James Bond: 10 Bond Girls Who Became Massive Stars

3. Michelle Yeoh

Action heroine, all-round good egg, and one of the finest Bond girls to ever grace the silver screen, Chinese secret agent Wai Lin was the true highlight in Tomorrow Never Dies, a film which could have sunk beneath its thinly-veiled jabs at Rupert Murdoch and the news industry. Yeoh brought strength, charisma, and poise to the role, causing her to be touted as the first Bond girl to potentially get her own spin-off movie (sadly it never materialised). Already a massive star in her native Malaysia and in Hong Kong, although definitely confined to those markets, Yeoh's career slowly began advancing into the mainstream following her high-profile Bond girl debut. She managed to garner roles both as a martial artist - the Oscar-nominated martial arts/wuxia film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - and as an actress in her own right - Danny Boyle's underrated sci-fi tale Sunshine. While Yeoh certainly deserves more and more roles, particularly ones that allow her to flex her acting muscles more, her mark has been indelible on the Bond franchise, and her career opportunities actually only grew as a result of appearing in Tomorrow Never Dies.