What about Queen Elizabeth II, a Bond girl by virtue of her entrance into the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony? She just became the longest reigning British monarch in history.
+Vichenzoo E46 M3 Look how BADASS she is in 300: Rise of An Empire, that role totally secured her Hollywood Femme Fatale screen siren name!! She is OUTSTANDING in Penny Dreadful also, so AMAZING!!
Look at how many in this list are from the later Bond movies (Brosnan & Craig). There was a time when most (but not all) Bond girls disappeared from the acting scene after staring in one.
I absolutely love Eva Green! She is fantastic in her movies after Casino Royale. She was a pretty good villain in Dark Shadows, and is amazing as Vanessa Ives on Penny Dreadful.
as there have been 75 Bond girls and most stoped acting or had a very bad string of review afterwards, the fact that 10 of them beat the cures is really good.
Lekks Luthor and if not it can be a career killer dean cain seems to have vanished off the face of the earth apart from a cameo in smallville speaking of which, tom wellings career highlight was the remake of the fog that no one saw and Brandon Routh...well can you think of anything he's been in since taking off the cape because I certainly can't
I agree. She does comes head to head with Rosamund Pike, but Pike got first place because she nailed Gone Girl and went to the Oscars rank. Even so, I think in the long term Eva is the one with the strongest character and ability to carry herself independently away from the Bond girl label. She really can play unique and memorable roles!
***** Don't worry, finding Xenia Onatopp attractive is extremely normal for heterosexual males (and even some lesbians), no matter their age. Although, since a kid I have been more of a Miranda Frost (Pike) fanboy ;)
You've forgotten Carole Bouquet who became a big star in her native France. She is also recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and in the internationally successful film Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also Honor Blackman who is still treading the boards in her eighties.
Diana Rigg was also known in the USA as Mrs. Emma Peel of THE AVENGERS. I think she was cast as the only woman James Bond ever married (according to Ian Fleming) partly because ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE had a new, unknown actor replacing Sean Connery as Bond, and one reason I was drawn to see that movie is because I so admired Diana Rigg as Mrs. Peel.
So it's clear that Pierce Brosnan's movies, were the movies in which the Bond girls got the most. Since there's 5 out of 10 that were in his movies on this list.
I think there's been something like 24 Bond movies, so if you can create a top 10 list of actresses who 'beat the curse', it doesn't really sound like much of a curse.
There are 23 Bond films so there are at least 23 Bond girls. Alot of Bond films have more than one Bond girl. Let's say at least 10, so we add 10 more girls. 33 Bond girls and only 10 beat the curse - that's 23 girls that didn't. I think there's enough probable cause to suggest that there is a curse indeed.
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1. Halle Berry ruined her career not with Bond but rather with Catwoman. 2. The 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice is absolutely TERRIBLE, because it ruins the content of the book. Just watch the 1995 BBC miniseries and compare the "verbal duel" between Elizabeth and Lady Catherine near the end. Both have the same dialogue (exactly how it was written in the book), BUT the 2005 version only has HALF THE TIME for it. Oh and Keira Knightley cant act other than a spoiled girl who thinks she is a man ... because Elizabeth Bennet would NEVER have yelled like she did. Also: that "sex scene" at the end for the US audience. To sum it all up: Ang Lee NEVER EVER should have been allowed to make a film of a Jane Austen novel!
It's also worth mentioning Alison Doody (yes, that's her name), who had a bit part as a henchwoman in A View To A Kill. She's had some solid roles in her time, especially in Irish movies (she's Irish), but really escaped the curse thanks to her role as Dr. Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. That was one of her last major roles, but yea.
Halle Berry also beat the bond girl curse. she did play Storm in X-Men franchise (alongside fellow ex bond girl Famke Janssen), and then Catwoman (alter ego is Patience Phillips)
+Jean Regala I know. I don't see how they left Halle Berry off this list. Even if she came in at #10, she'd had a much more successful career than Teri Hatcher. Honestley, she should be at least in the top 3 on this list.
ebbsislove93 My thoughts exactly. I remember her saying that she'd rather play the role as Bond .....than be a 'Bond Girl' For most movies, I always here stories about Angelina auditioning for some role and being considered for it, BUT I think it's those movie producers that keep lying by throwing her name around as a way for the movie to get more attention from fans...seeing that she is still an actress high in demand.
Olga's character in Quantum of Solace was not first in the Bond movies about revenge and redemption. The first one was Carole Bouquet's in For Your Eyes Only. By the way, Carole also escaped the curse. Although she did not make any more English-language movie after For Your Eyes Only, she starred in many French productions afterward.
Um........Michelle Yeoh has been famous for ages. She's one of the best known actresses is Asia, even if Bond made her famous over here.Her stuff from over there is amazing, and far outweighs Bond.
Same with Sophie Marceau, she was a child actor who was really known not only in France but also in the Far East (especially South Korea and Japan) for 1980's "La Boum"
The reason these ladies where able to overcome the Bond Girl Curse because they had true acting talent or the ability to pick the right roles that showcased their acting talents.
Famke Janssen should be the No. 1. Before her appearance in the Bond's film, her name didn't ring a bell to the world. Her unusual but impressive action in the films really aroused everyone's attention to her.
Star Trek loves Bond girls from "Tomorrow Never Dies," as Teri Hatcher (Paris Carver) had played the transporter operator in The Next Generation episode "The Outrageous Okona" and now will feature Michelle Yeoh (Wai Lin) as the captain in "Star Trek Discovery." Vincent Schiavelli (Dr. Kaufmann) had also played the automated salesman of Minos in TNG's "The Arsenal of Freedom."
Yes, Rosamund Pike is the perfect #1 for this list. If Julianne Moore hadn't been so overdue, Pike would've won Best Actress for her "Amazing" Amy in GONE GIRL. Those two were the best female lead performances of 2014 anyway.
Never Say Never Again wasn't really an official Bond film. Despite being based on the book of Thunderball which in itself was based on an unused screenplay,apart from including James Bond as a character being played by Sean Connery, it's not officially considered a Bond movie. But it doesn't matter either way, just incase anyone wanted to know.
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I know why would it say that the the world is not enough is a weaker bond when it is one of brosnans best yet not day a word when mentioning Quantum of Solace or Die another day!
... and that isnt really what a Bond girl is meant to be. James Bond is from a time when "men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri." ... and the woman should behave accordingly. Sadly things have changed and due to political correctness and feminism people think it cool when women are behaving like men. [... which isnt "female equality" but rather "making them the same".]
+Muck006 I feel like the real problem is that a lot of girls seem to find anything feminine to be "shameful" or something. As soon as a woman is described as "feminine and cute" there is always some extreme feminist who has to be like "oh yeah? well she is actually a strong person and actually has these and these skills" and blah-blah-blah. Yeah, ok? Nobody claimed otherwise.
I know "Never Say Never Again" wasn't a Bond-franchised film, but I must credit Barbara Carrera for being an amazing Bond Girl/Villainess. Within the franchise, Jane Seymour is the undisputed #1 in my opinion.
To this day I still think Sophie Marceau is the most beautiful Bond girl..I was absolutely in love with her when I first saw The World Is Not Enough. EDIT: I can't believe I forgot that chick who flew the helicopter in The Spy Who Loved Me. I don't know her real name just her Bond name..Naomi. But she was gorgeous in that movie!
I was named after a Bond girl but unfortunately she's not on this list. She was the very first Bond girl in the very first Bond movie, Dr. No. She played Honey Ryder; her name is Ursula Andress. My name is Andress. My mom is a huge James Bond fan and she saw the movie when she was a teenager, she saw the name Andress and fell in love with it. She said that when she has a daughter, she will name her that. Sure enough when I came along, that's the name I got. I'm actually quite honored to have the name, it's quite unique and very pretty. Not a lot of people in this generation even know who Ursula Andress was, but I do and that's all that matters.
Sophie Marceau was already very relevant in Europe for her roles. She never tried to be a Hollywood actress because she is in fact an artist you would find at Cannes where the good movies are shown. Without a doubt she did a fantastic job. What a performance! My favourite Bond girl so far... until Monica Belucci hits her role at "Spectre".
+Alberto Dote , a lot of Bond girls are not Hollywood actresses and continue to have successful film and TV careers in their native countries...often before AND after their respective Bond roles.
+Alberto Dote one of the most complex bongirls. Like Miranda and Vesper. they had character personality, they were not just eye candy needing bond to seduce them.
+PungiFungi teh fact is that lot of roles were turn down by her, simple because she didnt had ambition. Before role in matrix was offered to Monica Bellucci, it was offered to her, she didn't wanted. Some girls dont like to work with the pressure of Hollywood
Other possibilities: Carey Lowell- License To Kill (1989)- she went on to have a big role in Law and Order Denise Richards- The World Is Not Enough (1999)- Cause c'mon Grace Jones- A View To A Kill (1985)- her acting career may not have taken off, but she still had star power Naomie Harris- Skyfall (2012)- One word- Moonlight Arguably- Lois Chiles- Moonraker (1979)- She later had a big role in Dallas and in the movie Broadcast News
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Actresses in video ranked as my favorites: 10. Jane Seymour 9. Kim Basinger 8. Teri Hatcher 7. Sophie Marceau 6. Diana Rigg 5. Michelle Yeoh 4. Olga Kurylenko 3. Eva Green 2. Rosamund Pike 1. Famke Janssen
Damn. I didn't have next to a clue that old lady Tyrell was the same hot chick from 'On Her Majesties Secret Service'. Now I fell even worse about getting old. She was one of my favorites, the red hair did it for me. DAMN YOU NATURE!
Diana Rigg is the only actress who overshadows 007. I really thought Rigg was the main character and 007 was there just to support her. She is a fIne fine actor.
Evan Green, Famke, Sophie Marceau, Janey Seymour, Rosamund, all great actresses and some of my absolute faves. Also, did not know the iconic Olenna from GoT was a bond girl!!
What... no? HB has totally broken the curse as well... she has been in many acclaimed movies such as cloud atlas and then she also had her own tv show called extant (which was amazing)
I do not agree with your list, because it's not accurate enough and, sometimes, unfair. Eva Green was already known for her role as Isabelle, in Bernardo Bertolucci "The Dreamers" (2003). She was making a path of her own when the Bond Girl offer came in. She almost refused it, as she considered the films "all about brainless girls in small sized bikinis." But the story of Casino Royale was different. The Bond Girl was different. She accepted the role when she first read the script and she loved it. After that she continued to be who she was. She picks the roles she wants. She plays the femme fatale occasionally but she does not want to live on that. She is a far greater actress than Rosamond Pike. And look at the other comments on Hale Berry! You have misjudged the actresses. I am glad to see that most people are well informed and do not agree with this list either.
Me, too. I've never really been a Bond fan, but my husband is, and he agrees that "Never Say Never Again" isn't a true Bond movie, as it was made without the blessing of Broccoli.
Remake of Thunderball; made by one of the writers of the original script, Kevin McClory. McClory felt cheated during the writing of Thunderball because he effectively co-wrote the book with Ian Fleming, and characters/organizations like Blofeld and SPECTRE were his ideas. Until his death in 2006 he challenged every use of his characters in court; explaining why Blofeld is killed off at the beginning of "For Your Eyes Only". As a result of his death Eon was able to bring SPECTRE back for the upcoming Bond film.
Watched this video to see if there was an older Bond Girl (pre Bronson Bond days) playing an older women I watch currently and hit the jackpot with Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell!
OMG Xenia Onatopp is the best Bond Girl ever. Not only because Famke Janssen was stunningly beautiful and with a great performance. The character on itself was so powerful.
Good list. I do have to contradict what you said about Halle Berry. Yes she was in what I've heard is a really awful film in Catwoman, but she's been in several other movies since then including some pretty good ones. Not to mention even after her role in Die Another Day, she was able to maintain her role in the X-Men movies at least for awhile.
What about Queen Elizabeth II, a Bond girl by virtue of her entrance into the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony? She just became the longest reigning British monarch in history.
+David Scott Your comment LOOOL H.M would make an awesome M though.
+David Scott
To be fair she didn't have to do much except not die.
+Pagan Pilgrim She will die another day.
T'Monarch Never Dies
+Pagan Pilgrim Tell that to history and human life you dumbass
Eva green will forever be my favorite....
+Vichenzoo E46 M3 couldn't agree with you more! Vesper was the best!
+Vichenzoo E46 M3 Look how BADASS she is in 300: Rise of An Empire, that role totally secured her Hollywood Femme Fatale screen siren name!! She is OUTSTANDING in Penny Dreadful also, so AMAZING!!
+Christopher Teoh Jing Xiang I think I've seen all her films lol
You should watch the Dreamers. She's great in that too
I forgot to mention Dark Shadows and The Golden Compass!! Eva was so DAMN BRILLIANT in these movies!! SLAY EVA SLAY!! In it to win it of course!!
yes! exactly my thought!!
I've honestly never heard a Bond girl curse.
Look at how many in this list are from the later Bond movies (Brosnan & Craig). There was a time when most (but not all) Bond girls disappeared from the acting scene after staring in one.
Famke janssen is definitely my favorite💜
+Lily Glez' She's definitely Bond girl type.
+Lily Glez' She's brilliant as Jean Grey in X-Men, and in Taken of course when u have Liam Neeson playing our oh-so-tough cookie ex-husband!!
+Lily Glez' mine to :O)
Hell, she's even a Model of Victoria's Secret in the past.
No, no, no. No more foreplay.
Eva Green and Rosamund Pike are wonderfully talented actresses, they deserved to be at the top of the list!
And beautiful women. She was good in Jack Reacher.
I absolutely love Eva Green! She is fantastic in her movies after Casino Royale. She was a pretty good villain in Dark Shadows, and is amazing as Vanessa Ives on Penny Dreadful.
+Annie Burke Eva Green really is the best!
I love Eva Green
You just keep your eyes off Eva! She's mine, all mine! A ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...ha
Rest In Heaven Diana Rigg 🥺😔🙏🏽🕊💗
Halle berry did fine after bond. Good enough not to be cursed
She was in the x-men franchise(including X-men Days of Future Past) as Storm with Famke Jensen. Why is she not on this list, I do not know.
Kyle Pickens She's in stuff, but she wasn't the A-lister she was before Bond.
Lee Nielsen Plus, Famke didn't had such a box office flop like Halle with '' (eewww) '' Catwoman ...
true I am not familiar with Halle Berry work after the X-men but she should still be on this list.
Lee Nielsen Exactly. You don't know.
Jane Seymour used to be my crush when I first started watching James Bond. And I still think she is the most beautiful bond girl up to date.
I guess they broke their *bonds*
*Bu Dum Tssssss*
Khaleesi doesnt have access to the internet. Hacker? Or does she get a time machine in S5?
FacePalmGaming On top of the Great Pyramid you get good reception.
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What bonds
Surely no such 'curse' exists if there's a list of 10 actresses who've 'beat' it.
It's just like the Superman curse...Only 3 out of 16 actors who played or have played him, died prematurely.
as there have been 75 Bond girls and most stoped acting or had a very bad string of review afterwards, the fact that 10 of them beat the cures is really good.
Lekks Luthor and if not it can be a career killer dean cain seems to have vanished off the face of the earth apart from a cameo in smallville speaking of which, tom wellings career highlight was the remake of the fog that no one saw and Brandon Routh...well can you think of anything he's been in since taking off the cape because I certainly can't
chris winfield He was great in Scott Pilgrim and Arrow.
ClownyyHD Nah, it can have two i one movie, the one with sophie marceau had denise richards in it, and she definitely counts as a bond girl.
Eva Green should be number one!!! Shes so beautiful so beautiful
Definitely
She was amazing in 300: rise of an empire.
I agree. She does comes head to head with Rosamund Pike, but Pike got first place because she nailed Gone Girl and went to the Oscars rank. Even so, I think in the long term Eva is the one with the strongest character and ability to carry herself independently away from the Bond girl label. She really can play unique and memorable roles!
@@Cielosta But Rosamund definitely now has the bigger star as she also played the co-lead in Jack Reacher as well, another beloved film/TV series now.
Famke Jannsen was my favorite! Just gonna put it out there
Me too. I wish I could be a femme fatale like her.
She's by far one of my favorite actresses ever
***** Don't worry, finding Xenia Onatopp attractive is extremely normal for heterosexual males (and even some lesbians), no matter their age. Although, since a kid I have been more of a Miranda Frost (Pike) fanboy ;)
Mine too but note they pronounced her name wrong I think it's pronounced yann-senn not jansen though I could be wrong
***** now i know what you do on your free time brother...
You've forgotten Carole Bouquet who became a big star in her native France. She is also recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and in the internationally successful film Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also Honor Blackman who is still treading the boards in her eighties.
Diana Rigg was also known in the USA as Mrs. Emma Peel of THE AVENGERS. I think she was cast as the only woman James Bond ever married (according to Ian Fleming) partly because ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE had a new, unknown actor replacing Sean Connery as Bond, and one reason I was drawn to see that movie is because I so admired Diana Rigg as Mrs. Peel.
So it's clear that Pierce Brosnan's movies, were the movies in which the Bond girls got the most. Since there's 5 out of 10 that were in his movies on this list.
By the way, an actor who has had a fine career after leaving as 007.
I think there's been something like 24 Bond movies, so if you can create a top 10 list of actresses who 'beat the curse', it doesn't really sound like much of a curse.
24 actually, because we already know who's going to be the next Bond girls. Btw, Daniel Craig got injured on set. Again.
Ya know I never thought about that, thanks for pointing it out
*****
I can only think of 1 bond movie that has 2 'bond girls' (that term doesn't mean every girl featured in a James Bond movie by the way).
There are going to be 25. Daniel Craig had signed a 5 film contract before filming Casino Royale.
There are 23 Bond films so there are at least 23 Bond girls. Alot of Bond films have more than one Bond girl. Let's say at least 10, so we add 10 more girls. 33 Bond girls and only 10 beat the curse - that's 23 girls that didn't. I think there's enough probable cause to suggest that there is a curse indeed.
Eva Green and Olga Kurylenko :) But I also love Sophie Marceau and Rosamund Pike.
Diana Rigg.
Jane Seymour was the most beautiful Bond's girl ever!!!
+Kacper Płusa Agreed! Barbara Carrera comes in as a close second, yet she was a villainess, and not a true love-interest, since her motives were evil.
Agreed
So true,the most beautiful
Lmfao hell no.
Ursula Andress 😚
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1. Halle Berry ruined her career not with Bond but rather with Catwoman.
2. The 2005 version of Pride & Prejudice is absolutely TERRIBLE, because it ruins the content of the book. Just watch the 1995 BBC miniseries and compare the "verbal duel" between Elizabeth and Lady Catherine near the end. Both have the same dialogue (exactly how it was written in the book), BUT the 2005 version only has HALF THE TIME for it. Oh and Keira Knightley cant act other than a spoiled girl who thinks she is a man ... because Elizabeth Bennet would NEVER have yelled like she did. Also: that "sex scene" at the end for the US audience. To sum it all up: Ang Lee NEVER EVER should have been allowed to make a film of a Jane Austen novel!
Ang Lee????? What, girl
Well that's, uh, your opinion, man.
It's also worth mentioning Alison Doody (yes, that's her name), who had a bit part as a henchwoman in A View To A Kill. She's had some solid roles in her time, especially in Irish movies (she's Irish), but really escaped the curse thanks to her role as Dr. Elsa Schneider in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. That was one of her last major roles, but yea.
Halle Berry also beat the bond girl curse. she did play Storm in X-Men franchise (alongside fellow ex bond girl Famke Janssen), and then Catwoman (alter ego is Patience Phillips)
+Jean Regala and she won an ACADEMY AWARD.
+Jean Regala Catwoman was an absolute disaster.
+Jean Regala Halle Barry was already famous before she became a Bond girl though so I understand why they didnt include her.
She was a big star before Bond... Her star kind of died after Bond with only her pre bond established role as storm to keep her afloat.
+Jean Regala I know. I don't see how they left Halle Berry off this list. Even if she came in at #10, she'd had a much more successful career than Teri Hatcher. Honestley, she should be at least in the top 3 on this list.
Solitaire is one of the best Bond girls
+Nikola Geranliev Look at Jane as Solitaire @ 0:17 ! What a stunningly beautiful character!
My god, Famke Janssen was so good! One of the more impressionable films of my formative years, I feel like watching it right now!
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Can you really "beat out Angelina Jolie" when Jolie stated she had no interest in being a Bond girl in the first place?
ebbsislove93 My thoughts exactly.
I remember her saying that she'd rather play the role as Bond .....than be a 'Bond Girl'
For most movies, I always here stories about Angelina auditioning for some role and being considered for it, BUT I think it's those movie producers that keep lying by throwing her name around as a way for the movie to get more attention from fans...seeing that she is still an actress high in demand.
ebbsislove93 can u imagine if Angelina played a Bond girl? omg.. i'd be the first in line to watch the film
Olga's character in Quantum of Solace was not first in the Bond movies about revenge and redemption. The first one was Carole Bouquet's in For Your Eyes Only.
By the way, Carole also escaped the curse. Although she did not make any more English-language movie after For Your Eyes Only, she starred in many French productions afterward.
Um........Michelle Yeoh has been famous for ages. She's one of the best known actresses is Asia, even if Bond made her famous over here.Her stuff from over there is amazing, and far outweighs Bond.
Tinahgirl83 Asian films simply do not outweigh Bond, period.
Same with Sophie Marceau, she was a child actor who was really known not only in France but also in the Far East (especially South Korea and Japan) for 1980's "La Boum"
@@Serreski Then there shouldn't be a "curse". I doubt that Tomorrow Never Dies was the reason that Michelle got cast in Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon.
The reason these ladies where able to overcome the Bond Girl Curse because they had true acting talent or the ability to pick the right roles that showcased their acting talents.
Teri Hatcher first started as a recurring character on the original version of MacGiver starring Richard Dean Anderson.
Famke Janssen should be the No. 1. Before her appearance in the Bond's film, her name didn't ring a bell to the world. Her unusual but impressive action in the films really aroused everyone's attention to her.
What about Gemma Arterton from 'Quantum of Solace,'? She got her start in the Bond series and her popularity continues to rise.
Indeed!!!
It hasn't though. She starred in like 5 blockbusters in a row and nobody still knows who she is.
Gemma? She's FADED FAST. Nobody has her on their mind.
Star Trek loves Bond girls from "Tomorrow Never Dies," as Teri Hatcher (Paris Carver) had played the transporter operator in The Next Generation episode "The Outrageous Okona" and now will feature Michelle Yeoh (Wai Lin) as the captain in "Star Trek Discovery." Vincent Schiavelli (Dr. Kaufmann) had also played the automated salesman of Minos in TNG's "The Arsenal of Freedom."
Yes, Rosamund Pike is the perfect #1 for this list. If Julianne Moore hadn't been so overdue, Pike would've won Best Actress for her "Amazing" Amy in GONE GIRL. Those two were the best female lead performances of 2014 anyway.
It's strange how 2 of the most beautiful Bond Girls came together to be X-Men. Congrats Girls. One of my favorite franchises.
Never Say Never Again wasn't really an official Bond film. Despite being based on the book of Thunderball which in itself was based on an unused screenplay,apart from including James Bond as a character being played by Sean Connery, it's not officially considered a Bond movie. But it doesn't matter either way, just incase anyone wanted to know.
Halle Berry didn't get the James Bond curse, she got the Catwoman curse.
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This was the most accurate one yet. Two thumbs UP!!!
Not sure why people didn't like World Is Not Enough. I really enjoyed it. Can't wait for SPECTRE going to be best film of 2015.
Andrew S ?
Andrew S What about it?
Andrew S Yeah, I'm looking forward to it, too...but that's totally irrelevant, as is your post.
I know why would it say that the the world is not enough is a weaker bond when it is one of brosnans best yet not day a word when mentioning Quantum of Solace or Die another day!
Andrew S I mean in my opinion at least.
Michelle Yeow is the best Bond Girl when it comes to Bond Girl Kicking Ass. LOL...
... and that isnt really what a Bond girl is meant to be. James Bond is from a time when "men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri." ... and the woman should behave accordingly. Sadly things have changed and due to political correctness and feminism people think it cool when women are behaving like men. [... which isnt "female equality" but rather "making them the same".]
+Muck006
I feel like the real problem is that a lot of girls seem to find anything feminine to be "shameful" or something.
As soon as a woman is described as "feminine and cute" there is always some extreme feminist who has to be like "oh yeah? well she is actually a strong person and actually has these and these skills" and blah-blah-blah.
Yeah, ok? Nobody claimed otherwise.
I know "Never Say Never Again" wasn't a Bond-franchised film, but I must credit Barbara Carrera for being an amazing Bond Girl/Villainess. Within the franchise, Jane Seymour is the undisputed #1 in my opinion.
To this day I still think Sophie Marceau is the most beautiful Bond girl..I was absolutely in love with her when I first saw The World Is Not Enough.
EDIT: I can't believe I forgot that chick who flew the helicopter in The Spy Who Loved Me. I don't know her real name just her Bond name..Naomi. But she was gorgeous in that movie!
I always thought Sophie was the most beautiful, too.
Sophie was definitely the most beautiful for me too 😍
I was named after a Bond girl but unfortunately she's not on this list. She was the very first Bond girl in the very first Bond movie, Dr. No. She played Honey Ryder; her name is Ursula Andress. My name is Andress. My mom is a huge James Bond fan and she saw the movie when she was a teenager, she saw the name Andress and fell in love with it. She said that when she has a daughter, she will name her that. Sure enough when I came along, that's the name I got. I'm actually quite honored to have the name, it's quite unique and very pretty. Not a lot of people in this generation even know who Ursula Andress was, but I do and that's all that matters.
Why would she name me that? She named me Andress, after the actress not the character.
+ddjmfan hi andress
+G. Ceara or octopussy
Izabella Scorupco from Goldeneye is now most frequently seen in commercials for glasses.
Wow. I didn't know that.
From Bond Girl To Gone Girl. Rosamund Pike rocked and keep on rocking.
Sophie Marceau was already very relevant in Europe for her roles. She never tried to be a Hollywood actress because she is in fact an artist you would find at Cannes where the good movies are shown. Without a doubt she did a fantastic job. What a performance! My favourite Bond girl so far... until Monica Belucci hits her role at "Spectre".
+Alberto Dote , a lot of Bond girls are not Hollywood actresses and continue to have successful film and TV careers in their native countries...often before AND after their respective Bond roles.
+PungiFungi For example, Honor Blackman, mostly known as Pussy Galore from Goldfinder. At 90, she still stars in British tv series.
+Alberto Dote one of the most complex bongirls. Like Miranda and Vesper. they had character personality, they were not just eye candy needing bond to seduce them.
+PungiFungi teh fact is that lot of roles were turn down by her, simple because she didnt had ambition. Before role in matrix was offered to Monica Bellucci, it was offered to her, she didn't wanted. Some girls dont like to work with the pressure of Hollywood
I feel like this one was just made because of Rosamund Pike
She's that awesome. (＾▽＾)b
And Eva Green.
Famke Janssen looked smoking in Goldeneye. She will always be my favourite.
Actually the Bond franchise producers have been pretty adept in their picks of Bond girls, far more hits than misses. My fave is Michelle Yeoh.
+andrew trousdale sadly in the a last minutes of movie, she become a commum bondgirl that need bond to rescue
They can pick 'em good, but the question is can the actresses themselves prosper after that?
Other possibilities:
Carey Lowell- License To Kill (1989)- she went on to have a big role in Law and Order
Denise Richards- The World Is Not Enough (1999)- Cause c'mon
Grace Jones- A View To A Kill (1985)- her acting career may not have taken off, but she still had star power
Naomie Harris- Skyfall (2012)- One word- Moonlight
Arguably-
Lois Chiles- Moonraker (1979)- She later had a big role in Dallas and in the movie Broadcast News
My favorite Bond Girl is Pam bouvier played by Carey Lowell.She has had a pretty lengthy career as well.
She was in Licence to kill btw.
John Avenger She want on to Law and Order tv series
For me, Solitaire will forever be the most stunningly beautiful and charismatic of all the Bond girls.
Xenia onatopp is the best bond girl ever, even if she was evil :D
+Loppy2345 Borderline psychopathic is more like it. Big mistake leaving her unconscious in a car after the run-in the Turkish bathhouse.
No. Pussy is still the best.
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The High Sparrow at 1:16
And Olenna Tyrell... 🤣
Actresses in video ranked as my favorites:
10. Jane Seymour
9. Kim Basinger
8. Teri Hatcher
7. Sophie Marceau
6. Diana Rigg
5. Michelle Yeoh
4. Olga Kurylenko
3. Eva Green
2. Rosamund Pike
1. Famke Janssen
Judi Dench
Not a Bond girl.
Best Bond girl in skyfall and the world is not enough hands down
Samsomite Just because she's old doesn't make her not Bond girl.
She was well famous before she played M.
Kaneda Playing the only female "M" in 7 Bond films, from GOLDENEYE to SKYFALL, I can see why she should have been included here.
I really wish they had gone ahead with that Wai Lin spin-off, that sounds awesome.
It was truly bizarre that Rosamund Pike didn't get an Oscar for Gone Girl
What I notice about these actresses, is that they're the ones who's Bond characters show an unfair misunderstanding of what James does with women.
I LOVE Dianna Rigg
Pls make a list of top 10 jinxed bond girls
Damn. I didn't have next to a clue that old lady Tyrell was the same hot chick from 'On Her Majesties Secret Service'. Now I fell even worse about getting old. She was one of my favorites, the red hair did it for me. DAMN YOU NATURE!
Michelle Yeoh should be the no. 1 here,
She just won an Oscar recently
Compleltely happy with the results of this top-ten. Rosamund Pike is a tremendous actress
Sophie Marceau a.k.a. Elektra King is simply my favorite, she's absolutely stunning and captivating!😍💖🌟✨
yes, but her character was kinda dumb
Yep. She was perfect
Rosamund Pike has undoubtedly been the most successful, even though she came from the shittest Bond film, but she was a highlight of that film!
Cursed but never forgotten, Jill St John
Absolutely stunning Jill St John
What about Gemma Arterton or Naomie Harris?
Diana Rigg is the only actress who overshadows 007. I really thought Rigg was the main character and 007 was there just to support her. She is a fIne fine actor.
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Evan Green, Famke, Sophie Marceau, Janey Seymour, Rosamund, all great actresses and some of my absolute faves. Also, did not know the iconic Olenna from GoT was a bond girl!!
6:15: OMG, THAT'S GRANDMA TYRELL!!!!!!!!!
+QuébecQueen *YOU CAN SMELL THE SHIT FROM FIVE MILES AWAY*
She was also in Doctor Who look it up specifically the episode the Crimson horror she was the villain.
Xenia Onatopp was always my favorite Bond girl. Kinky and ruthless.
Rosamund Pike... beautiful... just stunning
What... no? HB has totally broken the curse as well... she has been in many acclaimed movies such as cloud atlas and then she also had her own tv show called extant (which was amazing)
Eva Green is my fav
I clicked this “Bond girl curse” video thinking it was the top 10 Bond girls that survived the movie and never attempted to betray Bond
I do not agree with your list, because it's not accurate enough and, sometimes, unfair. Eva Green was already known for her role as Isabelle, in Bernardo Bertolucci "The Dreamers" (2003). She was making a path of her own when the Bond Girl offer came in. She almost refused it, as she considered the films "all about brainless girls in small sized bikinis." But the story of Casino Royale was different. The Bond Girl was different. She accepted the role when she first read the script and she loved it. After that she continued to be who she was. She picks the roles she wants. She plays the femme fatale occasionally but she does not want to live on that. She is a far greater actress than Rosamond Pike. And look at the other comments on Hale Berry! You have misjudged the actresses. I am glad to see that most people are well informed and do not agree with this list either.
Honor Blackman? Ursula Andress?
Eva Green FTW!
Angel Valentin. His how are you. Good luck and. Good day. FRom. Betlehem city
Marceau (Sophie) to me is the most beautiful.
She definitely is. No contest in my opinion
I would say Eva Green should be #1 but I understand putting Pike there.
My favorites:Famke Janssen,Diana Rigg,Zena Marshall(Dr No).
i just realised that 2 x-men (or x-women) were bond girls
Yep, Jean Grey and Storm!
This is officially my favorite list.
WTF? Halle had one bad movie after that, and moved past it
Well, I wouldn't say Dame Judi Dench's role can be considered a "bond girl"
what? Just about all of her movies after Monster's Ball were garbage
She plays the strong role very well. It was funny when a poster of her for the "Sin City: A Dame to kill for" was pulled.
Never Say Never Again doesn't count
I was thinking the same thing.
Me, too. I've never really been a Bond fan, but my husband is, and he agrees that "Never Say Never Again" isn't a true Bond movie, as it was made without the blessing of Broccoli.
It is an awful film and not a bond film
It was made without permission and is little more than a celebrity endorsed knock off so it really seems odd to include it here.
Remake of Thunderball; made by one of the writers of the original script, Kevin McClory. McClory felt cheated during the writing of Thunderball because he effectively co-wrote the book with Ian Fleming, and characters/organizations like Blofeld and SPECTRE were his ideas. Until his death in 2006 he challenged every use of his characters in court; explaining why Blofeld is killed off at the beginning of "For Your Eyes Only". As a result of his death Eon was able to bring SPECTRE back for the upcoming Bond film.
Watched this video to see if there was an older Bond Girl (pre Bronson Bond days) playing an older women I watch currently and hit the jackpot with Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell!
Never Say Never Again is not part of the Bond franchise so Basinger shouldn't count.
Otherwise it's a good list.
OMG Xenia Onatopp is the best Bond Girl ever. Not only because Famke Janssen was stunningly beautiful and with a great performance. The character on itself was so powerful.
rosamund pike is my favorite...
Spectre was sooo disappointing. I'm heartbroken.
Agreed
+Jack Rodriques agreed too
it was excellent
Spectre wasn't that bad, it was one of the better ones in my opinion but it's not better than Skyfall though
+Brendan Hilliard You think it's better than Casino Royale?
Gemma Arterton??
Good list. I do have to contradict what you said about Halle Berry. Yes she was in what I've heard is a really awful film in Catwoman, but she's been in several other movies since then including some pretty good ones. Not to mention even after her role in Die Another Day, she was able to maintain her role in the X-Men movies at least for awhile.
Isn't pike in Johnny English reborn
she is ! as his love interest
It's very funny how pike looks hotter even after ten years
Bassinger's star shined even brighter.... Shined!? I couldn't wait so I've writted a comment!