Violet #23 - The Last Showgirl

In The Last Showgirl, Gia Coppola casts Pamela Anderson as Shelly — a luminous echo of a vanishing world, where the Las Vegas revue once shimmered with sequins and defiance. Beside her is Jamie Lee Curtis as Annette, a fellow showgirl turned cocktail waitress, and still — despite the fading lights and shifting tides — a steadfast friend.

Beneath the rhinestones and feathered grandeur are women quietly balancing tenderness and autonomy, motherhood and artistry, within an industry that worships youth and yield.

In conversation, Jamie Lee and Gia drifted gently through questions of art and commerce, survival and softness — how to lead, how to mother, how to remain whole in a world fraying at its edges.