond (Teresa di Vicenzo)
Diamonds Are Forever Tiffany Case

Plenty O'Toole

Jill St. John

Lana Wood

Tiffany Case

Live and Let Die Miss Caruso

Rosie Carver

Solitaire

Madeline Smith

Gloria Hendry

Jane Seymour

Solitaire
The Man with the Golden Gun Andrea Anders

Saida

Mary Goodnight

Maud Adams

Carmen du Sautoy

Britt Ekland

Mary Goodnight
The Spy Who Loved Me Martine Blanchaud

Harem Tent Girl

Anya Amasova

Sue Vanner

Dawn Rodrigues

Barbara Bach

Anya Amasova

Moonraker Corinne Dufour

Manuela

Holly Goodhead

Corinne Cléry

Emily Bolton

Lois Chiles

Holly Goodhead
For Your Eyes Only Countess Lisl von Schlaf
Melina Havelock
Cassandra Harris

Carole Bouquet

Melina Havelock
Octopussy Bianca (implied)

Magda

Octopussy

Tina Hudson

Kristina Wayborn

Maud Adams

Octopussy
A View to a Kill Kimberley Jones

May Day

Pola Ivanova

Stacey Sutton

Mary Stavin

Grace Jones


Fiona Fullerton

Tanya Roberts

Stacey Sutton
The Living Daylights Linda

Kara Milovy

Kell Tyler

Maryam d'Abo

Kara Milovy
Licence to Kill

Pam Bouvier
Lupe Lamora

Carey Lowell
Talisa Soto

Pam Bouvier
GoldenEye Caroline

Xenia Onatopp

Natalya Simonova

Serena Gordon

Famke Janssen

Izabella Scorupco

Natalya Simonova
Tomorrow Never Dies Prof. Inga Bergstrom

Paris Carver

Wai Lin

Cecilie Thomsen

Teri Hatcher

Michelle Yeoh

Wai Lin
The World Is Not Enough Dr. Molly Warmflash

Elektra King

Dr. Christmas Jones

Serena Scott Thomas

Sophie Marceau

Denise Richards


Dr. Christmas Jones
Die Another Day Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson
Miranda Frost
Halle Berry
Rosamund Pike

Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson

Casino Royale
2006 version
Solange Dimitrios

Vesper Lynd

Caterina Murino

Eva Green

Vesper Lynd

Quantum of Solace Camille Montes

Strawberry Fields

Olga Kurylenko

Gemma Arterton

Camille Montes
Skyfall Unnamed Girl

Sévérine

Tonia Sotiropoulou

Berenice Marlohe

Sévérine
Spectre Estrella (implied)

Lucia Sciarra

Madeleine Swann

Stephanie Sigman

Monica Bellucci

Léa Seydoux

Madeleine Swann

No Time to Die Madeleine Swann Léa Seydoux Madeleine Swann

In addition to those actresses mentioned above, the Bond films traditionally have groups of women in the background whose general purpose is nothing more than eye candy: they include the sunbathing Miami beauties and Pussy Galore's Flying Circus in Goldfinger, the Thai girls at the kung fu school in The Man With the Golden Gun, Tiger Tananka's bathing beauties in You Only Live Twice, and Sheikh Hossein's harem in The Spy Who Loved Me. However, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, A View to a Kill, and The Living Daylights these women were also referred to in the media as full fledge Bond girls to provide added publicity for the film through eye-catching magazine and newspaper appearances.

In On Her Majesty's Secret Service, they include Ernst Stavro Blofeld's Angels of Death. In Moonraker (1979) this included members of Hugo Drax's "master race" and a group of women encountered by Bond in the jungles of Brazil, in For Your Eyes Only (1981) many women were seen frolicking around a villain's pool, while in Octopussy (1983) they served mainly as the title character's servants and guards. In A View to a Kill (1985) they adorned Max Zorin's outdoor reception and in The Living Daylights (1987) they served as decorations at the villain's swimming pool and later Bond overpasses a harem in Tangiers. Although the Bond films haven't stopped making use of feminine "eye candy" completely, such large "Bond girl groups" have not featured again since The Living Daylights.

Non-Eon films

There are a number of notable Bond girls in the non-Eon productions. In fact, as stated above, the very first Bond girl was Valerie Mathis in the 1954 Casino Royale, before Dr. No was even made. Ursula Andress became a Bond girl for a second time in the 1967 Casino Royale and Caroline Munro can also be spotted in a bit part in it before she became an "official" Bond girl. The '67 Casino Royale also features Sir James Bond's daughter Mata Bond as a Bond girl.

Whereas Casino Royale has a massive ensemble of Bond girls, there are only two main ones in Never Say Never Again.

Film Bond girls Actresses
Casino Royale (1954 TV) Valerie Mathis Linda Christian
Casino Royale (1967 film) Vesper Lynd

Mata Bond
Agent Mimi
Fang Leader
Eliza
Heather
Peg
Meg
Buttercup
Jag
Control Girl
Miss Moneypenny
Lorelei
Ting Ling
The Detainer
Shirley
Giovanna Goodthighs
Captain of the Guards
Keystone Kop
Michele
Guard Girl

Ursula Andress

Joanna Petett
Deborah Kerr
Tracy Reed
Gabriella Licudi
Tracey Crisp
Elaine Taylor
Alexandra Bastedo
Angela Scoular
Mireille Darc
Penny Riley
Barbara Bouchet
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Daliah Lavi
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Jacqueline Bisset
Jeanne Roland
Geraldine Chaplin
Frances Cosslett
Caroline Munro

Omnibus: The British Hero Various

Various

Gabrielle Drake

Katya Wyeth

Never Say Never Again Fatima Blush

Domino Petachi
Patricia Fearing
Lady in the Bahamas

Barbara Carrera

Kim Basinger
Prunella Gee
Valerie Leon

Group Galleries

Novels

Ian Fleming

Year released Novel Bond girl
1953 Casino Royale Vesper Lynd
1954 Live and Let Die Solitaire
1955 Moonraker Gala Brand
1956 Diamonds Are Forever Tiffany Case
1957 From Russia with Love Tatiana Romanova
1958 Dr. No Honeychile Ryder
1959 Goldfinger Jill Masterton
Tilly Masterton
Pussy Galore
1960 "From a View to a Kill" Mary Ann Russell
1960 "For Your Eyes Only" Judy Havelock
1960 "Quantum of Solace" Rhoda Llewellyn
1960 "Risico" Lisl Baum
1960 "The Hildebrand Rarity" Liz Krest
1961 Thunderball Patricia Fearing
Dominetta "Domino" Vitali
1962 The Spy Who Loved Me Vivienne Michel
1963 On Her Majesty's Secret Service Ruby Windsor
Teresa di Vicenzo
1964 You Only Live Twice Kissy Suzuki
1965 (posthumously) The Man with the Golden Gun Tiffy
Mary Goodnight
1966 (posthumously) "Octopussy" No Bond girl
1966 (posthumously) "The Living Daylights" "Trigger"
1966 (posthumously) "The Property of a Lady" Maria Freudenstein
1966 (posthumously) "007 in New York" Solange

Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun. The short stories "Quantum of Solace", "The Living Daylights" and "The Property of a Lady" feature female characters in prominent roles, but none of these women interact with Bond in any sort of romantic fashion.

Kingsley Amis

Year released Novel Bond girl
1968 Colonel Sun Ariadne Alexandrou

John Gardner

Year released

Novel Bond girl
1981 Licence Renewed Lavender Peacock
Mary Jane Mashkin
1982 For Special Services Cedar Leiter
Nena Bismaquer
1983 Icebreaker Paula Vacker
Rivke Ingber
1984 Role of Honour Persephone Proud
Freddie Fortune
Cindy Chalmer
1986 Nobody Lives For Ever Sukie Tempesta
Nannie Norrich
1987 No Deals, Mr. Bond Ebbie Heritage
Heather Dare
1988 Scorpius Harriet Horner
1989 Win, Lose or Die Beatrice Maria da Ricci
Clover Pennington
Nikki Ratnikov
1990 Brokenclaw Sue Chi-Ho
1991 The Man from Barbarossa Nina Bibikova
Stephanie Adore
1992 Death is Forever Easy St. John
Praxi Simeon
1993 Never Send Flowers Flicka von Grüsse
1994 SeaFire
1996 COLD Sukie Tempesta
Beatrice da Ricci
Toni Nicolleti

Raymond Benson

Year released Novel Bond girl
1997 "Blast From the Past" Cheryl Haven
1997 Zero Minus Ten Sunni Pei
1998 The Facts of Death Niki Mirakos
1999 "Midsummer Night's Doom" Lisa Dergan*
1999 High Time to Kill Helena Marksbury
Gina Hollander
Hope Kendall
1999 "Live at Five" Janet Davies
Natalia Lustokov
2000 Doubleshot Heidi Taunt
2001 Never Dream of Dying Tylyn Mignonne
2002 The Man with the Red Tattoo Reiko Tamura
Mayumi McMahon

*Playboy Playmate Lisa Dergen is, to date, the only real-life person to be featured as a Bond girl in any literary Bond story.

Sebastian Faulks

Year released Novel Bond girl
2008 Devil May Care Scarlett Papava

Jeffrey Deaver

Year released Novel Bond girl
2011 Carte Blanche Felicity Willing

Ophelia Maidenstone

William Boyd

Year released Novel Bond girl
2013 Solo Bryce Fitzjohn

Efua Ogilvy-Grant

Anthony Horowitz

Year released Novel Bond girl
2015 Trigger Mortis Jeopardy Lane

Logan Fairfax

Pussy Galore

2018 Forever and a Day Joanne Brochet

Monique de Troyes

Young Bond Novels

Charlie Higson

Novel Bond girl
SilverFin Wilder Lawless
Blood Fever Amy Goodenough
Double or Die Kelly Kelly
Hurricane Gold Precious Stone
By Royal Command Roan Powers

Steve Cole

Novel Bond girl
Shoot to Kill Boudicia "Boody" Price
Heads You Die Jagua
Maritsa
Strike Lightning Unknown

Comic strips

Comic strip Bond girl
River of Death Kitty Redwing
The Golden Ghost Velvet Lee
Fear Face Briony Thorne
Double Jeopardy Lalla Sadub
Starfire -
Trouble Spot Gretta
Isle of Condors Crystal Kelly

Video games

Game (production company) Bond girl Actress (if applicable)
Agent Under Fire (Electronic Arts) Zoe Nightshade Caron Pascoe
Nightfire (Electronic Arts)

Dominique Paradis
Zoe Nightshade

Alura McCall

Makiko Hayashi

Lena Reno
Jeanne Mori

Kimberly Davies
Tamlyn Tomita

Everything or Nothing (Electronic Arts) Serena St. Germaine
Dr. Katya Nadanova
Miss Nagai
Mya Starling
Shannon Elizabeth
Heidi Klum
Misaki Ito
Mýa Harrison
From Russia with Love (Electronic Arts) Tatiana Romanova
Eva Adara
Elizabeth Stark
Daniela Bianchi (likeness)
Maria Menounos
Natasha Bedingfield
Quantum of Solace (Activision) Camille Rivera
Vesper Lynd
Olga Kurylenko
Eva Green
GoldenEye 007 (2010) (Activision) Natalya Simonova Kirsty Mitchell
Blood Stone (Activision) Nicole Hunter Joss Stone
007 Legends (Activision)

Pussy Galore
Tracy Bond
Pam Bouvier
Jinx
Holly Goodhead

Honor Blackman (likeness)/ Natasha Little (voice actor)
Diana Rigg (likeness)
Carey Lowell (likeness/voice)
Gabriela Montaraz (likeness)/ Madalena Alberto (voice actor)
Jane Perry (likeness)/ Lois Chiles (voice)

TheGirlsofBondTimeilne

An out of date timeline of Bond Girls (1962-2012).

Trivia

  • After the release of For Your Eyes Only (1981) a background actress in a pool scene, Tula, was revealed to be a transsexual, although it does not seem that (most of) the film production crew were aware of this. She is not a major character and has no dialogue, but nonetheless this revelation did generate tabloid interest in the following year, with the now defunct British tabloid newspaper the News of the World outing her.
  • Vesper Lynd, the Bond girl from Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, is believed to have been based on Christine Granville, a real-life SOE agent.
  • 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. An updated version was included on the original Casino Royale DVD..
  • Halle Berry and Kim Basinger are the only Oscar winners to play a Bond girl.
  • After the release of Die Another Day, MGM and EON Productions considered creating a spinoff series featuring Halle Berry's Jinx character. Plans for this were cancelled in 2003.
  • Early drafts of Die Another Day included an appearance by Wai Lin, but Michelle Yeoh was unavailable.
  • Media reports for The World Is Not Enough indicated the producers planned to include cameo appearances by every surviving Bond girl actress, ranging from Ursula Andress to Michelle Yeoh, but that did not occur; however, one "eye-candy" Bond girl was played by Eunice Gayson's daughter.
  • Ursula Andress and Maud Adams remain, to date, the only actresses to have played more than one major Bond girl, although several other actresses have appeared more than once as "eye-candy" Bond girls.
  • It is interesting to note that while Jill is listed as an enemy on the Bond girl timeline, Pussy Galore was more of an antagonist to Bond.
  • Léa Seydoux as Madeleine Swann is the only Bond girl to be the main Bond girl twice in the films, Spectre and No Time to Die.

See also

External links

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