Pamela Anderson finally feels like an actress, more than 30 years after Baywatch

After winning rave reviews for her turn in the film The Last Showgirl, Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson is now dreaming of doing theatre, as the 1990s glamour model seeks to reinvent herself again.

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PARIS — After winning rave reviews for her turn in the film The Last Showgirl, Canadian-American actress Pamela Anderson is now dreaming of doing theatre, as the 1990s glamour model seeks to reinvent herself again.

The 57-year-old one-time Playboy pin-up, who shot to global fame as lifeguard CJ Parker in American TV series Baywatch (1989 to 2001), told AFP that playing a fading showgirl in American director Gia Coppola's recently released film had made her feel like a real actress for the first time. The Last Showgirl opens in Singapore at The Projector on March 13.

"This (role) came to me as a surprise, when I thought it was the end of my career as an actress," Anderson said during a trip to Paris.

"Now I feel like an actress. But I didn't really know if I was before. I was just doing the best I could."

The New York Times said Anderson was "dazzling" in the role, while Britain's The Guardian said it had "single-handedly rewritten the way she is viewed as an actor".