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Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is an actress.
She was born in Ostermundigen, Berne,
Switzerland.

Andress was a major sex symbol of the 1960s.
Fluent in English, French, Italian, German and
Swiss-German, she appeared as "Honey Ryder",
James Bond's object of desire in Dr. No (1962),
the first James Bond film.

Her stunning good looks served her well, as her
introduction in Dr. No became one of the most
famous Bond moments. Rising out of the Caribbean
Sea singing a beautiful Calypso and tossing back
her blonde hair, she spots Bond. "What are you
doing here?" she asks. "Looking for shells?"

"No," replies Bond, admiring her suntanned body
barely covered in a white bikini, "I'm just
looking." (The combination of sea, shells, and a
stunning blonde has led some critics to trace the
inspiration for this scene to Botticelli's Birth
of Venus).

An homage to this scene was included in the Bond
film, Die Another Day. This time around the part
of the siren walking out of the water was played
by Halle Berry.

Andress co-starred with Elvis Presley in the 1963
film, Fun in Acapulco and she also appeared in the
parody Bond movie Casino Royale (1967) as Vesper
Lynd, occasional spy, who persuades Evelyn Tremble
(Peter Sellers) to carry out a mission. Her heavy
accent was dubbed over by Monica Van Der Syl in
Dr. No, but she used her own voice in Casino
Royale.

She was married only once, in 1957 to
actor/director John Derek for whom it was his
second marriage. The marriage ended in divorce in
1966. Derek married another two times (his fourth
wife was the Andress look-alike, Bo Derek). In
1980 Andress had a son with actor Harry Hamlin.

In 1995, Ursula Andress was chosen by Empire
magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars in film
history."

In a 2003 UK Survey by Channel 4, her entrance in
Dr. No was voted #1 in the 100 Greatest Sexy
Moments.