Anderson plays an aging Vegas showgirl in the new movie from Gia Coppola. For so many reasons, it's a role only she could meaningfully deliver.

Nothing lasts forever, but in Las Vegas not much sticks around longer than a minute or two. Not your money, not the old casino hotels on the Strip, and not the topless revues that, for decades, defined Sin City in a rhinestone nutshell.

Pamela Anderson says The Last Showgirl is the “best payback” for Hulu’s Pam & Tommy show. Anderson plays Shelly Gardner in The Last Showgirl, a new drama directed by Gia Coppola that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024 and is now playing in United States theaters.