Mary Kay Adams (born September 12, 1962) is an American actress known for her roles in television. In a career that spanned from the mid-1980s to 2000, she had several roles on daytime television. Her most high profile role was as jet-setting India von Halkein on ''

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''. She also played Na'Toth in the second season of the

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series ''

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''. Adams grew up in

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and graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1979. She attended

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts. It also maintains campuses in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a ...

, where she was a sister of Sigma Pi Theta and graduated with a

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. Other appearances include '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as Grilka, in the episodes "

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" and "

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". Theatrical credits include a seven-month run in the play '' Tamara'' and later appeared in the off-Broadway production ''Program for Murder''.

Filmography

Films

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'' (1984) (uncredited) *'' See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' (1989) ... Dr. Bennett *'' Born Yesterday'' (1993) ... Girl (uncredited) *'' Satan's Little Helper'' (2004) ... Fran

Television

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'' (1984–1987, 1990, 1998–1999, 2002, 2004, 2005) ... India von Halkein *''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and ...

'' (2003) ... Mrs. Lacey *''Disney Presents The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage'' (1991) ... Marla Lance *''

Jake and the Fatman ''Jake and the Fatman'' is an American crime drama television series starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. (Jason Lochinvar) "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from Septemb ...

'' (1992) *''

As the World Turns ''As the World Turns'' (often abbreviated as ''ATWT'') is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS for 54 years from April 2, 1956, to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created ''As the World Turns'' as a sister show to her other soa ...

'' (1992–1993) ... Neal Keller Alcott *'' One Life to Live'' (1992) ... Death *''

'' (1994–1995) ... Na'Toth *''

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'' (1995) ... Mildred *''Fast Company'' (1995) *'' The John Larroquette Show'' (1996) ... Bunny Abelson *''

Dark Skies ''Dark Skies'' is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that debuted on NBC on September 21, 1996, and ended on May 31, 1997, and was later rerun by the Sci-Fi Channel; 18 episodes and a two-hour pilot episode were br ...

'' (1996) ... Alicia Bainbridge *'' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1994, 1996) ... Grilka *''

Everybody Loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American sitcom television series created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch a ...

'' (1997) ... Dr. Nora *'' Diagnosis: Murder'' (1997) ... Vanessa Sinclair *''

Third Watch ''Third Watch'' is an American crime drama television series created by John Wells and Edward Allen Bernero that aired on NBC from September 26, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of 132 episodes spanning over six seasons. It was produced b ...

'' (1999) *''

Law & Order ''Law & Order'' is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment, launching the '' Law & Order'' franchise. ''Law & Order'' aired its entire run on NBC, premiering o ...

'' (2000) ... Nancy Alvarez

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