Diana Rigg as  Tracy di Vicenzo in Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Diana Rigg (left) is the first of the Bond girls to be arguably more famous than her co-star: She had already the lead of The Avengers when she was cast as new Bond George Lazenby’s partner in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Lazenby, an Australian model, played Bond just once before Connery returned for Diamonds Are Forever.

Rigg also holds the distinction of being the only woman to marry Bond — though, horribly, she was murdered moments after their wedding, making On Her Majesty’s Secret Service perhaps the biggest bummer of all Bond movies.

Still, Rigg did very well — her many post-Bond roles included playing  Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones. And she played a crucial part in Edgar Wright’s 2021 Last Night in Soho, which was completed just before her death.