Maud Solveig Christina Adams (née Wikström; born 12 February 1945),
is a Swedish actress, known for her roles as two different Bond girls,
first in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and then as the eponymous
character in Octopussy (1983), as well as making a brief uncredited
appearance in A View to a Kill (1985).Adams was born 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, a picture he submitted to the Miss
Sweden contest arranged by the magazine Allers; from there her
modeling career took off.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.
is a Swedish actress, known for her roles as two different Bond girls,
first in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and then as the eponymous
character in Octopussy (1983), as well as making a brief uncredited
appearance in A View to a Kill (1985).Adams was born 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, a picture he submitted to the Miss
Sweden contest arranged by the magazine Allers; from there her
modeling career took off.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.
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