‘Vanity is my best friend!’ Bond girl Britt Ekland says she’s delighted with her youthful looks and good health as she turns 80

• Britt Ekland, who starred in the franchise’s 1974 movie The Man with the Golden Gun, insists she will retain her bombshell looks until ‘the day I die’
• The actress, who turned 80 this week, confidently told the Mirror : ‘I will be dyeing my hair till the day I die. Vanity is my best friend’
• The star spoke out about appearing in the James Bond movies, insisting she’s proud to be a part of the franchise’s legacy 
• Britt has previously spoken out about her regrets at getting fillers in her face, describing them as ‘the biggest mistake of my life’ 

She’s known for playing glamorous Bond girl Mary Goodnight in the 007 films.

And Britt Ekland, who starred in the franchise’s 1974 movie The Man with the Golden Gun, insists she will retain her bombshell looks until ‘the day I die’.

The actress, who turned 80 this week, confidently told the Mirror: ‘I will be dyeing my hair till the day I die. Vanity is my best friend.’

Looking good: Britt Ekland, who turned 80 this week, insists she will retain her bombshell looks until ‘the day I die’ (pictured in September 2021)

She added: ‘I don’t think there are many people who get to my age and can work and run around and take care of things and enjoy life and feel healthy and happy.

‘That is something I am very thankful for.’

Britt starred alongside the late Sir Roger Moore in The Man with the Golden Gun and she says she still gets recognised today.

Movie magic: The actress starred in 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun (pictured in the film)

‘People who meet me still call me a Bond Girl,’ she explained. ‘And they find it so exciting – like I made the made the film yesterday. But 007 is almost as old as me now.’

The star said there is nothing that makes her prouder than knowing she is part of ‘film history’, adding that she sees the Bond character as an ‘icon’ and as a Bond girl, she is part of the franchise’s legacy.

Britt was already known as an actress before starring as Mary Goodnight, having appeared in films such as Get Carter and The Wicker Man.

Fame game: Britt still enjoys getting recognised for her Bond fame today, saying she is proud to be part of the 007 legacy (pictured with the late Sir Roger Moore, who played James Bond and fellow Bond girl Maud Adams (left))

And she says she spent most of her days filming the 007 films in a bikini, along with fellow Bond girl, Swedish actress Maud Adams, who is still a good friend today.

Britt recalls actor Sir Roger Moore – who died in 2017 and played James Bond in seven films between 1973 and 1985 – as ‘the perfect gentleman’.

She said he kept the cast and crew entertained but insisted he was very professional on set.

Troubles: It comes after Britt claimed ishe ‘ruined her face’ by getting lip fillers and calls the botched procedure the ‘biggest mistake of her life’

The actress added that, while she wore swimwear for most of her time on the Bond set, Sir Roger never flirted at all, ensuring she felt comfortable at all times.

Despite Britt taking pride in her looks today, she has previously spoken out about her regrets at getting fillers in her face, describing them as ‘the biggest mistake of my life’.  

The Swedish actress said in an interview with Platinum magazine in June last year that she would never have any more plastic surgery after she underwent a terrifying ‘lip-pumping’ procedure in Paris.

Looks: Britt had a botched lip procedure when a doctor made multiple injections all around the rim of her lips with bovine collagen Articol (pictured left in 1982 and right in 2016) 

Looking back, Britt claimed: ‘Everyone has the right to choose [surgery]. I did all of that in my 50s but wouldn’t consider it again. I have no desire to look any different than I am.’

The actress had made the appointment with a Paris-based doctor through a consultancy on Harley Street to have her lips plumped.

Instead of the moderate treatment she expected, the doctor made multiple injections all around the rim of her lips with Articol, which he said was a ‘new dental material’.  

Reflecting on the incident, Britt claimed she ‘felt like I’d ruined my face’ and said now she is content growing older and is no longer looking to find cosmetic surgery that will help her keep her looks.

She said: ‘I feel great now, better than I have for many years… getting older happens to everyone. It’s pointless complaining about it or wishing you could change.

‘We’re all going in one direction and there is nothing we can do about that.. It’s just about looking after yourself while on that journey.’

Bond girl: The Swedish star is known for being a Bond girl, starring as Mary Goodnight in the 1974 film The Man with the Golden Gun alongside Roger Moore

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