Born 1945 as Maud Solveig Christina Wikström, Swedish actress and model Maud 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 modeling career took off.
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| Maud Adams in the late 1960s |
Adams is 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).
Adams also was the president of a cosmetics company called Scandinavian Biocosmetics. She 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.
Take a look at these stunning photos to see portraits of a young Maud Adams as a model in the late 1960s.
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| Maud Adams by John Chan for Beauty Editorial in Vogue US, September 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in a wide-wale cotton corduroy suit by David Kidd for Barberini, Harper's Bazaar, August 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in Charnos lingerie ad, Vogue, 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in coat of black silk cotton velvet with skirt, collar and cuffs of Empress Chinchilla by Emeric Partos for Bergdorf Goodman, photo by Charles/Michael Fitzpatrick, Harper's Bazaar, December 1967 |
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| Maud Adams in lightning flash turnout of mini-tunic and shorts by Strega, sandals by Mademoiselle, photo by Norman Parkinson, Vogue, July 1, 1967 |
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