Pamela Anderson felt she had been suffering from depression for decades

Pamela Anderson is earning the best reviews of her career for her latest film, Gia Coppola The Last Showgirlleading to a whole new, unexpected chapter for the former Baywatch actress

While accepting the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival, Anderson admitted that he had “suffered from depression for a couple of decades” because of everything he had. Baywatch Day and her Broadway debut in 2022 was “all a big blur.”

“I never thought I'd be on stage, getting an award like that,” Anderson said. diversity Report “I just want to keep working. I'm excited to do more.”

He continued, “I look at it now and it's like I walked away from it Baywatch On Broadway. I don't know what happened in between, it's a big blur. I'm happy to be here right now, because I think I've been suffering from depression for decades.”

Written by Kate Garsten and directed by Coppola, The Last Showgirl Follows Shelley (Anderson), a veteran Las Vegas performer facing the next chapter in her life after her show is abruptly closed. The film immediately spoke to Anderson, who previously called it “the first time I read a good script” and felt she was “the one” for the role.

Pamelasance began in 2022 when Anderson made her Broadway debut Chicago As Roxy Hart. Rob Marshall, who directed the 2002 film adaptation of the iconic musical, approached the actress while she was at a surf contest with his sons and told her she should try the Great White Way. Anderson admits she was “so scared” of doing it for years, but calls it “the best thing ever.”

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“You never know what you're capable of until you try,” he adds.

When Broadway helped Anderson see herself in a new light, her 2023 memoir Love, Pamela and Ryan White's documentary Pamela, a love story Everyone else helped him see in a new light, as well.

“Ryan [White] made that doc and that's how Gia saw me,” Anderson said. “I always knew I was capable of more. It's great to be a part of pop culture, but it's a blessing and a curse. People fall in love with you because of the bathing suit. It took a long time, but I'm here.”

Despite the “decade” of depression between her career progression and her personal breakthrough, Anderson says it was worth the role of a lifetime.

“I don't think I could play this role [in ‘The Last Showgirl’] If I didn't have a life, it would have been worth it,” Anderson admitted. “If I can continue to work and use these struggles and challenges … I'll feel blessed.”