Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson’s new film The Last Showgirl is being lauded by critics and audiences and is generating some serious Oscar buzz. Directed by Gia Coppola, the film centres on a Las Vegas showgirl faced with an uncertain future after learning her long-running show is set to close.

The Canadian icon joins Q’s Tom Power to talk about entering a new chapter of her career as a serious dramatic actor. She recently earned her first Golden Globe nomination for her critically acclaimed performance in The Last Showgirl.

Pamela Anderson, Kiernan Shipka, Jamie Lee Curtis and director Gia Coppola discuss making "The Last Showgirl," a tribute to Las Vegas dancers to which Anderson could relate.

The mob-run city of the mid-20th century gave way to "legitimate" business moguls taking control of the casinos, which in turn led to a pivot toward making the Strip "family friendly," before a return to the "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" mantra in megaresorts run by corporations.

Pamela Anderson makes herself small in "The Last Showgirl," director Gia Coppola's intimate portrait of an aging idealist hanging on to the last vestige of Las Vegas glitz in a world that has long since passed her by.

It’s the film that’s poised to complete Pamela Anderson’s midlife metamorphosis — but the star reveals how she was almost passed over for The Last Showgirl as even her erstwhile agent had her in a box.

When the show was released a few years ago, it received much attention. The miniseries chronicled the release of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape, with Lily James and Sebastian Stan playing the lead roles. Around the time the show premiered, the Scary Movie 3 actress shared how upsetting she found Pam & Tommy to be.

There was a time when the iconic showgirl ruled the Las Vegas Strip before those productions came to an end. The Last Showgirl, starring Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis, opens in movie theaters on Jan.

Shot in Las Vegas over 19 days in February 2024, this indie drama is a compassionate study of families, both found and biological.

Ironically, the film is about a showgirl who’s about to be out of work. She’s Shelly, a dancer in “Le Razzle Dazzle,” a Las Vegas throwback that was her home

Nothing lasts forever, but in Las Vegas not much sticks around longer ... In “The Last Showgirl,” Pamela Anderson plays Shelly, the longest-running cast member in the longest-running retro ...

Onetime “Baywatch” babe, reality star and ’90s sex symbol Pamela Anderson (also ... a bubbly 50-something Las Vegas showgirl who’s poured her life into the once spectacular, now tired ...