Pamela Anderson stars in Gia Coppola's new film, The Last Showgirl, which is in theatres now.
The Canadian icon joins Q’s Tom Power to talk about entering a new chapter of her career as a serious dramatic actor. She recently earned her first Golden Globe nomination for her critically acclaimed performance in The Last Showgirl.Pamela Anderson: Entering a new chapter of her career with The Last ShowgirlFor decades, Anderson has been recognized as a sex symbol and pop culture icon, but now, at 57, she's established herself as a serious dramatic actor and bonafide artist.
follows Anderson as Shelly, a seasoned Las Vegas performer who's faced with an uncertain future after learning her long-running show will abruptly close. After watching her documentary in 2023, Coppola sent the script to Anderson's then-agent, who turned it down within the hour. The director then reached out to Anderson's son Brandon who passed it along to his mother.
"It was an experiment of all these things that I've learned in my career and lifetime," Anderson tells Power. "I just realized, this is why my life has been the way it is, so I can do this project…. If people loved it or not, it was really great for my soul. I had to do it.
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