Best Bond Girl Ever...?

[anja]

It's about beauty of course but not only.
Every Bond girl is beautiful.
But some of them are something more than arm candy.
To me best bond girl ever was Eva Green in Casino Royale.
Do you have your type...?

[honeykid]

I'm sure I've said this before, but...

http://mocholand.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/barbara-bach1.jpg
http://www.moviepilot.de/files/images/0635/7437/Barbara_Bach_3.jpg
Barbara Bach

... And it's not even close.

That said...

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/1b/44/18/1b44187eb24a4677fbdcde2cf47b6362.jpg
Caroline Munro

... Is a damn fine second place.

[Watch_Tower]

not a fan of Eva Green so definitely not her lol

I'm not really a fan of the older Bond films but I gotta say, from what Ive seen, it has to be Claudine Auger from Thunderball (?)

[Citizen Rules]

Solitaire...Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpQv9Xru4ss/T5inCIpchyI/AAAAAAAADkY/zO2rRlZfTOw/s1600/Live-and-Let-Die-Solitaire-Jane-Seymour.png

[Erasmus Folly]

Sorry, but I'm strictly old school:
http://ronbase.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/ursula-andress-in-dr-no.jpg
Ursula Andress

[Cobpyth]

MY TOP 3

1) Barbara Bach in The Spy Who Loved Me as Agent XXX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuxasxSCTkI

2) Honor Blackman in Goldfinger as Pussy Galore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pUXH1Bye88

3) Ursula Andress in Dr. No as Honey Ryder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6mOC4uSX4

All three are beautiful, feminine and tough!

[Choo Yao Chuen]

I like Eva Green too.

[Citizen Rules]

From Russia With Love
Daniela Bianchi....Tatiana

http://www.lassothemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/From-Russia-with-Love-1963-8.jpg

http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/screenshots/from_russia_with_love_5.jpg

http://www.lassothemovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/From-Russia-with-Love-1963-6.png

[dadgumblah]

My #1 Bond girl will always be:

Jane Seymour from Live and Let Die

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpQv9Xru4ss/T5inCIpchyI/AAAAAAAADkY/zO2rRlZfTOw/s1600/Live-and-Let-Die-Solitaire-Jane-Seymour.png

her being crowned, here are my close 2nd and 3rd:

#2: Barbara Bach from The Spy Who Loved Me

http://dailyman40.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1977+On+the+Set+of+The+Spy+Who+Loved+Me+4.jpg

#3: Famke Janssen from Goldeneye

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Those are my top 3, although all of the Bond girls throughout the decades have been very easy on the eyes.

[Harry Lime]

Judi Dench in Skyfall

http://popculturelandscape.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/skyfall_rotator.jpg

[Gatsby]

Judi Dench in Skyfall

http://popculturelandscape.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/skyfall_rotator.jpg
Yeah right.

She was pretty decent back when she was young:

http://i.imgur.com/HBuEHf7.jpg

[Monkeypunch]

http://douglaseriggs.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sophie-marceau-elektra-king-2.jpg
Maybe not the BEST, per say, but I always liked Sophie Marceau...very nice. :D

...But the best is, and always will be...
http://cdn.screenpicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pussy_galore.jpeg
Pussy Galore. Awesome character, best name ever.

[honeykid]

Oh, I don't know. There's always this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq1CjpnNpD8

Go to 1.25

BTW, if anyone knows where I can get this or No.1 of The Secret Service, I'd be interested to see them.

[anja]

Thanks for your types:)
Some of them make me wanna see all Bonds.
I'm more into last decade but to be fair i should see all.

[anja]

I like Eva Green too.

She's my favourites actress.

Since I saw Perfect Sense totally no1.

[Citizen Rules]

Anja try watching the very first Bond films and see how they change and progress. Bond films reflect the cinema styles of the time and the values of the decades they were made in. Sort of like a time machine going back to the early hip 1960s, when thoughts of enemy spies were real in the minds of Brits and Yanks.

[Gideon58]

Sorry, but I'm strictly old school:
http://ronbase.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/ursula-andress-in-dr-no.jpg
Ursula Andress
The image of Ursula Andress coming out of that water in Dr. No is burned into my memory forever.

[Harry Cross]

All are fine for me.

[Aquatic Soul]

Ursula Andress and Claudine Auger.

[90sAce]

Role-wise, the girl from the Spy Who Loved Me was the best - she was the most-well rounded character and contributed the most to the plot.

Personality wise she's not my favorite - a little too masculine - I'd have to think about who my favorite is.

[Marlon Brando]

Tatiana Romanova (From Russia with Love)

[kathepburn]

Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale. One of the sharper, smarter, sleeker ones. And Eva Green was born to do that role.

Honey Ryder and Pussy Galore are also favorites.

[TheGirlWhoHadAllTheLuck_]

I like Elektra King and Fiona Volpe. I like the baddies :)

[rambond]

for me it has to be a close neck and neck fight btw pussy galore and ursula andress, one have the most iconic scene, the other the best sexiest name by far.. third would be barbara bach.

[Nausicaä]

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo6k8cwaDx1qaevcvo1_500.gif


http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9600000/Olga-Kurylenko-Quantum-of-Solace-Production-Photos-olga-kurylenko-9668321-733-1100.jpg


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The above three are my favourites so far, with Eva Green as my all time favourite. :)

[Mr Minio]

http://www.wow247.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Jaws-gif.gif

[ShakierCleric]

I vote for Eva Green, who played Vesper Lyn in Casino Royale.

[Beatle]

For me, Jane Seymour. I like her as a human being. If we're talking about shear physical beauty, Claudine Auger, imho. Just my 5 cents.

[Marlon Brando]

Any woman? Judi Dench was the absolute best.

Sexiest? Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die.

[CiCi]

Probably Ursula Andress/Honey Ryder.

[alexxx]

Xenia Onatopp :D

But really i like Carole Bouquet ;)

[Pussy Galore]

Look at my username, I think it's pretty clear.

I also love Vesper in Casino Royale, but it doesn't even come close to Sean Connery saying that he must be dreaming when he hears her name

[SeeingisBelieving]

It's about beauty of course but not only.
Every Bond girl is beautiful.
But some of them are something more than arm candy.
To me best bond girl ever was Eva Green in Casino Royale.
Do you have your type...?

My favourite is Sophie Marceau's Elektra King in The World is Not Enough.

[vinkevinnn]

VESPER LYND FTW !!

[meigui24]

Camille Montes (Quantum of Solace)

[rambond]

http://i68.tinypic.com/el31pw.jpg
u can quote me on this, but this sexy eccentric henchwoman from goldeneye i have to give a high spot in my ranking.

[Saunch]

1.

https://image.ibb.co/mBVerb/3_B3_BA961_C331_48_E2_89_AD_0073_B376978_E.jpg

Close, though...

https://image.ibb.co/fmTojw/AAEB816_A_60_DD_465_E_97_D8_BEE3811_E7_C50.jpg

[Gideon58]

Yeah right.

She was pretty decent back when she was young:

http://i.imgur.com/HBuEHf7.jpg

Love that photo of Young Dench...never seen that before.

[iank]

Carole Bouquet for me. Utterly gorgeous, and a dab hand with a crossbow to boot!

[ironpony]

I feel like picking Eva Green as well or Diana Rigg, but they are such cliched choices, since so many pick them. Do Electra King and Xenia Onatopp count as Bond girls, are should they be put on the top Bond villains list?

[Blix the Goblin]

I love short hair and long legs, what can I say


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[SeeingisBelieving]

I feel like picking Eva Green as well or Diana Rigg, but they are such cliched choices, since so many pick them. Do Electra King and Xenia Onatopp count as Bond girls, are should they be put on the top Bond villains list?

You're right, that is a problem with Elektra King – who is my favourite. But I'm very torn between her and Camille Montes.

[ironpony]

It's hard to say if Electra King and Xenia Onatopp are Bond girls are villains, what do you think?

If we are only choosing ones that are Bond's love interests, and not villains, than I would have to go with either Vesper Lynd, or Tracy de Vicenzo.

[SeeingisBelieving]

The question impacts on me because Sophie Marceau's my favourite. She starts out as a Bond girl at any rate :).

[TheUsualSuspect]

One of these days I'm going to marathon these movies. I've seen a few here and there, but I know for sure not all of them and not all from beginning to end.

[ironpony]

Plus do I vote more by sexiness or character depth? I feel Vesper Lynd may be the best for character, but Xenia Onatopp is the sexiest, but how do you vote really...

[moviefan1996]

I would say the best bond girl in my opinion is Agent X from The Spy who Loved Me. I just find her so interesting as a character and I like the fact there is more to her than beauty itself.

[MoreOrLess]

Character wise I think its either Vespa Lynd or Madeleine Swann, whilst overall Spectre was rather uneven I felt the latter was an obvious highpoint along with the scene with her father.

[Larry]

I like the Greek goddess that is Carole Bouquet in For your eyes only. I believe she’s French not Greek but she plays a sexy Greek with long legs that don’t quit.

As a side peice I’d love me a bit of Denise Richards.

[Doolallyfrank]

Olga Kurylenko was the only reason to watch Quantum of Solace

[Citizen Rules]

We need more pics!

Character: Fiona Volpe
Actress: Luciana Paluzzi
Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965)
https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.QJLL4aDpZwrdswARk5AhWQHaE4

[rambond]

I would say famke janssen from goldeneye, for the looks and for cheer villainesque , however for the good ones i would have to say carole bouquet from for your eyes only, for her looks and her relation to the plot as the main one

[ironpony]

I like the Melina Havelock character, and how she is more relevant to the plot than usual, and want to like her, but Carole Bouquet did bad job acting wise, and seemed burned out, like she didn't really want to on the set, in her performance, unless I'm wrong?

But in the case of going for pure sexiness as the top reason to pick, I find Monica Belucci to be the sexiest, but she is only on screen for about 10 minutes so is it fair to rate her as the best Bond girl,if she only gets 10 minutes of screen time?

[SeeingisBelieving]

We need more pics!

Character: Fiona Volpe
Actress: Luciana Paluzzi
Bond Movie: Thunderball (1965)
https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.QJLL4aDpZwrdswARk5AhWQHaE4


Definitely my fourth favourite if we're including villains :).

[WrinkledMind]

For me, Solitaire was perfect. But apart from her I really love Pam Bouvier. She was cute and goofy. The kind of girl you fall in love with and then marry.
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[cat_sidhe]

GRACE ****ING JONES!

[SeeingisBelieving]

Grace Jones was good – I still want to hear Roger Moore's commentary for A View to a Kill to find out more about his thoughts on her and Christopher Walken.

[cat_sidhe]

Grace Jones was good – I still want to hear Roger Moore's commentary for A View to a Kill to find out more about his thoughts on her and Christopher Walken.

I think all the Bond girls are beautiful. Grace Jones is edgy. Kind of a scary beauty.

[SeeingisBelieving]

I think all the Bond girls are beautiful. Grace Jones is edgy. Kind of a scary beauty.

I thought that about Bérénice Marlohe in Skyfall.

[ironpony]

Did anyone think it was weird how they had Marlohe's Bond girl smoke? You never see that anymore, and they haven't had it since Goldeneye, so I thought it was a weird choice for a modern Bond girl.

[John-Connor]

Ursula Andress, Dr. No
https://i.imgur.com/Z8xboR7.jpg

Raquel Welch, Thunderball
https://i.imgur.com/4QInK7U.jpg

Barbara Bach, The Spy Who Loved Me
https://i.imgur.com/Kaadiyd.jpg

Gemma Arterton, Quantum of Solace
https://i.imgur.com/Y14hhft.jpg

Olga Kurylenko, Quantum of Solace
https://i.imgur.com/WNw4Q8e.jpg

[SeeingisBelieving]

Raquel Welch, Thunderball

I didn't know she was up for the role of Domino; Faye Dunaway and Julie Christie were thought of too — Faye Dunaway in a Bond film sounds good :). Claudine Auger played Domino in Thunderball, and Kim Basinger in Never Say Never Again.


https://i.imgur.com/WNw4Q8e.jpg

Love Olga :up:.

[ironpony]

I thought Raquel Welsh was up for the role of Honey Rider, unless she was up for that one too?

[SeeingisBelieving]

I thought Raquel Welsh was up for the role of Honey Rider, unless she was up for that one too?

Maybe – I still can't believe they passed up the chance to get Monica Bellucci for Tomorrow Never Dies.

[ironpony]

Would Belucci have played Mrs. Carver?

[SeeingisBelieving]

Would Belucci have played Mrs. Carver?

As I recall :).

[ironpony]

Yeah that's too bad she was turned down. When picking a Bond girl, should the best Bond girl be the main one in the plot that drives the plot the most, or would Xenia and Anya Sciarra be eligible, even though they don't take up as much plot time compared to the main ones?

[SeeingisBelieving]

Yeah that's too bad she was turned down. When picking a Bond girl, should the best Bond girl be the main one in the plot that drives the plot the most, or would Xenia and Anya Sciarra be eligible, even though they don't take up as much plot time compared to the main ones?

I think when the term Bond girl comes up it's usual to think of the female lead who tends to be the main love interest. Elektra King was unusual because she ended up being the villain as well, which was quite clever.

[ironpony]

I thought that Christmas Jones was the main love interest though, since Bond ends up with her in the end, than Electra. Does that make Electra ineligible then, if Christmas Jones is love interest in the end?

[SeeingisBelieving]

I thought that Christmas Jones was the main love interest though, since Bond ends up with her in the end, than Electra. Does that make Electra ineligible then, if Christmas Jones is love interest in the end?

As I say they did something quite clever by starting out one way and then having the surprise of Elektra being behind everything. That dooms her relationship with Bond but it's no less valid.

[ironpony]

Yep. So when picking the best Bond girl do Elektra and Xenia count, or would they be in the Bond villains category?

[SeeingisBelieving]

Yep. So when picking the best Bond girl do Elektra and Xenia count, or would they be in the Bond villains category?

To me Xenia's a villain, like Fiona Volpe in Thunderball.

Only because Elektra doesn't start out as one do I justify picking her as my favourite :).

[ironpony]

Well I guess if we are not picking the villain ones then, aside from Elektra, and if they have to be the main girl in the plot, I think I would have to go with either Vesper Lynd, Tracy Bond, or Pussy Galore but they seem like cliched choices, since so many fans pick them. But I guess there is a reason why they are often picked.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Well I guess if we are not picking the villain ones then, aside from Elektra, and if they have to be the main girl in the plot, I think I would have to go with either Vesper Lynd, Tracy Bond, or Pussy Galore but they seem like cliched choices, since so many fans pick them. But I guess there is a reason why they are often picked.

Vesper's not whiter-than-white of course :).

I caught a bit of On Her Majesty's Secret Service the other day and Diana Rigg is good. I mean she looked great there and also in The Avengers, where she had an unreal wardrobe.

[ironpony]

What do you mean she's not whiter than white exactly?

[SeeingisBelieving]

What do you mean she's not whiter than white exactly?

Well, as with Elektra, there's a twist.

[ironpony]

Oh yeah for sure. I don't consider Lynd to be a villain like Elektra though, since she is doing it out of being forced, to save her kidnapped boyfriend.

[GulfportDoc]

52606

Although not technically a "Bond girl", we would be remiss in not mentioning the incomparable Lois Maxwell, who played Moneypenny in the first 14 Bond films.

She was sexy, alluring, clever, and had wonderful chemistry with Bond, especially the Sean Connery films.

~Doc

[MovieManCin]

Pussy Galore from Goldfinger, of course. She was beautiful and tough.

:cool:

[rajaji]

Eva Green in Casino Royale

[Marco]

Carey Lowell for me.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HEHFJA/carey-lowell-james-bond-licence-to-kill-1989-HEHFJA.jpg

[MoreOrLess]

Maybe – I still can't believe they passed up the chance to get Monica Bellucci for Tomorrow Never Dies.

I could see her more as Sophie Marceau's character in The World is Not Enough.

[SeeingisBelieving]

I could see her more as Sophie Marceau's character in The World is Not Enough.

Interesting thought but I think there's more vulnerability about Sophie Marceau and that enhances the character.

[BearSkinBathRobe]

Disclaimer: I have only seen a few of the "older" Bond flicks, mostly only the "newer" ones.

Trying to recall the ones I liked most. Here's what I got so far.

Favorite: Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) in Casino Royale. Felt like an actual character. Mind you, this was after seeing the likes of Halle Berry, Denise Richards, etc. Really like Casino Royale and the way they set up the relationship for the rest of Bond's character arc.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/b31ded9b2e77388aa3d92f0973cdfdcc/tumblr_oy8ricDDoQ1qet6nvo1_500.gif

Honorable Mention:
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) has always stuck with me, from The World Is Not Enough. The reveal was surprising to me at the time of her being a baddie. Generally found her attractive and her character decently fleshed-out.

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Not to say that Halle Berry didn't look good in Die Another Day. Never saw all of Tomorrow Never Dies, and can barely remember the bond girls from Quantum of Solace, Skyfall or Spectre. That's not a good thing. I remember the crazy chick, Xenia Sergeyevna Onatopp (Famke Jannsen), from Goldeneye more than them.

[ironpony]

Interesting thought but I think there's more vulnerability about Sophie Marceau and that enhances the character.

I can see that.

I read that Sharon Stone was the original choice for Electra King, but she doesn't have that vulnerability quality that Marceau does, it seems. Sharon Stone would have been really good for Christmas Jones though I think.

Actually when it comes to picking the best Bond girl, would it be unfair to pick one who was good, but just so happened to be in a sub-part entry? I never liked Thunderball as much and found it to be flat, but I did like Domino Derval, but since she is in a bad entry which under-utilizes her, and makes it worse by giving her bad dubbing of someone else over top, would it be fair to pick her, or is her being stuck in a bad movie with bad dubbing, make her a lesser Bond girl because of that?

[SeeingisBelieving]

I read that Sharon Stone was the original choice for Electra King, but she doesn't have that vulnerability quality that Marceau does, it seems. Sharon Stone would have been really good for Christmas Jones though I think.
Having her as Elektra would have signposted the reveal. It's quite easy imagining her as Christmas Jones given her appearances in the Allan Quatermain films :).

[John McClane]

If we're talking major/main character when we say Bond girl then I'd go with Melina Havelock from For Your Eyes Only or Akikio Wakabayashi from You Only Live Twice


https://supposedlyfunblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/melina-havelock.jpg?w=452&h=600

https://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_slider/public/article_images/akiko_wakabayashi_bond_girl_01.jpg?itok=JyUjIscl


But if we're talking girl that was on screen in a Bond movie then I'd go with Caroline Cossey (far left, white bathing suit)

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/KBsrMeHve1SiknZI6HDRzQ--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NzQ0O2g9NTg4/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/74bbc92c315b0768bbae3959e2c6cc0d

[ironpony]

Having her as Elektra would have signposted the reveal. It's quite easy imagining her as Christmas Jones given her appearances in the Allan Quatermain films :).

Oh well, I was picturing her Total Recall appearance more so for Christmas Jones :)

[ironpony]

If we're talking major/main character when we say Bond girl then I'd go with Melina Havelock from For Your Eyes Only or Akikio Wakabayashi from You Only Live Twice


https://supposedlyfunblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/melina-havelock.jpg?w=452&h=600

https://www.classicdriver.com/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_slider/public/article_images/akiko_wakabayashi_bond_girl_01.jpg?itok=JyUjIscl


But if we're talking girl that was on screen in a Bond movie then I'd go with Caroline Cossey (far left, white bathing suit)

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/KBsrMeHve1SiknZI6HDRzQ--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9NzQ0O2g9NTg4/http://media.zenfs.com/en/homerun/feed_manager_auto_publish_494/74bbc92c315b0768bbae3959e2c6cc0d

I actually thought that Carole Bouquet may be one of the worst Bond girls cause her acting is very wooden I felt, and she acted like she just didn't want to be in the movie and seemed wooden and burned out.

Akiko Wakabayashi's character just seemed flat, and she didn't really have much to go on for a character, I thought. But are you going by the novels when you say compared to on screen?

[SeeingisBelieving]

Oh well, I was picturing her Total Recall appearance more so for Christmas Jones :)

Yeah but Shazza played nice, harmless people once :D.

[John McClane]

I actually thought that Carole Bouquet may be one of the worst Bond girls cause her acting is very wooden I felt, and she acted like she just didn't want to be in the movie and seemed wooden and burned out.That’s because of the horrible dubbing the director insisted on. There’s quite a disconnect between her spoken lines and onscreen movement. But that aside her character was a major badass and boy is she a looker.

Akiko Wakabayashi's character just seemed flat, and she didn't really have much to go on for a character, I thought. But are you going by the novels when you say compared to on screen?She was pretty to look at and broke the mold of stereotypical white girl as Bond’s romance, so she gets points for that.

[ironpony]

Yeah she's Asian but I guess that didn't do much for me :).

It is true that Melina Havelock is a bad ass and I have to give her points for that. Since I felt that it was a bad performance, and cause of the dubbing as you pointed out, I couldn't help but compare her performance to Tanya Roberts. Tanya Roberts is not a bad ass but a damsel in distress type more so, but however, she gave a better performance as a damsel in distress, compared to Bouquet as a bad ass I thought.

So what is more important in a Bond girl? Character personality, or performance?

[John McClane]

I’d say that character personality and performance are synonymous.

But Havelock? Think about it: she has a crossbow and it’s locked. Yessum, Havelock is the Bond girl I want in my corner.

And Akiko had that sweet ride right when Bond needed an out. I say that’s deserving of recognition. :D

[ironpony]

Oh okay :). Well I guess when it comes to bad ass Bond girls who aren't villains, I would say the best ones for me are Pam Bouvier, Wei Lin, Jinx, Holly Goodhead, Pussy Galore, and Octopussy.

Does Tracy count as bad ass?

[bob13bob]

best characters.. Judi Dench, Eva Green,

[rambond]

Carey Lowell for me.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/HEHFJA/carey-lowell-james-bond-licence-to-kill-1989-HEHFJA.jpg
i think you like her because u are very fond like me of the underrated film, license to kill

[honeykid]

i think you like her because u are very fond like me of the underrated film, license to kill

I think of License To Kill as the first modern Bond film. It didn't fit in with the time it was made, but it feels much more like a new Bond film to me. Minus everything which dates most 80's films, of course.

I've already posted my fav Bond girl in this thread, but just in keeping with the thread, I'll post my first and second fav. From the same film.

http://www.barbara-bach.com/roba14.jpg
Caroline Munro and Barbara Bach

[ironpony]

A lot of fans have said that Barbara Bach's acting was wooden and I can kind of see what they were talking about but I still find her charming. What if Carolyn Munroe and Bach, switched roles? Would Munroe have made a better XXX?

[honeykid]

Well, I don't think any Bond girl is chosen for her acting. It might be more of thought now (still not the prime reason though) but back then? You rarely hear of a Bond girl again as anything other than 'former Bond girl....'?

Would she have made a better Triple X? I don't know. Possibly, but it would've been a lot more work for the dubbing department. Or, maybe they wouldn't have bothered? I don't know the reason for the dubbing anyway.

[SeeingisBelieving]

Well, I don't think any Bond girl is chosen for her acting. It might be more of thought now (still not the prime reason though) but back then?

That's an interesting thought. Diana Rigg's probably the one early example of a rated actor being chosen, which I believe was also to bolster George Lazenby's inexperience. The fact that she was gorgeous helped :).

[ironpony]

After doing a Bond marathon with my friend I guess I would have to rank the top 3 Bond girls as being Tracy, Vesper Lynd, and Xenia Onatopp? But should a Bond girl be picked for her character arc like Tracy or Vesper, or should be she picked based on pure wicked sexiness alone like Xenia, and forget about a character arc?

[rambond]

I d have to go with elektra king,because of the complexity of the character and what she brings to the bond formula she s a femme fatale at its best, smart and beautiful,she has everything

[ironpony]

Well after watching the series again, I feel like Xenia Onatopp may be be the best Bond girl, but is that a cheat to pick her, since she is technically a henchperson and not a main love interest?

[tgm1024]

Well after watching the series again, I feel like Xenia Onatopp may be be the best Bond girl, but is that a cheat to pick her, since she is technically a henchperson and not a main love interest?

To me it's always going to be "Pussy Galore", for name alone.

....and it lead to one great great great line from Bond. (LOL!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0nKkhy8v0M

[phoenix feathers]

Pussy Galore seconded, but Vesper Lynd is a pretty good number two.

[ironpony]

Yeah there are different Bond girls to choose for different reasons but I have a de facto top 4:

Xenia Onatopp
Tracy Bond
Vesper Lynd
Pussy Galore

Would this be a good top 4? But how do you choose which one is the best of these 4?