Pamela Anderson

Actress

About

A pop cul­ture icon, Pamela Ander­son has com­bined her career as an actress withpas­sion­ate com­mit­ment to phil­an­thropy and advo­ca­cy, leav­ing a last­ing mark on the cul­tur­al imagination.

Born in Lady­smith, Cana­da, Pamela Anderson’s film and tele­vi­sion career began with her role on ABC’s hit series Home Improve­ment. She then joined Bay­watch, which became the most-watched series in the world, with over 1.1 bil­lion view­ers week­ly. Among oth­er projects, she starred in the film Barb Wire (1996) direct­ed by David Hogan and the tele­vi­sion series V.I.P., which she co-cre­at­ed with J.F. Law­ton. She made her Broad­way debut in 2022 as Roxy Hart in the musi­cal Chica­go that served as a moment of

rein­ven­tion and a new direc­tion in her career. She recent­ly com­plet­ed a run in the pres­ti­gious Williamstown The­atre Festival’s pro­duc­tion of Camino Real, direct­ed by Dustin Wills.In 2023, she released her New York Times best­selling mem­oir Love, Pamela and starred in the Emmy-nom­i­nat­ed Net­flix doc­u­men­tary Pamela, A Love Sto­ry by Ryan White both of which gave an inti­mate glimpse into her jour­ney. She also released her first cook­book, I Love You: Recipes from the Heart and a docuseries Pamela’s Cook­ing with Love where she cooks with some of the world’s top chefs. She also works with her sons on Son­sie Skin­care, a veg­an and cru­el­ty-free beau­ty brand that cel­e­brates bal­anced living.

In 2024, she starred in the Gia Cop­po­la-direct­ed The Last Show­girl, for which she had been nom­i­nat­ed in the Lead Actress cat­e­go­ry for Gold­en Globe, SAG and Gotham Awards. The fea­ture pre­miered at the Toron­to Film Fes­ti­val, then screened at the San Sebas­t­ian Film Fes­ti­val, where it won the Spe­cial Jury Award.Pamela Ander­son cur­rent­ly appears on the big screen in a star­ring role oppo­site Liam Nee­son in Aki­va Schaffer’s crime com­e­dy Naked Gun. Upcom­ing projects include Karim Aïnouz’s Rose­bush Prun­ing, Kornél Mundruczó’s Place to Be, Sal­ly Potter’s Alma, and Michael Cera’s direc­to­r­i­al debut Love Is Not the Answer.

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