Pamela Anderson

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Birth name: Pamela Denise Anderson
Date of birth: 1 July 1967
Place of birth: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Nickname: Pammy
Height: 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
Spouse: Rick Salomon (6 October 2007 – 24 March 2008) (annulled), Kid Rock (3 August 2006 – 1 February 2007) (divorced), Tommy Lee (19 February 1995 – 28 February 1998) (divorced) 2 children.

Famous Quote: “What I know in life runs the gamut of the “feminist experience.” The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society. I don’t really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don’t think about what happened yesterday. If I think too much, it kind of freaks me out.”.”

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Pamela Anderson
United Talent Agency
9560 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 500
Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2401, USA 

Biography:  Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. She holds both American and Canadian citizenship. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee after marrying the drummer for Mötley Crüe, Tommy Lee.

Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, 90 km northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Carol, a waitress, and Barry Anderson, a furnace repairman. Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a native of Saarijärvi, and left Finland in 1908 changing his name to Anderson when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson has Dutch ancestry on her mother’s side.

The newborn Anderson won fame as Canada’s “Centennial Baby”, because she was thought to have been the first baby born on Canada’s Centennial Day (she was born at 4:08 in the morning). However, the Campbell River Upper Islander of July 5, 1967 reported a baby born two hours earlier on the same Canada Day. After her birth, her parents and her brother, Gerry Anderson, moved to the town of Comox with Pamela.

After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Pamela went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place; at some point during the game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt’s t-shirt, causing the crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to get an ovation from the crowd. Labatt’s immediately offered Anderson a modeling contract and she accepted. In late 1989, Pamela decided to model for Playboy magazine: she appeared on the October 1989 cover (credited as Pamela Anderson Ilicic) and decided to move to Los Angeles to continue her modeling career. She was the February 1990 playmate and has appeared in Playboy several times in the 1990s and the following decade.

A pneumatic blonde model and former Playboy playmate, Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson (a.k.a. Pamela Anderson Lee and Pamela Lee) burst onto the scene in the early 1990’s and defied skeptics by staying there. As star of the international television phenomenon, “Baywatch” (Syndicated, 1989-2001), Anderson cemented her seamless transition from modeling into acting and Page Six cover girl – the latter following her many love life travails with rocker boyfriends-turned-husbands Tommy Lee and Kid Rock. An internet-leaked sex tape with Lee did little to impede this one-woman entertainment juggernaut’s late nineties momentum. After over 15 years of fame, Anderson transcended to the next level of celebrity by becoming something even bigger – namely, a pop culture icon – and all of this without really any substantial credits under her belt. Ironically, this surreal objectification of her as “Superstar Sex Symbol” served as the driving sub-plot of the 2006 comedy “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Through many years, augmentations and PETA protests, Anderson never failed to fascinate a public, which, not unlike the smitten Borat, viewed the jiggling actress as America’s idealized blonde bombshell.

Born on July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada, Pamela Denise Anderson grew up in the scenic city of Vancouver. In a scenario that only a Hollywood writer could devise, Anderson was literally discovered while simply minding her own business at a sporting event – specifically, a British Columbia Lions football game. At halftime, a network camera man, looking to kill a few seconds between quarters, was scanning the crowd, looking for someone to embarrass on the stadium’s giant Jumbo-Tron screen, when he spotted the drop-dead gorgeous 22-year old Anderson in the bleachers, wearing a form fitting Labatt’s Beer t-shirt. Upon seeing her giant image on-screen, the crowd reportedly broke into a collective cheer louder than any ever heard for the B.C. Lions in their 41-year history. That was all Labatt’s Beer needed to know. Within days, the then-brunette received a contract from the beer company, offering her the job of “The Blue Zone Girl” – Labatt Beer’s official spokesmodel. Soon after her discovery, the actress embarked on a career-making decision to get breast implants. In her early 20′s, Anderson got her first pair of implants. From there, her cup size continued to swell exponentially for a time, before plateauing at a 36DD. In 1999, however, Anderson decided to downsize her implants to a slightly less cartoonish C-cup. And with that… a superstar was about to be born on both sides of the border.

Moving to Los Angeles in the late 1980’s, Anderson received a warm welcome, to say the least, from her American cousins to the south. Within only months, Anderson was offered an opportunity plenty of young women only dream of – the opportunity to pose for Playboy magazine. Named Miss February of 1990, Anderson’s issue set record sales numbers and brought her to the attention of television producers. Always on the lookout for fresh eye candy, Hollywood hired Anderson to basically just stand and look beautiful, which she did marvelously on such shows as “Married… With Children” (Fox, 1987-1997), “Married People” (ABC, 1990-91) and “Top of the Heap.” (Fox, 1991).

After her move to Los Angeles, Anderson bleached her brunette hair blonde and underwent breast augmentation. In 1991, she landed a minor role on the hit television sitcom, Home Improvement (1991-1999). Having gained viewer attention, she landed the role of C. J. Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch, and left Home Improvement after its second season. Anderson was still modeling for Outdoor Life and appearing on the cover of the magazine each year. Her role as C.J. Parker gave her more popularity and gained her attention from international viewers. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. She also made appearances on The Nanny as Fran’s rival, Heather Biblow.

In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, as a character known as Barbara Rose Kopetski, which was mistakenly thought by some to have been her real name. The movie, a thinly-veiled futuristic remake of Casablanca, failed to achieve commercial success. During the filming of Barb Wire, Anderson suffered a miscarriage. In April 1997, she guest-hosted Saturday Night Live. During the beginning of the show, Anderson said, “You know, if you’re nervous on stage, you actually should be naked!” She then began a striptease. Her breasts, however, were covered by a small flesh-colored bra and she also wore a crotch patch that was also flesh colored (though they were still blurred out for the sake of the joke). The segment became fodder for late-night comedians for the following weeks. She also appeared on one of two covers for the September issue of Playboy; the other cover pictured Jenny McCarthy.

In September 1998, Anderson starred in her produced series V.I.P. It was very poorly received and a critical bomb. However, with many people tuning in just to see her, the show lasted four seasons before being canceled in 2002. Anderson stated that she needed to dedicate her time to raising her children, but many believed that she was retiring.

In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth was arrested while sleeping in a guest room of Anderson’s home. She was only charged with the misdemeanor of trespassing and not the more serious crime of stalking. Roth pleaded guilty to the charge of trespassing and was deported home to France. In 2004, Anderson returned to the spotlight. In May, she appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. It was the first time she had appeared naked on any magazine cover. Later, she posed naked for Stuff and GQ magazines. Many noticed that her breast size was larger than her pictorials from 2003.

But Anderson’s big break was still to come. Cast as Lisa “The Tool Time Girl” on the highly rated Tim Allen sitcom, “Home Improvement” (ABC, 1991-99), Anderson’s steamy sensuality stood out on like a beacon as she traded barbs with Allen while clad in a tool belt and short-shorts. In 1993, two years into her “Home Improvement” gig, Anderson received an offer that would forever change her life – a regular role on the syndicated drama, “Baywatch.”

Taking the role proved to be the savviest decision of Anderson’s career. If the starlet’s star was rising before, “Baywatch” sent it into supernova. For five seasons, this Canadian import personified the ultimate California Girl every week in the form of lifeguard C.J. Parker. The show’s undisputed star just below star/executive producer David Hasselhoff, Anderson helped propel “Baywatch” to the top of the ratings and redefined jiggle TV for a whole new generation. By the time Anderson left the show, “Baywatch” had become the most watched television program in the world, seen in 148 countries and translated into 32 different languages. Still, Anderson yearned for new challenges after the show’s 1996-97 season. For obvious reasons, producers desperately wanted Anderson to stay, even offering to renegotiate her contract. But in the end, Anderson knew it was better to leave the dance too early, than too late. And so, in 1997 – after five years of slow-mo rescues and sexy CPR’s – an era was ended. But not completely… Six years after hanging up her red one-piece Speedo, Anderson was talked into returning for a quick cameo in the 2003 made-for-TV movie, “Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.”

Eyeing features as her next logical career step, Anderson parlayed her “Baywatch” success into starring roles in two straight-to-video thrillers, “Snapdragon” (1993) and “Raw Justice” (1994). Her big-screen debut, however, did not arrive until a few years later, when she signed on to star in the big-budget action feature, “Barb Wire” (1996). Based on a popular graphic novel of the same name, Anderson played the film’s titular heroine – a tattooed, rubber-clad mercenary who took no prisoners and looked good doing it. Unfortunately, as lethal as her character was, the reviews on “Barb Wire” were even worse. The futuristic comic-book adventure quickly died at the box office.

Returning to the smaller pond of television, Anderson found another acting job and second niche as an executive producer on her next series, the tongue-in-cheek actioner, “V.I.P” (Syndicated, 1998-2002). In it, Anderson played Vallery Irons, a small-town girl who becomes famous after saving the life of an actor – and so thus, naturally, opens her own security firm. In any event… critics naturally loathed it, but Anderson’s fans watched religiously anyway.

Despite less than stellar acting gigs, Anderson’s name stayed front and center in the press, thanks to her high-profile personal life. After being romantically linked throughout the nineties with a string of bad-boy celebs – including blonde-loving lothario Scott Baio, “Baywatch” co-star David Charvet, Poison front man Bret Michaels, and pro surfer Kelly Slater, among others – Anderson finally settled down with Tommy Lee, drummer for the heavy metal band, Motley Crue, after an exceptionally brief flirtation. The couple wed on a beach in Mexico on Feb. 19. 1995 – the bride in a white bikini; the groom shirtless in shorts. Confounding fans who gave it two months tops, the couple’s wild union would produce two children – Brandon Thomas in 1996 and Dylan Jagger in 1997.

Anderson’s marriage to Lee did not come without its share of PR nightmares, however. Wherever the couple went, paparazzi were in hot pursuit, resulting in more than one altercation between Lee and shutterbugs outside of clubs. In June of 1996, word leaked that a homemade pornographic videotape starring Anderson and Lee had been obtained. The video – which was reportedly stolen by a contractor who was renovating their home – allegedly also included footage of Anderson and Lee’s bizarre quickie beachside wedding ceremony. When the tape surfaced for sale on the internet, Anderson and Lee quickly moved to block its distribution, but it was already too late. The damage was done – though, some would argue, it only enhanced her reputation as a sexpot. Anderson and Lee filed a $90 million copyright-infringement suit against the Internet Entertainment Group (IEG), the company which distributed the video, to claim a share of the profits of their purloined video. Following appeals, Anderson and Lee were awarded $1.5 million, plus legal fees.

In 1998, Lee was arrested following a domestic dispute at their home in Malibu, in which Anderson accused her husband of kicking her in the back while she held their son. She was offered to be taken to the hospital, but declined. After pleading no contest to kicking Anderson, Lee was sentenced to four months in prison. While he was serving his sentence, the couple officially divorced. Over the years, Anderson and Lee reconciled a number of times (most recently in late 1999), but it never seemed to work out, though after much post-divorce rancor, the two finally called a truce for their children’s sakes. The two would even become friends again in a few years.

Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 12, 2004, while retaining her Canadian citizenship, for the purpose of sponsoring her parents (or at least her mother) for a green card. She has lived in Southern California since 1989. Anderson has often spoken revealingly about her private life. On a visit to the David Letterman show in 2004, she said she had not been dating for some time, and when Letterman asked her how she was coping, she responded, “There’s not a square corner left anywhere in my house!” Letterman left that comment unanswered while the audience hooted.

In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, co-written by Eric Shaw Quinn, in which she describes a young teenager doing different things in order to reach fame. After this, she began touring the United States, signing autographs for fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Her second book, the sequel Star Struck, released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the travails of celebrity life.

As the 21st century dawned, Anderson remained more relevant than ever. In addition to launching her own line of shoes, clothing, and pet accessory products, Anderson became an outspoken champion for animal rights. A celebrity spokesperson for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Anderson gained newfound respect among animal lovers the world over by volunteering her time and money to such charitable causes as the Canadian Seal protection fund and the PETA boycott of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) over their allegedly cruel practices farming their chickens. She also frequently lent her image – including a famous semi-nude pose with the tagline “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” – to the cause.

In March of 2002, Anderson surprised the world by publicly revealing that she’d been diagnosed with Hepatitis C – an incurable viral disease that affects the liver. How Anderson came to be infected was unclear; but the popular belief was that it most likely resulted from sharing tattoo needles with her husband. For the record, Lee publicly denied ever having the disease and took Anderson to task in the press for what he insisted was a lie on her part. In an October 2003 appearance on Howard Stern’s radio show, Anderson jokingly estimated that she did not expect to live more than 10 to 15 years – a statement which was misconstrued by the tabloids as true.

With her divorce behind her and “V.I.P.” coming to an end, Anderson announced she was taking a year off to focus on her health and to also spend more time with her children. Even so, Anderson stayed in the public eye by writing a regular column for Jane magazine. She also teamed up with Marvel Comics legend Stan “The Man” Lee to create the animated series “Stripperella” (Spike, 2003), about a campy super-heroine based on Anderson’s own likeness. The actress provided the voice of Stripperella, as well as her alter ego, the demure Erotica Jones. Ads for the sexy comic touted the memorable catchphrase: “Exotic dancer by night, and superhero by… later that night.”

In 2005, Anderson made her much-anticipated return to television as the star of the wink-wink titled Fox comedy, “Stacked” (Fox, 2005 -06). This time, Anderson played Skyler Dayton, a blond bombshell who works at a book store – hence, the double-entendre title. The subject of an intense bidding war between ABC, NBC, and Fox, “Stacked” premiered to strong ratings, but slipped dramatically as the series went on. In January of 2006, Fox finally slammed the book on “Stacked” eight episodes into its second season.

Despite the disappointment of her cancelled series, Anderson continued to make appearances on screen. In the 2006 mockumentary, “Borat,” she played a crucial role as the object of Kazakhstani journalist Borat Sagdiyev’s affections (played by British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen.) Though Anderson, herself, actually appeared only briefly in an end cameo, much of the film’s loose plot centered on the tactless foreign journalist’s quest to find and meet the sex symbol. Throughout the film’s promotion, studio publicists laughably maintained that Anderson (like everyone else in the movie,) was simply an unwitting dupe of the filmmakers. This claim, however, seemed incredibly unlikely, given that Anderson was “kidnapped” on-camera for the film’s denouement. She would later admit to being in on the joke.

On a personal note, the actress was flying high as well when on July 18, 2006, she married her longtime on-again, off-again fiancée, Detroit rocker, Kid Rock, in Saint-Tropez. The couple also held additional wedding ceremonies in the U.S. However, barely four months later – and only weeks after a sad miscarriage announcement – in November, Anderson surprised the public by applying for an annulment. Both camps went back and forth as to why – Anderson’s camp claiming Rock was incensed at her appearance in “Borat;” Rock’s camp insisting it was due to Anderson’s partying ways. Regardless of the reasons, the couple insisted they would make the 

In January 2005, Anderson confessed that she had new bigger breast implants, claiming not to feel like herself without them. In April 2005, Anderson starred in a new FOX sitcom Stacked as Skyler Dayton, a party girl (with implants), who goes to work at a bookstore. It was canceled on May 18, 2006, after two seasons, although some episodes had not been aired on the network. On August 14, 2005, Comedy Central created the Roast of Pamela Anderson to honor the sex symbol for the past decade. During her final speech at the Roast, Pamela referred to her breasts as “Pancho and Lefty”.

In December 2005, NBC cut off a video of Anderson pole dancing topless on Elton John’s “The Red Piano.” NBC said that the footage was inappropriate for primetime. The video was shown on huge screens during the event, while John was playing a song. Anderson was topless, but stars were painted on her breasts.

In March 2006, it was announced that Anderson would receive a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame thanks to her many years as a model and actress. She is only the second model to receive a star. In April 2006, Anderson hosted Canada’s Juno Awards, becoming the first non-singer and model to do so.

Anderson was repeatedly referenced in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as the title character seeks to kidnap and marry her. Anderson appears in person at the end of the film confronted by Borat in a staged botched abduction. She has subsequently began filming a comedy, Blonde and Blonder. She performed on February 13-14 2008 a Valentine’s Day striptease act at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris.

In addition to her fame from modeling and acting, Anderson has received a great deal of press attention for her well-publicized personal life. Her relationships have made headlines in gossip magazines for years. She married Tommy Lee, drummer of Mötley Crüe, on February 19, 1995 after knowing him for only 96 hours and the couple eventually had two sons, Brandon Thomas Lee (b. June 6, 1996) and Dylan Jagger Lee (b. December 29, 1997). During this time, she was known professionally as Pamela Anderson Lee. Anderson filed for divorce from him twice and reconciled with him twice, before the couple finally broke up for good. On February 25, 1998, Tommy abused Pamela and then was arrested. The next day, Pamela filed for divorce. 

On February 28, 1998, the divorce was official two days from the filing of the divorce. Tommy was sentenced to six months in jail. In May 1998, he had to go to anger management therapy and pay Anderson’s legal fees. In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles), and began writing a regular column for Jane magazine. In October 2003, Anderson jokingly said on Howard Stern’s radio show that she does not expect to live more than ten or fifteen years,[8] but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by many websites and tabloids. She however admitted to newspapers that she still often had sex with him since their divorce.

A pornographic home video of Anderson and Tommy Lee on their honeymoon was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued the Internet Entertainment Group, the company that was distributing the video. Ultimately the courts awarded Anderson and Lee $1.5 million plus attorney fees for their share of the profits. After this, the company sold copies of the stolen honeymoon tape across the country. It was very popular.

A second tape, which was made before the Tommy Lee tape, involving Anderson and musician Bret Michaels from Poison was later distributed on the internet. Frames of the video first appeared in Penthouse magazine in March 1998. The popularity and profitability of the Anderson and Tommy Lee video sparked a miniature genre within the porn film industry and since then many homemade porn videos of celebrities have been released to the public through home video and web channels (either with or without the participants’ co-operation).

Since her divorce, she has become engaged to both the model Marcus Schenkenberg and the singer Kid Rock (Robert J. Ritchie). She broke up with Schenkenberg in 2001, and broke up with Kid Rock in 2003. It was announced on July 18, 2006 that she would marry Kid Rock on July 29, 2006 on a yacht near St Tropez, France. “Feels like I’ve been stuck in a time warp,” said Anderson in her blog entry. “Not able to let go of MY family picture … it’s been sad and lonely and frustrating … I’ve raised my kids alone in hope of a miracle. Well my miracle came and went. And came back and back because he knew that I’d wake up one day and realize that I was waiting for nothing.” “I’m moving on,” she declared. “I feel like I’m finally free … I’m in love.” There was extensive unconfirmed media speculation that the marriage was pregnancy-related, but the theory was based only on Anderson’s representative’s refusal to comment on the question.

She put her Malibu, California, home up for sale in order to move to a more private location. In an interview with Gavriel Maynard, Anderson stated “I don’t know why people consider me stupid, I’m actually really smart.”

On November 10, 2006, it was announced that Anderson miscarried while in Vancouver shooting a new film, Blonde and Blonder. Seventeen days later, on November 27, 2006 Anderson filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court from Kid Rock, citing irreconcilable differences. Some news reports have suggested that Kid Rock’s outrage during a screening of Borat, in which she plays a cameo role, led to the filing for divorce two weeks later.

Anderson told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres in September 2007 that she was engaged. On September 29, Anderson and Paris Hilton’s ex-Rick Salomon applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas. Anderson married Salomon between her two nightly appearances at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino in Hans Klok’s magic show in a small wedding ceremony at The Mirage on October 6, 2007. However, on February 22, 2008, Anderson has requested through the courts that the marriage be annulled citing reasons of fraud.

Anderson is a vegetarian, an advocate for animal rights, and an active member of the animal protection organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), taking part in several campaigns for animal rights. She became a vegetarian in her early teens when she walked in on her dad slaughtering an animal he had just hunted.

One of Anderson’s campaigns as a member of PETA has been against the use of fur. In 1999, Anderson received the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award for animal rights protectors, in recognition of her campaign against fur. In 2003, Anderson stripped down for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” advertising campaign. On June 28, 2006, Anderson posed naked with other protesters on a window display of the Stella McCartney boutique in London, England. It was a PETA gala event before the PETA Humanitarian Awards. Anderson went inside the boutique and said she would take her clothes off if the event raised enough money for PETA, which it did.

She has also actively campaigned against Kentucky Fried Chicken. In 2001, Anderson released a letter in support of PETA’s campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken, stating “What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year is not civilized or acceptable.” She later made a video about KFC’s treatment of chickens. In January 2006, Anderson requested that the Governor of Kentucky remove a bust of Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, from display but her request was refused even when she offered her own bust in exchange. In February 2006, Anderson decided to boycott the Kentucky Derby because of its support for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

She has also campaigned against seal hunting in her native Canada. In March 2006, Anderson asked to speak to Prime Minister Stephen Harper about the annual seal hunt. Her request was refused. In May 2006, she petitioned random individuals on the street for their opinion on the Canadian Seal Hunt. More recently she joined forces with PETA in a campaign for the boycott of fruit-juice maker POM. The “Pom Horrible Campaign” has resulted in response to the company’s refusal to halt animal tests.

In March 2005, Anderson became a spokesmodel for MAC Cosmetics’s MAC AIDS Fund, which helped people affected by AIDS and HIV. After becoming the official spokesmodel, Anderson raised money during events in Toronto, Tokyo, Dublin, and Athens. Anderson became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served as the Grand Marshal of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser.

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