Corinna Everson

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

Education

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

Early career

While attending the University of Wisconsin–Madison, she 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.

Bodybuilding career

Everson began to train seriously as a bodybuilder after her graduation, and made rapid progress. In the early years, she and her husband trained at Ernie's Gym on Sherman Avenue in Madison. She won the Ms. Olympia bodybuilding contest at her first participation and remained undefeated from 1984 to 1989 when she retired from competition.

1984 IFBB Ms. Olympia - 1st She was inducted into the Muscle Beach Venice Bodybuilding 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, and in 2008 she was inducted into the National Fitness Hall of Fame. In 2012, she was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.

Film and television career

After retiring from competition, Everson turned to acting with her first major movie appearance being Double Impact (1991) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme. She took a minor role in Natural Born Killers (1994). Then in Ballistic (1995), she reprised the evil musclewoman role, losing the final fight to Marjean Holden playing an undercover cop. Everson has made a number of guest appearances in television series, most notably playing Atalanta on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She appeared in two episodes of The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. with her sister, Cameo Kneuer. 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.

Film

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! Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

| 1986

| The Morning After

| Miss Olympia

| 1989

| The Girl from Outer Space

| Lab Guard #1

| 1991

| Double Impact

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

Strength Training for Beauty Volume 3 - Number 1Runner's World Magazine Company (1986)
Superflex: Ms. Olympia's Guide to Building a Strong & Sexy Body Contemporary Books (1987) with Jeff Everson
Back in Shape Houghton Mifflin Company (1991) with Stephen Hochschuler
Cory Everson's Workout Perigee Trade (1991) with Jeff Everson
Cory Everson's Fat-Free & Fit Perigee Trade (1994) with Carole Jacobs
Cory Everson's Lifebalance Perigee Trade (1998)

References

External links

Facebook Page
Ms Olympia 1986 online - Cory everson win
Cory Everson fitness filmography at Rotten Tomatoes

| colspan = 3 align = center | Ms. Olympia

| width = 30% align = center | Preceded by: Carla Dunlap

| width = 40% align = center | First (1984)

| width = 30% align = center | Succeeded by: Herself