She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role on The Young and the Restless in 2021.

[4] The day she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Adams won the role of Ottilie Schill in the original Broadway production of The Visit.

[5] She made her film debut, appearing opposite Natalie Wood in the period drama Splendor in the Grass (1961).

[3] Adams made guest appearances on The New Dick Van Dyke Show, Harry O, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Barnaby Jones.

[3][9] She played Ruth in the television film The Secret Night Caller (1975), co-starring with Robert Reed.

[4][2] In 1983, Adams briefly played the role of Myrna Clegg on the CBS soap opera Capitol.

[2] Adams then played Beth Logan on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful in December 1990.

[13] She appeared on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Dr. Claire McIntyre, first airing on February 3, 1999.

[22] In 2000, she played First Lady Matthews in the television film The President's Man, starring Chuck Norris and Dylan Neal.

[23][24][25] She reprised her role as Dina for three episodes on The Young and the Restless in 2008 when Katherine Chancellor was presumed dead.

[29][13] Adams won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series on June 25, 2021.

[30] Adams met her first husband, George Oates, at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

[2] Her son appeared in an episode of The Secret Storm, bringing her character, Belle Clemens, a red rose.