No because of the Academy.
Pamela Anderson was among the many snubs when the 2025 Oscar nominees have been introduced on Thursday. Anderson, 57, who bought a “best actress” Golden Globe nomination for her efficiency in “The Last Showgirl,” was shut out of that race for the Academy Awards.
“Oh my gosh, it’s not something I ever expected,” the previous “Baywatch” star informed Elle.com hours after the 2025 nominees have been introduced.
She added, “Doing the work is the win. That’s what I like to do, and I think we can lose sight of that sometimes in this whole crazy awards season, but it’s nice to be recognized, and it’s all a bonus.”
The 2025 “best actress” race is between Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”) Karla Sofia Gascon (“Emilia Perez”) and Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”).
Anderson has been going to awards season occasions makeup-free not too long ago, and introduced her son, Brandon Thomas Lee, 28, as her date to the Golden Globes. She shares him and her different son, Dylan Jagger Lee, 27, along with her ex husband, Mötley Crüe rocker Tommy Lee, 62,
“I couldn’t imagine [it] anyway,” Anderson stated about getting an Oscar nomination. She famous that she was acknowledged by the Display screen Actors Guild.
“I’m happy for the SAG nomination, that’s [voted on by] your peers. That’s really cool. This has been a long road promoting this film.”
The film stars Anderson as Shelly, a Las Vegas showgirl who has been spending 30 years doing her act when it shuts down, leaving her unsure about her future. Jamie Lee Curtis, Kiernan Shipka, and Brenda Music co-star, whereas Gia Coppola (Francis Ford’s granddaughter) directed it.
“I’ve never read a script that I responded to like that before — no one was sending me anything like this,” Anderson informed EW in November.
She added, “I read it and I thought, I have to do this. It’s life or death. It’s really important. I knew I was capable of more than I’d done in the past, and I kind of had given up and went home and thought, oh well, it’s too bad.”
The previous Playboy mannequin stated that earlier in her profession, “I didn’t work hard enough or people just see me a certain way because I fell into the trappings.”
Referring to occasions from her previous reminiscent of her notorious intercourse tape with Lee, she stated, “I want to be defined by what I do and not what has been done to me.”
The 2025 Oscars air Sunday, March 2, at 7 p.m. ET on ABC.
