Top 40 Countdown: The Hottest Bond Girls

By Chuck Walton

Every time a new Bond movie opens, editors scramble to come up with their requisite Bond girl lists -- the best Bond girls, the worst Bond girls, the Bond girls with the funniest names, etc. But really, who are we kidding? What matters first and foremost about any Bond girl is that she's hot. Here, for your viewing, is our gallery of the top 40 hottest Bond girls ever, includuing Skyfall's Berenice Marlohe!

A.K.A.: Pam Bouvier
Licence To Kill (1989)
Key Data: Lowell, with her short-cropped hair and role as ex-pilot/CIA informer Pam Bouvier, is sort of the female, tomboy version of 007 pal Felix Leiter. Of course, it doesn't stop her from being a red-blooded, sexy American, who looks great in a sparkly, sleeveless dress, with a coif that only draws Bond's attention that much faster.

A.K.A.: Elektra King
Bond Assignment: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Key Data: Since vying for Pierce Brosnan's affection with Denise Richards in 'The World Is Not Enough,' this French beauty has appeared only in French films. Previous to 'Enough,' she had made her mark in Hollywood as the love interest of Mel Gibson in 'Braveheart' and, umm, David Spade in 'Lost & Found.'

A.K.A.: Jenny Flex
Bond Assignment: A View To Kill (1985)
Key Data: Her film debut as Jenny Flex also garnered her the distinction of becoming the youngest Bond girl ever (19 at the time). A few years later, the striking blonde wooed the original Bond, Sean Connery, and Harrison Ford, as the ill-fated Elsa Schneider in 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'

A.K.A.: Miss Caruso
Bond Assignment: Live and Let Die (1973)
Key Data: Jane Seymour's not the only memorable hottie in 'Live and Let Die.' Madeline Smith made an impression, too, as Bond's Italian contact. Back in the '70s, Smith kept making an impression as the star of several Hammer horror films, including 1970's 'Taste the Blood of Dracula.'

A.K.A.: Miranda Frost
Bond Assignment: Die Another Day (2002)
Key Data: Her last name's icy for a reason. But she also turns up the heat quite nicely in her catfight with Halle Berry. Their age gap -- Frost is 12 years younger than Berry -- is the second largest between Bond girls in one film, trailing only 'A View to a Kill's 18 year gap between Alison Doody and Grace Jones.

A.K.A.: Tracy Bond
Bond Assignment: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Key Data: She was Bond's only wife, and we can see why he married her. A strong and spunky individual, she was extremely beautiful and looked exactly like Emma Peel from 'The Avengers,' sans the leather catsuit.

A.K.A.: Jill Masterson
Bond Assignment: Goldfinger (1964)
Key Data: Being nude and covered head to toe in gold paint probably wasn't as fun to experience as it was to look at (and it did lead to Eaton's character's death by suffocation). However, it was permanently etched into the memories of a whole generation of young men...and their sons...and their son's sons.

A.K.A.: Andrea Anders and Octopussy
Bond Assignment: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Octopussy (1983)
Key Data: To this day, Maud Adams is the only person to play two different lead Bond girls in two Bond movies. The Swedish beauty is captivating in both, and is ably backed by fellow Swedes Britt Ekland in 'Man' and Kristina Wayburn in 'Octopussy.'

A.K.A.: Sylvia Trench
Bond Assignment: Dr. No (1962) and From Russia With Love (1963)
Key Data: Although Ursula Andress is often credited as the first Bond girl, Gayson actually appears onscreen first, and returned in 'From Russia with Love.' Although we found her to be very hot, the producers decided to limit her role -- originally intended to be a regular character -- to the first two films.

A.K.A.: Vesper Lynd
Bond Assignment: Casino Royale (2006)
Key Data: Other than Tracy Bond, Eva Green's Vesper Lynd is Bond's real true love. Green herself has a sort of quirky beauty (the actress appeared in Bertolucci's bohemian indie 'The Dreamers' and Ridley Scott's epic 'Kingdom of Heaven')...which naturally stands out to our hero and his fans.

A.K.A.: Tatiana Romanova
Bond Assignment: From Russia With Love (1963)
Key Data: Bianchi's appeal didn't go unnoticed in the real world. She was Miss Rome in 1960, and a runner-up for Miss Universe. Besides being a favorite Bond beauty in one of the best Bond films, she also starred four years later in a Bond spoof, 'Operation Kid Brother,' starring Sean's younger brother, Neil Connery.

A.K.A.: Valenka
Bond Assignment: Casino Royale (2006)
Key Data: She's not one of the two "featured" Bond girls in 'Casino Royale,' but Ivana Milicevic is still memorably hot as Valenka, the henchwoman tasked with carrying out baddie Le Chiffre's down and dirty deeds. Trivia tidbit: The Croatian beauty's younger brother is the lead guitarist in Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds to Mars.

A.K.A.: Holly Goodhead
Bond Assignment: Moonraker (1979)
Key Data: This Texan is often unfairly regarded for her role in the goofy, Bond-goes-to-space flick 'Moonraker,' but if the girls are to be ranked on pure hotness, Chiles still rates a strong score. To us, she looks just fine in that yellow spacesuit.

A.K.A.: Fiona Volpe
Bond Assignment: Thunderball (1965)
Key Data: The raven-haired Italian is the hottest villainess on two wheels. As SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe, Paluzzi has one of the most memorable death scenes, taking a spear in the back while dancing with 007. Connery's line to onlookers - "Do you mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead."

A.K.A.: Pussy Galore
Bond Assignment: Goldfinger (1964)
Key Data: A favorite amongst Bondamaniacs, Blackman is one of the strongest Bond girls. She was also already well known from TV's 'The Avengers' (a mantle she would pass on to future Bond girl Diana Rigg). Besides her memorable introduction to 007, Blackman also has a great, rolling-around-in-the-hay fight scene with the superspy.

A.K.A.: Dink
Bond Assignment: Goldfinger (1964)
Key Data: Another seemingly minor Bond girl character, Margaret Nolan deserves a closer look as Bond's highly attractive masseuse in 'Goldfinger.' Her Dink is one to remember.

A.K.A.: Stacey Sutton
Bond Assignment: A View To Kill (1985)
Key Data: Tanya Roberts is appropriately sultry in 'A View to a Kill.' She's actually been a prominent fantasy girl for three decades, as one of "Charlie's Angels" in the '70s, a caveman's dream woman in the '80s cult hit 'The Beastmaster,' and as Donna's mom in "That '70s Show."

A.K.A.: Kissy Suzuki
Bond Assignment: You Only Live Twice (1967)
Key Data: Hama also appeared in a 1967 nude Playboy pictorial called "007's Oriental Eyefuls," which caused a bit of controversy at the time in her native country.

A.K.A.: Natlya Simonova
Bond Assignment: Goldeneye (1995)
Key Data: Scorupco is the first Polish-born Bond beauty. She also supposedly turned down the leads for both 'L.A. Confidential' and 'The Mask of Zorro,' before re-teaming with 'GoldenEye/Zorro' director Martin Campbell for 2000's 'Vertical Limit.'

A.K.A.: Professor Inga Bergstorm
Bond Assignment: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Key Data: In 1997, we would have been willing to overlook the idea that Cecilie Thomson was 23 and a professor, as long as we could have sit in on all of her lectures. Back then, we would have also asked for free Bryan Adams tickets. The young ingenue dated the musician for 12 years, until she gave him the heave-ho in 2002.

A.K.A.: Vida
Bond Assignment: From Russia With Love (1963)
Key Data: Aliza who, you say? Ok, remember that great girl vs. girl gypsy fight in 'From Russia with Love'? Aliza's the smaller gypsy in red. She was also Miss Israel in 1960.

A.K.A.: Wai Lin
Bond Assignment: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Key Data: Michelle Yeoh is not just a strong, beautiful Bond girl. We're also totally positive that she could take down any of the Bond guys in real life. The year of 'Tomorrow''s release, the legendary actress/martial artist/stunt woman was voted one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World."

A.K.A.: Dr. Christmas Jones
Bond Assignment: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Key Data: Richards as a nuclear physicist is even more unbelievable than 23-year-old Cecilie Thomsen as a professor. But we'd argue, too, does it make you watch her any less onscreen? Does it make her any less hot?

A.K.A.: Bianca
Bond Assignment: Octopussy (1983)
Key Data: Blink and you'll miss Tina Hudson's near-cameo in 'Octopussy.' But rewind her opening sequence action scene with Roger Moore, and you may find yourself pausing it over and over again in the future. Eye candy? Yes. Superior eye candy? Yes.

A.K.A.: Domino Derval
Bond Assignment: Thunderball (1965)
Key Data: The lead role of Bond girl Dominque 'Domino' Derval was originally supposed to be an Italian, but producers were so taken with Auger that they changed it for the French beauty. Also considered for the role were Faye Dunaway, Raquel Welch and Julie Christie.

A.K.A.: Camille Montes
Bond Assignment: Quantum of Solace (2008)
Key Data: For those who doubt Olga's hotness, go rent 'Paris je t'aime.' We're sure you'll find Kurylenko's vampiress just as fetching as we do.

A.K.A.: Paris Carver
Bond Assignment: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Key Data: In between being the sexy star of "Lois & Clark" and "Desperate Housewives," Californian Teri Hatcher made her official Bond girl deubt as Paris Carver. The actress is a lifelong hottie who heated up screens in the '80s as Sly Stallone's sister in 'Tango & Cash,' and Kevin Bacon's L.A. temptress in 'The Big Picture.'

A.K.A.: Lupe Lamora
Bond Assignment: Licence To Kill (1989)
Key Data: Talisa Soto is by no stretch of the imagination the next Meryl Streep, as evidenced by 'Licence to Kill.' But People, Sports Illustrated and Maxim magazines all agree. What the Puerto Rican performer lacks in thespian chops she more than makes up for in beauty. Currently, she's still acting, and happily married to Benjamin Bratt.

A.K.A.: Magda
Bond Assignment: Octopussy (1983)
Key Data: They key moment for Wayborn comes after she enjoys some private time with 007...she steals a jeweled egg, gives Bond a kiss while tying her robe to the balcony, backflips off of it, and twirls safely out of her clothing to the ground below. It's an amazing sequence, and all in a day's work for Miss Sweden/Scandinavia.

A.K.A.: Melina Havelock
Bond Assignment: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Key Data: The most dangerous Bond girl with a crossbow, Bouquet's Havelock is a sexy combo of vulnerability and determination (her character's on a mission to avenge the murder of her parents). Bouquet turns in a well-rounded performance in a film that's more realistic than any of the '70s Bond output.

A.K.A.: Zora and Paula Caplan
Bond Assignment: From Russia With Love (1963) and Thunderball (1965)
Key Data: Martine Beswick's one of only two non-lead Bond girls to appear as different characters in two different Bond films. Besides her classic catfight with Aliza Gur in 'From Russia with Love,' Beswick also clawed it out with Raquel Welch in the infamous 'One Million Years B.C..'

A.K.A.: Xenia Onatopp
Bond Assignment: Goldeneye (1995)
Key Data: The Dutch actress and former model is widely known as the beautiful Jean Grey/Phoenix character in the 'X-Men' films, but we're still fans of Onatopp, a villainess who enjoys crushing her enemies between her strong thighs.

A.K.A.: Solitaire
Bond Assignment: Live and Let Die (1973)
Key Data: Beautiful, sexy, or whatever other positive adjective you'd care to apply, the descriptions fit for Jane Seymour as Solitaire, or TV's "Dr. Quinn," or Elsie McKenna in 'Somewhere in Time,' or Serina in "Battlestar Galactica." Trivia tidbit: Radiohead recorded their acclaimed album "OK, Computer" in her London home.

A.K.A.: Jinx
Bond Assignment: Die Another Day (2002)
Key Data: Halle co-stars with fellow Bond girl Famke Janssen as two of the key X-Men. The Oscar winner is perfectly at home playing drama in 'Monster's Ball' (helmed by 'Quantum of Solace' director Marc Forster) or playing super sexy in 'Die Another Day,' where she pays the ultimate homage to 'Dr. No''s Ursula Andress.

A.K.A.: Anya Amasova
Bond Assignment: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Key Data: Another hot favorite of Bond fans, the beautiful actress/model is no relation whatsoever to Catherine Bach, who was also making waves in the '70s as Daisy Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard." She is related, though, to Ringo Starr, to whom she's been married since 1981.

A.K.A.: Mary Goodnight
Bond Assignment: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Key Data: The Swedish model/actress is known for her offscreen adventures almost as much as her onscreen ones. Ekland was married to Peter Sellers, had a long-time affair with Rod Stewart, and was an "avid fan" of Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes. In the 'The Life and Death of Peter Sellers,' she's played by Oscar winner Charlize Theron.

A.K.A.: Solange
Bond Assignment: Casino Royale (2006)
Key Data: In contrast to Eva Green's more modest Bond girl look, Caterina Murino's sexy Solange is sort of the lusty eye candy that often doesn't last long in a Bond film. Hence, Solange's ultimate demise at the hands of her ruthless husband's cohorts. It doesn't stop her, though, from making an impression in her steamy scenes with Daniel Craig.

A.K.A.: Naomi
Bond Assignment: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Key Data: Munro's place in the hot Bond girl firmament is set in two scenes...the first is the introduction of her character to 007 wearing the outfit pictured...and the second is her seductive wink to Bond as she's trying to gun him down from her helicopter.

A.K.A.: Cigar Girl
Bond Assignment: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Key Data: It is a rare and extremely beautiful woman who can be welcomed as a Bond girl with simply the label "Cigar Girl." But so it is with this Italian actress, who made a splash as the object of love and desire in 'Il Postino,' and in her few moments here, makes one wish for a whole lot more. As the saying goes, there are no small parts, only small...wait, how does it go?

A.K.A.: Honey Ryder
Bond Assignment: Dr. No (1962)
Key Data: The Bond girl that tops most lists is by far the hottest. From the very first Bond adventure, the template was set. Ursula Andress was the standard by which all followers had to be measured, and, in terms of pure beauty and sexiness, her Honey Ryder is still the sweetest Bond girl ever.