The third and final Bond list for the day: the women of Bond – only the “official” Bond Girl in every case, though more than one of the secondary, dead Bond Girls would easily deserve a spot – from the smartest, sexiest, and most capable, to the most contemptibly ditsy and inept. Links go to my reviews.
1. Tracy di Vicenzo (Diana Rigg), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
2. Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), Casino Royale [2006]
3. Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet), For Your Eyes Only
4. Tanya Romanov (Daniela Bianchi), From Russia with Love
5. Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh), Tomorrow Never Dies
6. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), Goldfinger
7. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux), Spectre
8. Eve (Naomie Harris), Skyfall
9. Kara Milovy (Maryam d’Abo), The Living Daylights
10. Natalya Fyodrovna Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), GoldenEye
11. Jinx Johnson (Halle Berry), Die Another Day
12. Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), The Spy Who Loved Me
13. Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell), Licence to Kill
-13a. Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress), Casino Royale [1967]
14. Octopussy (Maud Adams), Octopussy
15. Camille (Olga Kurylenko), Quantum of Solace
16. Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), Dr. No
17. Madeline Swann (Léa Seydoux), No Time to Die
18. Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), Diamonds Are Forever
19. Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), Moonraker
-19a. Valerie Mathis (Linda Christian), Casino Royale [1954]
20. Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama), You Only Live Twice
21. Domino Derval (Claudine Auger), Thunderball
22. Solitaire (Jane Seymour), Live and Let Die
23. Stacey Sutton (Tanya Robert), A View to a Kill
-23a. Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger), Never Say Never Again
24. Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), The World Is Not Enough
25. Miss Goodnight (Britt Ekland), The Man with the Golden Gun