Nickname Cory Predecessor Carla Dunlap Siblings Cameo Kneuer | Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Name Corinna Everson | |
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Weight (In Season): 155-160 lbs.(Off-Season):160-165 lbs. Pro-debut IFBB North American, 1982 Best win Undefeated in professional competitionMs. Olympia six consecutive times, 1984-1989 Spouse Steve Donia (m. 1998), Jeff Everson (m. 1982–1996) Books Cory Everson's Workout Movies Double Impact, Natural Born Killers, Felony Similar People Rachel McLish, Lenda Murray, Sarah‑Jane Varley, Sheldon Lettich, Bolo Yeung Nationality American | ||
Cory Everson on Hercules
Corinna "Cory" Everson nee Kneuer (born January 4, 1958) is an American female bodybuilding champion and actress. Cory won the Ms. Olympia contest six years in a row from 1984 to 1989.
Contents
- Cory Everson on Hercules
- Education
- Personal life
- Bodybuilding career
- Contest history
- Awards and honors
- Film and television career
- Family
- Books authored
- References
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).
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.
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.
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.
Awards and honors
In January 1999, Everson was inducted into the IFBB Hall of Fame, as part of the inaugural group. 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.
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. In it she plays Kara, a bone-crushing assassin working the main villain and was known for sexual harassing Alonna Shaw. This involves a number of brutal fight scenes. she later in the movie 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 loses 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. Everson was the original host of the fitness show BodyShaping, which she also produced. She also hosted her own exercise show on ESPN, Cory Everson's Gotta Sweat, for seven years.
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.