Best Bond Girl Ever...?

Carey Lowell for me.

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.

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.



Honorable Mention:
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) has always stuck with me, from The World Is Not Enough.

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The reveal was surprising to me at the time of her being a baddie

The reveal was surprising to me at the time of her being a baddie

. Generally found her attractive and her character decently fleshed-out.


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.

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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?

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 .

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







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)

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

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?

Yeah but Shazza played nice, harmless people once .

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.

She was pretty to look at and broke the mold of stereotypical white girl as Bond’s romance, so she gets points for that.

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?

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.

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?

best characters.. Judi Dench, Eva Green,

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.


Caroline Munro and Barbara Bach

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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?

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.

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 .