Dr Christmas Jones is a character from the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, and is portrayed by Denise Richards. The name is in the tradition of other Bond girls names that are double entendres, such as Pussy Galore.

Denise Richards as Christmas Jones.

Biography: Dr Christmas Jones is a young American nuclear physicist working in Azerbaijan to dismantle nuclear warheads so as to reduce the Soviet inventory in line with treaty obligations. A young and highly attractive woman with a penchant for wearing revealing and tight clothing, she attracts much gawking from men, something she dislikes. As a result, she tends to be rather defensive and even aggressive towards the men she meets. She particularly dislikes jokes being made about her name.

On their initial encounter Christmas distrusts Bond, who is working undercover to investigate Renard’s presence at a Russian missile facility. When Christmas realises that Bond is not who he claims to be, she alerts both the authorities and, unintentionally, Renard; as a result, Renard is able to escape with a nuclear warhead. Once she learns of Renard’s plot to destroy the pipeline, Christmas assists Bond in his mission. In classic Bond-movie fashion, she becomes highly attracted to him, and they have sex after the end of the mission, prompting Bond’s comment “I thought Christmas only comes once a year.”

Christmas Jones was ranked as one of the worst Bond girls of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

See also:

• Bond girls