12 of the all-time hottest Bond girls: Where are they now?

By Topher Gauk-Roger 11:08am PDT, Aug 14, 2022

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Xenia Onatopp, Pussy Galore, Honey Ryder, Plenty O'Toole, Holly Goodhead and Domino are just a few of the infamous names from the James Bond cinematic universe! The beloved British spy is as well known for his code name and his drink order as he is for the incredible women by his side who range from love interests to femme fatales — like birthday girl Michelle Yeoh, who made history when she played Wai Lin, the first Chinese Bond girl, in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies." Wai Lin, a spy for the Ministry of State Security in the People's Republic of China, holds the rank of colonel and is skilled in martial arts. She teams up with Bond to disable a missile targeting China and, despite initially resisting his advances, eventually gives in to his seductions. To celebrate Michelle's milestone 60th birthday on Aug. 6, 2022, Wonderwall.com is taking a look at what she and more former Bond girls are up to (and what they look like) now…

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After rising to fame in '90s Hong Kong action films, Michelle Yeoh's career really took off following her stint as a Bond girl thanks to major roles in hit films like 2000's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," 2005's "Memoirs of a Geisha," 2009's "Kung Fu Panda 2," 2010's "Reign of Assassins" and 2011's "The Lady." In 2016, she reprised her role in the Netflix sequel "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny." The Malaysian star got another big fame boost when she appeared in the 2018 box office hit "Crazy Rich Asians" and toplined the Paramount+ series "Star Trek: Discovery." Fans also saw her in the 2021 Marvel movie "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and the critically acclaimed 2002 film "Everything Everywhere All at Once." More recently, she lent her voice to characters in "Minions: The Rise of Gru" and "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank." Next up, Michelle will star in the "Avatar" sequels. As for her personal life? She's long been engaged to French executive Jean Todt, her partner since 2004.

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Maud Adams had the rare opportunity to play two different Bond girls, beginning with the part of Andrea Anders in 1984's "The Man With the Golden Gun." Andrea is the mistress of the evil Francisco Scaramanga, an assassin who's identified by his use of a shiny weapon. Nine years later, she was promoted to head Bond girl, taking on the title role in 1983's "Octopussy." The jewel smuggler and wealthy businesswoman is the associate of villain Kamal Khan, an exiled Afghan prince.

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Maud Adams was so well-regarded by James Bond film series producer Albert Broccoli after her turn in "The Man With the Golden Gun" that she was asked to return to the franchise in "Octopussy." She then booked the TV show "Emerald Point N.A.S," but it was canceled after one season. The Swedish actress also had memorable appearances in both film and television projects including "The Christian Licorice Store," "Rollerball," "Killer Force," "Merciless Man," "Hell Hunters" and "Soda Cracker." She went back home to continue acting but still worked Stateside with roles in "Walker, Texas Ranger," "That '70s Show" and "The Seekers." She married her current husband, private mediator and retired judge Charles Rubin, in 1999. She's also served as the president of a beauty company called Scandinavian Biocosmetics.

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Solitaire is Jane Seymour's character from 1973's "Live and Let Die," a beautiful tarot reader who can see both the future and remote events in the present. She is seduced by Bond and loses her psychic abilities, making her disposable to the corrupt Caribbean Prime Minister Dr. Kananga who doubles as the drug lord Mr. Big.

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Following "Live and Let Die," Jane Seymour earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work in 1976's "Captains and the Kings" and a Golden Globe Award for her performance in 1981's "East of Eden." The acclaim continued with her award-nominated turn in the '80s TV movie "The Woman He Loved" and the miniseries "War and Remembrance." She finally scored an Emmy for her work in 1988's "Onassis: The Richest Man in the World" and in 1993 began starring on the hit period medical drama series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," which ran for six seasons and resulted in a further two Emmy nominations and four Golden Globe noms, including one win. In 2007, she was a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars," where she finished in sixth place. Jane's made memorable turns on "Smallville," "Castle" and "How I Met Your Mother" too as well as in the comedy "Wedding Crashers" Since then, Jane has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. In 2018, she posed for Playboy for a third time, at 67 becoming the oldest woman to be photographed for the magazine. She more recently starred on the hit Netflix series "The Kominsky Method" and has since landed lead roles on "B Positive" and "Harry Wild." Jane, a talented painter who founded of the Open Hearts Foundation, has also written several children's books and self-help books. She's been married and divorced four times — to Michael Attenborough from 1971 to 1973; to Geoffrey Planer from 1977 to 1978; to David Flynn from 1981 to 1992; and to James Keach from 1993 to 2015. She has four kids: two with David and twins with James.

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It all started with Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in 1962's "Dr. No." She's a stunning beachcomber capable of defending herself who teams up with Bond to take down the titular villain. The character's tough nature, mysterious past and infamous white bikini helped kick off six decades of incredible women in Bond's life.

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"Dr. No" served as a major breakout film for Ursula Andress, a Swiss actress who'd previously struggled to book many parts. She ended up winning a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her work as a Bond girl and followed it by owning her sex symbol status with a clothing-free spread in Playboy magazine. Ursula then starred opposite Elvis Presley in 1963's "Fun in Acapulco," Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin in "4 for Texas" and Laurence Olivier and Harry Hamlin in 1981's "Clash of the Titans." She also appeared in the 1967 Bond parody "Casino Royale." While filming "Clash of the Titans," she began dating Harry and two became engaged. They welcomed son Dimitri in 1980 before calling things off three years later. After her son's birth, Ursula scaled back her acting career by sticking to small television movies.

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Halle Berry had an iconic bikini moment of her own in 2002's "Die Another Day." She played Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson, the first heroic African American Bond girl. Jinx is an NSA agent who joins forces with James Bond to kill a rogue agent. They also develop a bit of romance.

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Halle Berry was already a box office force when she signed on to "Die Another Day," having just starred in the 2000 blockbuster "X-Men." Shortly before the action flick's release, she became the first woman of color to win an Academy Award for best actress, for her work in the gritty drama "Monster's Ball." She then reprised her role as the mutant Storm in the next two "X-Men" sequels as well as in 2014's "X-Men: Days of Future Past." The Cleveland-born actress also made headlines for a very different reason: her Razzie-winning performance in the critically reviled comic book flop "Catwoman." By the end of the 2000s, Halle had received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and become one of the highest paid actresses in the industry. But her career has been a mixed bag since, with films like "Frankie & Alice" in 2010, "Cloud Atlas" in 2012, "The Call" in 2013 and "Kidnap" in 2017. More recently, Halle's appeared in the hit sequels "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" in 2017 and "John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum" in 2019. She played an MMA fighter in her directorial debut, "Bruised," which was released in 2021. Halle has been married three times: to baseball player David Justice from 1993 to 1997, to musician Eric Benét from 2001 to 2005 and to actor Olivier Martinez from 2013 to 2016. She has one son with Olivier and a daughter from a previous relationship with model Gabriel Aubry. The star has been dating Grammy-winning musician Van Hunt since 2020.

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Diana Rigg played the main Bond girl — Teresa "Tracy" Bond — in 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Tracy was the only Bond girl to ever marry 007. They wed after their relationship changed the scandal-plagued socialite for the better. But tragedy strikes on their wedding day when Tracy is shot and killed.

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Diana Rigg was already famous — for her starring turn as Emma Peel on the hit series "The Avengers" — before joining the Bond universe. Her success continued after "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" with a BAFTA-winning turn in the 1989 BBC miniseries "Mother Love" and a role as Mrs. Danvers in a 1997 adaptation of "Rebecca" that earned her an Emmy Award. She performed the title role in the play "Medea" in both London and New York, winning the 1994 Tony Award for best actress in a play. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for that same year for her services to drama. The English actress found fame with a new generation of fans when she played the snarky Queen of Thornes, Olenna Tyrell, on the hit HBO series "Game of Thrones." She also played Ms. Collins in 2021's "Last Night in Soho" — her last film. Diana died at home surrounded by her family in 2020 at 82. Her daughter, actress Rachael Stirling, later revealed that Diana had been diagnosed with cancer earlier that year.

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Pussy Galore remains the most infamously named Bond girl ever. She was played to perfection by Honor Blackman in 1964's "Goldfinger." The devious character runs an organized crime gang and turns Bond over to the evil Goldfinger. That is, until she falls for the British agent's advances and turns on her villainous employer to help her new romantic partner instead.

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Honor Blackman was also known for her work on the hit TV show "The Avengers" before becoming a Bond girl. The British actress then went on to star in films like 1968's "Shalako" with Sean Connery and 1971's "Something Big" with Dean Martin. She appeared on television shows such as "Casualty" and "By Any Means" and even made a foray into music with the album "Everything I've Got" in the '60s. Honor was more recently seen in 2001's "Bridget Jones's Diary" and toured as Mrs. Higgins in a theater production of "My Fair Lady" from 2005 to 2006. She died at her home in 2020 from natural causes at 94.

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Denise Richards made a much ridiculed turn as a Bond girl in 1999's "The World Is Not Enough" as Dr. Christmas Jones. The American nuclear physicist works with 007 to prevent a nuclear meltdown in the waters of Istanbul that will increase petroleum prices — all while donning a fashionable crop top.

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Denise Richards made headlines for her turn in "The World Is Not Enough," but not the good kind: She won Razzie Awards for worst supporting actress and worst screen couple (with Pierce Brosnan) for her work. That didn't slow down her career though, as she took parts in films like 2001's "Valentine," 2002's "Undercover Brother," 2003's "Scary Movie 3" and "Love Actually," 2005's "Edmond" and 2012's "Madea's Witness Protection." The Illinois native also made guest turns on TV shows like "Friends," "Spin City" and "Two and a Half Men." She married Charlie Sheen in 2002 and famously shot a Playboy centerfold shortly after giving birth to their first daughter, Sam. Denise filed to divorce Charlie in 2004 while pregnant with their second daughter, Lola. She adopted a third daughter, Eloise Joni Richards, as a single parent in 2011 and eventually married Aaron Phypers after romancing men including Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora. The star wrote the bestselling memoir "The Real Girl Next Door," starred on the ABC Family drama "Twisted" from 2013 to 2014 and appeared on "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" from 2019 to 2020; she acted on the daytime soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" around the same time. In 2022, Denise revealed that she had followed in 18-year-old daughter Sami Sheen's footsteps and joined OnlyFans — the platform recognized for its often adult content.

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Singer-model Grace Jones moved into films in the '80s with the help of her villainous turn as May Day in 1985's "A View to a Kill." May Day is the lover and chief henchwoman of the film's main antagonist, Max Zorin, played by Christopher Walken. Zorin is a psychopathic industrialist who plans to destroy Silicon Valley to gain a monopoly in the microchip market.

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Grace Jones was already an established model and singer before starring in '80s hits like "A View to a Kill" and "Conan the Destroyer." Her lengthy list of projects continued after becoming a Bond girl as she appeared in '90s films such as "Boomerang" and "Cyber Bandits." The multitalented star, who toured in 2015 and performed at several major music festivals in 2016, has mostly retired from acting, though she appeared in the 2016 rock 'n' roll film "Gutterdämmerung." She romanced Dolph Lundgren throughout the early '80s and, according to reports, wed producer Chris Stanley in 1989. Grace eventually shot down those rumors in her 2015 autobiography "I'll Never Write My Memoirs." In 1996, the star married Atila Altaunbay, from whom she reportedly split in 2004. She's continued writing and performing music for soundtracks and worked with Gorillaz on their 2017 album, "Humanz." In this 2019 picture, a 70-year-old Grace is seen on the catwalk once again, walking in the Tommy Hilfiger show during Paris Fashion Week.

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In 1979's "Moonraker," Lois Chiles starred as Holly Goodhead, an astronaut scientist on loan from NASA who's revealed to be a CIA agent. Holly teams up with Bond to put a stop to Hugo Drax, an industrialist who plans to poison all humans on Earth and repopulate the planet from his space station.

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Lois Chiles had already made a name for herself as an actress before booking "Moonraker" thanks to roles in films like 1973's "The Way We Were" and 1974's "The Great Gatsby." She later scored a major recurring role as Holly Harwood on "Dallas" and enjoyed turns in the 1996 Disney TV movie "Wish Upon a Star" and theatrical features like "Death on the Nile," "Broadcast News" and "Speed 2: Cruise Control." The Houston native lost her brother to non-Hodgkin lymphoma and decided to take a long break from acting, eventually returning with parts in a 2005 episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and in 2006's "Kettle of Fish." She married money manager Richard Gilder in 2005; Lois was widowed in 2020.

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Famke Janssen had a breakthrough role as Xenia Onatopp in 1995's "GoldenEye." Xenia is a Georgian fighter pilot and henchwoman of renegade MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan, who now runs a major crime syndicate. The sadistic lust murderer is best known for torturing her enemies by asphyxiating them between her thighs.

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Dutch star Famke Janssen started as a model, working for brands like Yves Saint Laurent, Armani and Chanel before transitioning to acting full time. Following "GoldenEye," Famke starred in 1998's "Celebrity" and "The Faculty" and 1999's "House on Haunted Hill." She then made waves as the telepathic and telekinetic Jean Grey in the 2000 blockbuster "X-Men," returning in the sequels "X2," "X-Men: The Last Stand," "The Wolverine" and 2014's "X-Men: Days of Future Past." Beyond the "X-Men" franchise, Famke has had roles in 2002's "Men in Black II," 2013's "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" and the "Taken" trilogy opposite Liam Neeson. She also garnered a lot of attention for her TV work on "Nip/Tuck" in 2004, "The Blacklist: Redemption" in 2017 and "When They See Us" in 2019. More recently, she starred in the romance film "Redeeming Love" and landed a role on the series "Long Slow Exhale." Famke was married to writer-director Kip Williams from 1995 to 2000.

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1989's "Licence To Kill" featured Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier, a DEA informant and ex-Army pilot. Pam works with Bond to take down Franz Sanchez, the most powerful drug lord in Latin America, when he orders an attack against 007's CIA friend Felix Leiter.

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Carey Lowell only had a few big screen roles to her name before nabbing her part as a Bond girl. It led to roles in hit films like 1993's "Sleepless in Seattle" and 1995's "Leaving Las Vegas." She then booked the role of Dottie on the short-lived TV adaptation of "A League of Their Own" in 1993 shortly before starring as Assistant District Attorney-turned-Judge Jamie Ross on "Law & Order" from 1996 to 2001. The New York-born actress reprised the role in 2005 for a guest spot on spinoff series "Law & Order: Trial by Jury." She took a hiatus from acting during the mid-'00s and applied to study documentary filmmaking at New York University. Carey eventually returned to television in 2018 to appear on the shows "Bull" and "Blue Bloods." She's been married three times: to fashion photographer John Stember from 1984 to 1988; to actor Griffin Dunne from 1989 to 1995; and to actor Richard Gere from 2002 to 2013. The star has a daughter with Griffin and a son with Richard.