Maud Adams

Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; born 12 February 1945) is a Swedish actress and model, best known for her roles as two different Bond girls, first in The Man with the Golden Gun and then as the title character in Octopussy (1983).

She made 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.

Adams 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 modelling 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 when she appeared as the mistress of the villain Francisco Scaramanga in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In short order she appeared in Norman Jewison's futuristic Rollerball (1975) and several European films, and in 1981 she starred in the thriller Tattoo. She was so well regarded by Albert Broccoli, the producer of the James Bond films, that she was asked to return to the series in 1983 for Octopussy. In this film, she plays the mysterious smuggler Octopussy, again opposite Roger Moore. Looking back on her two roles in Bond films, Adams said, "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."

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

Filmography

Films

Television

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)