Mata Bond is a fictional intelligence operative and the estranged daughter of Sir James Bond. The character appeared in the non-Eon 1967 spoof James Bond film Casino Royale and was portrayed by actress Joanna Pettet.
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Mata Bond is the estranged daughter of legendary British spy Sir James Bond, born of his love affair with Mata Hari. Bond travels to Asia and persuades Mata to travel to East Berlin to infiltrate International Mothers' Help, a school for spies that is a SMERSH cover operation. Mata uncovers a plan to sell compromising photographs of military leaders from the USA, USSR, China and Great Britain at an "art auction", another scheme bankrupt SMERSH financier Le Chiffre hopes to use to raise money. In the ensuing chaos and with the help of British Foreign Office official Carlton Towers, Mata destroys the photos.
Later, whilst watching the Changing of the Guard in London, Mata is kidnapped by a SMERSH agent on horseback and is taken to a giant flying saucer at Trafalgar Square. In a bid to lure her superspy father to the mysterious Dr. Noah, she is subsequently brought to his secret lair underneath Casino Royale. She subsequently escapes and during the climatic battle at the casino, she is killed along her father and the rest of the '007' agents in an atomic explosion.
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Casino Royale is the first Bond film to suggest the character has a daughter, decades before No Time to Die.
The Eon production No Time to Die would also later show Bond has a daughter. This time called Mathilde, which sounds a bit like Mata although this is probably just a coincidence.
Some fan theories have suggested that Miss Moneypenny in Casino Royale is also James Bond's daughter, however this is never directly hinted at. This would make her Mata Bond's half-sister, and Jimmy Bond's cousin.