Ursula Andress Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (; born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss film and television actress, former model and sex symbol, who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. She is best known for her breakthrough role as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, "Dr. No". She later starred as Vesper Lynd in the James Bond film "Casino Royale". Her other films include "The Southern Star, Fun in Acapulco", "She", "The 10th Victim", "The Blue Max", "Perfect Friday", "The Sensuous Nurse", "The Mountain of the Cannibal God", "The Fifth Musketeer" and "Clash of the Titans".
Bond girl year instead. French actress Claudine Auger was ultimately cast in the role. "Thunderball" launched Auger into a successful European film career but did little for her in the United States. At one time it was said that appearing as a Bond girl would damage an actress's career. Lois Chiles is often cited as a case in point, even though her career did not suffer because of her portrayal of Holly Goodhead, but rather because, after she lost her younger brother to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, she decided to take a three-year break from acting, from which her career never recovered. Casting for