Billie Lourd Says 'Queen' Pamela Anderson Is 'the Most Hardworking, Dedicated Actress' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

From Left: Billie Lourd and Pamela Anderson on Sept. 6, 2024.Photo:Gareth Cattermole/Gett

Gareth Cattermole/Gett

Billie Lourdhas one word to describePamela Anderson: queen!

While attendingThe Last Showgirl’s world premiere at theToronto International Film Festivalon Friday, Sept. 6, Lourd, 32, describes costar Anderson, 57, as a “queen” to PEOPLE when asked about working with her on the new movie.

“It was amazing. She is the most hard working, dedicated actress ever,” Lourd says of her costar. “She put everything into this role and she cared so much about every scene, every line, and I just could not be more grateful to have gotten to work with her. She’s inspo. Full inspo, as the kids say — I’m still trying to be a kid, so I stay stuff like inspo.”

Lourd plays Anderson’s character’s daughter and jokes to PEOPLE that she never imagined she would share “genetics on screen with [Anderson.]”

Billie Lourd on Sept. 6, 2024.Robin Marchant/Getty

Robin Marchant/Getty

Shipka, 24, also tells PEOPLE that meeting theBaywatchicon proved to be a thrill.

“I’d always admired her from afar, but getting to know her took everything to such a new level because she is truly such a genuine, kind, beautiful person,” Shipka says. “Just a pure soul of a human. And I just adore her and she’s so unbelievably good in this — every time that she did a scene I was like, I’m in awe of her. She’s amazing.”

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Pamela Anderson on Sept. 6, 2024.Kayla Oaddams/Getty

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“It’s so weird! A movie about Vegas and mothers and daughters! Did I relate to that? 100%. That’s why I fell in love with it,” Lourd tells PEOPLE of the movie, noting that its story, setting and characters reminded her of her late mother,Carrie Fisher, and late grandmother.Debbie Reynolds.

“My grandma was a showgirl in her own right, and my mom was a little bit of the character that I got to play, so it was really cathartic and incredible to get to be in this movie and play this role,” she says. “It was really cool.”

The Last Showgirlmade its world premiere in Toronto on Friday, Sept. 6.

source: people.com