Stunning Swedish born ex-model who broke into film in 1970, and quickly appeared in several high profile films including playing the ex-wife of James Caan in the futuristic Rollerball (1975) and the ill-fated lover of super-assassin Francisco Scaramanga played by Christopher Lee in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). To date, the beautiful Maud Adams has appeared in three James Bond films... the other two performances were as one of the lead villains in Octopussy (1983) and as an extra in A View to a Kill (1985). She has appeared in numerous television specials on the Bond series of films, and also played the love interest of crazy Bruce Dern in Tattoo (1981). In the late 1990s, Adams had a regular role on a Swedish soap opera; however, she has not been seen on cinema screens since late 1996.

七十年代她以扮演妖妇著称，她曾在第四部007影片《铁金刚大战金枪客》（1974）007第13集《八爪女》（1983）里扮演重要角色。她演出的其他影片还有：《克里斯琴的甘草店》（1971）、《蓝衣姑娘》（1974）等。

亚当斯的第一次婚姻，是从1966年至1975年，摄影师罗伊亚当斯，最后以离婚收场。然后，在1999年她曾与演员雷德史密斯和整形外科医生史蒂芬ZAX有过关系，她嫁给了她现在的丈夫，私人调解员和退休法官，查尔斯鲁宾。她一直没有孩子。