Anna Kournikova
Real Name: Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova
Date of Birth: 7 June 1981
Place of birth: Moscow, USSR
Profession: Tennis Player/Commercial Actress
Anna Kournikova has become widely known for being an international tennis star, but has also made quite the name for herself in the entertainment world, especially after becoming one of the sports’ worlds’ most famous female sex symbols. Anna began her tennis career before the age of ten, and was taught the sport by her father. Anna was a quick learner and could already serve balls at speeds faster than one-hundred miles per hour, while she was still in her teens. Anna’s tennis prowess has led her to modest success as a middle-range player, but her stunning good looks have led to repeated commercial and music video roles, along with hints of romances with some of the stars. Her tennis career was short lived due to plaguing back problems, and she hung up her tennis shoes in 2004, having never won a major tennis tournament, a feat she was highly predicted to achieve.
Anna Kournikova is known for playing tennis, but is not recognized for being all that great of a tennis star. Her lack of superstardom in the physical field of the game has catapulted her into more entertainment-based, reality-type programs that focus on her charm and her good looks. One of the catapults that really launched Anna into the entertainment spotlight was her being featured in “People” magazine’s “50 Most Beautiful People” issue in 1998. Her appearance in the magazine can be credited for giving her entertainment career a decisive boost. Anna has appeared on various reality shows, many of which focus on her attractive features, and her sex appeal. Anna has stared in “A Date with Anna”, “Driven”, “She Got Game”, and has even had more business-based roles on Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice”, and the sport biopic show, “Beyond the Glory”. Anna has also used her status in the entertainment world to become an enthusiast for charitable causes, and was one of the leading celebrities trying to deal with the 2004 Tsunami, which killed over 100,000 people. She makes many appearances on men’s magazine “hottest women” lists, while attending many awards shows, and sometimes appearing as a presenter.
Interesting Facts
Anna has been rumored to have been romantically linked to Latino crooner, Enrique Iglesias. The rumors were especially fueled by her appearance in his video for the song, “Escape”. The video was not the typical music video, and many of the rumors started due to their onscreen chemistry, which seemed very evident due to the many kisses and simulated positions the video found them in.
Another romantic interaction finds Kournikova in the middle of two of the NHL’s rising stars, Pavil Bure’, and Sergei Federov. Both are considered to be great players in the game of hockey, but are also thought to have once feuded over the Russian beauty. Federov insists that he and Kournikova were married, only to be divorced, but Kournikova has never publicly mentioned the affair, which has never been confirmed
