A sold-out crowd of 1,200 Showgirls fans gave the film’s star Elizabeth Berkley 3 standing ovations during her introduction of the much-maligned, then adored 1995 camp classic at screening at the Academy Museum on Wednesday.

Berkley, 49, addressed the audience in glittery eyeshadow and tailored tuxedo.

Hoping for Oscar

She noted that she once asked her agent after getting cast in Showgirls if there was a chance she might be nominated for an Oscar. “Every girl in Hollywood had fought for this role,” she said. “So it was not a strange thing to ask.”

A visibly moved Berkeley told the crowd that Showgirls “really pushed the boundaries at that time that now have been embraced — not misunderstood but truly embraced. And I’m so grateful that the film has found its way not only in your hearts but especially the LGBTQ community.” Her remarks brought the crowd once again to their feet.

“You stood by the film,” she said, pausing as the crowd applauded through the silence. “You always believed as did I and for that I’m eternally grateful.”

She then moved center stage and did her character Nomi Malone’s signature scissor-hands dance move, then blowing a kiss to the audience.

Showgirls was the follow-up effort from director Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas after the success of 1992’s Basic Instinct. It was envisioned as a gritty take on the real and sometimes dangerous lives of Las Vegas entertainers.

Some of the stranger moments in the film — including one character’s reference to eating dog food — were taken from actual interviews with Vegas dancers conducted by Eszterhas.

The end result was destroyed by critics, who slammed Berkley, calling the 21-year-old newcomer — whose previous major credit was the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell — “irritating” and “a bimbo.”

Showgirls was nominated for 13 Golden Raspberry Awards — a record that still stands — and won 7 of them.

It bombed at the box office, making only $20 million on a budget of $45 million and ending Berkley’s career just as quickly as it began.