On that note, she is not always considered to be a Bond girl, having never had anything more than a professional relationship with Bond.Īlthough 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), which is set in the new continuity opened by 2006's Casino Royale, where the character spent time as a field officer before becoming secretary to M. She is secretary to M, who is Bond's superior officer and head of the British Secret Intelligence Service ( MI6).Īlthough she has a small part in most of the films, it is always highlighted by the underscored romantic tension between her and Bond (something that is virtually non-existent in Ian Fleming's novels, although it is somewhat more apparent in the Bond novels by John Gardner and Raymond Benson). Miss Moneypenny, later assigned the first names of Eve or Jane, is a fictional character in the James Bond novels and films.

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