Samantha Bond
Born	November 27 1961 (1961--) (age 45) England

Samantha Bond (born November 27, 1961) is an English actress best known for her role as Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond films starring Pierce Brosnan. She is married to Alexander Hanson and has two children Molly and Tom. She is also the daughter of actor Philip Bond and Pat Sandys, and is the sister of actors Abigail Bond and Matthew Bond. Samantha attended the Godolphin and Latymer School, and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career

She has appeared in many television series, notably the 1997 adaptation of Emma starring Kate Beckinsale. She is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and starred opposite Dame Judi Dench in David Hare's award-winning play Amy's View at the Royal National Theatre.

In 1985 she appeared in the BBC's adaptation of A Murder is Announced, a Miss Marple novel by Agatha Christie. In 2004, she starred opposite Peter Davison in the ITV drama-comedy Distant Shores. In 2006 she returned to the stage in a new production of Michael Frayn's Donkey's Years at the Comedy Theatre. On January 1 2007 Bond appeared as the villain Mrs Wormwood in the pilot episode of the BBC children's drama series The Sarah Jane Adventures, a spin-off from the popular science-fiction series Doctor Who.^[1] Bond appeared in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered in 2007.

James Bond franchise

To date Samantha Bond has been in four James Bond films as Miss Moneypenny. She was preceded by Caroline Bliss and the late Lois Maxwell. In a BBC 4 interview she remarked that she would retire from her role with the departure of Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.

Bond has yet to be succeeded as Moneypenny as the character was not included in the screenplay for the most recent Bond film Casino Royale.

Although a short-lived Moneypenny, she says she does have at least one claim to fame: she was the Moneypenny who kissed 007, rather than be kissed by him, as well as being the only Bond girl named Bond.

• GoldenEye (1995)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Die Another Day (2002)

References

1. ^ Doctor Who spin-off set for BBC. BBC News Online (2006-09-14). Retrieved on 2006-09-14.

External links

• Samantha Bond at the Internet Movie Database

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