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Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela "Pam" Denise Anderson (born July 1,
1967) is an international television actress, model, and
producer known as much for her tumultuous personal life
as for her professional accomplishments.
Anderson was born in 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia,
Canada. As the first baby born on Canada's  Centennial
Day, the newborn Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial
Baby".
She was subsequently "discovered" in 1989 when
she was wearing a Labatt's beer t-shirt at a B.C. Lions
football game. She was hired by Labatt's to promote their
product, and soon after, she appeared in Playboy magazine.
Anderson's first major television role was on the United
States hit television sitcom Home Improvement (1991-1993).
But her rise to stardom came primarily from her role as
C J Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch. In 1996, she appeared
in a feature film, Barb Wire, which failed to achieve
commercial success; and in 1998 she appeared in her own
television series, V.I.P., which ran for four seasons.
As of April 13, 2005, Anderson starred on a new FOX TV
series, 'Stacked' as Skylar Dayton.
In addition to her fame from modelling and acting, Anderson
has gotten a great deal of press attention for her flamboyant
personal life. She married rock star Tommy Lee of the
band Mötley Crüe after knowing him for only
96 hours. Anderson filed for divorce twice and reconciled
twice, before finally breaking her relationship with Lee.
During the period of her marriage, she was known professionally
as Pamela Anderson Lee. Since her divorce, she has become
engaged to model Marcus Schenkenberg, broken up with him,
and became engaged to rock musician Kid Rock. She is now
dating actor Stephen Dorff. Anderson allegedly has had
affairs with famous men including Scott Baio, Dean Cain,
Sylvester Stallone, surfer Kelly Slater, Ben Affleck,
Fred Durst, "Baywatch" co-star David Charvet,
Bret Michaels, and reality TV star Eric Nies.
A pornographic home video of Pamela Anderson and Tommy
Lee was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on
the Internet. Anderson sued an Internet company which
was distributing the video, and some media sources reported
that she settled the case for $10 million. The popularity
and profitability of the 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 Internet channels (sometimes with,
sometimes without the participants' co-operation).
In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth pled guilty to a
misdemeanor charge of trespassing and was deported to
her home country, France. The woman had been arrested
while sleeping in a guest room of Anderson's home, but
she was only charged with trespassing and not the more
serious crime of stalking.
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. Anderson became the celebrity
spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served
as the Grand Marshall of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser
in October. In October 2003, Ms. Anderson jokingly said
on Howard Stern's radio show that she does not expect
to live more than ten or fifteen years, but this was misconstrued
and taken seriously by many Internet sites and tabloids.
Lee denies having the disease and claims this is part
of a ploy to take custody of their children.
Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States
on May 12, 2004, while retaining her Canadian citizenship.
She has lived in California since 1989. She is currently
a columnist for the Canadian Elle magazine, voices the
cartoon vixen Stripperella in the series of the same name,
and stars in the sitcom Stacked.
Anderson has always been out front with her intimate
side. On a visit to the David Letterman show in 2004,
she said she had not been dating for awhile. Letterman
asked her how she was coping. She responded, "There's
not a square corner left anywhere in my house!" This
rendered the usually unflappable Letterman speechless
and red-faced for a minute or so while the audience hooted.
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