Maud Adams

This article is about the Swedish actress and model. For the American stage actress, see Maude Adams.

Maud Adams
Adams in 2019
Born	Maud Solveig Christina Wikström (1945-02-12) 12 February 1945 Luleå, Norrbotten, Sweden
Occupation(s)	Actress, model
Years active	1970–2010
Spouses	Roy Adams ​ ​ (m. 1966; div. 1975)​ Charles Rubin ​ (m. 1999)​

Maud Adams (born Maud Solveig Christina Wikström; 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and then as the title character in Octopussy (1983), as well as making many other appearances in both films and television including The Christian Licorice Store (1971), Rollerball (1975), Killer Force (1976), Merciless Man (1976), Hell Hunters (1986) and The Kill Reflex (1989).

Early life

Adams was born as Maud Solveig Christina Wikström in Luleå, Sweden, the daughter of Thyra, a government tax inspector, and Gustav Wikström, a comptroller. She is fluent in five languages, and at one time wanted to work as an interpreter. She was discovered in 1963 in a shop by a photographer who asked to take her picture, which he then submitted to the Miss Sweden contest arranged by the magazine Allers; from there her modeling career took off.

Career

Adams moved to Paris and later to New York City to work for Eileen Ford. Her acting career started when she was asked to appear in the 1970 movie The Boys in the Band, in which she played a photo-shoot model in the opening credits. During the 1970s she guest-starred in such American TV series as Hawaii Five-O and Kojak.

Adams was catapulted to international fame as the doomed mistress of the villain (Christopher Lee) in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). In short order she appeared in Norman Jewison's futuristic Rollerball (1975) and several European films, and she starred in the obsession thriller Tattoo (1981) with Bruce Dern. She was so well regarded by James Bond film series producer Albert Broccoli that she was asked to return in Octopussy in 1983, this time as a lead, the title character—an exotic and mysterious smuggler, again opposite Roger Moore. Adams had Swedish co-stars in her three Bond films: Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man with the Golden Gun; in Octopussy both Kristina Wayborn as Magda, and Mary Stävin as an Octopussy girl; and in A View to a Kill (1985), in which she was an extra, Mary Stävin played agent Kimberley Jones, and Dolph Lundgren played Venz. While portraying a Bond girl has not always indicated continued success as an actress, Adams comments, "Looking back on it, how can you not really enjoy the fact that you were a Bond Girl? It's pop culture and to be part of that is very nice."

Adams appeared in the U. S. television series Emerald Point NAS in 1983 and 1984, but was unable to sustain her high profile, falling back on second-rate material such as Jane and the Lost City in 1987. In September of that year she also appeared in Playboy in an issue on the Bond girls.

She hosted the Swedish TV show Kafé Luleå in 1994, and played a guest role in the Swedish soap opera Vita lögner in 1998.

She guest-starred in That '70s Show in 2000, appearing as a bridesmaid to Tanya Roberts, along with Kristina Wayborn (her Octopussy co-star) and Barbara Carrera; all four share the title of 'Bond girl'.

She also was the president of a cosmetics company called Scandinavian Biocosmetics.

Personal life

Adams married photographer Roy Adams in 1966 and then divorced him in 1975. She married her current husband, private mediator and retired judge Charles Rubin, in 1999. Adams has no children from either marriage.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	The Boys in the Band	Photo Model	Uncredited
1971	The Christian Licorice Store	Cynthia
1972	Mahoney's Last Stand	Miriam
1973	U-Turn	Paula/Tracy
1974	The Man with the Golden Gun	Andrea Anders
1975	Rollerball	Ella
1976	Killer Force	Clare Chambers
1976	Merciless Man	Marta Mayer
1979	Laura	Sarah
1980	The Hostage Tower	Sabrina Carver
1980	Playing for Time	Mala
1981	Tattoo	Maddy
1982	Hit Man	Carmen
1983	Octopussy	Octopussy
1984	Nairobi Affair	Anne Malone
1987	The Women's Club	Angie
1987	Jane and the Lost City	Lola Pagola
1987	Hell Hunters	Amanda
1988	Angel III: The Final Chapter	Nadine
1988	Deadly Intent	Elise Marlowe
1989	A Man of Passion	Susana
1989	The Favorite	Sineperver
1989	The Kill Reflex	Crystal Tarver
1990	Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4	Fima
1996	Ringer	Leslie Polokoff
2008	The Seekers	Ella Swanson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Love, American Style	Melba Wilde	Episode: "Love and the Anniversary Crisis"
1977	Kojak	Elenor Martinson	2 episodes
1977	Hawaii Five-O	Maria Noble	Episode: "Deep Cover"
1978	Switch	Ava	Episode: "Stolen Island"
1978	Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus	Vikki Lee Sanchez	TV film
1978	Starsky and Hutch	Kate Larrabee	Episode: "Cover Girl"
1982	Chicago Story	Dr. Judith Bergstrom	All 13 episodes
1983–1984	Emerald Point N.A.S.	Maggie Farrell	All 22 episodes
1986	Blacke's Magic	Andrea Starr	Episode: "Breathing Room"
1986	Hotel	Kay Radcliff	Episode: "Recriminations"
1988	The Mysterious Death of Nina Chéreau	Ariel Dubois	TV film
1989	Mission: Impossible	Catherine Balzac	Episode: "The Plague"
1993	A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives	Shelly Talbot Morrison	TV film
1995–1997	Radio Shadow	Sister Katarina	6 episodes
1996	Walker, Texas Ranger	Simone Deschamps	Episode: "The Deadliest Man Alive"
1998	White Lies	Ellinor Malm	20 episodes
2000	That '70s Show	Holly	Episode: "The First Time"
2010	The Rooneys	Unknown	TV film
2024	Blood Legacy	Msizi	3 episodes

As director

• Kafé Luleå (1994) (TV series)

As herself

• Food, Wine & Friends (1979)
• Miss USA Pageant (1979) (judge)
• Women Who Rate a 10 (1981)
• Battle of the Network Stars XI (1981)
• Så ska det låta (1997) (TV episode)
• The James Bond Story (1999)
• The Men Behind the Mayhem: The Special Effects of James Bond (2000)
• Inside 'The Man with the Golden Gun' (2000)
• Inside 'Octopussy' (2000)
• Inside 'A View to a Kill' (2000)
• Bond Girls are Forever (2002) (TV)
• Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002)
• James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002)
• Stjärnorna på slottet (2006) (5 TV episodes)
• Ann-Margret: Från Valsjöbyn till Hollywood (2014)
• From Rollerball to Rome (2020)
• For Our Eyes Only: John Glenn (2021)

External links

• Maud Adams at IMDb
• Maud Adams at the Swedish Film Database
• Maud Adams on Bond Stars
• Maud Adams at From Sweden with Love
• "Interview with Maud Adams" (ram [RealPlayer]). Film and TV Features. Wiltshire: BBC. 24 September 2004.