Pam Grier Biography

Fast Facts

• Moved a lot as a child because of her father's military career
• Was a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos at the age of 19; quit after two months
• Entered beauty contests to try to win money for college
• Was a backup singer for Bobby Womack and Sly Stone
• In 1998, received NAACP Image Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress for her comeback role in Jackie Brown
• Earned a Daytime Emmy Award nomination in 2000 for her work on the animated HBO series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
• Is cofounder of Melting Pot Designs, a company that designs paper products and specialty items
• Penned a memoir in 2010 titled Foxy: My Life in Three Acts, in which she revealed details about a childhood rape and a cervical-cancer diagnosis
• Considers herself a "country girl" and calls her rural Colorado home her "sanctuary
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