Pamela Denise Anderson born July 1, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] is a Canadian-American actress, model and media personality. She rose to prominence after being selected as the February Playboy Playmate of the Month. She went on to make regular appearances on the magazine's cover and held the record for the most Playboy covers by any individual. In , personal home videos of Anderson with her then-husband Tommy Lee were stolen and sold as a sex tape , which resulted in a legal fight and made her the subject of controversy.
She has appeared in her own reality series Pam: Girl on the Loose as well as the Dancing with the Stars franchise β, Anderson saw a career resurgence in the s after her Broadway debut portraying Roxie Hart in the long-running musical Chicago , the Netflix documentary Pamela, a Love Story which coincided with the release of her autobiography, Love, Pamela , and the indie-drama film The Last Showgirl , the latter of which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.
Anderson has publicly supported various charitable causes, particularly animal rights , and has endorsed PETA activities. Anderson also has Volga German ancestry on her mother's side; her grandmother, ethnically German , was born in Russia in a Mennonite village and immigrated to Canada in Anderson suffered sexual abuse as a child, a fact she revealed publicly in She said she was molested by a female babysitter from ages 6 to 10, raped by a year-old man when she was age 12, and gang-raped by her boyfriend and six of his friends when she was In high school, she played on the volleyball team, [ 19 ] and graduated in Anderson was flown to Los Angeles for a photo shoot; she appeared as the cover girl on Playboy magazine's October issue.
She subsequently moved to the United States, settling in LA to further pursue a modelling career. Playboy subsequently chose her as Playmate of the Month in their February issue, in which she appeared in the centerfold portrait. Anderson then elected to have breast implant surgery, increasing her bust size to 34D. She increased her bust size again, to 34DD, several years later. Anderson wrote the foreword in the Playboy coffee table book Playboy's Greatest Covers.
Her breakthrough role was as C. Parker on Baywatch , which she played for five seasons between and making her one of the longest-serving cast members. This is one of her best-known roles to date and has gained her popularity from international viewers. She reprised her role in a reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding , and also appeared in commercials for DirecTV in Anderson was still modelling for Outdoor Life and appearing on the cover of the magazine each year.
