Pamela Anderson Says She Left Hollywood for Canada to 'Remember Who I Was'

In a new interview, the ‘Baywatch’ star said she didn’t want to be “defined” by other people’s misperceptions of her

is rediscovering herself — and leaving the past behind.

Back in 2020, the Baywatch actress, 57, made the decision to relocate to her home country of Canada. In a new interview with , Anderson said her move to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, was an opportunity to reconnect with her true self.

“I guess [it was] a homecoming, you could say, to really kind of look at my life and remember who I was — not what other people were telling me I was,” she told the outlet.

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“And I didn’t want anything that had happened to me to define me. I wanted what I do to define me,” she continued.

This isn’t the first time the former Playboy model has spoken about her decision to return to her roots.

“I was not in a good space when I moved back to Canada,” Anderson said in an interview with for its September 2024 cover story.

“I don’t know what happened over the last few decades, but I feel now so far removed from the image of who I was,” she explained. “I felt very sad and lonely. I didn’t feel just misunderstood, I felt like I had really screwed up, that my whole life was a bundle of mistakes. I was hard on myself, and I thought I put my family through a lot and put my kids through so much.”

Anderson shares two sons, Brandon, 28, and Dylan, 26, with her ex-husband .

“It took me a couple years of transitioning and thinking,” she told Better Homes & Gardens. “I was finally able to sit with myself.”

Anderson noted that she spent the first few years after the move personally renovating a property for her parents, writing and learning to bake. The time of self-reflection resulted in her 2023 memoir , as well as a cookbook called , which was published in October 2024.

The author is also currently promoting the launch of a new , a vegan skin care company she co-owns. She says the product, which she helped create, was inspired by her rose garden.

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“When I started working with the Sonsie group, I really wanted to start applying my life lessons and things that I’ve learned along the way — accepting where you are on your beauty journey — and I just felt like the rose garden, for me, was a very grounding message, because I kind of rediscovered myself in the rose garden,” she told WWD.

Anderson also continues to act. The animal rights activist most recently starred in , which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September and will hit movie theaters on Jan. 10. She is also set to star in a with .

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“I don’t know how I pulled this off,” Anderson told WWD of the various projects that have come her way recently. “Just like this movie I’m doing, I don’t know how I pulled it off either. I just feel like the stars have aligned, and if you just believe in yourself long enough … always keep that little fire burning.”

“You know, timing is everything. So this seems to be my time, so I’m embracing it,” she added.