Nadja Regin (born Nadezda Poderegin, 2 December 1931) is a Serbian actress from Niš, Serbia. She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and also the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Philosophy. Her acting career began during her student years and expanded through Yugoslav-German co-productions to Germany, and later, to England, Austria and New Zealand. She is best known for her roles in several British films and TV programmes in the 1960s, and the 1964 New Zealand film Runaway.She acted in two James Bond films; From Russia with Love, as the mistress of Kerim Bey, and a smaller but still notable appearance in the pre-credit sequence of Goldfinger. Her TV roles included The Avengers, Danger Man, The Saint and Dixon of Dock Green.In the 1970s her work included reading and selecting film scripts for production by film companies including Rank Films and Hammer Films. In 1980, she and her sister Jelena formed Honeyglen Publishing Ltd, a small publishing company, specialising in philosophy of history, belles lettres, biography and some fiction. She now devotes her time to writing and has written a novel, The Victims and the Fools, a children's story, The Puppet Planet, and has begun working on her Memoirs.
In From Russia with Love, she is the love interest of Kerim Bey, James Bond's collaborator and Head of the M16 Station in Turkey. In Goldfinger she is portrayed as James Bond's love interest in the pre-title sequence, as Bond follows her to the bathroom and the two engage in a kiss before a henchman ruins the moment.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dixon of Dock Green
1968
TV Series
Mrs. Green
Comedy Playhouse
1967
TV Series
Frederique Duval
Death Happens to Other People
1967
TV Movie
Bettina
Armchair Theatre
1967
TV Series
Ylena Davos
The Saint
1967
TV Series
Lucille Legrand
The Man in Room 17
1966
TV Series
Roxana
Donaug'schichten
1966
TV Series
The Liars
1966
TV Series
Madame Moraldi
Riviera Police
1965
TV Series
Lisa
The Flying Swan
1965
TV Series
Tanja Sykes
The Third Man
1965
TV Series
Aldrina
Runaway
1964
Laura Kossovich
Secret Agent
1964
TV Series
Ira
Goldfinger
1964
Bonita
Downfall
1964
Suzanne Crossley
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
1962-1964
TV Series
Suzanne Crossley / Mrs. Reynolds / Nadia Leiven
From Russia with Love
1963
Kerim's Girl
Crane
1963
TV Series
Maria Cortez
Man of the World
1963
TV Series
Maria
Zero One
1963
TV Series
Didi Druson
Benny Hill
1963
TV Series
Russian Girl
Stranglehold
1962
Lilli
The Fur Collar
1962
Marie Lejeune
Six More Faces of Jim
1962
TV Series
Richard the Lionheart
1962
TV Series
Shirin
Brothers in Law
1962
TV Series
Nina Zoffany
Parbottle Speaking
1962
TV Series
Zuhra
Solo for Sparrow
1962
Mrs. Reynolds
Maigret
1961
TV Series
Maria
Blond muß man sein auf Capri
1961
Helga Wagner
Danger Man
1961
TV Series
Melina
International Detective
1961
TV Series
Nora Galloway
Wir wollen niemals auseinandergehen
1960
Livia
ITV Television Playhouse
1960
TV Series
Estelle
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Princess Taima
Don't Panic Chaps
1959
Elsa
Rendezvous
1959
TV Series
Mary Darwin
William Tell
1958
TV Series
Maddelena
Es wird alles wieder gut
1957
Lucilla Coletti, Artistin
Franziska
1957
Helen Philipps
Die Unschuld vom Lande
1957
Lollo
The Man Without a Body
1957
Odette Vernet
Der Frontgockel
1955
Claudette, Französin
Du mein stilles Tal
1955
Rita
Esalon doktora M.
1955
Hatidza (as Nadja Poderegin)
Roman eines Frauenarztes
1954
Nina Bertens
Das Haus an der Küste
1954
Marina
Frosina
1952
as Nadja Poderegin
Cudotvorni mac
1950
as Nadja Poderegin
Prica o fabrici
1949
Tekstilna ranica (as Nadja Poderegin)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Premium Bond with Mark Gatiss and Matthew Sweet
2015
TV Movie documentary
Bonita
Premiere Bond: Opening Nights
2006
Video documentary short
Herself
The Bond Sound: The Music of 007
2000
Video documentary short
Herself
The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond