Given her complete lack of acting or drama experience, you may ask how this all came about. We like to think the Rotorua Daily Post had a cameo part to play.
Back in January 2014 we reported how Miss Adams was raising eyebrows in the traditionally male-dominated arena of speedway, as the only female driver in the F2 Midget class at Auckland's Western Springs and one of few female drivers at the speedway.
That story was noticed by Word Up's producers when they were looking for a motorsport driver for the driving episode.
They did a little more research, and Miss Adams, who also won her bout in last year's Rotovegas Charity Fight Night, then got a call. Unsurprisingly, it took some convincing before she realised it wasn't a joke.
Miss Adams said she was a bag of nerves before filming - "I am like a nobody on here with Oliver Driver" - but the "genuine and lovely" cast and crew soon put her at ease. And once filming began, she got caught up in the fun and spent the whole time laughing, she said. She is yet to decide where and with whom she will watch her TV debut.
"Part of me wants to get people together and laugh at me . . the other part is 'oh my god I don't want anyone to see it'."
And would she do more TV work if the opportunity arose?
"I just think back to how much fun it was . . . I would jump at the chance to do it again."
- Word Up screens on TV One on Thursdays at 9pm.
