Paula Caplan is a fictional character in the James Bond film, Thunderball. She is played by Martine Beswick.
Paula is first seen when Bond visits Nassau to meet Dominique Derval. Paula is a local Bahamian islander who, along with Pinder, is Bond's native contact on the island.
Whilst reading magazines in her hotel room waiting for Bond, Fiona Volpe arrives and Largo's men take her captive. Bond makes an attempt to rescue Paula from Largo's mansion, but when he reaches her, she has already committed suicide by taking cyanide to avoid revealing informations by torture.