BAYWATCH legend Pamela Anderson has finally won her fight to be taken seriously as an actress – 29 years after becoming the victim of a sex tape leak.
And now Pammie will sit front row at Sunday’s EE Film Baftas in London’s Royal Festival Hall after being personally invited by awards bosses.
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I’m told they were so im- pressed with her role as Las Vegas performer Shelly Gardner in gritty film The Last Showgirl that Pammie has also been asked to present one of the top gongs.
A source said: “Presenting at the Baftas is a huge deal for Pamela.
“In many ways she feels vindicated after years of being undervalued or mocked.
“While she didn’t get a nomination, Bafta bosses saw The Last Showgirl and knew they wanted her involved in this year’s ceremony somehow.
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“Finally, after all these years, she is being seen as the great actress she is.”
At a special screening of The Last Showgirl in London on Wednesday, Pamela said: “I could have never played this role if I hadn’t had the life I had.
“I was doing Playboy covers and reading Tennessee Williams . . . wondering how do I get from here to here? And I did. It was fun making it. And therapy too.”
She added: “Initially, director Gia Coppola sent it to an old agent who turned it down within the hour, so she figured I hadn’t read it. So she then went through my son Brandon, who did the documentary on me.
“When I got it I was at my house. I was in my garden making pickles and jam and I thought ‘OK, I can make my life beautiful no matter what’.
“I never thought I would have this opportunity and because it almost slipped through my fingers I thought I better grab this by the throat.
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“I need to pour myself into this. This is my opportunity to see what I am made of.
“I’d always known I was capable of more.
“I’m 57 and I’m just starting.”
We love to see you rise, Pammie.
