An experienced field agent, Anna is an extremely dangerous combatant, familiar with a wide range of weaponry, and capable of using them ruthlessly. She later underwent a procedure that altered her genetic structure to make her identical to Sydney Bristow, even altering her voice.

History

Born in Cuba, Anna was recruited by K-Directorate, a freelance intelligence agency, based in Russia, composed of former Eastern bloc operatives, becoming one of their most ruthless and capable agents. She also became a devout follower of Rambaldi, having his symbol tattooed on her hand.

In her activities she came into conflict with American agent Sydney Bristow, often pursuing Rambaldi artefacts, and the two developed a mutual enmity. Their encounters proved them to be fairly equal, with Anna’s ruthlessness giving her a slight edge, but they were still fairly even on who won any particular fight.

Their last encounter in this period occurred when Dixon and Sydney were at an isolated South American location, with Dixon guarding the entrance to a cavern containing a Rambaldi artefact, while Sydney was inside retrieving it. Anna shot Dixon, leaving him for dead, and fought Sydney in the cavern. The fight ended with Anna escaping with the artefact, which Sydney had already destroyed, after sending Sydney plunging down a long drop.

Soon after, K-Directorate was destroyed by The Man’s organization, and Anna faked her death, going freelance.

Her next known activity was years later, when she’s working for the Cadmus Revolutionary Front, stealing a chemical bomb for them. She betrays them, killing their leader when she’s retrieved it. Sydney turns up trying to retrieve the bomb, with paroled Julian Sark as her grudging accomplice. She leaves him handcuffed while chasing Anna, but Anna manages to lose her, freeing Sark, and taking him with her. They agree to work together, and Sark uses his connections to find a buyer for the bomb. Sydney and Vaughn track them to the meet, and attack. Nearly getting away, Anna is betrayed by Sark, who traps her for Sydney, allowing him to get away. Anna is taken into federal custody.

Approached in jail by Prophet Five operative, Kelly Peyton, Anna is offered release if she’ll work for them. She agrees, and is dispatched to kidnap Sydney’s friend, Will Tippin, who’s in witness protection. They allow him to be easily rescued after implanting him with a bomb, forcing Sydney to deal with them. They draw Sydney onto a specially outfitted train, where they gain the ransom, and trap Sydney in a carriage that swamps her in an unidentified fluid. Sydney escapes, but Anna gets away with the artefact and the collected fluid.

Prophet Five use the fluid to create a bath that Anna willingly enters, in a painful procedure which transforms her into an identical duplicate of Sydney Bristow, down to a genetic level, thereby making her identical to the being described in some of Rambaldi’s prophecies.

APO, whom Sydney works for at this time, set a trap for Anna, but she gets away unseen, using her new appearance to get close enough to freelance operative Renee Rienne to kill her.

Intercepting APO transmissions, Prophet Five learn that Sydney is heading to Bhutan to meet with an important contact. They dispatch Anna, who intercepts Sydney, leaving her for dead, while she goes to meet the supposedly dead Michael Vaughn. She pretends to be Sydney and together they leave to follow a lead, which takes them to Berlin. Finding what she wants she pulls a gun on him, only to find he knew she wasn’t really Sydney, and had unloaded it. They fight, and she gains the upper hand, getting a loaded gun. As she prepares to shoot him, she is herself shot from behind by Sydney, who had survived their previous encounter, and caught up with them.

Personality

Aggressive and ruthless, Anna has a quick temper, and carries grudges for a long time. She can be professional, and control her anger, but only does so when it’s necessary, and is otherwise fairly violent. She enjoys mocking her enemies when she has the upper hand. She apparently has a level of devotion to Rambaldi’s works, but it has never been revealed quite how fanatical she is about them.