Tiffany Case is a fictional character in the James Bond novel and film Diamonds Are Forever. She has a complex backstory involving a traumatic past and subsequent involvement in diamond smuggling. In the novel, her name is explained by her father's disappointment at her birth, leading him to give her mother a Tiffany's powder case as a parting gift. In the film, her name is linked to the accidental timing of her birth at Tiffany & Co.