 Pamela
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
Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada on July 1, 1967.
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 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.
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. Since, she
has become engaged to model Marcus Schenkenberg, broken
up with him, and became engaged to rock musician Kid
Rock.
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.
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 [1] (http://www.pamelaanderson.com/news/news.asp?item=2056),
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 and voices the title
character on the animated series Stripperella.
Writing
In 2004, Pamela Anderson
released the book Star, in which she describes a young
teenager doing different things in order to reach fame.
After this, she began touring across the States, signing
autographs to fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide.
Animal rights
In 1999, Anderson received
the Linda McCartney Award for animal rights protectors.
In 2003, Anderson released
a letter in support of PETA's boycott of Kentucky Fried
Chicken; stating, "What KFC does to 750 million
chickens, each year, is not civilized or acceptable."
source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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