Caroline Bliss Caroline Bliss Caroline Bliss (born 12 July 1961) is an English actress who trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She is best known for her appearance as M's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, in the James Bond films of the Timothy Dalton era. At the age of 25, Bliss replaced the long-standing Lois Maxwell in the films "The Living Daylights" and "Licence to Kill". She is the youngest actress to have played the role of Miss Moneypenny as the other actresses Lois Maxwell, Samantha Bond and Naomie Harris all began to play their roles at their thirties. Bliss is the
Samantha Bond Brosnan stepped down as the lead. However, she did appear as Miss Moneypenny in an advertisement for London's 2012 Olympic bid, alongside Roger Moore, who played James Bond from 1973 until 1985. Bond co-starred in 2004 with Peter Davison, as a married couple who uproot themselves to a remote island to save their marriage, in the ITV drama-comedy "Distant Shores". In 2007, she played the villain Mrs. Wormwood in the pilot episode of the BBC children's drama series "The Sarah Jane Adventures", a spin-off of "Doctor Who". She later came back to play the same character in the two-part finale