Numerous Bond Girls have survived the James Bond movies, despite the accusation that all interesting women in the franchise are killed off. In fact, more than 60 women have been romanced by and fought alongside 007 and haven't ended up dead by the end credits. The James Bond films began in 1962 with Dr. No and became the longest-running movie franchise in history, with the 25th Bond film, No Time To Die, expected to release in November 2020.
Although the 007 films have been broken up into two separate timelines - the original James Bond continuity made up of the movies starring Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan, and the rebooted canon starring Daniel Craig - the Bond Girls have been a standard throughout. James Bond is a known womanizer and the franchise has always featured several beautiful women as his romantic foils, occasional partners, and also sometimes his enemies. The Bond Girls almost always get caught up in 007's violent missions, although some are just random encounters that become sexual conquests for the British spy.
Although many Bond Girls have died throughout the saga, either because 007 was unable to save them or because they were evil and James used his license to kill on them, the M16's agent's success rate skews towards more Bond Girls living than dying. The only Bond movie where every single one of the Bond Girls died, including James' love Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), was 2006's Casino Royale. Otherwise, 007 usually ends his films with at least one Bond Girl alive, and they are usually his lover by the end, although Bond quickly moves on and Bond Girls rarely make a reappearance in the next film. Here is every Bond Girl who lived through the currently released James Bond movies.
Dr. No (1962) - Honey Ryder, Miss Taro, Sylvia Trench
Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress) became the quintessential Bond Girl when she rose out of the sea in Dr. No. Despite being captured and placed in a death trap, Bond rescued her and they escaped the destruction of Dr. No's island fortress, making her the franchise's first main Bond Girl to survive a Bond movie.
Two other Bond Girls in Dr. No also lived: Miss Taro (Zena Marshall), who worked for Dr. No, was taken into custody. Dr. No also introduced Sylvia Trench (Eunice Grayson), who Bond romances when he's back home in London.
From Russia With Love (1963) - Tatiana Romanova, Vida, Zora, Sylvia Trench
Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) was a Soviet Army corporal recruited by SPECTRE as bait to trap James Bond. Instead, Tatiana defected with 007, who also secured a Lektor decoding device. Romanova even helped Bond kill SPECTRE agent Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya).
The other Bond Girls in From Russia With Love also survived: Vida (Alisa Gur) and Zora (Martine Beswick) were two Gypsy women Bond seduced and Sylvia Trench made her second and final appearance.
Goldfinger (1964) - Pussy Galore and her Flying Circus, Bonita
Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) was a pilot and leader of an all-female flying circus working for Auric Goldfinger (Gert Frobe) as part of Operation Grand Slam, but she turned on the villain and sided with Bond. Pussy and her fellow pilots survived Goldfinger, as did Bonita (Nadja Regin), the woman Bond seduced in the pre-title sequence.
Sadly, Bond failed Goldfinger's other Bond Girls, Jill Masterson (Shirley Eaton), and her sister Tilly (Tania Mallet), who were both killed in the film. Jill, of course, was murdered by being covered in gold paint, which became the most iconic Bond Girl death.
Thunderball (1965) - Domino Derval, Patricia Fearing
Domino Derval (Claudine Auger) was the mistress of Emilio Largo (Adolfo Celi), who was SPECTRE Agent Number 2, who tried to blackmail the U.S. and Great Britain with stolen atomic missiles. Bond saved Domino and escaped the destruction of Largo's yacht, the Disco Volante.
Patricia Fearing (Molly Peters) was a nurse at Shrublands, the spy 007 was convalescing at when Thunderball began, and luckily, she was never in danger despite SPECTRE agents also operating within Shrublands.
You Only Live Twice (1967) - Kissy Suzuki, Ling
Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama) was a Japanese agent who posed as James Bond's wife when he went undercover as a Japanese fisherman. Kissy fought alongside 007 and she survived the assault on SPECTRE's volcano headquarters. In You Only Live Twice's pre-title sequence, Ling (Tsai Chin) was a Chinese agent Bond bedded who then betrayed him, which lead to 007's "death" at the start of the film.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Ruby Bartlett, Nancy, and Blofeld's Sleeper Agents
On Her Majesty's Secret Service is best known as George Lazenby's lone outing as 007 and for the death of James Bond's wife Tracy (Diana Rigg), but many other Bond Girls were also introduced and they all survived. At Piz Gloria, his mountaintop stronghold in the Alps, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Telly Savalas) recruited over a dozen female sleeper agents he hypnotized into performing terrorist acts, including Ruby Bartlett (Angelica Scoular) and Nancy (Catherine Von Schell).
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Tiffany Case, Bambi, Thumper
Diamond fencer Tiffany Case (Jill St. John) was the main Bond Girl of Diamonds Are Forever and she survived the film, despite being kidnapped by Blofeld (Charles Grey) and imprisoned on his floating oil platform. Two other Bond Girls who lived though the film were Bambi (Lola Larson) and Thumper (Trina Parks), acrobatic killers who Bond defeated and were then placed in custody.
Live And Let Die (1973) - Solitaire, Miss Caruso
Solitaire (Jane Seymour) was a tarot card reader who was enslaved by and served as a henchwoman to the villainous Dr. Kananga AKA Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto) until James Bond (Roger Moore) rescued her. At the start of Live And Let Die, Miss Caruso (Madeline Smith) was an Italian agent whose romantic night with 007 at his home was interrupted by the arrival of M (Bernard Lee) and Miss Moneypenny (Lois Maxwell).
The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) - Mary Goodnight, Saida
Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland) was James Bond's secretary who, to his chagrin, joined him on his mission against Francisco Scaramanga (Christopher Lee). Goodnight survived The Man With The Golden Gun, despite being kidnapped and taken to Scaramanga's island hideout. Saida (Carmen du Sautoy) was a belly dancer and the lover of 002 whom Bond also seduces in order to steal a clue to Scaramanga.
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - Major Anya Amasova
Arguably the best Bond Girl of Roger Moore's era, Major Anya Amasova AKA Agent Triple X (Barbara Bach) was 007's KGB counterpart. They joined forces to take down Karl Stromberg (Curt Jurgens), a billionaire megalomaniac who planned to destroy the world and start a new civilization underwater. Bond and Anya were enemies and rivals but became romantic by the end of The Spy Who Loved Me.
Moonraker (1979) - Dr. Holly Goodhead, Manuela
In Moonraker, Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) is a CIA agent and an astronaut who works with James Bond to foil the scheme of Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale), another megalomaniac who wanted to destroy the world and build a new, perfect civilization in outer space. Meanwhile, Manuela (Emily Bolton) is a British Secret Service agent stationed in Rio de Janeiro who survives an encounter with the assassin Jaws (Richard Kiel).
For Your Eyes Only (1981) - Melina Havelock, Bibi Dahl
Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet) joined forces with James Bond to get revenge for the murder of her parents. The other Bond Girl who survived For Your Eyes Only was Bibi Dahl (Lynn-Holly Johnson), an American Olympic ice skater who chased after James but he avoided because she was underage.
Octopussy (1983) - Octopussy, Magda, Midge, Gwendoline, Bianca
Octavia Charlotte Smythe AKA Octopussy (Maud Adams) was a jewel smuggler who was based in India and led an Octopus Cult of all-female operatives, which includes Magda (Kristina Wayborn) and her bodyguards Midge (Cherry Gillespie) and Gwendoline (Suzanne Jerome). They all survived Octopussy, as did Bianca (Tina Hudson), a British Secret Service agent who helped Bond in the pre-title sequence.
Never Say Never Again (1983) - Domino Petachi
Never Say Never Again, Sean Connery's "unofficial" Bond movie, is a remake of Thunderball in which Domino Petachi (Kim Basinger) kills Largo (Max Von Sydow) and avenges the death of her brother. James Bond retires from the British Secret Service to be with her at the end of the film.
A View To A Kill (1985) - Stacey Sutton, Pola Ivanova, Kimberley Jones
Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts) was a geologist who joined James Bond in stopping Max Zorin's (Christopher Walken) plan to cause an earthquake that would flood Silicon Valley. Stacey made it through A View to a Kill, as did Pola Ivanova (Fiona Fullerton), a Soviet agent Bond had a tryst with. Kimberley Jones (Mary Stavin) was a British Secret Service agent who piloted Bond's submarine in the pre-title sequence.
The Living Daylights (1987) - Kara Milovy, Linda
Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo) was a cellist and would-be assassin who was the girlfriend of the rogue Soviet General Koskov (Jeroen Krabbe). Kara survived The Living Daylights thanks to James Bond (Timothy Dalton). Meanwhile, Linda (Belle Avery) was a woman on a boat that Bond seduced in the pre-title sequence.
Licence To Kill (1989) - Pam Bouvier, Lupe Lamora
Both main Bond Girls survived Licence to Kill. Pam Bouvier was a CIA agent who joined James Bond's mission of vengeance against drug kingpin Franz Sanchez (Robert Davi). Lupe Lamora (Talisa Soto) was Sanchez's girlfriend who Bond rescued and she ended up with the President of Isthmus City at the end of the film.
GoldenEye (1995) - Natalya Simonova, Caroline
GoldenEye's main Bond Girl was Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), a Russian programmer who was the witness to the theft of the GoldenEye satellite. She survived the film after fighting Alec Trevalyan AKA 006 (Sean Bean) alongside James Bond (Pierce Brosnan). Caroline (Serena Gordon) was the MI6 psychologist sent to evaluate Bond but who succumbed to his charms.
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - Wai Ling, Inga Bergstrom
Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh) was a Chinese Intelligence operative who joined forces with James Bond to stop Eliott Carver's (Jonathan Pryce) plot to start a war between Great Britain and China. Inga Bergstrom (Cecille Thomsen) was an Oxford University professor Bond had a tryst with to recuperate after Tomorrow Never Dies' pre-title sequence.
The World Is Not Enough (1999) - Dr. Christmas Jones, Dr. Molly Warmflash
Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) was a nuclear physicist who helped James Bond stop Renard (Robert Carlyle) and Elektra King's (Sophie Marceau) plan to destroy the Bosphorus with a nuclear weapon. Dr. Molly Warmflash (Serena Scott Thomas) was an MI6 physician who evaluated Bond and was seduced by 007 to give him a clean bill of health.
Die Another Day (2002) - Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson, Verity
Giacina "Jinx" Johnson (Halle Berry) was an NSA agent who teamed up with James Bond to stop Gustav Graves' (Toby Stephens) plan to use a solar-powered satellite called Icarus as a weapon of mass destruction. Jinx also killed Die Another Day's other main Bond Girl, Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike), the treasonous MI6 agent working with Graves.
Quantum of Solace (2008) - Camille Montes
Quantum of Solace's main Bond Girl, Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko) is a Bolivian secret agent seeking revenge for the death of his parents. Camille teamed with James Bond (Daniel Craig) to stop Quantum agent Dominic Greene's (Mathieu Amalric) plan and she killed the man who murdered her family, General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio).
Skyfall (2012) - Eve Moneypenny
In Skyfall, Eve Moneypenny (Naomie Harris) began as an MI6 field agent who mistakenly shot James Bond during a mission in Turkey. After 007 returned to action, Moneypenny assisted him during his mission to stop Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), and she transitioned into the role of secretary to the new M (Ralph Fiennes).
Spectre (2015) - Dr. Madeleine Swann, Estrella, Lucia Sciarra
Dr. Madeleine Swann (Lea Seydoux) is a French psychologist and the estranged daughter of James Bond's enemy, Mr. White (Jasper Christensen). Bond and Swann fell in love and he left MI6 alongside her after 007 captured the leader of Spectre, Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Christoph Waltz).
Lucia Sciarra (Monica Bellucci) was the wife of Spectre agent Marco Sciarra (Alessandro Cremona) who Bond killed at the start of the film. Estrella (Stephanie Sigman) is a Mexican intelligence agent who helped 007 track Marco Sciarra in Spectre's pre-title sequence. Meanwhile, Madeleine Swann returns in No Time To Die, but it remains to be seen if she will survive James Bond 25.
