Lupe Lamora is a character in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, and is played by Talisa Soto.

Talisa Soto as Lupe Lamora in ‘Licence to Kill’.

Biography: Lupe Lamora is the mistress of Franz Sanchez. She is first seen in bed with a man, apparently behind Sanchez’s back. Sanchez enters, and tells Lupe he will “cut out” her lover’s heart. He proceeds to whip Lupe. Bond finds Lupe, beaten and badly bruised, but she refuses his help. She remains with Sanchez out of fear.

She is next seen aboard Sanchez’s cruise liner, under the authority of Milton Krest. Krest at least once attempts to bed Lamora. Bond runs into her at one point and she conceals him from Krest. Lupe is at Sanchez’s side at the casino and helps Bond escape when Sanchez takes him hostage. She is present at the ending scene, but Bond rejects her for the affections of Pam Bouvier.

Lupe is possibly the only Bond girl in the series who has more romantic partners than Bond himself in one film: Sanchez, Alvarez, Bond himself, and possibly a fourth in the form of the President of Isthmus City. Bond on the other hand, had only two, Lupe and Pam.

See also:

• Bond girls