Maud Adams (born in Luleå, Sweden February 12, 1945, as Maud Solveig Christina Wikström), is an actress and supermodel, most known for her roles in two James Bond movies. LuleÃ¥ Municipality (  listen, ) is a Swedish municipality in northern Sweden where the city LuleÃ¥ is seat with a population of about 45,000. ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A supermodel is a highly paid fashion model in an elite group with a worldwide reputation. ... ...

In 1963, she was discovered in a shop by a photographer who asked to take her picture, a picture he submitted to a model contest arranged by the magazine Allers. Adams won this contest and from there her modelling career took off. She moved to Paris and later to New York City to work for Eileen Ford, at this time she was one of the highest paid and most exposed models in the world. Her acting career started when she was asked to star in the 1970 movie The Boys In The Band, in which she played a model. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, and the most densely populated major city in North America. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Boys in the Band is a 1970 film directed by William Friedkin. ...

Adams is most famous for playing in two James Bond movies, as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and as the title character in Octopussy. She also had a cameo appearance in A View to a Kill. Something Adams enjoyed about working with Bond movies was that she had a Swedish co-star on both films. Kristina Wayborn as Magda in Octopussy and Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man With The Golden Gun. ... Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder, the first Bond girl. ... 2004 Penguin Books paperback edition The Man with the Golden Gun is the thirteenth and final James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming and published posthumously in the United Kingdom and the United States by Glidrose Productions, in 1965. ... Octopussy is a short story by Ian Fleming and the title of the thirteenth James Bond film made by EON Productions, as well as a character in the film. ... Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from Taxi Driver, the first scene in which Cybill Shepherd appears. ... A View to a Kill, released in 1985, is the fourteenth entry in the James Bond series of films made by EON Productions, and the last to star Roger Moore as British Secret Service Agent, Commander James Bond. ... Britt Ekland Britt Ekland (born October 6, Swedish actress, born in Stockholm. ... The following is a list of allies found throughout the James Bond film and novel series. ...

Adams has not starred in any movies since 1996. She hosted the Swedish TV show Kafé Luleå in 1994 and played a guest role in the Swedish soap opera Vita lögner in 1998. In the 1970s, she guest starred in such American TV series as Hawaii Five-O and Kojak. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... soap operas are boring Soap Opera redirects here. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... (?) Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ... Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak Kojak was a US detective TV series which ran between 1973 and 1978 on CBS, starring Telly Savalas as bald New York City policeman Lt. ...

External links

• Official site
• Maud Adams at the Internet Movie Database

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