Léa Seydoux as Dr. Madeleine Swann in SPECTRE and No Time to Die (2021)

Léa Seydoux is a standout among Bond girls — or Bond women, as we should probably call them in the modern age. Her character is the only woman to be the female lead in two Bond films, and the only woman known to have a child with him.

Besides On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, No Time to Die is the biggest bummer among Bond films. But Swann and her daughter, Mathilde, provides glimmers of light.