Corinna Everson

Corinna Everson
— Bodybuilder —
Personal info
Nickname Cory
Born (1958-01-04) January 4, 1958
Racine, Wisconsin, U.S.[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight (In Season): 155-160 lbs.
(Off-Season):160-165 lbs.
Professional career
Pro-debut IFBB North American, 1982
Best win Undefeated in professional competition
Ms. Olympia six consecutive times, 1984-1989
Predecessor Carla Dunlap
Successor Lenda Murray
Active Retired 1989

Corinna "Cory" Everson (née Kneuer) (born January 4, 1958)[2] is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. Cory won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989.[3]

Education

Corinna Kneuer was born in Racine, Wisconsin and attended high school in Deerfield, Illinois. Cory attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she was a multi-sport standout (gymnastics, track & field and badminton).[4]

Personal life

While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Cory met Jeff Everson, a competitive bodybuilder who worked there as a strength coach. They married in 1982. While they were married, the Eversons built a successful mail-order clothing business called Sampson and Delilah.[5]

Everson, who adopted a Russian child, is active with Nightlight Christian Adoptions, an adoption agency that brings orphans from Russia and Belarus to the US to stay with families looking to adopt a child.[6]

Bodybuilding career

Corinna Everson began to train seriously as a bodybuilder after her graduation, and made rapid progress. In the early years, she and Jeff trained at Ernie's Gym on Sherman Avenue in Madison.

Contest history

Everson is unique in having never lost a Ms. Olympia contest.[7]

Awards and honors

In January 1999, Everson was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame, as part of the inaugural group.[8] She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Body Building Hall of Fame on September 5, 2005.

At the 2007 Arnold Classic she became the first woman to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2008, Everson was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame.[9]

Film and television career

After retiring from competition, Everson began acting. Her first major movie appearance was in Double Impact (1991) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme.[10] In it she plays Kara, a bone-crushing assassin working for the main villain whose attempts at lesbian seduction are rebuffed by Alonna Shaw and which ultimately leads to her downfall.[11] This film involves a number of brutal fight scenes. Later in the movie her character is killed by the hero towards the end of the film. She took a minor role in Natural Born Killers (1994). Then in Ballistic (1995), (known in some countries as Fist of Justice) she reprised the evil musclewoman role with bravado. However she lost the final epic fight to Marjean Holden playing an undercover cop.

Everson has made a number of TV guest appearances, most notably playing Atalanta on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. In 1991 Everson appeared on To Tell The Truth Game Show. She appeared in two episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. with her sister, Cameo Kneuer.

Everson was the original host of the fitness show BodyShaping,[12] which she also produced. She also hosted her own exercise show on ESPN, Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat,[13] for seven years.

Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
1996 Felony Sondra
1995 Ballistic Claudia
1994 Natural Born Killers TV Mallory
1991 Double Impact[10] Kara
1986 The Morning After Miss Olympia

Television work

Year Title Role Notes
2005 Charmed Hulk Paige Episode: "Hulkus Pocus"
1998 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Atalanta Episode: "If I Had a Hammer"
1997 Home Improvement Herself Episode: "Pump You Up"
1996 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Atalanta Episode: "Let the Games Begin"
Goode Behavior Episode: "Goode Sport"
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures Mara Episodes: "Tarzan's Return: Part 1" and "Part 2"
Strange Luck Physik Receptionist Episode: "Wrong Number"
1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Atalanta Episode: "Ares"
1994 Renegade Aurora Episode: "Muscle Beach"
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Amazon Woman #1 Episode: "Wall of Sound"
1993 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. Katrina Schwenke Episodes: "No Man's Land" and "Steel Horses"

Family

Cory and Jeff Everson divorced in 1996; however, she kept 'Everson' as her stage name. She married Dr. Steve Donia, a cosmetic dentist, in 1998; they have two children that they adopted from Russia. Everson's sister, Cameo Kneuer, is a two-time Ms. National Fitness champion and a mainstay of the TV game series Knights and Warriors.

Books authored

References

  1. ↑ "The Cory Story".
  2. ↑ "Iron Man Magazine".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ravo, Nick (December 2, 1992). "WORKING OUT WITH: Lenda Murray; Wonder Woman In the Flesh". New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Bodies are her business". Minneapolis Star Tribune. July 31, 1988. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Herman, Valli (March 20, 1991). "Lines muscling in on fitness fashion". LA Daily News. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  6. ↑ Stiefel, Steve (December 2002). "Cory's kids". Flex. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Cory Everson bio". International Federation of Body Building. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Hall of fame inductees for 1999". International Federation of Body Building and Fitness. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  9. ↑ Skrabacz, Ron (April 18, 2008). "National Fitness Hall of Fame introduces Class of 2008". Daily Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  10. 1 2 Harrington, Richard (August 12, 1991). "Double Impact". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  11. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (Aug 23, 1991). "Double Impact". Entertainment Weekly. pp. Issue #80. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  12. ↑ Rushin, Steve (July 17, 1989). "Are You Sweating Yet?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  13. ↑ Stevens, Liz (April 16, 1998). "The newest aerobic trend is a real kick". Ft. Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

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