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
Miss Moneypenny be a Bond girl, having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond. Although not given a first name by Fleming, the character was given the name Jane in the spin-off book series, "The Moneypenny Diaries"; in the films, she received the first name of Eve in "Skyfall" (2012), where the character spent time as a field agent before becoming secretary to M. According to the film "You Only Live Twice" (1967), she holds the rank of second officer in the Women's Royal Naval Service. In Ian Fleming's first draft of "Casino Royale" (1953), Moneypenny's name was originally