archetype of the post-Soviet Russian woman." Helena Bassil-Morosow suggests that Onatopp is "visually coded as a stereotypical dominatrix: dark hair, bright red lipstick, smoky eyeshadow and sharply defined eyebrows," while Monica Germanà suggests that "Xenia's glamour encapsulates the sadistic quality of her excessive appetite". Bassil-Morosow goes on to note that Onatopp "also sees violence as a broadly defined sexual act in which she gets to dominate and ultimately decide people's fates," and argues that she "poses a threat to Bond's status as a dominant male as she consistently outdoes him in all his favourite activities: driving, killing, risk-taking and having sex with multiple partners." In this way, she "has to be eventually killed by him because not only is she ruthless and unstoppable but also metaphorically as a punishment for refusing to admire him." Bassil-Morosow concludes that "Onatopp's character, masculinised, independent, domineering and sexually liberated, can be read as a bitter parody of feminism." Reception Xenia Onatopp has appeared in several lists of the top 10 Bond Girls, including by Entertainment Weekly. Yahoo! Movies had her name included in the list of the best Bond girl names, even while calling it a "slightly-too-obvious pun." In 2015, The Telegraph suggested that "in the stolid Brosnan years, former Soviet fighter pilot Onatopp was a breath of fresh air." Paul Simpson argues that with Onatopp, the femme fatale made a "welcome reappearance" after the role had previously fallen out of fashion. References Bond girls Bond villains Female characters in film Fictional female assassins Fictional female martial artists Film characters introduced in 1995 Fictional henchmen Fictional mass murderers Fictional mercenaries Fictional people from Georgia (country) Fictional Russian people Fictional women soldiers and warriors Fictional Soviet Air Force personnel GoldenEye Female film villains Action film villains Fictional fighter pilots