Pamela Anderson brought her sparkle to the Gotham Awards.

The former Baywatch The 57-year-old star attended the 2024 Gotham Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Monday, December 2, wearing a strapless butter yellow dress with a large bow at the back. She kept her accessories simple with diamond stud earrings, went makeup-free and wore long, loose hair.

Anderson – who is nominated for her role in The Last Showgirl – spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about what it felt like to wear makeup for the film, even though she now regularly opts for a makeup-free lifestyle off-screen.

“I mean — I wear — I love wearing makeup sometimes too,” she told PEOPLE while walking the red carpet, adding, “It has a time and a place. I just feel like in my personal life it just didn’t make sense.”

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“Be brave and live your dreams. It’s never too late,” she told PEOPLE.

The yellow dress continues the style of simple but elegant ensembles Love, Pamela: A Memoir Author who has recently started embracing monochromatic styles.

On November 7, the actress was spotted at the Independent Spirit Awards in Los Angeles wearing a white silk button-down blouse and matching wide-leg pants. She also wore white pumps and earrings.

Anderson also opted for elegant simplicity while attending the Zurich Film Festival on October 4, 2024. The former model wore a baby pink dress and scarf courtesy of Elie Saab. She completed the look with pink pointed heels and minimalist jewelry.

Anderson first showed off her natural glow at the Isabel Marant fashion show on September 28, 2023 during Paris Fashion Week, where she wore a bright yellow tank dress and her hair fell loosely below her shoulders. She told Vogue France She didn’t want to “compete with clothes” as she explained her decision not to wear makeup at the time.

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The Gotham Film Awards is an annual industry event that recognizes outstanding voices in storytelling, including writers, actors, directors and producers. Anderson is nominated for her leading role in The last showgirl a film about a Las Vegas showgirl named Shelly whose future is uncertain when her show abruptly ends after 30 years. Critics have called Anderson’s performance “transformative.”

Other nominees include Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Pamela Anderson, Saoirse Ronan and Justice Smith.