Honey Ryder Ryder was voted the best Bond Girl by "Entertainment Weekly". Author Anthony Horowitz named his James Bond tribute character Alex Rider after Honeychile Rider. 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
Ursula Andress carry out a mission. It was a big box office hit. Her fee was a reported £200,000. In Italy she appeared alongside fellow former Bond girl Claudine Auger in "Anyone Can Play" (1968) for director Luigi Zampa. She then went to Africa to make "The Southern Star" (1969) with George Segal, which was a hit in England. She went on to appear nude or semi-nude in nearly all of her film roles between 1969 and 1979, earning her the nickname "Ursula Undress". Andress went to England to appear in "Perfect Friday" (1970), a heist movie starring Stanley Baker and David