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->''"People always tell me, 'Reinvent yourself, re-this, re-whatever.' I haven't reinvented myself. It's an honest evolution. I've always been authentic."''

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American actor, model, producer, author, activist and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series ''Series/HomeImprovement'', ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', ''Series/{{VIP}}'', and ''Series/{{Stacked}}''. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}'' magazine in February 1990 and has posed for the magazine multiple times since (she has also appeared on the cover of Playboy more than any other woman). For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Music/MotleyCrue drummer Tommy Lee. She also did the voice over work for the titular character in ''WesternAnimation/{{Stripperella}}'', an animated series by Creator/StanLee, which also used her [[InkSuitActor likeness]]. In 2022 she made her Broadway debut, playing Roxie Hart in ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'' to largely positive notices.

She is considered by many to be one of the biggest sex symbols of the 1990s. Since Anderson's nakedness has appeared in ''Playboy'' the most times (14 covers and 15 spreads), they asked her to be on the cover of their final 2015 nude issue (apparently too many people ''do'' read it for the articles). Not bad going for a 48-year-old Canadian rose.

She's always been very active politically. Her character in ''Baywatch'' was a flower power type girl. In fact half the ''Baywatch'' cast were vegans and adamant animal rights activists. (She actually had some P.R. issues to repair after single-handedly making Uggs a thing, as Uggs are animal cruel.) She also called out the PM of Australia being "lewd" on commercial radio, in what was an entirely unforced error on his part.
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!!Some of her films:
* ''Snapdragon'' (1993)
* ''Raw Justice'' (1994)
* ''Naked Souls'' (1996)
* ''Film/BarbWire'' (1996)
* ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002''
* ''Film/ScaryMovie3'' (2003)
* ''Pauly Shore Is Dead'' (2003)
* ''Film/{{Borat}}'' (2006)
* ''Hollywood And Wine'' (2010)
* ''Film/{{Baywatch|2017}}'' (2017)
* ''Film/CityHunterTheCupidsPerfume'' (2019)
!!Some of her television shows:
* ''Series/{{Baywatch}}''
* ''Series/ComedyCentralRoastOfPamelaAnderson''
* ''Series/HomeImprovement''
* ''Series/{{Stacked}}''
* ''Series/{{VIP}}''
** ''Music/{{Miserable}}''

!!Tropes Associated with Pamela Anderson

* ActionGirl: Pamela has always been athletic, and in ''Baywatch'' she performed most of her own stunts (in fact, when she first joined the cast of ''Baywatch'' she didn't even know that the use of stunt doubles was common in the entertainment industry).
* ActingForTwo:
** In ''Film/{{Snapdragon}}'' (which she later described as "[[CreatorBacklash a bad movie (she) was thrown into]]").
** In ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'' she has played herself and also voiced Dixie in the episode with the Slurm Factory.
* ActorInspiredElement:
** She suggested the opening scene of ''Film/BarbWire'' where Barb dances while being sprayed with water - based off a nightmare she had.
** It was her idea to have the video premiere for Music/{{Miserable}} on her show Series/{{VIP}}.
* BettyAndVeronica: Pam's public image has been both. In her earliest Playboy appearances, she has a fresh-faced, cute, girl-next-door look. But once she started getting famous, Pam's public image changed to that of a sultry blonde sex goddess.
* BillingDisplacement: In the film ''Naked Souls'' she has considerably less of a role than her high billing would indicate.
* CelebrityCameo: She appears at the start of the live action ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'' film, as a celebrity endorser for the toy factory.
* CelebrityParadox: She guest starred on an episode of ''Series/EightSimpleRules'' as one of CJ's dates. In Season 2, Rory had casually referenced the infamous sex tape between her and Tommy Lee.
* CreatorBacklash:
** Her first film ''Raw Justice'', due to the sex scenes she had to do.
--> "I was thrown around, I was scratched, I was bruised, I was bitten. I cried, I went home, I called my mother"
** She had such a bad experience on ''Good Cop, Bad Cop'' that she swore off doing sex scenes for film afterwards.
* DawsonCasting: In ''Film/ScaryMovie3'' she plays a teenage girl when she was in her mid-thirties. Of course the movie was parodying ''Film/TheRing'' for that scene.
* DoingItForTheArt:
** Although she hated doing sex scenes, she did some graphic ones in ''Naked Souls'' because she felt they were important to the story.
** She chose to do the video for Music/{{Miserable}} for free, just as long as she could bring her usual hair and makeup team and they were paid. This was because she really wanted to play the GiantWoman but knew she might be too expensive.
* DyeHard: Pam's hair is naturally brown. She started dying it blonde when she was 20 years old and has been doing it ever since.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Played with via literal inversion. She was the eye candy in a music video, but ''she'' ate the men who were enjoying her.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: With the exception of Creator/MarilynMonroe, Anderson is possibly the most famous blonde bombshell in Hollywood history. During the peak of her popularity, her personal life was covered heavily by celebrity gossip magazines and she dated several famous male celebrities (including Scott Baio, David Spade, Chris Angel, and multiple rock musicians). Hugh Hefner himself compared Pam to Marilyn Monroe on multiple occasions (and Hef would know, considering that he photographed Marilyn for the very first issue of Playboy back in the 1950s).
* FakeAmerican: Had a tendency to be considered a ValleyGirl in her roles, even though she is Canadian.
--> "I am the ultimate California girl, which is funny, being that I'm Canadian."
* FemmeFatale: Her role in ''Film/BarbWire'' was as a femme fatale.
* FountainOfExpies:
** In comics, games and animation in the nineties, many MsFanservice characters were blatantly based on her.
** Not to mention that, being the world's biggest sex symbol, many women in the 90s tried to copy Pam's look. Some of them even went as far as to get barbed wire tattoos.
* GiantWoman: Played one in [[{{Music/Miserable}} a music video]], where the band got to climb all over her. [[spoiler:She was also a maneater.]]
* HomePornMovie: In 1997 a sex video of Anderson and Tommy Lee was stolen from their home and sold to a pornographic video distributor. The Lees sued the distributor to stop the video from being sold, but failed. There have also been rumors that in the mid-2000s, a major porn studio offered Pam several million dollars to star in a professionally-shot porn movie, but she declined. The affair has been dramatized into a MiniSeries, ''Series/PamAndTommy'', where Pamela is played by Creator/LilyJames and Tommy Lee is played by Creator/SebastianStan. Anderson [[DisownedAdaptation disapproved]] of that latter project from the get-go.
* InkSuitActor: Erotica Jones in ''Stripperella'' is voiced by Pam as well as having an appearance based on her.
* IronyAsSheIsCast: Is a vegan, but jumped at the chance to be [[LiteralManeater a giantess that devours male musicians alive]].
* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Carmen Electra stars in an episode of ''Stacked'' as Skylar's old rival. Jenny [=McCarthy=] does likewise in another episode.
* LeslieNielsenSyndrome: Around the 2000s Pam started AdamWesting her MsFanservice image, and appeared in more sitcoms, comedy movies or cameo gags.
* LiteralManEater: In the music video for "Music/{{Miserable}}," she plays a giantess who ''devours'' all the male band members at the end.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Tommy Lee has stated that he was obsessed with Pamela from the moment he met her, even going as far as to follow her to a photo shoot in Mexico in an attempt to woo her. Pam didn't take to Tommy ''quite'' as quickly, but still fell for him fast considering that they married four days after meeting each other.
* MsFanservice: The main reason why people watched ''Baywatch'' was probably hot people running on the beach in swimsuits and being wet in SloMo. Ms. Anderson took the cake. In fact ''her whole career was built'' on being this.
* ProfessionalWrestling:
** Seconded [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-h.html WWE World Heavyweight Champion]] [[Wrestling/KevinNash Diesel]] for his match against Wrestling/ShawnMichaels at ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} XI'' in 1995.
** Kissed fellow Canadian and borderline doppelganger Wrestling/TrishStratus at a Canada Walk of Fame event in 2006.
* RomanAClef: Her 2004 novel, ''Star''.
* SelfDeprecation: Pam seems quite aware of the fact that her looks, and not her acting ability, are the reason she's famous. And she's not above poking a little fun at herself.
-->"My breasts have had an incredible career. I've just tagged along for the ride."
* SignificantBirthDate: Pamela Anderson already appeared in Canadian newspapers right after her birth because she was born exactly 100 years after the formation of the Dominion of Canada at 0.01 a.m. and therefore became Canada's "centennial baby".
* SpitOutAShoe: She does this in the music video for Music/{{Miserable}} after slurping up the band's lead guitarist.
* StarDerailingRole:
** In the mid-90s, Pam had a successful career as a model and television actress, as well as having roles in a few low-budget films. She decided that she wanted to become a major motion picture actress and, against the advice of her agent, accepted the lead role in ''Film/BarbWire''. However, when the movie was blasted by critics and bombed at the box office, it killed Pam's hopes of becoming a film star.
** Similarly, Pam's role in the short-lived sitcom ''Stacked'' (which was canceled after only 14 episodes had aired) seems to have killed her career as a television actress.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Being a sex symbol, she's invoked this a lot. However, her two most iconic are her red one-piece swimsuit from ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' and her white bikini with black trim paired with black platform pumps from Music/{{Miserable}}.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** She auditioned for the role of Rennie in ''Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan''.
** She dropped out of the film ''Miami Hustle'' and was sued for $5 million because of it. Her reasoning was that she was getting sick of filming sex scenes.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman:
** ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' called her "The World's Sexiest Woman" in promos for the season in which she competed.
** Similarly, Stan Lee once described Pam as "the sexiest woman in the world" while working with her on ''Stripperella''.
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