She is best knowing for playing the roles of India von Halkein on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light (1984 to 1987, return appearances from 1990 to 2005) and Na'Toth on the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1994 to 1995).

[3] She attended Emerson College, where she was a sister of Sigma Pi Theta and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Within a year, she was cast as India Von Halkein, a jet-setting baroness, on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light.

[10] Adams joined the cast of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Neal Keller Alcott, first airing on December 7, 1992.

[12] From October to November 1993, she appeared on stage in the play How the Other Half Loves at New York's Theater at St. Peter's Church.

She also had a recurring role as Grilka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, appearing in episodes "The House of Quark" and "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places".