''Bond Girls Are Forever'' is a 2002

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hosted by actress

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, who played the role of

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in the 15th James Bond film ''

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''. The film was accompanied by a 2003 book written by

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and d'Abo, ''Bond Girls Are Forever: The Women of James Bond''. The film and the book are tributes to the elite club of women who have played the role of a

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. The TV film, which was released in November 2002 alongside ''

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'', features interviews with a number of Bond girls who were featured throughout the film franchise between the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962) starring

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and the then-current 20th film ''Die Another Day'' starring

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. In 2003, the documentary was released on DVD and offered as a free gift with the purchase of ''

'' on DVD by some retailers. In 2006, a new version of the documentary, updated to include interviews with cast from '' Casino Royale'' and edited to include commercial breaks, was produced for the

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network and was later released as a bonus feature on the March 2007 DVD and Blu-ray editions of ''Casino Royale''. A new 2012 version was shown on the Sky Movies 007 channel in the UK to include ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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–winning singer and songwriter

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performed a rendition of "

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" over the closing credits of the documentary.

Bond girls interviewed in order

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Luciana Paluzzi Luciana Paluzzi (born 10 June 1937) is an Italian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe in the fourth James Bond film, '' Thunderball'', but she had important roles in notable films of the 1960s and 1970s ...

Jill St. John Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is an American retired actress. She is best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the James Bond film franchise, in 1971's '' Diamonds Are Forever''. Additiona ...

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Maud Adams Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, best known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' (1974) and then as the title character in ''Octopus ...

Lois Chiles Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947)Profile
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Carey Lowell Carey Lowell (born February 11, 1961) is an American actress and former model, best known as New York Assistant DA Jamie Ross in ''Law & Order'' (1996–2001, 2022) and as Bond girl Pam Bouvier in the James Bond film ''Licence to Kill'' ( ...

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(2006 version) *

Caterina Murino Caterina Murino (born 15 September 1977) is an Italian actress. She began her acting career in the 1999 production of the play ''Richard III (play), Richard III'' and later made her breakthrough with the 2004 film ''The Corsican File''. She went ...

(2006 version) *

Gemma Arterton Gemma Christina Arterton (born 2 February 1986) is a British actress. After her stage debut in Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' at the Globe Theatre (2007), Arterton made her feature-film debut in the comedy '' St Trinian's'' (2007). She p ...

(2008 version) *

Naomie Harris Naomie Melanie Harris (born 6 September 1976) is an English actress. She started her career when she was a child, appearing in the television series '' Simon and the Witch'' in 1987. She portrayed Selena in the zombie film '' 28 Days Later'' (2 ...

(2012 version) *

Bérénice Marlohe Bérénice Lim Marlohe (born 19 May 1979) is a French actress. She played anti-heroine Bond girl Sévérine in the twenty-third ''James Bond'' film ''Skyfall''. Her television credits include ''Père et Maire'', ''Femmes de loi'', and ''Equi ...

(2012 version)

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