Tracy Bond
Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, the woman James Bond married.
Teresa 'Tracy' Bond, born Teresa Draco and also known as Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo, is the heroine of the 1963 novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service and the first Bond girl to marry 007. Diana Rigg plays her in the 1969 film. Her story is thought to echo Fleming's wartime love Muriel Wright, killed in a 1944 air raid.
Quick Facts
- Franchise
- James Bond
- First
- Novel:
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963)
- Film:
- On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
- Creator
- Ian Fleming
- Portrayed by
- Diana Rigg
- Full name
- Teresa Draco di Vicenzo
- Occupation
- Countess
- Gender
- Female
- Relatives
- Marc-Ange Draco (father)
Lore & Background
She is the only child of Marc-Ange Draco, head of a Corsican crime family. After her mother died she was sent to school in Switzerland and drifted into the fast set; a marriage to Count Giulio di Vicenzo cost her much of her money, and later her child died of meningitis. Bond saves her when she tries to drown herself in Portugal, and Draco offers him his network in return for seeing her.
Did You Know?
- In the 1969 film she drives a red Mercury Cougar XR-7 convertible.
- Diamonds Are Forever opens with Bond hunting Blofeld but never mentions Tracy.
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