Teresa ‘Tracy’ Bond

Wife of James Bond

Tracy is the only child of a former English governess and Marc-Ange Draco, head of international crime syndicate, the Unione Corse. After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school in Switzerland where she joins the cosmopolitan jet set and becomes involved in a number of scandals. She marries Giulio di Vincenzo, an Italian Count, and they have a daughter together. The Count absconds with some of her money – eventually dying in a car crash – and after their child dies from spinal meningitis, she becomes wild, suicidal and wracked with grief.

007 first encounters Tracy when she speeds past him on the road to the casino, and he later saves her from social ostracisation when she loses a card game without the funds to cover her debts. The next day, Bond interrupts her suicide attempt, and is then recruited by her father to give her a reason to live. Bond is initially skeptical, but is swayed by Marc-Ange’s promise to assist in tracking down Bond’s old enemy Blofeld.

DID YOU KNOW?

Tracy is the only woman James Bond officially marries in Fleming’s original series.