Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, Adair attended the University of Washington, where she earned a degree in advertising and marketing.
She worked as a copywriter, commercial producer and assistant promotion manager for radio stations in Seattle, Washington.
Her big break came in 1980 when she was cast as Jill Foster Abbott on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.
She worked with her husband on the primetime soap opera Melrose Place, in which she played the recurring role of advertising executive Lucy Cabot from 1992 to 1993.
[6] In total, Adair has appeared in seven projects produced by Aaron Spelling; Dynasty, Matt Houston, The Love Boat, Finder of Lost Loves, Hotel (in which she played four roles between 1984 and 1987), Melrose Place and the television movie Rich Men, Single Women (1990).