# Kristina Wayborn
**Kristina Wayborn** (born Britt-Inger Johansson; 1950, Nybro, Kalmar län, Sweden) is a Swedish actress and model best known for playing Magda in the [James Bond](https://www.edgepedia.org/james-bond) film *Octopussy* (1983) opposite [Roger Moore](https://www.edgepedia.org/roger-moore).[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) • [2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kristina-wayborn/) Most of her career was spent in American television, with guest roles in series such as *The Love Boat*, *MacGyver*, *Dallas*, and *Baywatch*.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birth name and date | Britt-Inger Johansson, born 1950 in Nybro, Kalmar län, Sweden[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) |
| Pageant titles | Miss Sweden and Miss Scandinavia in 1970; Miss Universe semifinalist the same year[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) |
| Signature role | Magda in *Octopussy* (1983), with Roger Moore as James Bond[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kristina-wayborn/) |
| Earlier breakthrough | Greta Garbo in the NBC television film *The Silent Lovers* (1980)[2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kristina-wayborn/) |
| Stunt work | Performed most of her own stunt scenes in *Octopussy*, breaking several toes in the process[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) |
| Television career | Guest appearances in *The Love Boat*, *Airwolf*, *MacGyver*, *Dallas*, *Baywatch*, *Designing Women*, *General Hospital*, and *That '70s Show*[3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kristina-wayborn/credits/3000592502/) |
| Later life | Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017; reported cancer-free in 2021[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462) |
## Early life and pageants
Wayborn was born in Nybro and grew up on the family farm on the island of Öland; her parents were Algot Henry Johansson (1925–2015) and Elsie Ingeborg Johanna Elofsson (1924–2015).[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) • [4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462) She has said that as a child she already intended to move to the United States.[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462)
The sources disagree on the year she won the Miss Sweden (Fröken Sverige) title: the Swedish genealogy publication Rötter, the James Bond 007 Museum in Nybro, and her official representative's page all place the win in 1970, together with the Miss Scandinavia title and a [Miss Universe](https://www.edgepedia.org/miss-universe) semifinal placement the same year,[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) • [5](https://bondmuseum.se/Wayborn_Kristina.htm) • [6](https://andersfrejdh.com/index.php/kristina-wayborn/) while the magazine Femina states she won in 1968 and then represented Sweden at Miss Universe.[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462) After the pageants she moved to the United States for a modeling career and adopted the name Kristina Wayborn.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn)
## Screen career
Her first recorded screen credit is the 1976 television film *Victory at Entebbe*, in which she played Claudine alongside [Kirk Douglas](https://www.edgepedia.org/kirk-douglas) and [Richard Dreyfuss](https://www.edgepedia.org/richard-dreyfuss).[7](https://filmbladet.se/personer/kristina-wayborn) • [5](https://bondmuseum.se/Wayborn_Kristina.htm) After a few small television roles she was cast as [Greta Garbo](https://www.edgepedia.org/greta-garbo) in *The Silent Lovers* (1980), a performance that drew the attention of the producers behind the James Bond films.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) According to the Bond museum's biography, producer Albert R. "Cubby" Broccoli remembered her portrayal of Garbo when casting *Octopussy* and invited her to play Magda.[5](https://bondmuseum.se/Wayborn_Kristina.htm)
**Octopussy.** In the 1983 film, directed by John Glen, Wayborn played Magda, an associate of the villain [Kamal Khan](https://www.edgepedia.org/kamal-khan) who is later revealed to be part of Octopussy's traveling circus and helps lead the attack on Khan's palace in the finale.[5](https://bondmuseum.se/Wayborn_Kristina.htm) She appeared alongside two other Swedish actresses, Maud Adams and Mary Stavin.[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462) Wayborn performed most of her own stunt scenes, which cost her several broken toes; she also described landing punches on a stuntman during a fight scene that sent him to the sick bay.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) • [5](https://bondmuseum.se/Wayborn_Kristina.htm)
**Television work.** Most of her career was spent in American television series, with single-episode appearances in *Baywatch*, *MacGyver*, *Dallas*, *The Love Boat*, and other shows.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) Her credits also include *Airwolf* (1984), *Hostage Flight* (1985), *Designing Women*, *General Hospital*, and *That '70s Show*.[3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kristina-wayborn/credits/3000592502/) • [2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kristina-wayborn/) In the late 1990s she appeared in the Swedish television soap opera *Vänner och fiender*.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) Later film work included *Little Ghost* (1997), *Forbidden Warrior* (2005), and *The Frankenstein Syndrome* (2010, also released as *The Prometheus Project*).[7](https://filmbladet.se/personer/kristina-wayborn) • [2](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kristina-wayborn/) For *Warning: No Trespassing* (2018), in which she played Krissy the club owner, she received a Best Actress award in the Modern Day Feature Western category at the 2021 Wild Bunch Film Festival.[6](https://andersfrejdh.com/index.php/kristina-wayborn/)
## Life after acting
Wayborn largely withdrew from acting around 2000, which Rötter connects with her husband's death.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) Femina gives a different chronology: it states that she married an American man with whom she ran a horse ranch in Los Angeles, that the couple moved to Arizona when he was given a prognosis of at most eight months to live, and that he died in 2008 after they had five years together.[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462)
In her years away from the screen she bought and sold land and real estate and competed as a rodeo rider and tennis player.[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462) In 2017 she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and during her illness she underwent an eight-hour heart operation in which her heart stopped five times; in 2021 she reported being cancer-free.[4](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462) She has continued to appear at premieres of new James Bond films and at anniversary events, including a 2013 *Octopussy* screening and question-and-answer session with Maud Adams at the Alex Theatre in [Glendale, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/glendale-california), marking the series' 50th anniversary.[1](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn) • [8](https://jamesbond007.se/eng/event/kristina_wayborn_och_maud_adams_i_usa)
## References
1. [Veckans svenskamerikan – Kristina Wayborn, Rötter (Sveriges Släktforskarförbund)](https://www.rotter.se/faktabanken/rotterarkivet/veckans-svenskamerikan/2312-veckans-svenskamerikan-kristina-wayborn)
2. [Kristina Wayborn – Actress, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kristina-wayborn/)
3. [Kristina Wayborn List of Movies and TV Shows, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kristina-wayborn/credits/3000592502/)
4. [Kristina Wayborn lämnade rampljuset efter Bond-succén – så lever hon, Femina (2022)](https://www.femina.se/nostalgi/kristina-wayborn-lamnade-rampljuset-efter-bond-succen-sa-lever-hon/8915462)
5. [Kristina Wayborn, James Bond 007 Museum, Nybro](https://bondmuseum.se/Wayborn_Kristina.htm)
6. [Kristina Wayborn, Anders Frejdh (official representation page)](https://andersfrejdh.com/index.php/kristina-wayborn/)
7. [Kristina Wayborn, Filmbladet](https://filmbladet.se/personer/kristina-wayborn)
8. [Kristina Wayborn and Maud Adams attend event in Los Angeles, jamesbond007.se (2013)](https://jamesbond007.se/eng/event/kristina_wayborn_och_maud_adams_i_usa)
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