Samantha Bond

Personal context

Summary

Samantha Bond is an English stage and screen actor, best known for playing Miss Moneypenny in four James Bond films and for roles in Downton Abbey and Outnumbered. Her work spans Shakespeare, comedy, period drama and crime stories. She has spoken about the lack of substantial stories and roles for middle-aged women on television, and has said she makes conscious choices to support fair representation of women in film. Bond has served as a patron of mothers2mothers and held charity roles with the Prince’s Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support. No public statements on party politics, DEI, or other forms of activism are on record.