{{Original research|date=December 2025|reason=}}{{Short description|Female love interest or sidekick of James Bond}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} [[File:Muralbondgirls.jpg|thumb|Clockwise from top left are actresses Eva Green, Halle Berry, Michelle Yeoh, and Jane Seymour]] <!-- Please don't add fair use images to this page. Fair use images can only be added to pages which discuss the film or character depicted in the image. They can't be used on this page, nor on pages about the actors.-->"'''Bond girl'''" is a term for a female character who is a love interest, ally or adversary of the character James Bond in a novel, film, or video game. According to Lisa Funnell, an editor of multiple books about the ''James Bond'' series, the "Bond girl" is a staple of the franchise and has been a powerful contributor to its worldwide success. Funnell believes the term is overused in popular discourse, as it is applied to almost every female character who appears in a ''Bond'' film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Funnell |first=Lisa |date=25 March 2020 |title=The Bond Girl (1962-2002) |url=https://lisafunnell.com/2020/03/25/the-bond-girl-1962-2002/ |access-date=2 December 2025 |website=Dr. Lisa Funnell |language=en}}</ref> In recent years{{When|date=April 2026}}, some actresses in the franchise have stated that they prefer the term "Bond woman" over "Bond girl".{{efn|Attributed to multiple references: <ref>{{cite news|last=Ford| first=Clementine |title=Are Bond girls sexist? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20151014-bond-women-sexy-or-just-sexist|work=BBC Culture|date=October 14, 2015|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Handy |first=Bruce |title=Girls" to Spectre |date=27 October 2015 |work=Vanity Fair|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/sam-mendes-spectre-interview |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="theguardian_2015-09-17">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Nigel M. |title=Monica Bellucci: 'I'm not a Bond girl, I'm a Bond woman' |date=17 September 2015 |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/17/monica-bellucci-james-bond-spectre-bond-woman |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="independent_a6708061">{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Steve |title=Spectre's Naomie Harris: We should ditch demeaning 'Bond girl' term – and it's time we stopped talking about a black James Bond |date=26 October 2015 |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/spectre-s-naomie-harris-we-should-ditch-demeaning-bond-girl-term-and-it-s-time-we-stopped-talking-about-a-black-james-bond-a6708061.html |access-date=28 March 2022}}</ref><ref>For a general discussion of the characteristics of the Fleming Bond girl, see the relevant chapters of O. F. Snelling, ''007 James Bond: A Report'' (Signet, 1965).</ref>}}
==Inspiration== James Bond was created by the author Ian Fleming, who wrote a series of novels featuring the character. Ben Macintyre of ''The Times'' has speculated that Fleming's lover Muriel Wright may have been a powerful inspiration for his female characters. Macintyre describes both Wright and Bond girls as "pliant and undemanding, beautiful but innocent, outdoorsy, physically tough, implicitly vulnerable and uncomplaining, and then tragically dead, before or soon after marriage." Wright was a wealthy model, a skilled skier and a talented polo player. After her death in 1944, a devastated Fleming called her "too good to be true".<ref name="macintyre20080405">{{Cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/for_your_eyes_only/article3652410.ece|title=Was Ian Fleming the real 007?|last=Macintyre, Ben|date=5 April 2008|work=The Times|access-date=8 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531130411/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/specials/for_your_eyes_only/article3652410.ece|archive-date=31 May 2010|location=London|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==In film==
According to ''Fox News Magazine'', Ursula Andress (as Honey Ryder) in ''Dr. No'' (1962) is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although Eunice Gayson as Sylvia Trench and Zena Marshall as Miss Taro appeared onscreen before Andress in the same film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/get-look-bond-girl-bikinis|title=Get The Look: Bond Girl Bikinis|publisher=|date=5 November 2012|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902235005/http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/get-look-bond-girl-bikinis|archive-date=2 September 2015|url-status=dead|website=Fox News Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Brigid|last=Brown|title=The Early Bond Girls: Where Are They Now?|date=8 November 2012|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/11/the-early-bond-girls-where-are-they-now/|access-date=18 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305144423/https://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/11/the-early-bond-girls-where-are-they-now/|archive-date=5 March 2019|url-status=dead|work=BBC America: Anglophenia}}</ref> ''Goldfinger'' (1964), the third film, established the Bond girl as regularly appearing in Bond films.{{r|watson}}
There is no set rule on what kind of person a Bond girl will be or what role she will play. She may be an ally or an enemy of Bond, pivotal to the mission or simply there for her looks. There are female characters such as Judi Dench's M, Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), a Bolivian intelligence agent who teams up with Bond in ''Quantum of Solace'', and Bibi Dahl (Lynn-Holly Johnson) in ''For Your Eyes Only'', who are not romantic interests of Bond, and hence may not be considered Bond girls.{{sfn|Jütting|2007|p=65}}{{sfn|Lipp|2006|p=34}}{{sfn|Comentale|Watt|Willman|2005|p=134}} It has been argued that M's pivotal role in the plot of ''Skyfall'' qualifies her as a Bond girl or Bond woman.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bradshaw|first1=Peter|title=Skyfall – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/oct/25/skyfall-review|access-date=6 May 2016|newspaper=The Guardian|date=25 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Slater|first1=Tom|title=Judi Dench: the ultimate Bond girl|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/13051#.VyyA2fmLRdh|website=spiked-online.com|access-date=6 May 2016|date=2 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosenberg|first1=Alyssa|title=The End of the Bond Girl and the Rise of the Bond Woman|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/11/09/skyfall_and_the_end_of_the_bond_girl_she_s_a_bond_woman_now.html|website=slate.com|access-date=6 May 2016|date=9 November 2012}}</ref>
There have been many attempts to break down the numerous Bond girls into a top 10 list for the entire series; characters who often appear in these lists include Anya Amasova (from ''The Spy Who Loved Me'', portrayed by Barbara Bach); Pussy Galore (from ''Goldfinger'', portrayed by Honor Blackman); Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (from ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'', portrayed by Diana Rigg); and often ranked Number 1 on the list, Honey Ryder (from ''Dr. No'', portrayed by Ursula Andress).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/gallery/bond-girls-best-and-worst/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=The 10 Best Bond Girls|access-date=15 February 2008|archive-date=24 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224020709/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1557446_11,00.html|url-status=live|date=8 January 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.babes.entertainment.ign.com/articles/746/746292p1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226092616/http://au.babes.entertainment.ign.com/articles/746/746292p1.html|title=Top 10 Bond Babes|date=26 February 2007|archive-date=26 February 2007|access-date=1 December 2025|website=IGN|last=Zdyrko|first=Dave}}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' put "Bond bathing suits" on its 2009 end-of-the-decade "best-of" list.<ref>{{Cite web|title=100 greatest movies, TV shows, and more|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/12/04/100-greatest-movies-tv-shows-and-more/|website=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=1 December 2025|language=en|date=4 December 2009}}</ref>
===Roles and impact=== Roald Dahl said that when writing the script for ''You Only Live Twice'', he was advised to use three Bond girls: The first should die "preferably in Bond's arms" early, the second a villain whom Bond seduces before she dies in an unusual and gory way midway, and the third survives to the end of the film.<ref name="watson">{{Cite magazine |last=Watson |first=Nigel |title=Bond Age Man |url=http://www.talkingpix.co.uk/Article_Bondage%20man.html |magazine=Talking Pictures }}</ref> In several, the Bond girl is revealed, after her tryst with Bond, to be a villainess. Examples are Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) in ''Never Say Never Again'' (1983), Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999), and Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike) in ''Die Another Day'' (2002). The Timothy Dalton films of the 1980s introduced the "Bond woman", who is equal to and challenges Bond, but he remains the heterosexual hero; they are depicted with Dalton and later Bonds and their cars and gadgets, implying that all are possessions that Bond can use and dispose.{{r|watson}}
As of 2013, there had been only two films in which James Bond falls in love with the Bond girl. The first was ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969), in which Countess Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) marries Bond but is shot dead by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld at the story's end. The second was Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in ''Casino Royale'' (2006). Bond confesses his love to her and resigns from MI6 so that they can have a normal life together. He later learns that she had been a double agent working for his enemies. The enemy organisation Quantum had kidnapped her former lover and had been blackmailing her to secure her co-operation. She ends up actually falling in love with Bond, but dies, as Quantum is closing in on her, by drowning in a lift in a building under renovation in Venice.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movieweb.com/eva-green-is-vesper-lynd-in-casino-royale/|title=Eva Green is Vesper Lynd in 'Casino Royale'|publisher=Movie Web|date=12 November 2006|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://screenrant.com/spectre-james-bond-24-quantum-mr-white/|title='Quantum of Solace's Mr. White Says He's Returning for 'Spectre'|website=Screen Rant|date=4 December 2014|access-date=18 August 2015}}</ref>
===Effect on career=== {{More citations needed|section|date=December 2025}} The role of a Bond girl, as it has evolved in the films, is typically a high-profile part that can sometimes give a major boost to the career of unestablished actresses, although a number of Bond girls were well-established beforehand. For instance, Diana Rigg and Honor Blackman were both cast as Bond girls after they had already become stars in the United Kingdom for their roles in the television series ''The Avengers''. Teri Hatcher was already known for her role as Lois Lane in the television series ''Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'' before she was cast in ''Tomorrow Never Dies''. A few years after playing a Bond girl, she became one of the most highly paid actresses on television, starring in ''Desperate Housewives''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} [[File:KimRosamundBG.png|275px|thumb|right|Kim Basinger, who played Domino Petachi in ''Never Say Never Again'' (1983) and Rosamund Pike, who played Miranda Frost in ''Die Another Day'' (2002).]]
Albert R. Broccoli's original choice for the role of Domino Derval was Julie Christie following her performance in ''Billy Liar'' in 1963. It seems he was disappointed when he met her so instead he considered Raquel Welch after seeing her on the cover of the October 1964 issue of ''Life'' magazine. Welch, however, was hired by Richard Zanuck of 20th Century Fox to appear in the film ''Fantastic Voyage'' the same year instead.<ref name="mi6">{{cite web|url=http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/movies/tb_production.php3?t=tb&s=tb|title=Production notes for Thunderball|access-date=30 December 2007|publisher=MI6.co.uk|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218123749/http://www.mi6.co.uk/sections/movies/tb_production.php3?t=tb&s=tb|archive-date=18 December 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> French actress Claudine Auger was ultimately cast in the role. ''Thunderball'' launched Auger into a successful European film career but did little for her in the United States.<ref name= "no boost">{{cite news| title = Bond Was No Boost For Auger | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-29-ca-16048-story.html| first= Roderick | last= Mann | date= 29 November 1986 | access-date= 21 July 2012 | work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
The producers encountered difficulty in casting the female lead in ''Casino Royale'' (2006), due to the perception among many leading actresses that appearing in a ''Bond'' film could hinder their careers. Catherine Zeta Jones was one of several actresses who turned down a role in the film. However, there is plenty of evidence to the contrary, with several former Bond girls going on to have very high profile acting careers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema.com/news/item/3817/curse-of-the-bond-girl.phtml |title=Curse of the Bond Girl |publisher=Cinema.com |date=25 April 2001 |access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref> Of the earlier actresses, Ursula Andress and Honor Blackman both had well regarded careers, and Jane Seymour—who was an unknown when she was cast in ''Live and Let Die''—later won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards in 1988 for playing Maria Callas in the TV movie ''Onassis: The Richest Man in the World'' and then became a household name playing the title role of Dr. Michaela Quinn in her TV series ''Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/05/03/403579972/from-bond-girl-to-medicine-woman-jane-seymours-big-break|title=From Bond Girl To Medicine Woman: Jane Seymour's Big Break|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-09-29|language=en}}</ref> Since Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli took over producing the films in the mid-1990s, several actresses have also won or been nominated for an Oscar: Kim Basinger in 1998 (Best Supporting Actress for ''L.A. Confidential''), Halle Berry in 2002 (who won Best Actress for ''Monster's Ball'' while she was filming ''Die Another Day''), Rosamund Pike (nominated for Best Actress for ''Gone Girl'' in 2015), and Michelle Yeoh in 2023 (Best Actress for ''Everything Everywhere All at Once''). Ultimately, the up-and-coming actress Eva Green was cast as Vesper Lynd, and won BAFTA's Rising Star Award for her performance at the 60th British Academy Film Awards.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
===Multiple appearances=== Prior to the series being rebooted in 2006 with ''Casino Royale'', Sylvia Trench was the only Bond girl character to appear in more than one film (''Dr. No'' in 1962 and ''From Russia with Love'' in 1963). She was meant to be Bond's regular girlfriend, but was dropped after her appearance in the second film. Léa Seydoux, who played Madeleine Swann in ''Spectre'', reprised her role in ''No Time to Die'' (2021).{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
In the Eon series, three actresses have made reappearances as different Bond girls: Martine Beswick and Nadja Regin both first appeared in ''From Russia with Love'', and then appeared in ''Thunderball'' and ''Goldfinger'', respectively. Maud Adams played Andrea Anders in ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) and the eponymous character in ''Octopussy'' (1983).
If the non-Eon produced films, ''Casino Royale'' (1967) and ''Never Say Never Again'' (1983), are included, several other actresses have also been a Bond girl more than once: Ursula Andress in ''Dr. No'' (1962) and ''Casino Royale'' (1967); Angela Scoular in ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969) and ''Casino Royale'' (1967); Valerie Leon in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and ''Never Say Never Again''.<ref name="MetroUK">{{cite news |author1=Pearce, Tilly |title=Sir Sean Connery remembered by Bond girl Valerie Leon after caring for her during awkward sex scene |url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/11/02/sean-connery-remembered-by-bond-girl-valerie-leon-after-caring-for-her-during-awkward-sex-scene-13521369/ |work=Metro |publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited |date=2020-11-02 |location=United Kingdom |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
== Criticism == Naomie Harris, who plays Eve Moneypenny in three ''Bond'' films, has criticised the term "Bond girl". In 2015, she called it demeaning and suggested that it be replaced with "Bond woman".<ref name="independent_a6708061"/> Monica Bellucci, who became the oldest "Bond girl" at the age of 50, when she was cast in ''Spectre'', stated, "I can’t say I’m a Bond girl because I’m too mature to be a Bond girl. I say Bond lady; Bond woman."<ref name="theguardian_2015-09-17"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last=McCluskey |first=Megan |title=Monica Bellucci Says She Is a Bond Woman, Not a Bond Girl |url=https://time.com/4039266/monica-bellucci-bond-woman/ |access-date=1 October 2017 |magazine=Time}}</ref>
==List of Bond girls== ===Ian Fleming stories=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"|Title (publication date) || scope="col"|Bond girl |- | ''Casino Royale'' (1953) || Vesper Lynd |- | ''Live and Let Die'' (1954) || Simone "Solitaire" Latrelle |- | ''Moonraker'' (1955) || Gala Brand |- | ''Diamonds Are Forever'' (1956) || Tiffany Case |- | ''From Russia, with Love'' (1957) || Corporal Tatiana Romanova |- | ''Dr. No'' (1958) || Honeychile Rider |- | ''Goldfinger'' (1959) || {{unbulleted list| Pussy Galore | Jill Masterton | Tilly Masterton <!--- Please do not change it to Masterson, which is only in the film. It's "Masterton" in the novel. --->}} |- | "From a View to a Kill" (1960) || Mary Ann Russell |- | "For Your Eyes Only" (1960) || Judy Havelock |- | "Quantum of Solace" (1960) || {{N/A}}<!--there is no Bond girl in this short story. The film ''Quantum of Solace'' has NOTHING in common with this short story beyond the title and Bond himself—and he only briefly appears in the short story (more than likely only as a literary device to enable Ian Fleming to put a non-Bond story in one of his Bond books). DO NOT insert either of the film's Bond girls here!!! --> |- | "Risico" (1960) || Lisl Baum |- | "The Hildebrand Rarity" (1960) || Liz Krest |- | ''Thunderball'' (1961) || {{unbulleted list| Dominetta "Domino" Vitali | Patricia Fearing}} |- | ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1962) || Vivienne Michel |- | ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1963) || {{unbulleted list| Teresa di Vicenzo | Ruby Windsor}} |- | ''You Only Live Twice'' (1964) || {{unbulleted list| Kissy Suzuki | Mariko Ichiban | unnamed girl}} |- | ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1965, <small>posthumously</small>) || Mary Goodnight |- | "The Living Daylights" (1966, posth.) || Trigger |- | "The Property of a Lady" (1966, posth.) || Maria Freudenstein |- | "Octopussy" (1966, posth.) || {{N/A}}<!--there is no Bond girl in this short story. The character of Trudi only appears in the comic adaptation--> |- | "007 in New York" (1966, posth.) || Solange |}
Mary Goodnight was a supporting character in several Bond novels before graduating to full Bond girl in ''The Man with the Golden Gun''. Several short stories, such as "Quantum of Solace", "The Hildebrand Rarity", "The Living Daylights", and "The Property of a Lady", feature female characters in prominent roles, but none of these women interact with Bond in a romantic way.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
===Post-Fleming stories=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"|Title (publication date) || ! scope="col"|Author || ! scope="col"|Bond girl |- | ''Colonel Sun'' (1968) || Kingsley Amis, as Robert Markham || Ariadne Alexandrou |- | ''Licence Renewed'' (1981) || John Gardner || Lavender Peacock |- | ''For Special Services'' (1982) || John Gardner || {{unbulleted list| Cedar Leiter | Nena Bismaquer}} |- | ''Icebreaker'' (1983) || John Gardner || {{unbulleted list| Paula Vacker | Rivke Ingber}} |- | ''Role of Honour'' (1984) || John Gardner || Persephone "Percy" Proud |- | ''Nobody Lives for Ever'' (1986) || John Gardner || Sukie Tempesta |- | ''No Deals, Mr. Bond'' (1987) || John Gardner || Ebbie Heritage |- | ''Scorpius'' (1988) || John Gardner || Harriett Horner |- | ''Win, Lose or Die'' (1989) || John Gardner || {{unbulleted list| Clover Pennington | Beatrice Maria da Ricci}} |- | ''Brokenclaw'' (1990) || John Gardner || Sue Chi-Ho |- | ''The Man from Barbarossa'' (1991) || John Gardner || {{unbulleted list| Stephanie Adoré | Nina Bibikova}} |- | ''Death is Forever'' (1992) || John Gardner || Elizabeth "Easy" St. John |- | ''Never Send Flowers'' (1993) || John Gardner || Fredericka "Flicka" von Grüsse |- | ''SeaFire'' (1994) || John Gardner || Fredericka "Flicka" von Grüsse |- | ''COLD'' (1996) || John Gardner || {{unbulleted list| Sukie Tempesta | Beatrice Maria da Ricci}} |- | "Blast From the Past" (1997) || Raymond Benson || {{N/A}} |- | ''Zero Minus Ten'' (1997) || Raymond Benson || Sunni Pei |- | ''The Facts of Death'' (1998) || Raymond Benson || {{unbulleted list| Niki Mirakos | Hera Volopoulos}} |- | "Midsummer Night's Doom" (1999) || Raymond Benson || {{unbulleted list| Lisa Dergan | Victoria Zdrok}} |- | ''High Time to Kill'' (1999) || Raymond Benson || {{unbulleted list| Helena Marksbury | Hope Kendal}} |- | "Live at Five" (1999) || Raymond Benson || Janet Davies |- | ''DoubleShot'' (2000) || Raymond Benson || {{unbulleted list| Kimberly Feare | Heidi Taunt | Hedi Taunt}} |- | ''Never Dream of Dying'' (2001) || Raymond Benson || Tylyn Mignonne |- | ''The Man with the Red Tattoo'' (2002) || Raymond Benson || {{unbulleted list| Reiko Tamura | Mayumi McMahon}} |- | ''Devil May Care'' (2008) || Sebastian Faulks || Scarlett Papava |- | ''Carte Blanche'' (2011) || Jeffery Deaver || {{unbulleted list| Felicity Willing | Ophelia "Philly" Maidenstone}} |- | ''Solo'' (2013) || William Boyd || {{unbulleted list| Bryce Fitzjohn | Efua Blessing Ogilvy-Grant}} |- | ''Trigger Mortis'' (2015) || Anthony Horowitz || {{unbulleted list| Jeopardy Lane | Logan Fairfax | Pussy Galore}} |- | ''Forever and a Day'' (2018) || Anthony Horowitz || Joanne "Sixtine / Madame 16" Brochet |- | ''With a Mind to Kill'' (2022) || Anthony Horowitz || Katya Leonova |- |''On His Majesty's Secret Service'' (2023) |Charlie Higson |Ragneiður Radnarsdóttir |}
===Eon Productions films=== There are several different archetypes for Bond girls: romantic interests, those who assist him, femmes fatales (who make an attempt on Bond's life), and sacrificial lambs (female allies or associates of Bond who wind up dead).<ref>{{cite news |first=Steve|last=Persall|title=Four kinds of unforgettable Bond girls|date=7 November 2012|url=https://www.tampabay.com/features/movies/four-kinds-of-unforgettable-bond-girls/1260412/|access-date=17 August 2015|work=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref> Since it is debatable whether certain female characters fulfil certain tropes, the following criteria are used for determining inclusion: romantic interests have (implied) sexual encounters with Bond; those women who have a principal role in assisting Bond; femmes fatales attempt to kill Bond; sacrificial lambs have an allegiance to or affiliation with Bond, and their deaths are instigated by the main villain or his henchmen. Prominent female characters that are not included are those that may fit certain roles but not a direct category, such as women that Bond rejects (e.g. Bibi Dahl (Lynn-Holly Johnson) from ''For Your Eyes Only'') or women that Bond has no attraction or lasting camaraderie with (e.g. Paloma (Ana de Armas) from ''No Time to Die'').{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Film !! Sexual partner(s) !! Main sidekick(s) !! Femme(s) fatale(s) !! Sacrificial lamb(s) |- | ''Dr. No'' || {{unbulleted list| Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) | Miss Taro (Zena Marshall) | Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress)}} || Honey Ryder || Miss Taro || {{N/A}} |- | ''From Russia with Love'' || {{unbulleted list| Sylvia Trench (Eunice Gayson) | Vida (Aliza Gur) | Zora (Martine Beswick) | Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi)}} || Tatiana Romanova || Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya) || {{N/A}} |- | ''Goldfinger'' || {{unbulleted list| Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton) | Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman)}} || Pussy Galore || Bonita (Nadja Regin) || {{unbulleted list|Jill Masterson | Tilly Masterson (Tania Mallet)}} |- | ''Thunderball'' || {{unbulleted list| Patricia "Pat" Fearing (Molly Peters) | Fiona Volpe (Luciana Paluzzi) | Domino Derval (Claudine Auger)}} || {{Unbulleted list|Paula Caplan (Martine Beswick)|Domino Derval}}|| Fiona Volpe || Paula Caplan |- | ''You Only Live Twice'' || {{unbulleted list| Aki (Akiko Wakabayashi) | Helga Brandt (Karin Dor) | Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama)}} || Kissy Suzuki || Helga Brandt || Aki |- | ''On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' || {{unbulleted list|Countess Teresa di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg) | Ruby Bartlett (Angela Scoular) | Nancy (Catherine Schell)}} || Countess Teresa di Vicenzo || Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat) || Countess Teresa di Vicenzo |- | ''Diamonds Are Forever'' || Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) || Tiffany Case || {{unbulleted list|Bambi (Lola Larson) | Thumper (Trina Parks)}} || Plenty O'Toole (Lana Wood) |- | ''Live and Let Die'' || {{unbulleted list| Miss Caruso (Madeline Smith) | Rosie Carver (Gloria Hendry) | Solitaire (Jane Seymour)}} || Solitaire || {{N/A}}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT ADD ROSIE CARVER TO THE "FEMME FATALE" COLUMN. PER THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS SECTION, THIS COLUMN IS ONLY FOR FEMALE CHARACTERS WHO MAKE AN ATTEMPT ON BOND'S LIFE -->|| Rosie Carver |- | ''The Man with the Golden Gun'' || {{unbulleted list| Andrea Anders (Maud Adams) | Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland)}} || Mary Goodnight || {{N/A}} || Andrea Anders |- | ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' || {{unbulleted list| Log Cabin Girl (Sue Vanner) | Harem Tent Girl (Dawn Rodrigues) | Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach)}} || Anya Amasova || Naomi (Caroline Munro) || Felicca (Olga Bisera) |- | ''Moonraker'' || {{unbulleted list| Corinne Dufour (Corinne Cléry) | Manuela (Emily Bolton) | Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles)}} || Holly Goodhead || {{unbulleted list| Private Jet Hostess (Leila Shenna) | Blonde Beauty (Irka Bochenko)}} || Corinne Dufour |- | ''For Your Eyes Only'' || {{unbulleted list| Countess Lisl von Schlaf (Cassandra Harris) | Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet)}} || Melina Havelock || {{N/A}} || Countess Lisl von Schlaf |- | ''Octopussy'' || {{unbulleted list| Magda (Kristina Wayborn) | Octopussy (Maud Adams)}} || Octopussy || {{N/A}}<!-- PLEASE DO NOT ADD MAGDA TO THE "FEMME FATALE" COLUMN. PER THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS SECTION, THIS COLUMN IS ONLY FOR FEMALE CHARACTERS WHO MAKE AN ATTEMPT ON BOND'S LIFE -->|| {{N/A}} |- | ''A View to a Kill'' || {{unbulleted list| Kimberley Jones (Mary Stävin) | May Day (Grace Jones) | Pola Ivanova (Fiona Fullerton) | Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts)}} || Stacey Sutton || {{unbulleted list| May Day | Jenny Flex (Alison Doody) | Pan Ho (Papillon Soo Soo)}} || May Day |- | ''The Living Daylights'' || {{unbulleted list| Linda (Kell Tyler) | Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo)}} || Kara Milovy || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} |- | ''Licence to Kill'' || {{unbulleted list| Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell) | Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto)}} || Pam Bouvier || {{N/A}} || Della Churchill (Priscilla Barnes) |- | ''GoldenEye'' || {{unbulleted list| Caroline (Serena Gordon) | Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco)}} || Natalya Simonova || Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) || {{N/A}} |- | ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' || {{unbulleted list| Prof. Inga Bergstrøm (Cecilie Thomsen) | Paris Carver (Teri Hatcher) | Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh)}} || Wai Lin || {{N/A}} || Paris Carver |- | ''The World Is Not Enough'' || {{unbulleted list| {{nowrap| Dr. Molly Warmflash (Serena Scott Thomas)}} | Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) | Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards)}} || Dr. Christmas Jones || {{unbulleted list| Giulietta da Vinci (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) | Elektra King}} || {{N/A}} |- | ''Die Another Day'' || {{unbulleted list| Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson (Halle Berry) | Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike)}} || Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson || Miranda Frost || {{N/A}} |- | ''Casino Royale'' || Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) || Vesper Lynd || Valenka (Ivana Miličević) || {{unbulleted list| Solange Dimitrios (Caterina Murino) | Vesper Lynd}} |- | ''Quantum of Solace'' || Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton) || Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko) || {{N/A}} || Strawberry Fields |- | ''Skyfall'' || {{unbulleted list| Bond's Lover (Tonia Sotiropoulou) | Sévérine (Bérénice Marlohe)}} || {{unbulleted list| Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) |}}|| {{N/A}} || {{unbulleted list| Sévérine | M (Judi Dench) }} |- | ''Spectre'' || {{unbulleted list| Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci) | Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux)}} || Dr. Madeleine Swann || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} |- | ''No Time to Die'' || Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux)|| {{unbulleted list| Dr. Madeleine Swann | Nomi (Lashana Lynch)}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} |}
===Non-Eon films=== In addition to the Eon Productions films, there have been two Bond films produced by other studios and one television production.
The women featured in the 1967 film ''Casino Royale'' are somewhat difficult to categorise due to its nature as a spoof and its plot involving multiple "James Bonds." In this table, "romantic interests" are women to whom the original Sir James Bond shows a romantic or sexual attraction; "main sidekicks" are those who are part of Sir James' team combating SMERSH; and "femmes fatales" are those who attempt to murder any of the Bonds.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Film !! Romantic interest(s) !! Main sidekick(s) !! Femme(s) fatale(s) !! Sacrificial lamb(s) |- |''Casino Royale''<br />(1954 television production) |Valerie Mathis (Linda Christian) |Valerie Mathis |{{n/a}} |{{n/a}} |- |''Casino Royale''<br />(1967 film) |{{Unbulleted list|Agent Mimi (Deborah Kerr)|Buttercup (Angela Scoular)}} |{{Unbulleted list|Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress)|Miss Moneypenny (Barbara Bouchet)|The Detainer (Daliah Lavi)|Mata Bond (Joanna Pettet)}} |{{Unbulleted list|Frau Hoffner (Anna Quayle)|Giovanna Goodthighs (Jacqueline Bisset)}} |{{n/a}} |- |''Never Say Never Again'' |{{Unbulleted list|Patricia Fearing (Prunella Gee)|Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera)|Lady in Bahamas (Valerie Leon)|Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger)}} |Domino Petachi |Fatima Blush |Nicole (Saskia Cohen Tanugi) |} ===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"|Game || ! scope="col"|Bond girl || ! scope="col"|Actress |- | rowspan="3" | ''Agent Under Fire'' || Zoe Nightshade || Caron Pascoe (voice) |- |Adrian Malprave |Eve Karpf (voice) |- |Dr. Natalya Damescu |Beatie Edney (voice) |- | rowspan="4" | ''Nightfire'' || Dominique Paradis || Lena Reno (voice) |- |Zoe Nightshade |Jeanne Mori (voice) |- |Alura McCall |Kimberley Davies (voice) |- |Makiko Hayashi |Tamlyn Tomita (voice) |- | rowspan="4" | ''Everything or Nothing'' || Serena St. Germaine || Shannon Elizabeth |- |Dr. Katya Nadanova |Heidi Klum |- |Miss Nagai |Misaki Ito |- |Mya Starling |Mýa |- | rowspan="2" | ''GoldenEye: Rogue Agent'' || Pussy Galore || Jeannie Elias (voice) |- |Xenia Onatopp |Jenya Lano (voice) |- | rowspan="3" | ''From Russia with Love'' || Tatiana Romanova || Daniela Bianchi (likeness), Kari Wahlgren (voice) |- |Eva Adara |Maria Menounos |- |Elizabeth Stark |Natasha Bedingfield |- | ''Blood Stone'' || Nicole Hunter || Joss Stone (likeness and voice) |- | rowspan="2" | ''GoldenEye 007'' || Xenia Onatopp || Kate Magowan (likeness and voice) |- |Natalya Simonova |Kirsty Mitchell (likeness and voice) |- | rowspan="5" | ''007 Legends'' || Holly Goodhead || Jane Perry |- |Tracy Draco |Diana Rigg (likeness), Nicola Walker (voice) |- |Pam Bouvier |Carey Lowell |- |Jinx |Gabriela Montaraz (likeness), Madalena Alberto (voice) |- |Pussy Galore |Honor Blackman (likeness), Natasha Little (voice) |- | ''First Light'' || Isola Vale || Noémie Nakai (likeness and voice) |- |}
==Documentary== In 2002, former Bond girl Maryam d'Abo co-wrote the book ''Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond''. This book later became a DVD exclusive documentary featuring d'Abo and other Bond girls, including Ursula Andress. In some locations, the documentary was released as a gift with the purchase of ''Die Another Day'' on DVD. The featurette was included on the DVD release of ''Casino Royale'' (2006).{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
==See also== * List of female action heroes and villains
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==Works cited== * {{Cite book |last1= Comentale |first1= Edward P| last2=Watt |first2=Stephen | last3=Willman |first3=Skip | year=2005 |title= Ian Fleming & James Bond: the cultural politics of 007|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn= 978-0-253-21743-1}} * {{Cite book|last= Jütting |first= Kerstin |title="Grow Up, 007!": James Bond Over the Decades: Formula Vs. Innovation|publisher= GRIN Verlag|year=2007|isbn= 978-3-638-85372-9}} * {{Cite book |last=Lipp |first= Deborah |title= The Ultimate James Bond Fan Book |year=2006 |publisher=Sterling & Ross Publishers|location=New York |isbn= 978-0-9766372-8-8 }}
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