#All 55 Bond Girls Ranked
While we wait for the eventual release of ‘No Time To Die,’ we decided to rank every single one of the Bond Girls (including the married ones, too).
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The name’s Bond. Bondathon. With 24 official James Bond films to conquer before No Time To Die hits theaters (someday!), Bond fan Anna Swanson and Bond newbie Meg Shields are diving deep on 007. With shaken martinis and beluga caviar in hand, the Double Take duo is making their way through the Bond corpus by era, so hang up your hats and pay attention. In this entry, we’re ranking the Bond Girls.
Defining a Bond Girl is harder than it sounds. Of course, there are obvious qualifiers. Bond Girls are romantic and/or sexual partners of James Bond. They are secondary characters who are usually allies and sometimes adversaries of our martini-sipping, gun-slinging hero. They are famously beautiful and infamously ill-fated. But, as with all things, there are exceptions. And such aberrations tend to be pointed and sometimes political twists on the standard formula. Even still, there are characteristics that are difficult to put into words: maybe it has to do with a spark between them and 007…maybe it has to do with how the camera looks at them.
In the process of cataloging every woman who might qualify as a Bond Girl, we decided to cast a rather wide net that resulted in 55 women in total, but even this required some cuts. Just because Bond interacts with a woman or shows a glint of interest, that does not automatically grant Bond Girl status. Conversely, there are a few examples of Bond Girls who have fleeting courtships with 007 and may only appear in one scene but still count.
There are a number of illustrious women in the franchise who do not appear on this list. For example, Moneypenny. Ask any Bond fan worth their salt and they’ll agree with us that Bond and Moneypenny are characters meant to flirt mercilessly but never actually get it on. In short, she doesn’t count. Neither does Judi Dench’s M. Of course, there is no hard and fast rule when it comes to sorting the “girls in Bond movies” from the Bond Girls. At the end of the day, we took a cue from 007 himself and relied on instinct.
55. Tiffany Case
Played by: Jill St. John
Appears in: Diamonds are Forever
Tiffany Case enjoys the unique distinction of being both the first major American Bond Girl and the most annoying Bond Girl. So that’s something. She’s a ditzy, wise-cracking, money-loving diamond smuggler; initially, she’s a baddie who eventually flips when she learns that her employer wants her dead to tie up loose ends. Her chaotic wig changes are what Diamonds Are Forever deserves. She’s bumbling, grating, selfish, and causes more harm than good. We’ll never know what Bond saw in her.
54. Log Cabin Girl, a.k.a. Martine Blanchaud
Played by: Sue Vanner
Appears in: The Spy Who Loved Me
Not even given a name in the film (Martine comes from the novelization), “Log Cabin Girl” is pretty blink-and-you’ll-miss-her. She’s a Bond betrayer who sets him up for death the second he removes himself from the warmth of her bear-skin rug. Still, being a covert KGB agent who hangs out in the French Alps seems pretty rad. We wish we’d known Log Cabin Girl long enough to at least know her name.
53. Plenty O’Toole
Played by: Lana Wood
Appears in: Diamonds are Forever
Plenty O’Toole is commonly regarded as one of the worst Bond Girls, and though this is not without good reason—she is unabashedly opportunistic and more than a little annoying—we don’t think she’s the worst. Plenty might not be much to write home about, but she is hastily and unceremoniously killed off to make room for an even worse Bond Girl who dominates the run time. In any other movie, we’d be complaining about her until the cows come home, but compared to Tiffany Case, maybe she’s not so bad.
52. Caroline
Played by: Serena Gordon
Appears in: GoldenEye
Caroline, an MI6 psychological evaluator sent to check up on Bond, is yet another example of a Bond Girl who just isn’t given much to do. In her brief moments, she’s charmed by his cheekiness and doesn’t last long when trying to uphold professionalism. Too bad for her she’s just not as exciting as the next girl.
51. Pola Ivanova
Played by: Fiona Fullerton
Appears in: A View to a Kill
Points to Fiona Fullerton for managing to deliver one of the goofiest lines in the entire Moore era (an accomplishment in and of itself) when Pola informs Bond that the hot tub bubbles tickle her…Tchaikovsky! She does little else in the film besides seducing Bond and then being duped by him. But at least we get a laugh out of one of her three scenes.
50. Paula Caplan
Played by: Martine Beswick
Appears in: Thunderball
Paula is an early example of a Bond Girl who really deserved better. Like Bond, she’s a British agent tasked with going undercover. Unlike Bond, she doesn’t make it out of the mission alive. While Bond gets to cavort with Fiona Volpe, Paula takes care of business and is tragically kidnapped by Largo’s goons. She’s loyal to the end and dies rather than give up information.
49. Paris Carver
Played by: Teri Hatcher
Appears in: Tomorrow Never Dies
Paris is a “[footage not found]” kind of Bond Girl. She had an off-screen tryst with Bond that was so intimate 007 turned tail (she got too close!). Then she got married to the William Randolph Hearst of Bond villains. Why? Because he told her he loved her and that was good enough. But, of course, Paris is still hung up and risks it all for one last boink with Bond, sharing critical intel before getting whacked by the goofiest assassin in the franchise.
48. Molly Warmflash
Played by: Serena Scott Thomas
Appears in: The World Is Not Enough
Is Warmflash the most competent doctor in the world? Probably not. Was her issuing Bond a clean bill of health despite his dislocated collarbone directly responsible for Bond getting back in action and saving the world? You bet! Warmflash knows when to break the rules, and we have to respect that! She risked her career in order to get 007 back in the field. The medical community may disagree with her patient-relations strategy but we say job well done, Warmflash! You’re a hero!
47. Ling
Played by: Tsai Chin
Appears in: You Only Live Twice
A soundboard and a mouthpiece for some truly creative casual racism on the part of the script, our girl Ling has been shacked up with Bond for some time. Which means 007s famous “if I stick around much longer I have to start thinking of you as a person—bye!” limit is up. But what’s this? Ling traps Bond behind the Murphy bed and…goons shoot him to death? Fear not: Ling works for MI6 and is helping to stage Bond’s death.
46. Solange Dimitrios
Played by: Caterina Murino
Appears in: Casino Royale
Solange falls into the “risk it for the biscuit” Bond Girl category. Which is to say: the kind of Bond Girl who exists to fuck Bond, die, and move the plot forward in death. After enjoying some mid-2000s female gaze, Solange and Bond get carpet burn on the floor of 007’s suite while Solange’s evil husband gets up to no good. Solange is fully aware that Bond is seducing her for information, but well…risks it for the biscuit regardless. Even though her involvement with Bond leads to her untimely death, Solange feels more developed than a good number of the ladies on this list. She’s pleasure-seeking, melancholic, and another tragic casualty of Bond’s recklessness. RIP Solange.
45. Miss Taro
Played by: Zena Marshall
Appears in: Dr. No
Miss Taro falls under the “flirt fighting” category of Bond Girls. A secretary for the colonial government, Miss Taro is actually an informant for the titular Dr. No. After a meet-cute where Bond catches Miss Taro spying on him, she invites 007 to her secluded house in the countryside. When the planned en-route assassination fails and Bond actually shows up at her house, Miss Taro receives orders to keep Bond busy, and has sex with him. Eventually Bond deduces that Miss Taro is bad news, and sleeps with her again before the cops show up because of course he does. Miss Taro being played by a white woman only adds to the Western dragon lady stereotype she represents. It doesn’t do the character any favors.
44. Patricia Fearing
Played by: Molly Peters, voiced by Barbara Jefford
Appears in: Thunderball
Though not an intentional pun, Patricia Fearing is one of the more aptly named Bond Girls because she does indeed have quite a bit to fear when Bond and his mink glove are around. She’s a nurse just trying to do her job when Bond makes his way to the health farm. A near-death experience and some blackmail later, Patricia is pretty much removed from the plot. Probably for her own good.
43. Rosie Carver
Played by: Gloria Hendry
Appears in: Live and Let Die
Rosie was Bond’s first Black on-screen love interest, and if you think that means she fares well in the film’s script, you’ve come to the wrong franchise. Rosie, a rogue CIA agent sent to kill Bond, is immediately shown to be histrionic and comically incompetent. She’s dispatched a few scenes after her introduction and contributes very little. Not surprising, but certainly a missed opportunity.
42. Sévérine
Played by: Bérénice Marlohe
Appears in: Skyfall
Points here must go to Bérénice Marlohe’s performance as the ill-fated and woefully mistreated Sévérine. Marlohe is beautiful as the film-noir-inspired villainess and imbues genuine emotion into the scene where she relays the reasons for her involvement with Silva to Bond. It’s a shame that Bond barely takes a breath between learning that she was a sex slave and sleeping with her, a fact made worse by her unceremonious and needless death a couple of scenes later. Had she been a Fleming character, this arc would have been uncomfortable but mostly on-par. For a character written in the 21st century, it’s straight-up outrageous that the film’s only Bond Girl is wasted like this.
41. Melina Havelock
Played by: Carole Bouquet
Appears in: For Your Eyes Only
The “Bond Girl on her own mission of personal revenge” trope has been done prior to and after For Your Eyes Only, with Melina’s iteration falling towards the duller end of the spectrum. She’s undeniably beautiful, and we have nothing but love for the fact that her weapon of choice is a crossbow, but unfortunately, neither of those characteristics count as a real personality trait, making her tragically forgettable.
40. Nancy
Played by: Catherine Schell
Appears in: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Nancy is similar to Ruby Bartlett, though unfortunately, she can’t hold a candle to the antics of her fellow allergy-suffering and sex-starved co-patient. She does succeed at seducing an undercover Bond, though, so that’s gotta count for something. Plus, we have to admire the lengths she goes to in order to recover from her potato allergy — if becoming a SPECTRE sleeper agent means getting to have hashbrowns again, then a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do.
39. Kissy Suzuki
Played by: Mie Hama
Appears in: You Only Live Twice
In You Only Live Twice, in order to not look suspicious while investigating some Japanese islands, Bond gets fake married and “goes local.” It’s as bad as you’re picturing it. In isolation from the idiocy of the plan itself, Kissy is skilled and courageous. You’d have to be with the way Connery’s yellow face looks. In any case, their fake relationship eventually develops into something legitimate. And hey, she holds the unique distinction of being one of the few Bond Girls who doesn’t need to be saved/rescued/etc. at some point.
38. Corinne Dufour
Played by: Corrine Cléry
Appears in: Moonraker
When you extract intelligence from a henchman, you have to make your peace with the fact that they are probably going to get put to death. Which makes Bond’s habit of sleeping with his female interrogation subjects a little morbid. On brand, but morbid. While being romanced by Bond, the bedazzled Corinne reveals details about her evil boss’ secret project. And then she’s eaten by dogs. How Bond sleeps soundly we’ll never know.
37. Magda
Played by: Kristina Wayborn
Appears in: Octopussy
Magda exists as a pretty standard henchwoman; she’s there to seduce and betray Bond, selling him out to the villain Kamal. But when it comes to loyalty, Magda serves Octopussy first and foremost. She might not ultimately sway allegiances for the sake of Bond, but we can at least admire that she’ll do anything for the film’s eponymous ring leader.
36. Stacey Sutton
Played by: Tanya Roberts
Appears in: A View to a Kill
Overshadowed in every way by the much more captivating May Day, Stacey barely stood a chance. A thwarted oil-heiress with her own vendetta against Max Zorin, it’s no surprise that she and Bond team up to take him down. Stacey is all breathy line deliveries and very little bite, but in a film this bonkers, it’s helpful that the primary Bond Girl isn’t the star of the show — she’d just distract from the real highlights (*cough* May Day).
35. Octopussy
Played by: Maud Adams
Appears in: Octopussy
Yes, there is actually a character called Octopussy in the film Octopussy. She’s a wealthy jewel smuggler whose father studied octopi and nicknamed her Octopussy, a totally normal nickname to give a child. Anyway, Octopussy (jesus christ) has a pet octopus and runs an Octopus Cult full of loyal, deadly women. Ostensibly she bears no ill will and is only aligned with the baddies for the cash. Naturally, when she learns of the thousands of innocent deaths her co-conspirators have planned, she flips (in the nick of time), and helps Bond save the day. She and Bond have a lot of fun flirt-fighting that ultimately leads to one of the goofiest Bond-has-sex codas in the franchise: a barge-crew chanting “in, out, in, out” as they row 007’s boinking barge into the sunset.
34. Jinx Johnson
Played by: Halle Berry
Appears in: Die Another Day
The first heavy-hitter African-American Bond Girl since A View to a Kill’s May Day, Jinx is tough, fashion-forward, and capable. The Bond Girl triad! However, like just about everything in Die Another Day, Jinx is kind of weird. In attempting to make a Bond Girl who felt like Bond’s equal, Jinx’s fun, flirty, strong, sexy disposition leaves her feeling more like an alternate dimension Bond than a fully realized character in her own right. Jinx is very much a prototypical Badass Modern Action Woman, but she’s burdened with all the shortcomings that come along with that archetype.
33. Christmas Jones
Played by: Denise Richards
Appears in: The World Is Not Enough
On paper, a capable nuclear physicist seems like a compelling subversion of Bond Girl expectations. Richards’ performance is frequently cited as a low point for Bond Girls…which is wildly unfair because Tiffany Case exists. Really, the worst thing you can say about Dr. Christmas Jones is that she’s underwritten and not given a lot to do. Criticizing a character who resents being dismissed for her appearance solely on the basis of her appearance feels a little ironic. Merry Christmas we say!
32. Kara Milovy
Played by: Maryam D’Abo
Appears in: The Living Daylights
When it comes to Kara, the concert cellist girlfriend of a villainous KGB General, Bond’s on babysitting duty. While Kara isn’t as grating as Tiffany Case, she’s a formidable rival when it comes to sheer, mission-threatening incompetence. Kara’s more of an escort mission than a love interest, bringing little to the table other than glassy-eyed (if earnest) affection for 007. There have been many reasons to dismiss Bond over the years, but sticking Kara behind the wheel of a military transport plane is an unconscionable offense. The girl couldn’t drive a shopping cart.
31. Countess Lisl von Schlaf
Played by: Cassandra Harris
Appears in: For Your Eyes Only
In a film where James Bond is actively pursued by a child, his fling with Countess Lisl hits as an age-appropriate relief. The mistress of smuggler Milos Columbo, Bond meets the “Austrian Countess” (really just a Liverpool native) at a casino. She later deploys the most enticing offer of all time (“I’m a night person. I have champagne and oysters in the fridge. Why not come in for a bite?”). Damn. In a fun reversal, the Countess is pulling one of Bond’s old tricks, admitting that her seduction is actually a mission to gather intelligence. She is later unceremoniously mowed down with a dune buggy.
30. Manuela
Played by: Emily Bolton
Appears in: Moonraker
Bond’s ally in Rio, Manuela is an MI6 operative who did her how-to-seduce-007 homework: out-racing him on the streets of Brazil, making a shaken martini, and immediately proposing sex. He didn’t stand a chance. While Manuela’s personality doesn’t really extend beyond exposition-delivering companion-du-jour, she is a crucial part of the scene where Jaws is dressed like a clown. And that earns her a lot of points.
29. Strawberry Fields
Played by: Gemma Arterton
Appears in: Quantum of Solace
Hey, remember when they covered a girl in gold paint in Goldfinger? What if it was oil! You know, because it’s the late 2000s! Look, Fields is something of a dichotomy. On the one hand, she almost explicitly exists as a fanservice-crafted callback to expendable Bond Girl tropes. But on the other hand, she’s got more chemistry with Bond than Camille. Fields is an odd Bond Girl for an odd Bond movie. In our brief time with her, we witness her professionalism, her flaws, and her charm. It would have been great to see more of her but alas, Quantum of Solace is not a film where nice things thrive.
28. Mary Goodnight
Played by: Britt Ekland
Appears in: The Man With The Golden Gun
Mary Goodnight might not be the most skilled agent that Bond has partnered with in the field, but we have to give her bonus points for trying. Even when she messes up, there’s something kinda fun about her in a screwball-y way. It helps that Britt Ekland nails the ’70s style of her character and looks damn good in a bikini. Even though the role is somewhat thankless, we stand by the fact that Mary Goodnight deserved better.
27. Jill Masterson
Played by: Shirley Eaton
Appears in: Goldfinger
Who among us would not turn on our bosses if a powder blue romper-wearing James Bond walked into our hotel room? Jill loses points for not lasting very long into the film’s runtime, but she certainly gains points for being a relatable example of the “bad girl turned good” variety of Bond Girl. Had she not been killed by gold paint suffocation, Jill had real stellar Bond Girl potential. She remains iconic.
26. Tilly Masterson
Played by: Tania Mallet
Appears in: Goldfinger
We love a girl with murder on her mind. The sister of the ill-fated Jill Masterson, Tilly is hellbent on putting a bullet in Goldfinger’s sweaty forehead. While her aim might not match her bloodlust, Tilly captures Bond’s attention when, in her haste, she almost runs him off the highway. While Tilly ultimately winds up on the receiving end of Oddjob’s lethal bowler hat before Bond can make a move, the spark was there.
25. Ruby Bartlett
Played by: Angela Scoular
Appears in: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Ruby Bartlett writing her room number in lipstick on the inside of a kilt-wearing James Bond’s thigh is one of the hottest things in the entire Bond franchise. Her attempt to flirt by gnawing on a chicken leg is less of a success, but you can’t argue with the results. And we stan an assertive woman. Even if said woman is an unwitting sleeper agent trained to unleash a biological weapon on all of Britain.
24. Lupe Lamora
Played by: Talisa Soto
Appears in: Licence to Kill
A Bond-Girl-Who-Also-Dates-The-Baddie, Lupe has one foot in Franz Sanchez’s bed and the other in Bond’s. A confused metaphor? Perhaps. But Lupe is confused, too. Even though her drug lord boyfriend whipped her with a manta ray tail that one time. Lupe: here’s hoping you find someone who treats you right. The bar is very low.
23. Fiona Volpe
Played by: Luciana Paluzzi
Appears in: Thunderball
Fiona Volpe and Connery-era Bond aren’t all that different: both use sex to accomplish their missions. Game recognize game. An assassin for SPECTRE, Fiona becomes the trusted mistress of a NATO pilot in order to steal a vessel containing two atomic bombs. When Bond meets Fiona he immediately clocks her SPECTRE ring and (say it with me) sleeps with her anyway. Fiona gets bonus points for roasting Bond after the gig is up. Once Bond pulls a “this was business, not pleasure” move, Fiona calls a spade a spade and underlines the bullshit of “I had to sleep with all those women…for my job.” While yes, Bond does use Fiona as a human shield, they had something. No matter what Bond says.
22. Honey Ryder
Played by: Ursula Andress, voiced by Nikki van der Zyl
Appears in: Dr. No
I’m willing to bet a tin of my best caviar that when you think of Bond Girls, you think of Honey Ryder. You may not think of her name (though who doesn’t love an eyebrow-raising pun?) or any of her personality traits or characteristics. But you certainly think of her bikini. She emerged from the Atlantic, hair slicked back, clad in a white two-piece with a knife at her side, and the icon of the Bond Girl was born. Though she’s mostly an afterthought as far as the script is concerned, we do learn that she knows a thing or two about revenge and has more bite than her demure nature towards Bond might suggest. She’s not a bad start as far as the franchise’s women are concerned, but there’s a reason we all remember her bikini more than anything else about her.
21. Madeleine Swann
Played by: Léa Seydoux
Appears in: Spectre
Dr. Swann is a combination of a couple of Bond Girl tropes: the crime daughter, the medic, the pacifist. She’s a doctor and a psychologist, not a female action surrogate by any stretch but hardened and capable in her own way. It’s to Seydoux’s credit and the movie’s shame that, watching Spectre, you kind of wish it was her film. Her backstory is one of the most compelling things about Spectre. Meanwhile, her chemistry with Bond has the vitality of a limp hagfish. All that to be a damsel in distress. Very cool. You deserved better, Dr. Swann!
20. Aki
Played by: Akiko Wakabayashi
Appears in: You Only Live Twice
Aki was positioned to be the primary Bond Girl until a poison-wielding SPECTRE assassin entered the picture. Had she lived, she would have been an excellent companion to Bond. She’s an assassin, a skilled driver, and she’s more than dedicated to her mission. She might not make it to the credits, but as far as beautiful and ill-fated as Bond Girls are concerned, Aki is one of the better examples.
19. Lucia Sciarra
Played by: Monica Bellucci
Appears in: Spectre
Much ado was made out of Lucia being the franchise’s oldest Bond Girl as if fifty-year-old Monica Bellucci isn’t still Monica Bellucci. Unfortunately, the popular interest in her age distracts from the fact that Lucia is pretty damn compelling in her limited amount of screentime. She keeps her cards close to her chest, and it’s never made clear just how much she might have been scheming when she sent Bond away to meet SPECTRE. Though Bond does save her from death, she’s far from a damsel in distress.
18. Holly Goodhead
Played by: Lois Chiles
Appears in: Moonraker
Holly is one of the more brainy Bond Girls, a fact that initially confuses 007. But once he gets on board — quite literally, on their journey to space — it’s clear to all involved that Holly is one of the better Bond Girls to come from the Moore era. She’s a CIA agent tracking the suspicious goings-on at Drax Industries and as a welcome surprise, this is one example of a Bond Girl being on a similar mission to Bond in which her skillset is put to good use. Holly knows how to pilot the space shuttle, not Bond. We salute you, Dr. Goodhead!
17. Miranda Frost
Played by: Rosamund Pike
Appears in: Die Another Day
We’re big fans of Rosamund Pike ‘round these here parts, and despite the faults of the movie, her breakout role is one of the highlights of Die Another Day. Miranda Frost is a double-crossing, dangerously competitive fencer and MI6 agent who’s as cold as her name suggests. She back-stabs and is in turn front-stabbed, a fate she probably deserved, but she sure was fun along the way.
16. Solitaire
Played by: Jane Seymour, partially voiced by Nikki van der Zyl
Appears in: Live and Let Die
Solitaire is a clairvoyant Bond Girl with an enviable wardrobe and even more enviable Tarot cards. What’s not to love? Alright, so she’s a little bit more style over substance as she’s relegated to a pretty passive role, but when the style is this good, we’re not gonna complain. Still, had she possessed just a bit more character depth, we predict that she could have ranked even higher.
15. Natalya Simonova
Played by: Izabella Scorupco
Appears in: GoldenEye
Natalya Fyodorovna Simonova (say that five times fast) is a Level 2 programmer and quite possibly the only person on earth who doesn’t know that Alan Cumming’s Boris is a bad guy. She sees the best in people! That’s nice! A refreshingly competent reset after Bond’s break from the big screen, Natalya holds her own and helps save the day — which is more than most Bond Girls can say!
14. Anya Amasova
Played by: Barbara Bach
Appears in: The Spy Who Loved Me
Anya, a.k.a. Agent XXX, is essentially one small step for womankind, one giant leap for Bond Girls. She’s Russia’s go-to superspy with a personal vendetta against Bond and the ice-cold dedication required to carry it out — until she falls for him. Though her journey towards love interest is pretty predictable, along the way Anya shows that she’s smart, stealthy, and more than capable in the field. She might not be our favorite Russian spy, but she’s certainly an improvement over Bond’s fair share of shrieking damsels.
13. Andrea Anders
Played by: Maud Adams
Appears in: The Man With the Golden Gun
Yet another “mistress of the Big Bad,” Andrea is reluctantly on the arm of the assassin Francisco Scaramanga, who only has sex with her “before he kills” as a good luck charm. Desperately looking for a way out, Andrea asks 007 to kill Scaramanga and set her free: a fantasy that also seems to do the trick for Bond, who dismisses the hidden Mary Goodnight while Andrea changes in the bathroom. Naturally, Scaramanga learns of the affair and kills Andrea. A woman without a lot of options, her defection speaks volumes of her character.
12. May Day
Played by: Grace Jones
Appears in: A View to a Kill
The fantastically fashionable (and deadly) companion/lover/bodyguard of the psychopathic billionaire Max Zorin, May Day is a force to be reckoned with. May Day and Bond’s relationship is more complicated than the other entrants’ on this list: May Day is fully aware of Bond’s tried and true “getting in bed with the enemy” shtick but sleeps with him anyway (during the shoot, Grace Jones presented a scandalized Roger Moore with a dildo). For all her intimidation and radical dealings, May Day winds up an emotional mess when Zorin (inevitably) betrays her. While she winds up being instrumental in foiling Zorin’s scheme, May Day’s softening is bittersweet (a man shouldn’t break you like this, girl!).
11. Domino Derval
Played by: Claudine Auger, voiced by Nikki van der Zyl
Appears in: Thunderball
The French mistress of high-ranking SPECTRE operative Emilio-Largo, Domino is the total Bond Girl package: smart, funny, brave, and beautiful. Domino’s captive status gives Bond something to chase, but she’s far from submissive, turning proper vengeful upon learning the truth about her brother’s disappearance. A girl who can shoot a man in the back with a harpoon and who’s also down for scuba sex? Must be Bond’s lucky day!
10. Camille Montes
Played by: Olga Kurylenko
Appears in: Quantum of Solace
Like many other Bond Girls, Camille’s own quest for revenge intersects with 007’s mission, and they team up. Unlike many other Bond Girls, her vendetta is given its proper due in the film. Camille is notable for being the first major Bond Girl to not sleep with Bond while being entirely willing to use sex in order to accomplish her goal. In a way, she’s more like Bond than she is like other Bond Girls. She has spent years on her own journey, and it’s refreshing that this plot point isn’t merely folded into Bond’s own plans. Camille isn’t his accessory, nor is she dispensable. While Bond is on his own reckless and messy path to revenge, Camille is by his side and on equal footing, or at least as much equal footing as these films tend to allow.
9. Elektra King
Played by: Sophie Marceau
Appears in: The World Is Not Enough
While there’s many a Bond Girl who starts bad and flops once seduced, Elektra is a rare and welcome example of a baddie who completely fooled Bond, seduced him, and double-crossed him. She’s the first female primary antagonist of the franchise, and Marceau absolutely rises to the occasion in her performance. Elektra might have ultimately been thwarted, but you gotta hand it to her, she caused a hell of a lot of destruction along the way and was still mourned by Bond. It takes quite a woman to do all that.
8. Wai Lin
Played by: Michelle Yeoh
Appears in: Tomorrow Never Dies
An early draft of Die Another Die included a return for Wai Lin, which would have marked the second occasion where a Bond Girl came back for another film. Though this plot point was ultimately dropped before production, there’s a reason she almost became an exception to the rule: she RULES. Despite a third act development requiring Bond to save her (a trope that the franchise probably won’t ever shake), Wai Lin spends the vast majority of the film proving herself as a smart and savvy Chinese spy with fight skills that Bond should probably take notes on. Even when he sees her as a backseat driver, we all know she really belongs at the wheel.
7. Pussy Galore
Played by: Honor Blackman, voiced by Natasha Little
Appears in: Goldfinger
There’s a reason Pussy Galore is a legend, and it’s not just because she has the most “how did they get away with that?” name of any Bond Girl. She’s a lover and a fighter, the leader of her own flying circus, and the reason that Bond detours from his mission. She’s crafty, beautiful, and though she is ultimately overpowered (yikes) by Bond’s advances, she does a better job than most of staying on a level playing field with him. Henchwomen-turned-allies don’t really get any better than that.
6. Xenia Onatopp
Played by: Famke Janssen
Appears in: GoldenEye
Xenia is a Soviet assassin who enthusiastically murders men by suffocating them with her thighs. What else do we need to say?
5. Sylvia Trench
Played by: Eunice Gayson, dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl
Appears in: Dr. No; From Russia With Love
The first Bond Girl of the entire franchise. A gambling 007 first meets Sylvia at Le Cercle Club in London. After prompting Connery’s inaugural “Bond, James Bond,” Sylvia proves she’s more than just the novelty of firsts: she’s a golfer, a gambler, a pleasure-seeker. Hell, she even manages to break into Bond’s apartment for a booty call. Sylvia was originally conceived as a love interest who would return regularly as a running gag, always left in the lurch when Bond would get whisked away for another mission. While naturally, we’re in favor of Sylvia finding a more attentive partner, her teasing, assertive energy is missed.
4. Pam Bouvier
Played by: Carey Lowell
Appears in: Licence to Kill
Pam is introduced by pulling a “that’s not a gun — this is a gun” bit on Bond and she only gets better from there. She’s a fast-talking Floridian, a pixie cut queen, and a former Army pilot who can hold her own in a bar fight. She’s a through and through action heroine who doesn’t fall into the trope of the badass emotionless action heroine. Ms. Bouvier has her fair share of jealousy towards Lupe, but her charms can be seen from a mile away, and it’s no wonder Bond chose her in the end. Who wouldn’t?
3. Tatiana Romanova
Played by: Daniela Bianchi, voiced by Barbara Jefford
Appears in: From Russia With Love
Oh Tatiana: ballerina, cipher clerk, patriot. What’s not to love? An accidental pawn in SPECTRE’s genius plan to undermine the British Secret Service by making two hot people work together, Tatiana is charming and capable if a little bit naive. We bet her back must hurt from having to shoulder all of From Russia With Love‘s emotional stakes. Tatiana is one of the few love interests from the Connery era who feels like more than a convenient fling, and her relationship with Bond is genuinely involving and believable. Thanks, SPECTRE! Sometimes getting in bed with the enemy is the right thing to do.
2. Vesper Lynd
Played by: Eva Green
Appears in: Casino Royale
You never forget your first, and for Bond, it’s clear that few can compare to the woman who touched, then broke, then hardened his heart. She sized him up the moment she met him and was prepared to stay a step ahead until she fell for him, and, of course, he for her. Eva Green impeccably brings Vesper to life with wit, heart, and a perfect balance of fortitude and frailty. Green is one of the best actresses to star opposite 007, a fact complemented by her beauty and her off the charts chemistry with Daniel Craig. She’s as nuanced as Bond Girls come, exhibit A being that of all the women to ever betray him, she’s the most memorable, the one that haunts him whether he’s willing to admit it or not. More than Bond’s license to kill or any mission, Vesper is his origin story. James Bond is James Bond because of the woman he loved and lost. It might sound cliché, but — for better or worse, as the Craig films have demonstrated — all roads lead back to her.
1. Tracy Bond
Played by: Diana Rigg
Appears in: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
If you’ve been patiently waiting to press play on Tina Turner’s “The Best,” now’s the time. Tracy doesn’t just match Bond, she compliments him and does the impossible: she gives him a reason to care about someone other than himself. Tracy is a force to be reckoned with and it’s all Bond can do to keep up with her wit, her will, and her contagious desire for a life lived on her terms. It’s fitting that Tracy exists in an atypical Bond film alongside Lazenby’s sole turn as 007. She’s a special Bond Girl for a special movie — lightning in a bottle that can never be caught again. Of course, Tracy burned too bright to last in Bond’s world, but while she was there, she was absolutely unforgettable. Bond falls hard and fast and we’re right there with him: Tracy isn’t just the gold standard for Bond Girls; she’s the gold standard full stop.
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