Back to the stage she goes.
Pamela Anderson is making a career pivot after she got snubbed of an Oscar nomination for her acclaimed performance in “The Last Showgirl.”
The 57-year-old is set to star in a revival of Tennessee Williams’ play “Camino Real” at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer, according to Playbill.
Anderson will play Marguerite Gautie, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez” star Nicholas Alexander Chavez will play Kilroy and “Hocus Pocus 2” star Whitney Peak will play Esmerelda. Dustin Wills is directing.
The play will run July 19 to August 3 at the festival in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
“Camino Real,” which has a surrealistic, dream-like style, follows Kilroy, an American sailor who navigates a strange town and comes across different historical figures.
Anderson made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in “Chicago” for eight weeks in 2022.
“I’ve never had the opportunity to do anything at this level,” the “Baywatch” star told Vogue about pivoting to Broadway. “I’ve always been a dancer and a singer in my head. I just had to do it…it was a leap of faith.”
Last year, Anderson generated Oscar buzz for her leading role in Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl.” She played Shelly, a Las Vegas showgirl who faces an uncertain future after her 30-year act is shut down.
Anderson got best actress Golden Globe and SAG nominations for her performance, but didn’t receive a nod from the Academy.
“It’s not something I ever expected,” Anderson admitted to Elle.com earlier this year about getting an Oscars 2025 nomination.
“Doing the work is the win,” she said. “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 Oscar Best Actress race was ultimately won by Mikey Madison (“Anora”), over Demi Moore (“The Substance”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”), Karla Sofia Gascon (“Emilia Perez”) and Fernanda Torres (“I’m Still Here”).
Anderson previously told EW that when she read the script for “The Last Showgirl” she thought to herself, “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 former Playboy model continued.
“I want to be defined by what I do and not what has been done to me,” she added.
