*Fiona Volpe was a professional assassin employed by the secretive criminal organisation, SPECTRE, who was involved in the society's plan to steal a Vulcan bomber and its precious cargo of two atomic bombs. A secondary antagonist portrayed by Italian actress, Luciana Paluzzi, the character appeared in the 1965 James Bond film, Thunderball. She is sometimes regarded as one of the best femme fatales in the films series, probably alongside May Day and Xenia Onatopp

Fiona Volpe is a deadly agent from the execution division of the international criminal organisation SPECTRE. As part of the organization's NATO mission to hijack a Vulcan bomber armed with two nuclear warheads, she is deployed to the south of England where an enforcer named Angelo Palazzi, has been hired to have his face surgically operated on at a private clinic to resemble NATO pilot Major François Derval. Volpe, meanwhile, makes contact with Derval, seduces him and becomes his mistress in order to keep a close eye on him.

Fiona Volpe was one of SPECTRE's most dangerous assassins, as she had many assets that she used to carry out the executions ordered of her or to help her partners conspire against her enemies. In addition to being seductive, she was charismatic, assertive and authoritative towards her SPECTRE colleagues, especially those of lower rank, and was also an expert in manipulation, duplicity and plotting, so unlike many other Bond girls, she proved to be totally immune to 007's charm, and was therefore totally loyal to SPECTRE and its commitments. Volpe also seemed to be more thoughtful and conscientious than some of her colleagues, as she preferred to wait for an appropriate opportunity to take down a recalcitrant target like Bond rather than act headlong. This is demonstrated when she alerted Largo that killing Bond might have allowed his government to know that the stolen bombs were in Nassau. Volpe made decisions with aplomb, but her arrogance proved to be her weakness that led to her downfall as she underestimated 007, an enemy she thought she dominated, and was therefore killed by the bullet intended for the British spy.*