Anna Anka
Encyclopedia
Anna Anka is a Swedish
-American
model
, actress and author
and was married to Canadian singer Paul Anka
. Anka is featured in the Swedish reality show Svenska Hollywoodfruar
(Swedish Hollywood Wives), .
, Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1993 after placing eighth in the international Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant .
Anka became a professional model and six years later she was hired as the personal trainer of musician Paul Anka
.
Anka made a brief appearance in the American film Dumb and Dumber, credited as Anna Åberg. She had two lines, both in Swedish: Hej allihopa ("Hi everyone") and Hej då ("Bye"). She has also played minor roles in the films The Specialist
and Drop Zone
. Anka has released a workout/training book called The 30-minute pregnancy workout book.
where she was one of three Swedish women who lives in Hollywood. The program, which was shown on Swedish TV3
, had the highest ratings ever, and set a new viewer-record for a program made by TV3.
.
Swedes
Swedes are a Scandinavian nation and ethnic group native to Sweden, mostly inhabiting Sweden and the other Nordic countries, with descendants living in a number of countries.-Etymology:...
-American
People of the United States
The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
, actress and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and was married to Canadian singer Paul Anka
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...
. Anka is featured in the Swedish reality show Svenska Hollywoodfruar
Svenska Hollywoodfruar
Svenska Hollywoodfruar is a Swedish documentary series following the lives of some Swedish women living a glamorous Hollywood lifestyle with their rich American husbands . The 2009 season of the series, which aired on TV3, consisted of five parts...
(Swedish Hollywood Wives), .
Early Life
Anka was born in Poland . Her mother died when she was very young. At the age of three Anka was adopted by a Swedish couple named Åberg living in BjuvBjuv
Bjuv is a locality and the seat of Bjuv Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 6,348 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
, Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1993 after placing eighth in the international Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant .
Anka became a professional model and six years later she was hired as the personal trainer of musician Paul Anka
Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka, is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and actor.Anka first became famous as a teen idol in the late 1950s and 1960s with hit songs like "Diana'", "Lonely Boy", and "Put Your Head on My Shoulder"...
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Career
In 2005 she had Anka's son Ethan. In 2008 they married and in 2010 they divorced .Anka made a brief appearance in the American film Dumb and Dumber, credited as Anna Åberg. She had two lines, both in Swedish: Hej allihopa ("Hi everyone") and Hej då ("Bye"). She has also played minor roles in the films The Specialist
The Specialist
The Specialist is a 1994 American action film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It is directed by Luis Llosa, produced by Jerry Weintraub, and written by Alexandra Seros...
and Drop Zone
Drop Zone (film)
Drop Zone is a 1994 action movie directed by John Badham. It stars Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey and Yancy Butler.-Plot:Aboard a commercial airliner, U.S...
. Anka has released a workout/training book called The 30-minute pregnancy workout book.
Svenska Hollywoodfruar
In 2009, Anka became known to a wider public in the reality show Svenska HollywoodfruarSvenska Hollywoodfruar
Svenska Hollywoodfruar is a Swedish documentary series following the lives of some Swedish women living a glamorous Hollywood lifestyle with their rich American husbands . The 2009 season of the series, which aired on TV3, consisted of five parts...
where she was one of three Swedish women who lives in Hollywood. The program, which was shown on Swedish TV3
TV3 (Sweden)
TV3 is a television channel targeted at a Swedish language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded on 31 December 1987 by entrepreneur Jan Stenbeck as joint Scandinavian channel, but Denmark and Norway soon got their own versions of TV3...
, had the highest ratings ever, and set a new viewer-record for a program made by TV3.
Newsmill article
On September 16, 2009, Anka was interviewed on Swedish news site, Newsmill, in an article called "Jag vill bli en förebild för svenska kvinnor" ("I want to be a role model for Swedish women"). The article described Swedish fathers as "tragic with their diaper changes and their equality" and Swedish women in general as shabby, petty, unintelligent and having lost touch with their natural femininity. A resounding appeal was made for the choice of a housewife lifestyle like Anka's own, and she affirmed her wish to become the role model that Sweden needed. In reality, as was soon found out and acknowledged by the publishers, the piece had been ghost-written by site editors after a phone talk with Anka in order to increase attention. The article received more than 100 000 hits, a first for Newsmill, and several responses, among others Nalin PekgulNalin Pekgul
Nalin Pekgul is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She was born in Batman, in Turkey. Between 1994-2002, Pekgül was a member of the Swedish parliament. She was now chairwoman of Social Democratic Women in Sweden 2003-2011....
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