Save this story Save Story Save this story Who will be the next James Bond? With final screen tests having recently taken place, we may now be closer to an answer than ever before.
But when the news does come, attention will quickly turn to another pressing question: who will make up the next generation of Bond girls? Far from being the helpless ingénues of yore, under the direction of new Bond helmer Denis Villeneuve, we presume these women will be more than a match for 007—rival agents and worthy adversaries, perhaps, alongside the inevitable love interests. Here are 45 contenders who would fit the bill.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 1/45 Saoirse Ronan If her husband, Jack Lowden, does indeed become 007, could the Irish four-time Oscar nominee come aboard, too? They’d be very lucky to have her.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 2/45 Inde Navarrette Post- Obsession , the 2027 Oscar hopeful has joined the MCU as Rogue in the next X-Men movie, so she’s clearly not opposed to blockbuster franchise work. As ridiculously talented newcomer-turned-overnight sensations go, she feels destined to be a Bond girl.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 3/45 Zendaya Having already collaborated with Denis Villeneuve on the Dune trilogy—not to mention being one of the most bankable actors working today—the fashion favorite should be at the front of the queue.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 4/45 Deva Cassel Like mother like daughter: back in 2015, Monica Bellucci was a Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig in Spectre . Could her 22-year-old progeny, a vision in Netflix’s recent ravishing period drama The Leopard , follow in her footsteps?
Expand Photo: Getty Images 5/45 Hoyeon From Squid Game to the barnstorming new Korean monster movie Hope , the model-turned-actor has proved her chops and would be a worthy partner in crime for 007—particularly if the new plot line takes him east.
From the Archives: When Iowa Governor-Elect Rob Sand Was Shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia Who Is Nathan Lacy, Bella Hadid’s Rumored New Cowboy Boyfriend? We’re Living in a Golden Age of Hot-Guy Politicians Expand Photo: Getty Images 6/45 Charli xcx After collecting a number of big-screen credits— Erupcja , 100 Nights of Hero , The Moment , I Want Your Sex —would the Brit join the Bond franchise as a scintillating fellow secret agent? Hell, she could write the new song, too.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 7/45 Nicola Coughlan The Bridgerton breakout is a national treasure who’s long deserved a splashy big-screen part.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 8/45 Ayo Edebiri As a wisecracking foil to a somber Bond, who could be better than the Bottoms and The Bear star?
Expand Photo: Getty Images 9/45 Renate Reinsve If Bond’s latest mission takes him to Scandinavia, it’s easy to see the Norwegian Oscar nominee and indie darling–best known for The Worst Person in the World , Sentimental Value , Backrooms , and now Fjord —joining him as a steely colleague.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 10/45 Wunmi Mosaku The Mancunian Oscar nominee lit up the screen in Sinners and would do the same in any Bond movie.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 11/45 Mikey Madison Mosaku’s The Social Reckoning co-star, a recent Oscar winner, has been tipped as a potential Bond girl ever since her magnetic turn in Anora .
Expand Photo: Getty Images 12/45 Alia Bhatt If Bond heads to the Indian subcontinent on his mission, might I suggest casting a Bollywood powerhouse and red-carpet regular with more than 85 million followers as his local liaison?
Expand Photo: Getty Images 13/45 Taylor Russell Having delivered wonderfully sensitive performances in everything from Waves to Bones and All , as well as on the National Theatre stage in The Effect , the Canadian actor would be a thoughtful, high-brow choice.
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Expand Photo: Getty Images 15/45 Daisy Edgar-Jones Since Normal People , the Londoner has been ticking projects off her bucket list: she’s starred in a big-budget summer blockbuster ( Twisters ) and now played a Jane Austen heroine ( Sense and Sensibility ), so could taking the part of a Bond girl be next?
Expand Photo: Getty Images 16/45 Anna Sawai After her awards-laden run on Shōgun , the Japanese actor will be playing Yoko Ono in the four Beatles movies . If I had to put money on anyone snagging a Bond girl role, it’d be her.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 17/45 Phoebe Dynevor Another Bridgerton fixture who’s since gone stratospheric, the Brit fits the classic Bond girl mold—impossibly beautiful and surprisingly steely (never forget her throwing punches in the Regency romp’s first season).
Expand Photo: Getty Images 18/45 Ambika Mod The One Day star is showing off her action-heroine chops on the second season of Black Doves opposite Keira Knightley. Could that act as an audition for a bigger big-screen part?
Expand Photo: Getty Images 19/45 Sarah Pidgeon She played Carolyn Bessette Kennedy to widespread acclaim—slipping into a Bond girl’s stilettos feels like the obvious next move.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 20/45 Zoë Kravitz Her turn as Catwoman proved she’s a high-kicking, gun-toting force to be reckoned with. After that, being a Bond girl would surely be a walk in the park.
Expand Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage 21/45 Florence Pugh She’s an Oscar-nominated British A-lister, outstanding in everything from Lady Macbeth and Little Women to Midsommar and, recently, East of Eden . Need we say more?
Who Is Nathan Lacy, Bella Hadid’s Rumored New Cowboy Boyfriend? From the Archives: When Iowa Governor-Elect Rob Sand Was Shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia We’re Living in a Golden Age of Hot-Guy Politicians Expand Photo: Getty Images 22/45 Dakota Johnson With her winking sense of humor and laid-back glamour, it’d be a thrill to see the Vogue favorite as a Bond girl.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 23/45 Chase Infiniti After One Battle After Another brought her to prominence, the American actor led Hulu’s The Testaments . A plum part as a Bond girl could be an ideal next step.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 24/45 Margot Robbie One of the most powerful actors and producers in Hollywood right now, the Australian is prime Bond girl material in every sense.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 25/45 Margaret Qualley She leapt to the top of Bond girl leaderboards back in 2025, when she performed in a 007 tribute number at the Oscars . She’s been sensational in everything from Fosse/Verdon and Maid to The Substance , and certainly has the charisma to pull it off.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 26/45 Laura Harrier Another fashion favorite who ought to get a look-in is the Chicago-born star of BlacKkKlansman and Hollywood .
Expand Photo: Getty Images 27/45 Olivia Cooke Could the Brit of House of the Dragon and The Girlfriend fame get Bond to trade in his vodka martini for a negroni… sbagliato… with prosecco in it ? We think so.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 28/45 Odessa A’zion If we need a madcap Bond girl to get 007 out of a bind, the Marty Supreme and I Love LA star feels like a safe bet.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 29/45 Keke Palmer We’re so ready for the Hustlers and Nope star to say “sorry to this man” to 007.
Who Is Nathan Lacy, Bella Hadid’s Rumored New Cowboy Boyfriend? From the Archives: When Iowa Governor-Elect Rob Sand Was Shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia We’re Living in a Golden Age of Hot-Guy Politicians Expand Photo: Getty Images 30/45 Alexa Demie Now that Euphoria is over, the LA native is due her big-screen breakout moment.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 31/45 Aimee Lou Wood Funny Bond girls were few and far between in the Daniel Craig era, but casting the Sex Education and The White Lotus breakout would be hearkening back to that tradition in classic Bond movies of the ’70s.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 32/45 Teyana Taylor Another star of One Battle After Another who really should be considered is the very funny, always sharply dressed and extremely talented Oscar nominee.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 33/45 Hunter Schafer Like Alexa Demie, the fashion stalwart has graduated from Euphoria and, despite parts in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes , Kinds of Kindness , and Mother Mary , is still waiting for her big-screen movie star moment. A Bond girl role would be just the ticket.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 34/45 Myha’la After her stint on The Celebrity Traitors , the Industry star is at least an honorary Brit. Make her a Bond girl, stat.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 35/45 Mia McKenna-Bruce Her extraordinary lead performance in How to Have Sex put her on the map, and she’ll soon be in the Beatles movies (as Ringo Starr’s first wife, Maureen Cox). The Brit feels ripe for another high-profile casting moment.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 36/45 Jenna Ortega After Wednesday , could the Californian play a deadpan Bond girl next?
Expand Photo: Getty Images 37/45 Anya Taylor-Joy The Emma , The Queen’s Gambit , and Dune franchise star is another actor who feels like something of a no-brainer for the part of the next Bond girl.
Who Is Nathan Lacy, Bella Hadid’s Rumored New Cowboy Boyfriend? We’re Living in a Golden Age of Hot-Guy Politicians From the Archives: When Iowa Governor-Elect Rob Sand Was Shot by Steven Meisel for Vogue Italia Expand Photo: Getty Images 38/45 Michaela Coel The exceedingly gifted Londoner could easily go head-to-head with 007; just recall her sly turn in Prime Video’s Mr. and Mrs. Smith reboot.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 39/45 Rosalía A scene-stealer in the final season of Euphoria , she could bring the same flair and ferociousness to the Bond franchise. (She could pen the next Bond song, too!)
Expand Photo: Getty Images 40/45 Marisa Abela Another Industry alum who has the chops and innate glamour needed to pull off a Bond girl role is the captivating Brit.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 41/45 Sadie Sink Following the end of Stranger Things , the now-all-grown-up Texan could very well be in with a shot.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 42/45 Adria Arjona The Puerto Rico-born, Mexico City-raised actor charmed us as the sizzling femme fatale in Hit Man opposite Glen Powell—and seems set to do so again in Michael B. Jordan’s The Thomas Crown Affair. She would undoubtedly be a stellar foil for Bond.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 43/45 Sophie Thatcher From Yellowjackets to Heretic , Companion and Her Private Hell , the American actor has become her generation’s most sought-after steely scream queen—resilient, mesmeric, even deadly. Ideal qualities for a Bond girl, too, one could argue…
Expand Photo: Getty Images 44/45 Jodie Comer The Liverpudlian has herself played a notorious assassin in Killing Eve , meaning a match-up with Bond would be one for the ages.
Expand Photo: Getty Images 45/45 Monica Barbaro She crooned her way into our hearts with (and earned an Oscar nod for) A Complete Unknown , and then romanced Bond frontrunner Callum Turner in One Night Only . If he’s officially cast as 007, could a reunion be imminent?
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