Claudine Auger, who starred opposite Sean Connery in “Thunderball” as Domino, has died. She was 78.
The actress died🔥 in Paris, according to her agency, .
She was the first-ever French Bond 🌱Girl and appeared in the 1965 fil💖m.
Born in April 1941, Auger🦄 started her career in modeling. She represented France in the 1958 Miss World Competition, winning the title of⛄ first runner-up, according to AFP.
She went on to take acting lessons and starred in the 1962 movie “The Iron Mask.” But it was her role in “Thunderball” — the Bond franchise’s fourth installment — that launched her career.
Per the outlet, she also appeared on British television and had roles in several movies directed by Jaඣcques Deray, with whom she had a long-term relationship with.
In a 1965 interview, she said playing in a 007 movie or “playing Moliere” was “a game, the same thing.”