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Who’s Your Favorite Bond Girl?

11/17/2006 at 05:00 PM ET

Sure, there’s plenty to be excited about with the release of the latest James Bond flick, Casino Royale — especially dashing new 007, Daniel Craig. But what would the Bond franchise be without the super agent’s feisty, female component, the “Bond girl?” As style icons – who can forget Ursula Andress’ famous white bikini from Dr. No — with sex appeal, the ladies of the James Bond films have rightfully earned their place in the pop pantheon. As we look at the new crop — Eva Green and Caterina Murino — we fondly recall our favorite Bond women (Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore or Halle Berry as Jinx) and even those who, er, “stirred” us the wrong way (uh, Denise Richards as nuclear physicist Dr. Christmas Jones). Now you take on the case: Tell us who is your favorite Bond Girl?

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Alexandra on November 17th, 2006

Famke Janssen!

Famke Fan on November 17th, 2006

Famke Jensen as Xenia Onatopp all the way!

redhotchilligirl on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry!!! But Famke also did a great job! Haha, I can’t decide! =)

kierstensmum on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry!

Jessica on November 17th, 2006

Ursella Andress was by far the hottest Bond girl. Forget the new ones, the old Bond movies had some very beautiful women.

phobi on November 17th, 2006

hallie berry!!!

Tatiana on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry!!!

Marta on November 17th, 2006

My favorite was Isabella Scorupco :)

cari on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry for sure!!!!

lyla on November 17th, 2006

Halle!!! for sure

Donna on November 17th, 2006

anyone but Denise Richards!

michelle on November 17th, 2006

Halle all the way…..

michelle on November 17th, 2006

Halle all the way…..

Larice on November 17th, 2006

Ursula Andress and Halle Berry.

Vicki S on November 17th, 2006

Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies. She was awesome – the Asian female version of Bond, James Bond..(cue theme music)

Bobbi Lewis on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry made the best bond girl. She is very sexy!

reggie on November 17th, 2006

halle berry all day

Terrance on November 17th, 2006

Halle B was the best by far. You can’t top Jinx ;p

Ellie on November 17th, 2006

I just saw Casino Royale, and I’m a big fan of Eva Green!!

Leora on November 17th, 2006

Ursula Andress, no competition.

Kristie on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry

Rick on November 17th, 2006

Lana Wood (Natalie’s kid sister) as Plenty O’Toole from Diamonds Are Forever was, hands-down, the hottest, best-looking Bond Girl in sheer looks alone. Not only that, she has the best Bond Girl moment from any of the 21 films:
Plenty: “My name’s Plenty.”
Bond: “I see that.”
Plenty: “Plenty O’Toole.”
Bond: “Named after your father, no doubt.”
For beauty, class, and elegance, though, it’s Diana Rigg as Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. A minute of screen time with the intelligent and strong elegance of Rigg is worth an hour of listening to the air whistling through the hollow heads of most Bond girls.

KC on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry was an awful actress as Jinx! The best bond girls are the one of the past. Barbara Bach, Britt Ekland, Maud Adams, Famke, and Ursula Andress are the best! You just can’t beat those bond girls! They are seductive, and powerful!

brianna on November 17th, 2006

halle berrie

tikomiller on November 17th, 2006

Halle is off the chain for the future bond girls/women all of them are Outstanding lovely ladies. I can compare the past beauties to the future beauties because people change and ideal change all the time. Sometimes white women are in and other times black women are in. (optional Asian)….

Ashley on November 17th, 2006

Halle Berry she is beautiful and has the most perfect and natural body of anoyone is hollywood.

Halleyfan on November 17th, 2006

Halley Berry is by far the best Bond girl!!!!!

michelle on November 17th, 2006

ms. berry was the best bond women ever!

Jo Jo on November 17th, 2006

Jane Seymour!

Alexa on November 17th, 2006

Famke and Halle all the way…..

Nikki on November 18th, 2006

Halle Berry or Famke Janssen–definitely NOT Denise Richards

Leslie on November 18th, 2006

Hallie Berry!

P on November 18th, 2006

Eva Green for sure.

anon on November 18th, 2006

Tonya Roberts -( View to a Kill) the pretiest of them all . She still looks great to this day .

auhgra on November 18th, 2006

halle berry………..hot!

Phillis on November 18th, 2006

Izabella Scorupco, she is really gorgeous.

Anna May on November 18th, 2006

Halle Berry and Ursula Andress are the best James Bond girl!!

meme on November 18th, 2006

Denise Richards Baby!

regina on November 18th, 2006

difficult! all the bond girls are hotties.. for me it’s a tie: michelle yeoh was the most kick-ass, famke janssen the beautiful crazy chick and halle berry is breath-taking anyway. especially in an orange bikini. the only bond girl i disliked was denise richards.

osayi ogiehor on November 18th, 2006

halle berry stands out as the best bond girl of all time

pearl on November 18th, 2006

halle was so cute that you can’t choose someone else!

jim on November 18th, 2006

Halle Barry hands down was and is the best ever bond girl

mimi on November 18th, 2006

halle all the way

sop on November 18th, 2006

Halle barry alll tha way

Natalie on November 18th, 2006

I liked Ursalla Andress, Halle Berry, and the one from “Live and Let Die” (I forget her name)

Erica on November 18th, 2006

ugh…
why can’t i look that good in a bikini?

I think it’s kind of dumb that she was a bond girl when she constantly tries to be a “serious actress”.

BUT, she looks great of course, especially with her short hair.
She really looks amazing. just beautiful.
Get that short hair back and forget the extensions!
When I get my hair cut I just say “give me the halle berry cut.” At leat my “face” is shaped like hers so I can pull it off!

claire on November 19th, 2006

eva green. she is real, beautiful, fresh, and flawed.

Mandy on November 19th, 2006

Eva Green is definatly the best she can act

Lee on November 20th, 2006

Ursula Andress!!!

Stellina on November 20th, 2006

Ursula Andress, Kim Basinger and Halle Berry!!!

fiona on November 20th, 2006

Ursula Andress, period!Altough this this Eva Green is flawless!

LilyB on November 20th, 2006

Maryam D’Abo (The Living Daylights) was beautiful, elegant and very underrated – she’s aged amazingly as well!

mimi on November 20th, 2006

rosamunda pike is gorgeous

j on November 20th, 2006

halle doesn’t even compare to the bond girls of the past. no offense to her, but i don’t know why people act like she’s the end all to black women. there are SO many out there much better looking than her. let’s face it: she has a pretty face and a great bod, but as far as her acting goes…most of her roles are based on those two things.

katgrrrl on November 20th, 2006

Definitely Grace Jones as May Day!!!!! Someone mentioned “definitely NOT Denise Richards”. I second that.

Jordan on November 20th, 2006

Famke Janssen without question!!!

Charina Garcia on November 20th, 2006

Jane Seymour! A classic

hebo on November 20th, 2006

halle berry

Zach Graham on November 20th, 2006

Halle Berry!!!! All the way!!!!

Jennifer Baker on November 20th, 2006

Anytime you are in a contest with Halle Berry there is no question of who the winner is going to be. There is no doubt that Halle is the best Bond Girl ever.

Moesha on November 20th, 2006

HALLE BERRY!

Jen Stone on November 20th, 2006

Halle Berry

NICOLE on November 20th, 2006

THE BEST BOND GIRL SO FAR IS HALLE BERRY NO ONE CAN TOP THAT

Halle all the way on November 20th, 2006

What!!!!! did i just read that someone said halle berry cant compare to the bond girls in the past. What are u talkin about. Shes one of the best bond girls ever!!!! Gorgeous face and amazin body. I dont know what u see but you sound like a hater to me!!!!

AnnieM on November 20th, 2006

Ursala (with Halle close behind)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Denise Richards was (and is) a joke.

Amber on November 20th, 2006

Jane Seymour, no doubt!

Tana on November 20th, 2006

Carole Bouquet was amazing in “For Your Eyes Only”. That has to be my favorite Bond movie.

peosha on November 20th, 2006

Why did they ever have Denise Richards!
ICK!

TanaMo on November 20th, 2006

Who do you all think was the best bond?
I love Sean but I have to say Craig did a great job. Best bond girl has to be Carole Bouquet, in For You Eyes Only.

Júlia on November 20th, 2006

Of course, Eva Green!
She’s so beautiful and talented (:

Jeroen Dijkstra on November 20th, 2006

Famke Janssen ofcourse!!!!

Lai on November 20th, 2006

Halle is by far da hottest Bond girl everrrrrrr……

Dena on November 20th, 2006

Halle Berry….for sure!!!!

mia on November 20th, 2006

HALLE BERRY!!!!!!!

Shelly on November 20th, 2006

Ursula was by far the hottest and sexiest, followed by Kim Basinger, Halle Berry and Famke, but the one who excelled as the “for your eyes only” was the talented Carole Bouquet, with those beautiful eyes and long black hair and her ability to be just as tough as Bond, the girl could handle her own!

J on November 20th, 2006

Michelle Yeoh – of course, Asian butt-kicking babe!!!

Janet on November 20th, 2006

EVA GREEN!! isn’t she so pretty!! and she’s french which is pretty cool =D and hot =D

Lysa on November 20th, 2006

Carole Bouquet, she is the full package !!!!

mona on November 20th, 2006

I don’t know if she qualifies as a Bond “girl” (she has so much character and charisma) but EVA GREEN, she dominated every scene she was in. Gorgeous, classy woman.

Karen on November 20th, 2006

Ursula Andress set the bar really high!

Alena on November 21st, 2006

Michelle Yeoh and Halle Berry.

sorrell on November 21st, 2006

Famke by a mile

Audrey O on November 21st, 2006

Halle Berry is it. My best Bond girl.

gem on November 21st, 2006

halle berry for sure

Marcy on November 21st, 2006

Sophie Marceau in Tomorrow Never Dies

Lena on November 21st, 2006

Ursula Andress, Britt Ekland and Maud Evans

dina on November 21st, 2006

I cant stand halle berry her hair is to short and she is ugly

Melanie on November 21st, 2006

Eva Green and Sophie Marceau

Cinthia on November 21st, 2006

Famke Janssen!

Joy on November 21st, 2006

Halle Berry did a the best job. Though I did like Eva Green.

Emma on November 21st, 2006

I just saw Casino Royale and I think Eva Green is the best plus I love her accent. Daniel Craig gets more sexy throughout the movie.

rany on November 21st, 2006

i don’t see a lot about bond girl but i’m sure is Halle Berry

emmanuel on November 21st, 2006

Because they had both brains and class: Sophie Marceau and Carole Bouquet……. Sorry, but in my opinion, Halle Berry is just not classy enough. Are some of you only choosing Halle because of her bikini shot? It takes a bit more than that to cast the perfect Bond girl.

MICHELLE on November 21st, 2006

HALLE BERRY. NOBODY LOOKS AS GOOD AS HER!!!

donna taylor on November 21st, 2006

Halle B for sure

I dont know on November 21st, 2006

Michelle Yeoh! She was kick-ass and drop dead gorgeous.
Carole Bouquet rocked too. havent seen halle- but she cant be very good because shes not that great of an actress. She is pretty though, even her hair. I will give her that. But you need a little more than that to be a bond girl.

tammy on November 21st, 2006

eva green eva green eva green eva green eva green eva green

Erica on November 22nd, 2006

I can’t believe someone said Halle Berry was…UGLY???

That’s just crazy.

semi on November 22nd, 2006

barbara bach and halle berry!

Deborah Bouma on November 22nd, 2006

Famke Janssen!!! No doubt about it!

KayLynn on November 22nd, 2006

Halle Berry

joy on November 22nd, 2006

HALLE BERRY! SHE’S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! BREATH-TAKING!

Brenda Yumba on November 22nd, 2006

Halle Berry!

Natcel on November 22nd, 2006

Eva Green is by far the best Bond girl.

leighann on November 22nd, 2006

Halle Berry

Sonia on November 22nd, 2006

DEFINITELY; URSELLA ANDRES AND HALLE BERRY

danielle on November 22nd, 2006

Halle is the Best!

Minna on November 22nd, 2006

it must be Ursula Andress in Dr.No, she is the clasical Bond Babe. and ofcource Grace Jones, she wasn’t hot, but she just makes A View To a Kill so much more fun.

Julia on November 22nd, 2006

Famke Janssen!!! Holland rules!

Tabi on November 22nd, 2006

Halle Berry is my “She-ro”!

Nina on November 22nd, 2006

Halle Berry for sure and Ursella Andress was great as well. It’s a tie between the two.

heather on November 24th, 2006

um…halle was terrible. Eva green gets my vote!

Courtney on November 26th, 2006

Halle Berry…but I think that Halle would have been even sexier now if she were the new Bond girl because I LOVE Halle’s longer hair!!

James on December 5th, 2006

Halle Berry all the way!

James on December 5th, 2006

Halle Berry all the way!!

Rebecca on December 15th, 2006

Eva Green and Halle Berry, but definitely Eva!

tricia on January 9th, 2007

halle berry definitely!!!! those of you who are dogging halle are just jealous. halle is definitely a great actress with many different sides to her. you go girl and keep up the good work!!!!

Alex Womack on January 12th, 2007

Sophie Marceau. Smart but very sexy. Beautiful yet dangerous. The perfect Bond girl. 2nd place: Claudine Auger in Thunderball.

Chuck on January 12th, 2007

Looks, Halle Berry. Now don’t laugh but if you want the best body it’s Grace Jones.

iz on March 15th, 2007

Eva Green!!!!!!!!

Chris on March 22nd, 2007

Hands down I would say the beautiful Daniela Bianchi from the movie From Russia with Love. I believe she was only 20 years old when she starred in that movie. The movie coincidentally is my favourite Bond film of all time also :)

Jayne on March 24th, 2007

Halle Berry is beautiful and she has the most perfect body!

Delores on April 3rd, 2007

halle berry theres no one like her

efron on May 18th, 2007

Halley berry !!! She,s the best, sexy and WOW.

Rachel on January 16th, 2008

It’s hot but swimsuits shouldn’t have belts.

trtrtr on November 10th, 2008

The hottest bond girls were the first ones: ursula andress, daniela bianchi, and claudine augier.

But i do admit halle has some really nice tits.

trtrtr on November 10th, 2008

also i forgot to mention lana wood (plenty otoole). Her tits are right up there with halle’s.

clairette on April 18th, 2009

Halle berry bien sur !!! qui d’autre ?? Non vraiment sans aucun doute !!! elle est vraiment géniale

Kurt on May 31st, 2010

Solataire – Jane Seymour

 

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