Maryam d'Abo

Maryam d'Abo is a British actress who was raised in Paris and Geneva and briefly attended Drama Centre London before making her screen debut in the horror film Xtro (1982), playing a French au pair used as an alien incubator. Early film work included White Nights and an uncredited appearance in Out of Africa, along with roles in television miniseries such as Master of the Game. She became best known as Kara Milovy, a Czechoslovak cellist and would-be sniper, in the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987). Her later credits include The Browning Version (1994), The Point Men (2001), Dorian Gray (2009), and The Baby in the Basket (2025). On television she played an alien medical officer in Something Is Out There and appeared in Doctor Zhivago and Helen of Troy. She also co-wrote the book Bond Girls Are Forever and produced the AMC documentary of the same name.