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five minutes a Bond girl jinx I’ll
always be a jinx not for these starlets
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
actresses who beat the Bond girl curse
it’s been said that taking on the role
of a Bond girl can have a negative
effect on an actress’s career okay maybe
I misunderstood you for this list we’re
looking at the actresses who start as
Bond babes but managed to have or keep
successful careers afterwards
bucking the curse that plagued other
notable stars don’t argue with me Cheers
number 10 teri hatcher it’s murder
relationships despite appearing on the
small screen for several years they’re
real and they’re spectacular and gaining
moderate famous TVs Lois Lane Hatcher’s
first big-screen break came in the 1997
Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and how
you pass much better now she starred as
Paris Carver the former girlfriend of
double-oh-seven
and current wife of Elliot Carver the
film’s main antagonist I want to know
why though her performance was met with
mixed reviews that’s it go home she did
parlay the high-profile role into more
TV works and Christiane ultimately
landing the role of Susan Delfino on the
hit comedy drama mystery series
Desperate Housewives and becoming one of
the highest-paid actresses in television
number 9 Olga Kurylenko mucho gusto
which was disinherit time though she was
a successful model the acting bug bit
Kirilenko so she built her resume with
films like hitman Nico
stop talking or I’ll put you back in the
truck but her real recognition as an
actress came as a result of her role as
Camille Montes alongside Daniel Craig in
2008 Quantum of Solace I wish I could
set you free
she brought a new twist to the classic
Bond babe as her character focused more
on revenge and redemption
rather than romance I was too young to
be in trouble
sorry just myelin but how do we know she
beat the curse her turns in movies like
Centurion Seven Psychopaths and oblivion
are all the proof we need
I don’t know what happened but you’re
not who you think you are black Queen on
the Red King miss solitaire number 8
Jane Seymour
found yourself after gaining recognition
for roles in Britain the 20-something
Seymour was cast as the psychic virgin
solitaire in 1973’s live and let die
becoming one of the most beautiful Bond
babes ever she bounced around from TV to
film over the next year’s winning
acclaim for the 1980 romantic fantasy
film somewhere in time and earning
Golden Globes for her work in both East
of Eden and perhaps her most famous role
dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
Michaela Quinn MD but who can forget
when in 2005 she proved she still got it
with her portrayal of the Cougar Lee
mrs. Cleary in wedding crashers call me
and told me she was sending someone mr.
bond James Bond
number 7 so females old Volland is alive
before being cast as electric King my
soul was no rookie when it came to the
big screen she had already been
appearing in films for nearly 20 years
including the part that made her
internationally famous Isabella of
France in Braveheart
I am the Princess of Wales I come as the
Kings servant and with his authority to
do what to discuss the Kings proposal
although 1999’s the world is not enough
is considered by some as one of the
weaker bond flicks Mouse’s performance
was praised
look at my eyes her Hollywood career
hasn’t quite taken off but she has
become a mainstay of French cinema
starring in over a dozen French films
including the critically successful
fidelity and the thriller don’t look
back
he’s never gone this far before he’s
certifiable
number six Kim Basinger that feels so
good starting out as a model Basinger
his breakout performance was as domino
Petacci in 1983’s
never say never again to publicize the
film she famously posed nude in Playboy
which helped her obtain her golden
globe-nominated part in the natural
strange but ever since the hotel I feel
like
we’ve met before perhaps one of the most
successful Bond girls post
double-oh-seven
facing our star shine even brighter
thanks to her role as Bruce Wayne’s love
interest in Tim Burton’s first Batman
movies I feel a little drunk but
ultimately it was her work in LA
Confidential that won her an Academy
Award I wondered when you might knock on
my door again officer hi and her
appearance in Eminem’s eighth mile that
introduced her to yet another generation
what are you doing with your life that’s
so great
rabbit the best I could have the future
number five Diana Rigg whatever happens
there’ll be no regrets Rick was already
well-known in the UK for playing the
dazzling Emma Peel in the 60s era
British spy series The Avengers making
her an easy choice to play Bond girl to
raise a debauch Enzo in 1969 on Her
Majesty’s Secret Service why do you
persist in rescuing me Mr Bond it’s
becoming a habit isn’t it Contessa
traitor the race was a saint I’m known
as crazy that gave her the push she
needed to gain Fame in America and to
ensure an enduring career professor Mr
Bond and I have already met but each
time is a renewed pleasure with much of
her most famous work coming on TV rig
won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role
in the TV mini-series Rebecca no there’s
no one else I can trust and was
nominated several more times including a
nod for her performance on Game of
Thrones but once the cows been milked
there’s no squirting the cream back up
her udders so here we are to see things
through what do you say to that sensor
wailing I’m from the new China news
agency number four Michelle Yeoh don’t
get any ideas mr. ball
the second Bond babe from tomorrow never
dies to make our list this former beauty
queen plays Wei Lin
a Chinese spy who eventually partners
with double-oh-seven
widely regarded as one of the best Bond
girls
she was so popular that MGM considered
producing a spin-off film based around
her character I work alone
three years after Bond yo showed off the
martial arts skills she built early in
her career with Crouching Tiger Hidden
Dragon give me that sword the highest
grossing foreign language film ever in
America and with movies like Memoirs of
a Geisha she further kicked the curse to
the curb with your eye for beauty and
nose for talent
surely you can see what a terrible waste
that would be
zhenya Sergei if not on that top number
three vampa Jensen tiny thegun one of
the most infamous Bond girls of all time
Jansen received her first big Hollywood
break when she got the part of xenia
onatopp an assassin with a unique
strangulation move in 1995’s Goldeneye
Jensen made an effort not to be typecast
after her Bond work however she truly
transcended the franchise with what is
perhaps her best-known role Jean Grey of
the x-men I can move things with my mind
really what kinds of things all kinds of
things ultimately that franchise was one
she returned to multiple times in
between a recurring part on nip/tuck and
other hugely successful parts in movies
like taken putting our daughter at risk
by going to Paris
you’re pathetic I was just waking you
every time I do you look at me as if you
can’t see me yes number two Eva Green I
knew I could count on you though her
first taste of international fame came
from 2005’s Kingdom of Heaven tell him
that Sevilla
the Bond franchise offered an undeniable
boost to Green’s profile the Treasury
has agreed to stake you in the game best
by beating out Hollywood heavyweights
like Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron
for the part of West Berlin greens
career really took off following 2006 s
Casino Royale after that the roles kept
coming on TV and in big budget features
2014 was an especially significant year
for green as she appeared in both 300
rise of an empire your confidence leaves
me with a strong impression and sin city
a dame to kill for cementing her status
as one of Hollywood’s go-to leading
ladies please remember me normally here
we list some honorable mentions but
we’ve decided that while the world may
not be enough
10 is for this list that is enough
number one Rosamund Pike my protege
gorgeous isn’t she the lesser-known Bond
babe from 2002 s die another day no one
about Utah brother Sam sex but they not
death for breakfast what it’s not gonna
work with me
Pike has been able to escape the Bond
curse unlike her co-star Halle Berry
after starring as the double agent
Miranda Frost Pike went on to play
supporting roles in numerous critically
acclaimed films including Award
nominated parts in 2005’s Pride and
Prejudice his friend
I still company what he said about you
and 2010’s Barney’s version pleased to
Montecristo go ahead but it was 2014’s
gone girl that truly demolished the Bond
girl curse you who are you
Pike’s star-making performance earned
her not only name recognition in
Hollywood but also the respect of her
peers well yes exactly do you agree with
our list and that have been surprised
who’s your favorite actress to escape
the Bond girl curse for more exciting
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
five minutes a Bond girl jinx I’ll
always be a jinx not for these starlets
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
actresses who beat the Bond girl curse
it’s been said that taking on the role
of a Bond girl can have a negative
effect on an actress’s career okay maybe
I misunderstood you for this list we’re
looking at the actresses who start as
Bond babes but managed to have or keep
successful careers afterwards
bucking the curse that plagued other
notable stars don’t argue with me Cheers
number 10 teri hatcher it’s murder
relationships despite appearing on the
small screen for several years they’re
real and they’re spectacular and gaining
moderate famous TVs Lois Lane Hatcher’s
first big-screen break came in the 1997
Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies and how
you pass much better now she starred as
Paris Carver the former girlfriend of
double-oh-seven
and current wife of Elliot Carver the
film’s main antagonist I want to know
why though her performance was met with
mixed reviews that’s it go home she did
parlay the high-profile role into more
TV works and Christiane ultimately
landing the role of Susan Delfino on the
hit comedy drama mystery series
Desperate Housewives and becoming one of
the highest-paid actresses in television
number 9 Olga Kurylenko mucho gusto
which was disinherit time though she was
a successful model the acting bug bit
Kirilenko so she built her resume with
films like hitman Nico
stop talking or I’ll put you back in the
truck but her real recognition as an
actress came as a result of her role as
Camille Montes alongside Daniel Craig in
2008 Quantum of Solace I wish I could
set you free
she brought a new twist to the classic
Bond babe as her character focused more
on revenge and redemption
rather than romance I was too young to
be in trouble
sorry just myelin but how do we know she
beat the curse her turns in movies like
Centurion Seven Psychopaths and oblivion
are all the proof we need
I don’t know what happened but you’re
not who you think you are black Queen on
the Red King miss solitaire number 8
Jane Seymour
found yourself after gaining recognition
for roles in Britain the 20-something
Seymour was cast as the psychic virgin
solitaire in 1973’s live and let die
becoming one of the most beautiful Bond
babes ever she bounced around from TV to
film over the next year’s winning
acclaim for the 1980 romantic fantasy
film somewhere in time and earning
Golden Globes for her work in both East
of Eden and perhaps her most famous role
dr. Quinn Medicine Woman
Michaela Quinn MD but who can forget
when in 2005 she proved she still got it
with her portrayal of the Cougar Lee
mrs. Cleary in wedding crashers call me
and told me she was sending someone mr.
bond James Bond
number 7 so females old Volland is alive
before being cast as electric King my
soul was no rookie when it came to the
big screen she had already been
appearing in films for nearly 20 years
including the part that made her
internationally famous Isabella of
France in Braveheart
I am the Princess of Wales I come as the
Kings servant and with his authority to
do what to discuss the Kings proposal
although 1999’s the world is not enough
is considered by some as one of the
weaker bond flicks Mouse’s performance
was praised
look at my eyes her Hollywood career
hasn’t quite taken off but she has
become a mainstay of French cinema
starring in over a dozen French films
including the critically successful
fidelity and the thriller don’t look
back
he’s never gone this far before he’s
certifiable
number six Kim Basinger that feels so
good starting out as a model Basinger
his breakout performance was as domino
Petacci in 1983’s
never say never again to publicize the
film she famously posed nude in Playboy
which helped her obtain her golden
globe-nominated part in the natural
strange but ever since the hotel I feel
like
we’ve met before perhaps one of the most
successful Bond girls post
double-oh-seven
facing our star shine even brighter
thanks to her role as Bruce Wayne’s love
interest in Tim Burton’s first Batman
movies I feel a little drunk but
ultimately it was her work in LA
Confidential that won her an Academy
Award I wondered when you might knock on
my door again officer hi and her
appearance in Eminem’s eighth mile that
introduced her to yet another generation
what are you doing with your life that’s
so great
rabbit the best I could have the future
number five Diana Rigg whatever happens
there’ll be no regrets Rick was already
well-known in the UK for playing the
dazzling Emma Peel in the 60s era
British spy series The Avengers making
her an easy choice to play Bond girl to
raise a debauch Enzo in 1969 on Her
Majesty’s Secret Service why do you
persist in rescuing me Mr Bond it’s
becoming a habit isn’t it Contessa
traitor the race was a saint I’m known
as crazy that gave her the push she
needed to gain Fame in America and to
ensure an enduring career professor Mr
Bond and I have already met but each
time is a renewed pleasure with much of
her most famous work coming on TV rig
won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role
in the TV mini-series Rebecca no there’s
no one else I can trust and was
nominated several more times including a
nod for her performance on Game of
Thrones but once the cows been milked
there’s no squirting the cream back up
her udders so here we are to see things
through what do you say to that sensor
wailing I’m from the new China news
agency number four Michelle Yeoh don’t
get any ideas mr. ball
the second Bond babe from tomorrow never
dies to make our list this former beauty
queen plays Wei Lin
a Chinese spy who eventually partners
with double-oh-seven
widely regarded as one of the best Bond
girls
she was so popular that MGM considered
producing a spin-off film based around
her character I work alone
three years after Bond yo showed off the
martial arts skills she built early in
her career with Crouching Tiger Hidden
Dragon give me that sword the highest
grossing foreign language film ever in
America and with movies like Memoirs of
a Geisha she further kicked the curse to
the curb with your eye for beauty and
nose for talent
surely you can see what a terrible waste
that would be
zhenya Sergei if not on that top number
three vampa Jensen tiny thegun one of
the most infamous Bond girls of all time
Jansen received her first big Hollywood
break when she got the part of xenia
onatopp an assassin with a unique
strangulation move in 1995’s Goldeneye
Jensen made an effort not to be typecast
after her Bond work however she truly
transcended the franchise with what is
perhaps her best-known role Jean Grey of
the x-men I can move things with my mind
really what kinds of things all kinds of
things ultimately that franchise was one
she returned to multiple times in
between a recurring part on nip/tuck and
other hugely successful parts in movies
like taken putting our daughter at risk
by going to Paris
you’re pathetic I was just waking you
every time I do you look at me as if you
can’t see me yes number two Eva Green I
knew I could count on you though her
first taste of international fame came
from 2005’s Kingdom of Heaven tell him
that Sevilla
the Bond franchise offered an undeniable
boost to Green’s profile the Treasury
has agreed to stake you in the game best
by beating out Hollywood heavyweights
like Angelina Jolie and Charlize Theron
for the part of West Berlin greens
career really took off following 2006 s
Casino Royale after that the roles kept
coming on TV and in big budget features
2014 was an especially significant year
for green as she appeared in both 300
rise of an empire your confidence leaves
me with a strong impression and sin city
a dame to kill for cementing her status
as one of Hollywood’s go-to leading
ladies please remember me normally here
we list some honorable mentions but
we’ve decided that while the world may
not be enough
10 is for this list that is enough
number one Rosamund Pike my protege
gorgeous isn’t she the lesser-known Bond
babe from 2002 s die another day no one
about Utah brother Sam sex but they not
death for breakfast what it’s not gonna
work with me
Pike has been able to escape the Bond
curse unlike her co-star Halle Berry
after starring as the double agent
Miranda Frost Pike went on to play
supporting roles in numerous critically
acclaimed films including Award
nominated parts in 2005’s Pride and
Prejudice his friend
I still company what he said about you
and 2010’s Barney’s version pleased to
Montecristo go ahead but it was 2014’s
gone girl that truly demolished the Bond
girl curse you who are you
Pike’s star-making performance earned
her not only name recognition in
Hollywood but also the respect of her
peers well yes exactly do you agree with
our list and that have been surprised
who’s your favorite actress to escape
the Bond girl curse for more exciting
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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