Pamela Anderson always dreamed of becoming a nun or a showgirl. She makes one of those dreams come true with acclaimed new drama "The Last Showgirl."

The costumes in The Last Showgirl are veritable art pieces. Just ask the women who wore them. In an Entertainment Tonight interview posted to Instagram on Jan. 10, Kiernan Shipka, who plays Jodie in the movie,

Nothing lasts forever, but in Las Vegas not much sticks around longer than a minute or two. Not your money, not the old casino hotels on the Strip, and not the topless revues that, for decades, defined Sin City in a rhinestone nutshell.

Anderson plays an aging Vegas showgirl in the new movie from Gia Coppola. For so many reasons, it's a role only she could meaningfully deliver.

"It happened and now I'm here," Anderson said. "I'm being seen and recognized for my work and not these tawdry moments."