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.
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.
+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!!
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ;)
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!
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 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.
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.
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.
... 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.
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.
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"
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.
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."
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!
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.
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
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.
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)
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
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!
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.
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!!
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
First, Rosamund Pike should be The X-Men Emma Frost/White Queen in the first place, her pretty posterior yet icy & aloof demeanor is just calling for it. But given Fox already mucked up X-Men continuity, that hope simply diminished years ago. Second, Eva Green is simply vavavoom! Truly a dame to kill for.
Camille's focus on revenge in Quantum of Solace is not a twist because there had already been quite a few Bond girls before here who wanted revenge on somebody.
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.
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.
Famke got her initial widest exposure when she scintillated as the GORGEOUS Kamala, the "metamorph", in an episode of Star Trek The Next Generation, leaving all the fans of that show tripping over their tongues.
