Luciana Paluzzi is an Italian actress who specialized in playing seductress roles. Prior to her appearance as Contessa de Rojas in The Solid Gold Kidnapping, she was best known for playing villainous Fiona Volpe in the 1965 James Bond film, Thunderball and she spent the 1960s and 70s alternative between American TV guest appearances and European films. Her most recent film credit was in 1978, but she still occasionally turns up in documentaries relating to the Bond films.