Rosie Carver, played by Gloria Hendry, is a fictional character in the James Bond film Live and Let Die.

Rosie Carver and James Bond in ‘Live and Let Die’.

In the film, she is a rogue CIA agent who is secretly an underling of Dr Kananga, aka Mr Big, who sends her to kill 007. When arriving at a hotel in San Monique, Bond is surprised to learn that “Mrs Bond” has already booked into the suite.

After spending the night together, Bond and Rosie head off deep-sea fishing, while they check over the rest of the island. After a picnic where they make love, Bond confronts Rosie, and learns that she is actually in the employ of Kananga and she was to lure Bond to a trap where he would be killed. When Bond threatens to kill her if she didn’t come clean, Rosie calls his bluff and runs away, being killed only moments later by Kananga’s scarecrows.

Rosie Carver is Bond’s first on-screen black love interest. Her character was initially written as a white woman (and the lead Bond girl, Solitaire, as black) before the producers made the switch. During filming, the producers actually thought about sparing Rosie, but ultimately they went ahead with the original plan and killed her off.

See also:

• Bond girls
• Bond henchmen