- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAnna Maria Kanakis
- Height1.73 m
- Anna Maria Kanakis was born on February 1, 1962 in Messina, Sicily, Italy. The daughter of a Greek father and a Sicilian mother, Kanakis was an avid reader while growing up. Anna was elected Miss Volcano at age fifteen after she was discovered going wild on a dance floor in Volcano Island where she was on holiday with her mother and sister. Kanakis went on to be crowned Miss Italy for the year 1977 a few weeks later. Anna subsequently worked as a catwalk model for various famous Italian stylists prior to eventually embarking on an acting career that started in the early 1980's and continued up until 2007.- IMDb mini biography by: woodyanders
- SpousesMarco Merati Foscarini(2004 - November 20, 2023) (her death)Claudio Simonetti(1981 - 1984) (divorced)
- Disqualified at Miss World 1977 when discovered to be only 15 years old.
- Her mother is Sicilian and her father is Greek.
- Miss Italia 1977.
- Had a stint as national leader of Culture and Entertainment in the Democratic Union for the Republic.
- Wrote "You're So Mine When You Sleep".
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