Solange Dimitrios is a character in Ian Fleming’s James Bond short story 007 in New York. She is Bond’s girlfriend whom he spends time with while in the city. The character was adapted for the 2006 adaptation of Casino Royale. She is played by Caterina Murino.

Caterina Murino as Solange in ‘Casino Royale’.

Story biography: Not much is known about Solange. She works for Indoor Games Department at Abercrombie’s. When the story takes place Bond already has a relationship with her. He plans to meet her for dinner and afterwards “make love.” Bond does complain that after sex she has a horrible habit of gargling with TCP, which he states forces him to not be able to kiss her for a lengthy period of time.

Film biography: In the 2006 film, Bond first meets Solange Dimitrios when she is accompanying her husband – Alex Dimitrios. Later, Bond offers Solange a ride back to his rented villa for a drink after he wins Dimitrios’ Aston Martin DB5 at the poker table. She accepts and the two plan to spend the night together. However, Solange receives a phone call from her husband, which serves to inform Bond that Dimitrios will be taking the last flight to Miami. Bond decides to follow him but does not tell Solange, instead ordering some Bollinger and caviar up to their room as a parting gift before he leaves while she awaits him in the bedroom.

After Bond thwarts the terrorist plot in Miami, Dimitrios’ boss Le Chiffre, deduces that Solange informed Bond. Bond returns to find her tortured, killed, and wrapped in a hammock on the beach.

See also:

• Bond girls
• Bond henchmen