The James Bond franchise would be nothing without Agent 007's love interests and close female associates, often dubbed "Bond Girls." There have been numerous Bond Girls throughout the franchise's 60-year history. Unfortunately, bad things tend to happen to anyone who gets too close to the charming British spy.
There have only been three movies in which Bond Girls didn't get killed. In total, 33 Bond Girls have died in the franchise. Most of them have been at the hands of Bond's enemies. On the brighter side, all the deaths have also been avenged by 007. But if fans had to pick, the following would be the most saddening deaths of Bond Girls.
Andrea Anders (The Man With The Golden Gun)
Andrea was the mistress of the world-famous assassin, Fransisco Scaramanga. She wasn't happy. Not only didn't she love him but she also considered him a psycho due to his numerous kills. Sadly, she couldn't leave him because if she did, he would kill her too. Seeking alternative ways, she sent notes to Bond, hoping that he'd deal with the assassin.
After meeting with Bond, she went back to Scaramanga. However, the Bond villain became suspicious about where she had been and shot her. She never really got to see Bond take care of her 'Scaramanga' problem.
Strawberry Fields (Quantum Of Solace)
Fields was an MI6 agent tasked with stopping Bond when he went against orders and tried to stop the Bolivian based villain, Dominic Greene. Her goal was to put him on the first plane back to London but he ended up seducing her.
The following day, she and Bond attended a party hosted by Greene. There, Greene's henchmen targeted her and followed her back to her hotel room. They then drowned her in crude oil in an effort to misdirect MI6 and make them think Greene had interests in the old industry. In reality, he wanted to control Bolivia's water supply.
Plenty O'Toole (Diamonds Are Forever)
Bond is normally the one who does the chasing but for Plenty, it was different. After Bond won back money she had lost during a casino game, she insisted they go for drinks. And when she spotted the MI6 agent eyeing another woman, she asked him to take her back to his hotel room. There, she was quick to kiss him.
However, Bond and Plenty were attacked by three goons before they could get intimate. They threw Plenty out of the window and into a pool down below. Later in the evening, Plenty returned to Bond's room only to find him with a woman named Tiffany. The next morning, she went to Tiffany's home to confront her. There she was attacked and killed by Blofeld's henchmen who had actually come for Tiffany.
Corinne Dufour (Moonraker)
Corinne was the personal pilot to the space-obsessed billionaire Hugo Drax. In the movie, Bond was sent to investigate the Moonraker space shuttle so Corinne came to collect him. She gave him an aerial tour of Drax's estate before taking him to a meeting.
Bond later sneaked into her bedroom and persuaded her to give him more information about the suspicious Drax. She did so and after bonding with the agent, she slept with him. Unfortunately for her, one of Drax's henchmen saw her talking to Bond. She was summoned by the billionaire who fired her before unleashing trained dogs to maul her.
Paula Caplan (Thunderball)
Paula was an MI6 agent who partnered with Bond to investigate the theft of two atomic bombs. She was very interested in Bond and was even seen preparing for his arrival at her hotel room.
Before any romantic feelings could develop between her and Bond, she was kidnapped by henchmen working for the villain Emilio Largo. She was taken to Largo's estate, where she was tortured for information, Paula opted not to talk. Instead, she committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill.
Lisi Von Schlaf (For Your Eyes Only)
Lisi was played by Cassandra Harris, the wife of future Bond star Pierce Brosnan. In the movie, she was the mistress of the gangster Milos Columbo who was sent to extract information from Bond. She pretended to be Austrian nobility but as soon as she became comfortable with the MI6 agent, she slept with him.
The next morning, Bond and Lisi were attacked as they were walking along the beach. A henchman mowed Lisi down using a beach buggy, causing her to die instantly.
Aki (You Only Live Twice)
Japanese Secret Service agent Aki fell for Bond when she met him at a Sumo wrestling show. She found herself in bed with him and that's where the worst happened.
An assassin sent to kill bond sneaked into the bedroom as the two agents were asleep. The assassin then lowered a cord containing poison to Bond's mouth. However, Bond turned during his sleep, causing the poison to fall into Aki's mouth. She swallowed it and after a few moments of agonizing pain, she died.
Jill Masterson (Goldfinger)
Jill was Auric Goldfinger's employee, who helped him cheat in cards. She would sit and 'look pretty' on the hotel balcony in order to distract opponents. She would also use her binoculars to check which cards the opponents were holding then let Goldfinger know via radio communication.
Bond entered Goldfinger's suite as he was playing cards and managed to seduce her. The two slept together but Goldfinger found out. Angered by her betrayal, he ordered his henchman Oddjob to kill her. Oddjob did indeed make the murder iconic by knocking her unconscious and covering her body in gold paint. She then died from asphyxiation.
Vesper Lynd (Casino Royale)
Vesper was a treasury liaison officer for Her Majesty. She was masked with making sure Bond didn't misuse the money he was given to spend at the Casino Royale. After interacting with her, Bond fell for her on a deeper level than he did with most women. He was even willing to quit his job in order to spend the rest of his life with her.
Unknown to him, she was a double agent working for Quantum. However, she wasn't working for the criminal organization willingly. They had kidnapped her boyfriend Yusef and were threatening to kill him. After delivering money to Quantum employees, they locked her in an elevator which sunk in water. Bond tried to save her but he couldn't.
Teresa Draco aka Tracy Bond (On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
Bond isn't exactly fond of long-term commitments but in Tracy, he found a girl who cupid approved. Bond married her at a fancy estate and drove her off for their honeymoon in his Aston Martin DBS.
When he pulled over to remove wedding decorations from the car, Blofeld and his henchwoman Irma Bunt conducted a drive-by shooting. A bullet hit Tracy on the forehead and she died on the spot. Bond was devastated. He would never forget her. In For Your Eyes Only, Bond (then played by Roger Moore) spent a few minutes at her grave before going to avenge her death.