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Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson aboard USS Ronald Reagan, (2004)
Born	Pamela Denise Anderson
Other names	Pamela Anderson Lee
Height	5 ft 7 in(1.70 m)
Spouse(s)	Kid Rock (August 3 2006 - November 27 2006) (divorced) Tommy Lee (19 February 1995 - 28 February 1998) (divorced) 2 children
Website	PamelaAnderson.com

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born American actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee after marrying the drummer for Mötley Crüe, Tommy Lee. Anderson is popularly known for modeling and television acting in the 1990s and for her large breast implants.

Early life

Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, 90 km northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, to 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. The newborn Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby", as she was thought, incorrectly, 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, Barry and Carol, and her brother, Gerry Anderson, moved to the town of Comox with Pamela.

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Personal life

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 from him. Then, on February 28, 1998, the divorce was official for only two days of filing for divorce. Tommy was sentenced for six months in jail. In May 1998, he had to go to anger management therapy and pay off 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, but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by many Web sites and tabloids. Tommy Lee denies having the disease. Today, Anderson and Lee are just friends. 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 company, the Internet Entertainment Group, 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, 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 is pregnancy-related, but the theory was based only on Anderson's representatives 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.

Charitable work and activism

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 took off her clothes and went to stand on a pedestal at the window display. Anderson covered her breasts. They wore a banner that read: "We had rather bare skin than wear skin." The event sparked a media frenzy in London.

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.

Most recently Pam has joined forces with PETA in a campaign calling 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.

Work

Filmography

• The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
• Snapdragon (1993)
• Raw Justice (1994)
• Naked Souls (1995)
• Barb Wire (1996)
• The Making of Bret Michaels (2002) (documentary)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• No Rules (2005)
• Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Upcoming:

• Blonde and Blonder (2007)

Television

• Home Improvement (cast member from 1991-1993)
• Baywatch (cast member from 1992-1997)
• Days of Our Lives (cast member in 1992)
• Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994)
• V.I.P. (1998-2002)
• Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
• Stripperella (2003-2004) (voice)
• Stacked (2005-2006)
• Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson (2005)
• 8 Simple Rules (2005)
• Malibu (Future)

Appearances in Playboy special editions

Anderson has appeared 12 times on the cover of Playboy magazine (1989–2007), more than anyone else in the magazine's history.

• Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 7 June 1991.
• Playboy's Nudes December 1991 - cover.
• Playboy's International Playmates January 1992.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '92 June 1992.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '93 June 1993 - pages 6-7, 44.
• Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1993.
• Playboy's Video Playmates August 1993.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 33 September 1993.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 34 November 1993.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 35 January 1994.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 36 March 1994.
• Playboy's Playmates in Paradise March 1994 - pages 38-43.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 37 May 1994.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '94 June 1994.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994.
• Playboy's Nudes November 1994.
• Playboy's Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - page 15.
• Playboy's Nude Celebrities June 1995 - cover.
• Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003 - cover.

In the original Playboy spread, one of Pamela's poses was a little more revealing than Playboy normally provides. In subsequent reprintings in Newstand Specials, as well as in a mass-market poster, that area was airbrushed.

Pro wrestling

• During an appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's Royal Rumble in 1995, Anderson promised that she would accompany the winner of the Royal Rumble to WrestleMania. Pamela returned for her appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's WrestleMania XI on April 2, 1995, but as the guest valet for WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel and not the Royal Rumble winner, his opponent Shawn Michaels, who ended up being accompanied to the ring by Jenny McCarthy.

The reason she accompanied Diesel instead was that Shawn Michaels had a real life altercation with her then husband, Tommy Lee, backstage. It was written into the script that Pamela wanted to stay away from Shawn but no official reason was given.
After pinning Michaels, Diesel left with both Anderson and McCarthy.

• In anticipation of her appearance at the Royal Rumble, several skits featured wrestlers fawning over Pamela were produced. One commercial featured Pamela coming home and checking her answering machine. As Pamela strips down behind a curtain, messages from wrestlers such as Shawn Michaels, Diesel, and Doink the Clown can be heard.
• At the 2006 Canada's Walk Of Fame, Anderson shared a kiss with WWE diva Trish Stratus.
• Appeared on former Pro Wrestling commentator Mark Madden's Pittsburgh-based sports talk radio show in October, 2006.

Newman House

Built in 2003, Newman House is a pop architecture icon in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia which features a large effigy of Pamela's face. Built by local celebrity Sam Newman (an admirer and personal friend of Anderson) he commissioned local architect Cassandra Fahey to design the building and was able to use the image with Pamela's permission. The installation caused controversy, as he did not first obtain council permission. However permits were issued retroactively when it became a major local landmark and won the award for Best New Residential Building in the RAIA Victorian Architecture Awards.

References

1. "Pamela Anderson became U.S. citizen". Moono.com. 2004-05-14. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
2. http://www.pamwatch.com/nov99.html
3. "Lee, Pamela Anderson (Profile)". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
4. "web.archive.org/web/20041029141238/www.pamelaanderson.com/news/news.asp?item=2056". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
5. "Pamela and Tommy together again ?". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
6. "Seattle weekly". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
7. "Pattayadailynews.com". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
8. "Access Hollywood". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
9. "Spin.com". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
10. "Shapefit.com". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
11. "The Superficial". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
12. "Kentuckey Fried Cruelty". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
13. "PETA". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
14. "Dooyoo.co.uk". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
15. "www.monash.edu.au/muma/exhibitions/past/2005/pavilions.html". Retrieved 2007-02-26.

External links

• The Official Website of Pamela Anderson
• Official Pamela Anderson MySpace
• 2 at Playboy Online
• Pamela Anderson at IMDb
• Pamela Anderson at People.com
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• Pamela Anderson Playboy Pics

• 1967 births
• American Canadians
• American film actors
• American television actors
• Animal rights movement
• Canada's Walk of Fame
• Canadian adult models
• Canadian Americans
• Canadian-born entertainers in the United States
• Canadian expatriate actors in the United States
• Canadian film actors
• Canadian immigrants to the United States
• Canadians of Finnish descent
• Canadian television actors
• Living people
• Naturalized citizens of the United States
• People from Comox-Strathcona Regional District
• Playboy Playmates from 1990-1999