Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson
Anderson attending the 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards in Beverly Hills, California, on October 11, 2009
Born	Pamela Denise Anderson (1967-07-01) July 1, 1967 (age 49) Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Other names	Pamela Anderson Lee Pam Anderson
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Tommy Lee (1995–1998; divorced) Kid Rock (2006–2007; divorced) Rick Salomon (2007–2008; annulled 2014–2015; divorced)
Partner(s)	Tommy Lee (1999–2001; 2008–2010) Marcus Schenkenberg (2000–2001) Kid Rock (2001–2003)
Children	2
Website	www.PamelaAnderson.com

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian American actress and model known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch and V.I.P.. She was Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990. Anderson was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2006.

Anderson is an activist for the animal rights movement and has conducted campaigns condemning the commercial fur industry and promoting veganism through the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.

Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, the daughter of Barry, a furnace repairman, and Carol (née Grosco) Anderson, a waitress. Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a native of Saarijärvi, and left the Grand Duchy of Finland (which was a part of the Russian Empire at the time) in 1908. He changed his name to Anderson when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson also has Russian ancestry on her mother's side.

Anderson got some press coverage right after her birth as the country's "Centennial Baby", having been the first baby born on July 1, 1967, the 100th anniversary of Canada's official founding via the Constitution Act, 1867.

Anderson suffered frequent sexual abuse as a child, a fact she would not reveal publicly until 2014: she was molested by a female babysitter from ages 6 to 10, raped by a 25-year-old man when she was 12, and gang-raped by her boyfriend and six of his friends when she was 14. She also revealed that her father, though "loving", had been an alcoholic.