*Sévérine was the fictional enigmatic, quiet, soft-spoken, seductive, and troubled representative of terrorist and SPECTRE member Raoul Silva. A Bond girl and the secondary antagonist (later anti-heroine), she appeared in the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall and was portrayed by French actress Bérénice Marlohe.
Appearing as a classic femme fatale, Sévérine's dark and sinister past is catching up with her and initially posing as a potential enemy to James Bond, she soon realizes he is probably her best opportunity of a way out of the dangerous world she is living in. While it can be argued that Sévérine is not a true villain, she does help Patrice in the assassination of the art dealer and, upon Bond grabbing her by the arm at the bar, she was prepared to let her guards kill Bond. She also joins forces with Bond not to save the world and stop Silva's evil plans, as most other redeemed Bond girls, but instead simply to free herself of Silva. However as a slave to Silva, knowing that she would be killed if she ever betrayed him, her actions are all coerced. In fact, when she does decide to stop acting as Silva's henchwoman, her fears turn out to be well founded. It is also unlikely that the beating she receives from Silva on his island is her first. Much more likely that she has been beaten into submission, and even attempting to defy Silva shows remarkable courage.*