Vesper Lynd (Eva Green) works for the Financial Action Task Force of Her Majesty’s Treasury and has experience in illicit banking practices. She supervises the British government’s funds that finance Bond in a high stakes poker tournament organized by Le Chiffre. During the game she helps Bond overcome a Ugandan Warlord and saves Bond’s life when he is poisoned.

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• Casino Royale Vesper's Death Notices

Movie information: it on Blu-ray: b. Dec 22, 2014 Vesper chose death toward the end of Casino Royale unable to face Bond (Daniel Craig), her lover, after betraying him. M (Judi Dench) later told Bond that Vesper’s boyfriend had been kidnapped by the terrorist organization Quantum and Vesper had been following Quantum’s directives in exchange for her boyfriend’s freedom. Following the death of Vesper Lynd in Venice, Italy, James Bond learns by his superior M that Vesper has a French-Algerian boyfriend and that she had stolen the winnings Bond had acquired in his poker match with Le Chiffre so that she could pay for Kabira's release from an unnamed criminal organization.

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And that's Vesper Lynd. The death of Eva Green's character in the 2006 movie, helmed by Martin Campbell, has informed Craig's character more than any other incident during his tenure as Bond. Feb 07, 2020 Quantum Of Solace (2008) Picking up moments after Casino Royale, James Bond’s next adventure is a rampage of death and revenge, in director Marc Forster’s Quantum of Solace.

Casino Royale Vesper's Death Notices

Vesper is kidnapped by Le Chiffre to lure Bond into a trap in order to extort the tournament winnings. Vesper makes a deal with Mr. White to spare Bond’s life in return for the funds. Before she can transfer the funds to Mr. White’s accomplice Gettler, Bond confesses his love for her and resigns from MI6.

In Venice, Bond uncovers Vesper’s deception. Although he kills her enemies, Vesper cannot live with her actions and she locks herself in the elevator of a collapsing building and drowns. Bond is devastated by her death and closes himself off emotionally.

Vesper leaves Bond an essential clue to help him trace the terrorist network – on her mobile, she stores Mr. White’s number.