Anna Anka

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Anna Anka
Born	(1971-04-28) April 28, 1971 (age 41) Poland
Occupation	Actress, author, model
Known for	Svenska Hollywoodfruar and Anna Anka söker assistant

Anna Anka (born April 28, 1971) 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),.^[1]

Early life

Anka was born in Poland.^[2] Her mother died when she was very young. At the age of three Anka was adopted by a Swedish couple named Åberg living in Bjuv, Sweden. She moved to the United States in 1993 after placing eighth in the international Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant.^[3]

Anka became a professional model^{[citation needed]} and six years later she was hired as the personal trainer of musician Paul Anka.^[4]

Career

In 2005 she had Anka's son Ethan. In 2008 they married and in 2010 they divorced.^[5]

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").^[6] She has also played minor roles in the films The Specialist and Drop Zone.^[7] Anka has released a workout/training book called The 30-minute pregnancy workout book.^[6]

Svenska Hollywoodfruar

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In 2009, Anka became known to a wider public in the reality show Svenska Hollywoodfruar 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,^[8] and set a new viewer-record for a program made by TV3.^[9]

Newsmill article

On September 16, 2009, Anka was interviewed on Swedish news site, Newsmill,^[10] in an article called "Jag vill bli en förebild för svenska kvinnor" ("I want to be a role model for Swedish women").^[11] 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,^[12] 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,^[10] and several responses, among others Nalin Pekgul.^[13]

References

External links

• Anna Anka at the Internet Movie Database