From Ursula Andress rising from the surf in Dr. No to Halle Berry rising from the surf in Die Another Day, Bond's love interests leave an indelible impression. They're stunning, they're glamorous and they all fall into Bond's arms within five minutes. The Bond Girls often play highly intelligent roles as villains, other agents and professionals who frequently could play the role of Bond just as well, if not sometimes better than Bond himself. The Bond Girls have constantly been changing becoming distinctly more complex and enjoying a greater freedom and scope with ranging roles in the films. As long as there is James Bond 007, there will always be Bond Girls.
Bond girl roles are high profile parts, and the announcement of the actresses playing them is usually surrounded with a large amount of publicity. For actresses not already established, the parts can be a major boost to a career. Most Bond Girl characters fall into one of the categories of, victim rescued by Bond early in the movie, fellow agent assigned to the same task & villain or member of enemy organisation bent on Bond's destruction. Enemy Bond girls frequently change sides during the course of the movie. Supposedly friendly girls have also been known to betray Bond. Initially Bond girls were relatively ineffectual characters, needing to be rescued and protected by Bond. In later movies they became more equal, having special skills needed by Bond to complete his mission, and sometimes rescuing Bond. It is usual for surviving Bond girl characters at the end of the movie to express their gratitude and affection for Bond in the most intimate way possible. Uniquely one Bond Girl (Tracy in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, played by Diana Rigg) married Bond at the end of the movie, only to be killed the same day.
The list of Bond girls so far:
Dr. No (1962) Ursula Andress
From Russia With Love (1963) Daniela Bianchi
Goldfinger (1964) Shirley Eaton, Honor Blackman
Thunderball (1965) Claudine Auger
You Only Live Twice (1967) Akiko Wakabayashi and Mie Hama
Casino Royale (1967) Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, and Bond's girl Joanna Pettet)
Diamonds are Forever (1971) Jill St. John
Never Say Never Again (1983) Kim Basinger)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Diana Rigg
Live and Let Die (1973) Jane Seymour
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) Britt Ekland and Maud Adams
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) Barbara Bach
Moonraker (1979) Lois Chiles)
For Your Eyes Only (1981) Carole Bouquet
Octopussy (1983) Maud Adams
A View to a Kill (1985) Tanya Roberts and Grace Jones
The Living Daylights (1987) Maryam D'Abo
Licence to Kill (1989) Talisa Soto and Carey Lowell
GoldenEye (1995) Izabella Scorupco and Famke Janssen
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) Teri Hatcher and Michelle Yeoh
The World Is Not Enough (1999) Sophie Marceau and Denise Richards
Die Another Day (2002) Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike
