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Pamela Anderson goes bold and bright at the Venice Film Festival

The 59-year-old actress brought a parade of dazzling colors to the Italian festival this weekend.​The 59-year-old actress brought a parade of dazzling colors to the Italian festival this weekend. 

Pamela Anderson is living la dolce vita in every color of the rainbow.

The 59-year-old actress has been on a technicolor tear at the 83rd Venice Film Festival, where she’s promoting her new film “Place to Be.”

Since Friday, she’s served up four looks in as many days across cocktail parties, gala carpets and photo ops, making waves on the Lido at every turn.

Pamela Anderson is working her way through the color wheel at the Venice Film Festival. IPA/INSTARimages
Sunday’s amfAR Gala Venezia saw the 59-year-old actress in a custom Calvin Klein Collection gown in electric pumpkin orange. Getty Images for amfAR
Hairstylist John Nollet curled her platinum blond hair into Old Hollywood waves for the benefit. Getty Images for amfAR
Anderson accepted the amfAR Award of Courage for her longtime work in the fight against AIDS. Getty Images for amfAR

The “Last Showgirl” star kicked things off Friday at the Golden Globes x Aman Beverly Hills Cocktail Party in a coral pink caped Oscar de la Renta gown ($5,990), adorned with a bejeweled hibiscus brooch at the shoulder.

Hairstylist John Nollet styled her platinum blond hair in bouncy, bed-head curls for the occasion, complementing her signature fresh-faced and makeup-free look.

She turned up the wattage Sunday at the amfAR Gala Venezia, arriving in a custom Calvin Klein Collection gown in bright pumpkin orange with a matching satin sash draped over her arms.

White pointed pumps, an armful of bracelets and soft Old Hollywood curls completed the look for the benefit, which raises funds for AIDS research.

The Canadian-American star stepped out Monday in a head-to-toe Carolina Herrera lilac look for the Golden Lion ceremony. NPictures / BACKGRID
Cheetah-print pumps and tortoiseshell cat-eye sunglasses gave the look some bite. Laurent Vu/SIPA/Shutterstock
Anderson is in Venice to promote “Place to Be,” a road-trip film co-starring Ellen Burstyn and Taika Waititi. ALFONSO CATALANO/SGP/Shutterstock

Anderson accepted the nonprofit’s Award of Courage at Sunday’s event, where she reflected on her hepatitis C diagnosis in the late 1990s.

“It was a death sentence,” the “Baywatch” alum told the crowd, per Variety, recalling that her doctor said she “probably had around 10 years to live.”

On Monday, the “Baywatch” alum made an unexpected pivot into sharply tailored black and white earlier in the day, wearing an Elisabetta Franchi suit and ruffled white shirt that Karl Lagerfeld surely would have approved of.

She styled the look with black Santoni pumps and dark sunglasses as she left the Hotel Excelsior.

The “Baywatch” alum arrived Friday at the Golden Globes cocktail party in coral pink Oscar de la Renta. BACKGRID
Bouncy bed-head curls and a bejeweled brooch complemented her fresh-faced look. BACKGRID
Monday morning brought a black and white interlude: a black Elisabetta Franchi suit with a ruffled white shirt. IPA/INSTARimages

Anderson returned to vivid color later that day for the Golden Lion opening ceremony, stepping onto the pier in head-to-toe Carolina Herrera: a column skirt, billowy chiffon top, and matching Consuelo leather clutch ($1,690). Cat-eye tortoiseshell sunglasses and cheetah-print pumps finished off the ensemble.

Anderson plays the daughter of “The Exorcist” star Ellen Burstyn in “Place to Be,” a road-trip film that also stars Taika Waititi.

Burstyn, 93, was honored with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Monday’s opening ceremony.

Pamela Anderson poses in a lavender pant suit and sunglasses.
Pamela Anderson is working her way through the color wheel at the Venice Film Festival. IPA/INSTARimages
Pamela Anderson in an orange gown at the amfAR Gala Venezia.
Sunday’s amfAR Gala Venezia saw the 59-year-old actress in a custom Calvin Klein Collection gown in electric pumpkin orange. Getty Images for amfAR
Pamela Anderson smiles at the amfAR Gala Venezia.
Hairstylist John Nollet curled her platinum blond hair into Old Hollywood waves for the benefit. Getty Images for amfAR
Pamela Anderson in an orange gown with a long train at the amfAR Gala Venezia 2026.
Anderson accepted the amfAR Award of Courage for her longtime work in the fight against AIDS. Getty Images for amfAR
Actress Pamela Anderson arriving at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
The Canadian-American star stepped out Monday in a head-to-toe Carolina Herrera lilac look for the Golden Lion ceremony. NPictures / BACKGRID
Pamela Anderson's leg and cheetah print high-heeled shoe peeking out from a slit in a long lavender gown.
Cheetah-print pumps and tortoiseshell cat-eye sunglasses gave the look some bite. Laurent Vu/SIPA/Shutterstock
Pamela Anderson on the red carpet, wearing a light purple outfit and leopard print shoes, waving at the 83rd Venice Film Festival.
Anderson is in Venice to promote “Place to Be,” a road-trip film co-starring Ellen Burstyn and Taika Waititi. ALFONSO CATALANO/SGP/Shutterstock
Pamela Anderson in a red Oscar de la Renta dress with Giuseppe Zanotti shoes and Pandora rings, smiling at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
The “Baywatch” alum arrived Friday at the Golden Globes cocktail party in coral pink Oscar de la Renta. BACKGRID
Pamela Anderson smiling in an Oscar de la Renta red dress and Pandora rings at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
Bouncy bed-head curls and a bejeweled brooch complemented her fresh-faced look. BACKGRID
Pamela Anderson at the Hotel Excelsior pier at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.
Monday morning brought a black and white interlude: a black Elisabetta Franchi suit with a ruffled white shirt. IPA/INSTARimages

 

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