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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Miranda Sawyer

‘I stripped away this caricature that I created’: Pamela Anderson on makeup, activism and gardening

Pamela Anderson photographed by Venetia Scott in London for the Observer New Review, February 2025.
Pamela Anderson photographed in London by Venetia Scott for the Observer New Review, February 2025. Photograph: Venetia Scott/The Observer

Pamela Anderson, makeup-free and beautiful in a floral Westwood suit, is making a fuss of my dog. My dog likes her. I’m not a particular believer in the idea that animals are great character judges but, in this case, me and the dog are aligned. I like Anderson too. She combines openness with a kind of vulnerability, and you warm to her immediately.

Settled on a sofa in a small dressing room off a photography studio, she asks for a coffee and promptly spills it everywhere. “I strive for imperfection,” she jokes. “I strive for it, and I just hit it every time.” Cortado mopped, she takes a breath, before talking excitedly of a new phase in her eventful life. “A door opened, and I walked through,” she says. “It’s hard to believe.”

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