1. Maud Solveig Christina Adams 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.
12 Facts About Maud Adams
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Maud Adams is fluent in five languages, and at one time wanted to work as an interpreter.
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Maud Adams moved to Paris and later to New York City to work for Eileen Ford.
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Maud Adams's 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.
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Maud Adams was catapulted to international fame as the doomed mistress of the villain in The Man with the Golden Gun.
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Maud 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 Stavin as an Octopussy girl; and in A View to a Kill, in which she was an extra, Mary Stavin played agent Kimberley Jones, and Dolph Lundgren played Venz.
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Maud Adams appeared in the US 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.
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Maud Adams hosted the Swedish TV show Kafe Lulea in 1994, and played a guest role in the Swedish soap opera Vita logner in 1998.
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Maud Adams guest-starred in That '70s Show in 2000, appearing as a bridesmaid to Tanya Roberts, along with Kristina Wayborn and Barbara Carrera; all four share the title of 'Bond girl'.
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Maud Adams was the president of a cosmetics company called Scandinavian Biocosmetics.
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Maud Adams married photographer Roy Maud Adams in 1966 and then divorced him in 1975, though she retained his surname as a professional name.
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Maud Adams married her current husband, mediator and retired Los Angeles judge Charles "Skip" Rubin, in 1999.