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1 | She first met her husband, director Hugh Hudson for the leading role of Jane in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984), but she felt that he already had somebody else in mind for the role. (Andie MacDowell played Jane in the finished film.) She didn't connect with him until 15 years later when she met him at a dinner party. They became involved and married four years later in 2003. |
2 | She almost got married when she was 22 years old and later said that she was glad it didn't happen because she wasn't ready for marriage then. |
3 | Her maternal grandfather was a Czarist army general from the Republic of Georgia and her grandmother was from the wealthiest family in Georgia. When the Soviets took over in 1922, the French government invited them to emigrate. Penniless in Paris, her grandfather fell back on one of the delicacies of his native land and actually made yogurt in France for a living. He lived to be 96 years old. |
4 | Her father was descended from a Finnish family that moved to Holland when Finland was occupied by Sweden, and they eventually to England. He had contracted meningitis shortly before Maryam was born, and the disease destroyed his brain; it made him an invalid, and unable to speak, until he died 35 years later. |
5 | Though she is not French, French is her native language, since she grew up there. She has also acted on the French stage, and claimed that she is much quicker and extroverted in French since it is a Romance language. |
6 | Was rejected for the role of the Bond girl in A View to a Kill (1985) because she appeared too young. It went to Fiona Fullerton. |
7 | Director John Glen claims that she is one of his favorite actresses, since he cast her in three projects: The Living Daylights (1987), Space Precinct (1994) and The Point Men (2001). |
8 | Regretted her nude layout in "Playboy" magazine to promote the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987). She said that she really disliked the pictures, because they were so pedestrian. |
9 | Her mother headed the UNICEF greeting card operation in Europe. |
10 | In 1986, when she played the role of the Bond girl, she made sure that she didn't come across as a bimbo. Her passion for women's rights continued to 2011, when she joined a women's rights march that culminated at London's arts and culture complex, the Southbank Centre, hosting "Women of the World," a festival showcasing women's achievement. |
11 | She and her husband Hugh Hudson worked on a documentary about brain trauma, inspired by Maryam's 2006 real-life surgery from a brain aneurysm. |
12 | Almost died in 2006 from a brain hemorrhage during a workout. |
13 | Has an admitted phobia of explosions. |
14 | Nov. 2002 - Hosted Bond Girls Are Forever (2002) on the American Movie Classics network, showcasing the allure of "Bond Girls" from the James Bond series of films. In addition to sharing her own stories and experiences from The Living Daylights (1987), she interviewed such past and present Bond Girls as Halle Berry, Jill St. John, the first Bond Girl Ursula Andress, and Sophie Marceau. |
15 | Cousin of singer Mike d'Abo, and hence first cousin once removed of his daughter, Olivia d'Abo. |
16 | Georgian mother and Dutch father. Brought up in Paris and Geneva. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Finding Altamira | 2016 | | Elena |
The Masterful Hermit | 2016 | Short | Narrator |
X Company | 2015 | TV Series | Madame Sournis |
Tigers | 2014 | | Maggie |
13 Steps Down | 2012 | TV Series | Madame Odette |
Madame Ida | 2012 | Short | Romayne |
Dorian Gray | 2009 | | Gladys |
The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding | 2006 | Video | Queen Rosalind |
L'enfer | 2005 | | Julie |
Evil Remains | 2004 | | Linda Bryce |
San Antonio | 2004 | | Margaux |
Helen of Troy | 2003 | TV Mini-Series | Queen Hecuba |
Doctor Zhivago | 2002 | TV Mini-Series | Amalia Guishar |
The Point Men | 2001 | | Francie Koln |
Mowgli: The New Adventures of the Jungle Book | 1998 | TV Series | Elaine Bendel |
The Sea Change | 1998 | | Alison |
An American Affair | 1997 | | Geneveve |
So This Is Romance? | 1997 | | Sara II |
Timelock | 1996 | | Teegs |
Savage Hearts | 1995 | | Beatrice Baxter |
Space Precinct | 1995 | TV Series | Cambria Elon |
Solitaire for 2 | 1995 | | Caroline |
Stalked | 1994 | | Brooke Daniels |
The Browning Version | 1994 | | Diana |
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick | 1993 | Video | Zoe (segment "Another Woman's Lipstick") |
Tales from the Crypt | 1993 | TV Series | Greta Kreutzel |
Tomcat: Dangerous Desires | 1993 | | Jacki (as Maryam D'Abo) |
Tropical Heat | 1993 | | Beverly |
Shootfighter: Fight to the Death | 1993 | | Cheryl Walker |
Leon the Pig Farmer | 1992 | | Madeleine (as Maryam D'Abo) |
Murder, She Wrote | 1992 | TV Series | Barbara Calloway |
Double Obsession | 1992 | | Claire Burke |
Red Shoe Diaries | 1992 | TV Series | Zoe |
Immortal Sins | 1991 | | Susan |
Money | 1991 | | Sarah Walkins |
TECX | 1990 | TV Series | Lauren |
Chillers | 1990 | TV Series | Maggie |
Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less | 1990 | TV Movie | Anne Summerton |
Nightlife | 1989 | TV Movie | Angelique |
Something Is Out There | 1988-1989 | TV Series | Ta'Ra |
Something Is Out There | 1988 | TV Mini-Series | Ta'Ra |
Les idiots | 1987 | TV Movie | Marie |
The Living Daylights | 1987 | | Kara Milovy |
Laughter in the Dark | 1986 | | |
If Tomorrow Comes | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Solange |
Behind Enemy Lines | 1985 | TV Movie | Claudie DeBrille |
White Nights | 1985 | | French Girlfriend |
Now Voyager | 1985 | Video | Girlfriend of Main Character - 'Stay alone' |
Arthur the King | 1985 | TV Movie | 2nd Court Lady |
Until September | 1984 | | Nathalie |
Master of the Game | 1984 | TV Mini-Series | Dominique Masson |
Xtro | 1982 | | Analise Mercier |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Bond's Greatest Moments | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death | 2011 | Documentary | Herself |
The Girl with Liquid Eyes | 2009 | Short | Herself - Narrator (voice) |
The Daily Politics | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
Dalton and D'Abo Interviews | 2006 | Video short | Herself |
Silver Anniversary: The Living Daylights | 2006 | Video short | Herself |
Timothy Dalton: The New James Bond | 2006 | Video short | Herself |
David Walliams: My Life with James Bond 007 | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Film '72 | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
James Bond Casino | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
This Week | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
SexTV | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Terry and Gaby Show | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
RI:SE | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
This Morning | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Open House | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
E! True Hollywood Story | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Breakfast with Frost | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
Bond Girls Are Forever | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Host / narrator |
Inside 'The Living Daylights' | 2000 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The Word | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
The Pat Sajak Show | 1989 | TV Series | Herself |
Evening Magazine | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
Today | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |
James Bond: Licence to Thrill | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |