In addition to her fame from modelling and acting, Anderson has gotten a great
deal of press attention for her flamboyant personal life.
During the period of her marriage, she was known professionally as Pamela
Anderson Lee.
A pornographic home video of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee was stolen from
their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued the company,
the Internet Entertainment Group, that was distributing the video.
Ultimately the courts awarded Anderson and Lee $1.5 million plus attorney
fees for their share of the profits. The popularity and profitability of
the video sparked a miniature genre within the porn film industry,
and since then many homemade porn videos of celebrities have been released
to the public through home video and Internet channels (either with or without
the participants’ co-operation).
In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles), and began writing a regular column for Jane magazine. Lee denies having the disease. Anderson became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served as the Grand Marshall of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser.
She is currently a columnist for the Canadian Elle magazine, stars in the sitcom Stacked and voices the cartoon vixen Agent 69 Stripperella in the series of the same name. She has also voiced herself in the series.
