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What? The Bond films are iconic.
Edit: Oh iconic, never mind then.
2. Tatiana Romanova
3. Pam Bouvier
4. Octopussy
5. Domino Derval
6. Melina Havelock
7. Stacey Sutton
8. Honey Ryder
9. Severine
10. Dr. Holly Goodhead
11. Tracey di Vicenzo
12. Camille
13. Mary Goodnight
14. Tiffany Case
15. Wai Lin
16. Solitaire
17. Kara Milovy
18. Vesper Lynd
19. Dr. Christmas Jones
20. Anya Amasova
21. Jinx
22. Kissy Suzuki
23. Miss Galore
and also, i disagree with the those who list Kissy as the main girl of YOLT. I know she's with Bond at the end, but she doesn't show up until the last 40 minutes, has two lines, and her contribution to the story is negligible. Aki at least doubles her screentime and is actually necessary for the plot to progress--I always considered Aki to be the main girl
I always see Aki as the"sacrificial lamb" of the film. Bond finishes his adventure with Kissy (in the typical 60s Bond way), she plays a major role in the attack of Blofeld's lair and she does, after all, marry Bond, even if it is fake.
Yes indeed, I would consider Aki as the main girl as well. Also, you're correct, I would imagine my list will ruffle quite a few feathers, haha!
2. Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi), From Russia with Love
3. Domino Derval (Claudine Auger), Thunderball
4. Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet), For Your Eyes Only
5. Vesper Lynd (Eva Greene), Casino Royale
6. Honey Rider (Ursula Andress), Dr. No
7. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), Goldfinger
8. Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), GoldenEye
9. Pam Boulvier (Carey Lowell), Licence to Kill
10. Severine (Bérénice Marlohe), Skyfall
11. Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama), You Only Live Twice
12. Solitaire (Jane Seymore), Live and Let Die
13. Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), Quantum of Solace
14. Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh), Tomorrow Never Dies
15. Giancinta 'Jinx' Johnson (Halle Berry), Die Another Day
16. Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo), The Living Daylights
17. Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), The Spy Who Loved Me
18. Octopussy (Maude Adams), Octopussy
19. Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), Diamonds Are Forever
20. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), Moonraker
21. Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland), The Man with the Golden Gun
22. Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), The World is Not Enough
23. Stacey Sutton (Tanya Roberts), A View to a Kill
1-7: Great (Icons of the series; beautiful women playing interesting characters, with ample screen time, in some of the top Bond films)
8-12: Good (I like them a lot, though not quite iconic to me; Severine might qualify as great, except her screen time is minimal, and I've only seen SKYFALL once, so far)
13-18: Serviceable (Admittedly, Wai Lin can kick ass, but overall, these gals tend to advance the plot than really register as much more than as generic action/"eye candy" characters to me)
19-23: Embarrassments (The bimbo brigade... I like Jill St. John in Amsterdam, but becomes a laughable bimbo thereafter, and the actress has an overall air of fakeness to her; Chiles is beautiful, but a charisma-free wax dummy; Ekland is also beautiful, and usually a decent actress (The Double Man, Get Carter), but wasted here as a total bimbo; Richards is a cartoon caricature of a bimbo, eye candy, but as far from even a fantasy-world version of a nuclear scientist as one can get; Roberts... seems to have stumbled in from an episode of The A-Team or something... why is she even in a Bond film (even one as bad as this one)???)
2-Tatiana Romanova (On sex appeal alone!)
3-Vesper Lynd
4-Natalya Simanova
5-Pam Bouvier
6-Wai Lin
7-Stacy Sutton (go ahead, fire your rockets at me)
8-Pussy Galore (even if I really don't like her)
9-Kara Milovy
10-Camille Montes
11-Melina Havelock
12-Severine
13-Kissy Suzuki (wasn't Aki the main Bond girl? I would rank Aki much higher)
14-Solitaire
15-Holly Goodhead
16-Octopussy
17-Christmas Jones
18-Domino (arguably the prettiest of them all, but, realistically, she didn't help much)
19-Tiffany Case
20-Honey Rider (not much help here either for Bond)
21-Jinx
22-Anya Amasova (useless, annoying to a fault, nowhere near pretty enough and boring)
23-Mary Goodnight (not only useless, but a nuisance)
No wait, I have a further comment...
*missile aborted* You know, to ME Aki WAS the main Bond girl!
:)>-
Yeah that's how I feel. Aki was one of those unique characters as she was both the main Bond girl and the sacrificial lamb.
A bit like Severine.
Well, you know what they say: A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips. ;-)
#2 Honey Ryder
#3 Anya Amasova
#4 Wai Lin
#5 Tiffany Case
#6 Melina Havelock
#7 Camille Montes
#8 Kissy Suzuki
#9 Pam Bouvier
#10 Domino Derval (Volpe would of registered #2 or #3)
#11 Octopussy
#12 Tanya Romanova
#13 Severine
#14 Vesper Lynd
#15 Tracy Di Vicenzo
#16 Natalya Simonova
#17 Stacey Sutton
#18 Pussy Galore
#19 Mary Goodnight
#20 Kara Milovy
#21 Christmas Jones
#22 Holly Goodhead
#23 Giacinta Johnson
Awesome list Birdleson; I agree with a lot of it, particularly the Top 2.
007s official Facebook page has listed Kissy Suzuki as the main Bond girl in YOLT.
2. Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards), The World is not Enough (I was at an impressionable age when TWINE came out. So sue me.)
3. Severine (Berenice Marlohe), Skyfall (The best walking personification of glamour since the Connery days)
4. Camille Montes (Olga Kurylenko), Quantum of Solace
5. Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), Goldfinger (Tough, smart, sexy . . . but her name alone earns her a spot in the Top 5)
6. Kissy Suzuki (Mie Hama), You Only Live Twice (For my money, she rocks the white bikini better than Honey did, even if she's not as iconic.)
7. Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), The Spy Who Loved Me
8. Kara Milovy (Maryam d'Abo), The Living Daylights
9. Melina Havelock (Carole Bouquet), For Your Eyes Only
10. Giancinta "Jinx" Jordan (Halle Berry), Die Another Day (Only up this high because Halle's undeniably attractive)
11. Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), Moonraker
12. Stacy Sutton (Tanya Roberts), A View to a Kill
13. Solitaire (Jane Seymour), Live And Let Die (And she's aged exceptionally well, too.)
14. Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi), From Russia With Love
15. Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), Dr. No
16. Mary Goodnight (Britt Ekland), The Man With the Golden Gun (Lousy as backup for Bond, great as comic relief for the film, and looked fantastic in a bikini)
17. Vesper Llynd (Eva Green), Casino Royale
18. Colonel Wai Lin (Michelle Yeoh), Tomorrow Never Dies
19. Octopussy (Maud Adams), Octopussy
20. Pam Bouvier (Carey Lowell), License to Kill (Carey Lowell reprising the role in the "007 Legends" video game was one of the few things that catastrophe had going for it)
21. Countess Teresa "Tracy" di Vincenzo (Diana Rigg), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Bond's perfect woman. Not necessarily mine.)
22. Tiffany Case (Jill St. John), Diamonds Are Forever
23. Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco), GoldenEye (The movie didn't exactly make me like her. The escort mission in the video game made me flat out dislike her.)
23. Jinx aka Jacinta Johnson
22. Christmas Jones
21. Mary Goodnight
20. Tiffany Case
19. Stacey Sutton
18. Holly Goodhead
17. Kissy Suzuki
16. Severine
15. Camille
14. Tracy Di Vicenzo
13. Pussy Galore
12. Wai Lyn
11. Anya Amasova
10. Pam Bouvier
09. Solitaire
08. Natalya Simonova
07. Octopussy
06. Domino Derval
05. Honey Ryder
04. Kara Milovy
03. Tatiana Romanova
02. Melina Havelock
01. Vesper Lynd
23. Stacey Sutton
22. Jacinta Johnson
21. Christmas Jones
20. Holly Goodhead
19. Kissy Suzuki
18. Tiffany Case
17. Mary Goodnight
16. Severine
15. Octopussy
14. Pam Bouvier
13. Anya Amasova
12. Tatiana Romanova
11. Wai Lin
10. Camille Montes
9. Kara Milovy
8. Pussy Galore
7. Melina Havelock
6. Natalya Simonova
5. Solitaire
4. Honey Ryder
3. Domino Derval
2. Vesper Lynd
1. Teresa Di Vicenzo / Tracy Bond
I suppose it's up to you. Perhaps you could do both? I don't really really distinguish between the two, tbh.
2. Natalya Simonova
3. Tatiana Romanova
4. Kara Milovy
5. Honey Ryder
6. Severine
7. Domino Derval
8. Pussy Galore
9. Tracy Di Vicenzo
10. Octopussy
11. Melina Havelock
12. Aki
13. Holly Goodhead
14. Wai Lin
15. Pam Bouvier
16. Solitaire
17. Tiffany Case
18. Anya Amasova
19. Camille Montes
20. Kissy Suzuki
21. Mary Goodnight
22. Stacey Sutton
23. Christmas Jones
24. Jinx Johnson
The little "breaks" just represent tiers and what-not :)
The "Elite 8" I consider a true cut above the rest and absolutely amazing. 9-12 are great and I like them all until 21. The bottom 4, for various reasons, are the only Main Bond Girls I don't particularly care for. I vehemently despise Jinx.
Yes, I did it and here it is.
23 Jinx
22 Christmas
21 Mary
20 Stacey
19 Tiffany
18 Holly
17 Kissy
16 Anya
15 Camille
14 Octopussy
13 Wai Lin
12 Severine
11 Pussy
10 Kara
9 Solitaire
8 Pam
7 Natalya
6 Honey
5 Tatiana
4 Vesper
3 Domino
2 Melina
1 Tracy
Pleasantly surprised to see Melina in a solid second place.
1. Jill St. John as Tiffany Case
2. Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore
3. Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder
4. Claudine Auger as Domino
5. Brit Ekland as Mary Goodnight
6. Denise Richards at Christmas Jones
7. Tanya Roberts as Stacey Sutton
The Rest
8. Jane Seymour as Solitaire
9. Maud Adams as Octopussy
10. Daniella Bianchi as Tatiana Romanova
11. Diana Rigg as Tracy di Vincenzo
12. Lois Chiles at Holly Goodhead
13. Olga Kurylenko as Camille
14. Barbara Bach as Anya Amasova
15. Isabelle Scorupco as Natalya Simonova
16. Mie Hama as Kissy Suzuki
17. Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier
18. Carole Bouqet as Melina Havelock
19. Eva Green as Vesper Lynd
20. Bernice Marlohe as Severine
21. Maryam D'abo as Kara Milovy
22. Michelle Yeoh as Wai Lin
23. Halle Berry as Jinx
Ekland, Richards and Roberts get such high rankings because all three are uber good-looking plus Richards and Roberts bring bonus spunk too.
Ekland though is one of the most awesome blonde creatures to ever grace this earth, but I couldn't rank her ahead of iconic Fleming Bond girls such as Pussy, Honey and Domino who were all portrayed so well in these early classic films, by other gorgeous actresses.
I do very much enjoy Ekland's portrayal of Goodnight. So much fun and she looks so good in every scene. She also gets feisty in parts. She and Rog play off each other real well I think. Fun to watch. The pushy, demanding, yet charming, a little ditzy blonde has an appeal. Stacey is a bit of a Goodnight knockoff. Rog plays off this type very well.
Richards has one of the great Bond girl swish walks, and some priceless facial expressions, especially when she queries Broz about his relationship with Elektra. She is very camera friendly, and there is the camp appeal of pin-up girl as nuclear physicist.
One of the greatest camp moments in the series though, is from Roberts prancing around in her skimpies, prattling on about geology and seismic rifts, while Rog, the perfect foil, rolls with it, playing it straight, intent on grasping the geology ramblings, while we the audience are paying no attention to the lecture, mesmerized as we are by the naughty outfit. Well done.
Jill St John as Tiffany Case of course is my definition of perfect womanhood. Brains, sass, attitude, looks to spare and healthy dose of bad-girl, who is really a good girl.
Pussy has a similar brassy appeal.
Andress is perfectly conceived as Honey, and is Raquel Welch, swimsuit gorgeous.. Auger of course is Miss Universe material, but also with that vulnerable quality that guys get all puppy dog over. She brings out the puppy dog in me too, unlike say D'Abo whom I find more annoying and somewhat dense.
The top 7 are my big favourites and the bottom 6 are my least favourites, although aside from the two action-girls at the bottom, the others all have plenty of Bond girl appeal. Even Berry and Yeoh have their moments, when they can stop fighting for five seconds.
Bach, although she can't act, is salvaged just by looking so good, especially in that evening dress. Her whole schtick is quite camp, which is also what saves Chiles as Goodhead. Both have a sexy camp appeal. Neither are to be taken too seriously, so one can just relax and enjoy their screen presence, unlike say Bouquet as Melina, who much like Bach, has very little acting range, but is asked to play a more serious and demanding role.
Tracy and Melina are my favourite Bond girls too. And yes, glad to see some love for Melina.
And a very agreeable list by @timmer too.