| BIOGRAPHY
Bleached blonde, buxom, but muscular bombshell Pamela Anderson
stands out in any crowd as one of the sex symbols of the mid-'90s.
Known first as a spokesmodel for Labatt beer, then as one of Playboy
magazine's most popular models, Anderson gained international
recognition after she was cast as C.J., the sweet but tough lifeguard
in the impossibly tight red bathing suit in the phenomenally popular
syndicated television series Baywatch. Her popularity has led
to several film roles, notably that of the black leather bustier-wearing
title heroine in the comic-book actioner Barb Wire (1996). The
role was appropriate, for there is something indeed cartoonish
about Anderson, who had enhanced her petite frame with big hairdos,
surgically inflated lips, and silicon breast implants (since removed).
Anderson made a splash on the day she was born, as she was the
first centennial baby in her region of Vancouver Island, British
Columbia. She first attracted media notice in 1989, when a roving
camera caught a glimpse of her during a professional football
game in Vancouver. The picture of the cheering Anderson, who was
wearing a Labatt's tee shirt at the time, was simultaneously shown
on the arena's Jumbotron screen. Though her body was, surgically
speaking, still in its original condition, her attributes and
beauty were enough to cause a sensation. Labatt's executives remembered
the crowd's positive reaction and hired her to become the brewery's
spokeswoman. She attracted the attention of Playboy and was hired
to do a photo layout.She has since gone on to appear on the magazine's
cover an unprecedented five times.
Once in Hollywood, she changed her appearance and soon found
work guest starring on television shows. Her first recurring role
was on the ABC sitcom Home Improvement where she played Lisa,
the Tool Time Girl. Anderson made her film debut playing a cheerleader
in the low-budget actioner The Taking of Beverly Hills (1992).
She has also appeared in a few television movies, including Come
Die With Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994). Although
an attempt to translate her small-screen success to the silver
screen in the comic-book Casablanca adaptation Barb Wire proved
unsuccessful to say the least, Anderson continued to thrill television
audiences in Baywatch and stirred up much controversy when an
extremely intimate honeymoon video of herself and then-husband
Tommy Lee began making the rounds in 1998. Though the couple parted
ways that same year in a highly publicized divorce case, Anderson
continued an on-again off-again relationship with the rocker and
returned to television in V.I.P. Later associated with rap/metal
icon Kid Rock, Anderson shocked her fan base in early 2002 when
she announced that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus.
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FILMOGRAPHY
• Home Improvement: Season One (2004)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Barb Wire (1996)
• Baywatch - Forbidden Paradise (1995)
• Naked Souls (1995)
• Raw Justice (1994)
• Snapdragon (1993) |
