Here is a fun fact: The inspiration for all of Fleming’s Bond girls may be his onetime lover Muriel Wright, who has a claim to be the fons et origo of the species: pliant and undemanding, beautiful but innocent, outdoorsy, physically tough, implicitly vulnerable and uncomplaining, and then tragically dead, before or soon after marriage.
Bond girls conform to a fairly well-defined standard of beauty. They possess splendid figures and tend to dress in a slightly masculine, assertive fashion, wear little jewellery—and that in a masculine cut—wide leather belts, and square-toed leather shoes.
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.
Here is a collection of 34 Bond girls in chronological order, from over 50 years.
Daniela Bianchi as Tatiana Romanova in From Russia with Love in 1963
Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterton in Goldfinger in 1964
Luciana Paluzzi as Fiona Volpe in Thunderball in 1965
Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore in Goldfinger
Domino Derval played by Claudine Auger in Thunderball
Mie Hama as Kissy Suzuki in You Only Live Twice in 1967
Diana Rigg as Teresa di Vicenzo with George Lazenby as Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service in 1969
Jill St John as Tiffany Case in in Diamonds are Forever in 1971, Sean Connery’s last outing as James Bond
Jane Seymour as Solitaire in Roger Moore’s first Bond film Live and Let Die in 1973
Maud Adams as Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun in 1974
Ursula Andress as Honey Rider in Dr. No in 1962
Roger Moore with Britt Ekland, left, as Mary Goodnight, with Maud Adams, right, as Andrea Anders in The Man with the Golden Gun
Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun
Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova in The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977
Roger Moore as James Bond and Corinne Clery as Corinne Dufour in Moonraker, 1979
Maud Adams stars as Octopussy in 1983
Carole Bouquet as Melina Havelock in For Your Eyes Only in 1981
Roger Moore’s last outing as Bond was in A View to a Kill in 1984, with Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
Timothy Dalton stars as Bond alongside Maryam d’Abo as Kara Milovy in The Living Daylights in 1987
Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora in Licence to Kill in 1989
Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier with Timothy Dalton as Bond in Licence to Kill
Famke Janssen as Xenia Onatopp in 1995’s GoldenEye, the first outing for Pierce Brosnan as James Bond
Izabella Scorupco as Natalya Simonova in GoldenEye
Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin alongside Pierce Brosnan in Tomorrow Never Dies in 1997
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond with Teri Hatcher as Paris Carver in Tomorrow Never Dies
Pierce Bosnan with Denise Richards as Dr Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough in 1999
Pierce Brosnan as James Bond and Sophie Marceau as Elektra King in The World Is Not Enough
Halle Berry as Giacinta ‘Jinx’ Johnson in 2002’s Die Another Day, the last of the Pierce Brosnan 007 films
Rosamund Pike as Miranda Frost, also in Die Another Day
Eva Green as Vesper Lynd and Daniel Craig as James Bond in Casino Royale in 2006
Daniel Craig as Bond with Gemma Arterton as Strawberry Fields in Quantum of Solace in 2008
Olga Kurylenko played Camille Montes, with Daniel Craig as James Bond, in Quantum of Solace
French actress and model Bérénice Marlohe starred in the 23rd film in the James Bond series- Skyfall
Another French actress, Le╠üa Seydoux, will reportedly play the Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig in 007’s 24th film appearance
