Honey Ryder Honey Ryder Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel "Dr. No". In the 1962 Bond film of the same name, her name was shortened and changed to Honey Ryder. In the film, she is played by Swiss actress Ursula Andress and due to her heavy accent was dubbed by Nikki van der Zyl. In the film series, Ryder is widely regarded as the first Bond girl, although she is not the first woman in the film to be with Bond (that distinction belongs to Sylvia Trench, while Miss Taro was Bond's first mission-related "conquest"). Her
Ursula Andress a screen test for a role in an Italian film. She was successful and appeared in "The Sins of Casanova" (1955) (starring later Bond ally Gabriele Ferzetti). She followed it with "An American in Rome" (1954) (starring Alberto Sordi) and "La catena dell'odio" (1955). She was seen by a Hollywood executive who persuaded her to try her luck in Hollywood. Andress arrived in Hollywood in January 1955. In March she was signed to a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures starting at $287 a week. The contract resulted in no acting roles due to her inability to learn English at the