Maxine Bahns was born in 1971 in Vermont, the daughter of a German-American father and a Chinese-Brazilian mother. Maxine left home at 16 and traveled to Barcelona, Valencia, Paris and Rome. Returning to New York, she attended NYU where she majored in Latin and Greek language and literature, also attending acting classes at Three Arts Studios. During this time she auditioned for Ed Burns' The Brothers McMullen and was cast as the female lead opposite Ed Burns. Over the next few years, she has appeared in various low budget independent films such as She's the One, _Dangerous Curves (1998)_ (qv_, _Cutaway (2000)_ , Vice and Spin Cycle.

On moving to Los Angeles, Maxine became involved in triathlons, and in 2001 she competed in the Hawaii Ironman Championships. She has also competed in numerous other triathlons such as the Wildflower 1/2 Ironman and the Keauhou 1/2 Ironman. She has appeared on the covers of Runner's World, Triathlete Magazine, and Fit magazine.
She has a Bachelor's degree from NYU in Classics and an M.A. in French-Middlebury College Dated Edward Burns She is a Triathlete She speaks fluent French She lives in Los Angeles Completed 'Ironman Hawaii' in October 2001 Sister, Brandy de St Phalle Broke off her engagement to model/actor Jason Lewis (Sex in the City) in 2001 Maxine was with the Elite Modeling agency Her father is American and her mom is from Hong Kong Graced the covers of Health Magazine, Runner's World, British Maxim, Triathlete, Fit and FHM Bionic Appeared in American Vogue, Italian Vogue, French Vogue, Glamour, FHM, Self, Maxim and Sports Illustrated for Women Studies with Ivana Chubbuck