Paula Caplan is a fictional character in the James Bond film, Thunderball. She is played by Martine Beswick.

Martine Beswick as Paula Caplan (left) in ‘Thunderball’.

Paula is first seen when Bond visits Nassau to meet Dominique Derval. Paula is a local Bahamian islander who along with Pinder is Bonds native contacts on the island.

While reading magazines in her hotel room waiting for Bond, Fiona Volpe arrives and Largo’s men take her captive. Bond makes an attempt to rescue Paula but when he gets there she has already committed suicide by taking cyanide.

See also:

• Bond girls