Anya Van Der Polk

## Anastasia Gudrun "Anya" Van Der Polk

### Aliases

Beautiful; Dear; Favorite Granddaughter; Heroine; Miss Anya; Miss Smartypants; Miss Van Der Polk; Princess; Teacher's Pet; Edelweiss

### Relatives

Maria Van Der Polk (Older Sister); Tatiana Van Der Polk (Older Sister); Alexei Van Der Polk (Little Brother); Olga Van Der Polk (Little Sister); Nicholas Van Der Polk (Father); Alexandra Steinbrenner-Van Der Polk (Mother); Marie Daryovetsky-Van Der Polk (Grandmother); Ryker Sampson (Boyfriend, then Husband)

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Stockholm, Sweden

Anya Van Der Polk is the supporting protagonist of "Donkey Kong Country Escapades," an ally to Team DK, and Ryker’s love interest.

## Voices

* Ayaka Fukuhara (Japanese; Teenager)
* Riko Hanamura (Japanese; Adult)
* Mae Whitman (English; Teenager)
* Moira Kelly (English; Adult)
* Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish; Teenager)
* María Fernanda Morales (Latin American Spanish; Adult)
* Laura Pastor (Castilian Spanish; Teenager)
* Marta Barbará (Castilian Spanish; Adult)
* Eva Lluch (Catalan; Teenager)
* Marta Barbará (Catalan; Adult)
* Kelly Marot (French; Teenager)
* Sybille Tureau (French; Adult)
* Rosemarie Houde (Canadian French; Teenager)
* Hélène Mondoux (Canadian French; Adult)
* Adak Azdasht (German; Teenager)
* Alexandra Wilcke (German; Adult)
* Veronica Puccio (Italian; Teenager)
* Maura Cenciarelli (Italian; Adult)
* Bárbara Oliveira (Portuguese; Teenager)
* Cláudia Cadima (Portuguese; Adult)
* Flávia Saddy (Brazilian Portuguese; Teenager)
* Carla Pompílio (Brazilian Portuguese; Adult)
* Xǔ Shū-Pín (Mandarin (Taiwan) Chinese; Teenager; As Maggie Hsu)
* Lín Fāng-Xuě (Mandarin (Taiwan) Chinese; Adult)
* Wú Xiǎo-Lěi (Mandarin (Mainland) Chinese; Teenager)
* Wáng Lì-Huà (Mandarin (Mainland) Chinese; Adult)
* Wong Saan-Ji (Cantonese Chinese; Teenager; As Kandy Wong)
* Zoeng Pui-Dak (Cantonese Chinese; Adult)
* Lee Seon-Yeong (Korean; Teenager)
* Seo Hye-jeong (Korean; Adult)
* Emily Holst White (Danish; Teenager)
* Pernille Højgaard (Danish; Adult)
* Kirsten Fennis (Dutch; Teenager)
* Ryan van den Akker (Dutch; Adult)
* Cecilia Olin (Swedish; Teenager)
* Kayo Shekoni (Swedish; Adult)
* Karen Halldórsdóttir (Icelandic; Teenager)
* Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir (Icelandic; Adult)
* Benedikte Kruse (Norwegian; Teenager)
* Anne Aartun (Norwegian; Adult)
* Bismillah Nana (Thai; Teenager)
* Chanjira Nimpitakpong (Thai; Adult)
* Ol’ga Vecherik (Russian; Teenager; As Olga Vecherik)
* Tat'yana Mikhalevkina (Russian; Adult; As Tatyana Mikhalevkina)
* Zuzanna Galia (Polish; Teenager)
* Krystyna Tyszkiewicz (Polish; Adult)
* Kukka Roine (Finnish; Teenager)
* Annimaria Rinne (Finnish; Adult)
* Zsanett Czető (Hungarian; Teenager)
* Ágnes Bertalan (Hungarian; Adult)
* Antiyóni Frangoúli (Greek; Teenager)
* Alexándra Pavlídou (Greek; Adult)
* Einat Aronstein (Hebrew; Teenager)
* Sarit Vinou-Elad (Hebrew; Adult)
* Noura Said (Arabic; Teenager)
* Amany Shawqy (Arabic; Adult)

## Descriptions

Anya is a 13 year old girl with dark red velvet-colored hair tied in pigtails, amber eyes, and wearing a pink head bandana with gold flower designs on it, cyan short-sleeved shirt with poofy sleeves, a blue lederhosen-like dress, cream-colored socks, and black clog-styled slippers.

At age 25, Anya wears a cyan long-sleeved button-up shirt, a blue sleeveless maxi dress, a cream colored apron around her waist, and black ballet slippers, but retains her dark red velvet-colored hair and amber eyes; Plus, she doesn't wear the head bandana anymore.

Her expedition outfit is a blue long-sleeved safari shirt with the sleeves rolled up over a cyan cropped tanktop, a pink neckerchief, a blue safari hat with a cyan band in place of her head bandana, a gold yellow fannypack-like pouch around her hips, blue safari shorts, cream-colored socks, and black cargo boots.

During the summer season, she wears a cyan cropped tanktop with gold flower designs on the straps, blue mini shorts, and black flip-flop sandals with pale pink shell designs, along with her pink head bandana with the gold flower designs.

During the fall season, her outerwear is a blue long-sleeved, knee-length dress coat, along with her pink head bandana with the gold flower designs.

In both fall and winter, her outfit is a cyan long-sleeved fleece pullover, a blue sleeveless dress, and baby blue pants, along with her pink head bandana with the gold flower designs, cream colored socks, and black clog-styled slippers.

Her winter outerwear is a pink snow hat with a gold yellow pom-pom, a blue long-sleeved coat, dark blue snow pants, cyan mittens, a cyan scarf, and black boots.

When going out in the rain, she wears a cyan long-sleeved raincoat, a cyan rain hat, and cyan boots.

At night, she wears a cyan short-sleeved nightgown with poofy sleeves in both the spring and the summer.

Her pajamas are a blue long-sleeved flannel pajama jacket with buttons and blue long flannel pajama pants, and sometimes wears blue slippers in both the fall and the winter.

Her party outfit is a blue short-sleeved party dress with poofy sleeves, a cyan satin sash tied in a ribbon around her waist, clear baby blue stockings, frilly blue gloves, and a blue sunhat with an assortment of flowers in it, and sometimes carries a blue silk purse.

At a royal ball, she wears a cyan strapless ballroom dress, cyan shoes, cyan arm gloves, and a cyan beaded necklace.

When going swimming, she wears a cyan two piece bikini.

When going to church, she wears a baby blue sleeveless dress with a white Peter Pan collar, a baby blue headband with a bow centered on top, short white socks with frilly rims, and black ballet slippers.

Her Halloween costume is a Pippi Longstocking costume that consists two yellow hair ties in her hair, a blue sleeveless short dress with a yellow patch on the left, a rose colored long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up, purple minishorts, a yellow and rose colored striped long sock on her right foot, a purple long sock on her left foot, and teal green shoes.

## Relationships

**Maria Van Der Polk**

Maria is Anya's older sister.

**Tatiana Van Der Polk**

Tatiana is Anya's other older sister.

**Olga Van Der Polk**

Olga is Anya's other little sister.

**Alexei Van Der Polk**

Alexei is Anya's little brother.

**Nicholas Van Der Polk**

Nicholas is Anya's father.

**Alexandra Steinbrenner-Van Der Polk**

Alexandra is Anya's mother.

**Marie Daryovetsky-Van Der Polk**

Marie is Anya's grandmother.

**Ryker Sampson**

Ryker is Anya's boyfriend (Later, husband).

## Episode Appearances

Season 1

## Christmas Specials

* Donkey Kong Country Escapades: A Christmas Special

## Movies

* Donkey Kong Country Escapades: The Movie

## Trivia

* Anya's name is based on Anastasia Romanov from Don Bluth's 1997 film "Anastasia."
* Speaking of that, her full name is Anastasia Gudrun Van Der Polk.
* Like Simon and Ryker, Anya is in junior high and in 8th grade.
* In Seasons 1-3, Anya starts out as a teenager. Yet, in Season 3’s last episode, Season 4’s first episode and the very beginning and very end of the movie, she is an adult, while in the rest of Season 4 and the movie, she is a teenager.
* She likes all school subjects, and is, therefore, the smartest student in school.
* She is the only polite human ally in Team DK.
* Unlike her friends, Anya gets along with her family very well.