Erika Eleniak, the actress who played lifeguard Shauni McClain in Baywatch, has launched an OnlyFans account at 56. Announced on Monday, 10 August, the page will feature personal photographs, videos, beach content and the barefoot shots fans have repeatedly requested. Eleniak said the move gives her control over how she presents herself decades after becoming famous in the show's signature red swimsuit.
The Under Siege and The Beverly Hillbillies star confirmed the launch on her official Instagram account, telling followers that her secret was 'officially out'. She described the account as a place for exclusive content covering her career from Baywatch to her years as a model and actress. The launch also comes as Eleniak prepares to reprise the role of Shauni in an upcoming Baywatch sequel series.
A Full-Circle Return to the Beach
'I basically grew up on the beach in a red swimsuit, so this feels like coming full circle, except now I'm calling the shots,' Eleniak said in a statement announcing the account. 'Fans are getting my real life, my personal photos and videos, plenty of beach days and, yes, the feet everyone keeps asking about.' Her comments position the subscription page as a direct channel between the actress and the audience that has followed her since the late 1980s.
Eleniak said subscribers will see material that differs from the polished television image associated with Shauni McClain. The actress described the planned content as personal, playful and unfiltered, with a focus on her everyday life as well as seaside imagery. OnlyFans allows creators to share material directly with paying subscribers, although Eleniak has not publicly detailed a fixed posting schedule.
'I've been Erika from Baywatch for decades, but OnlyFans gets a side of me people haven't seen,' she said. 'It's personal, playful and unfiltered, and if you came for the bare feet in the sand, I promise you won't be disappointed.' The references to foot content appear to answer a specific request Eleniak says she has regularly received from fans.
From Child Actor to Baywatch Star
Eleniak's screen career began long before she put on the red lifeguard swimsuit. At 12, she appeared in Steven Spielberg's 1982 science-fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, playing the schoolgirl Elliott kissed during the classroom sequence. She later appeared in the 1988 horror film The Blob before joining the original cast of Baywatch in 1989.
The actress played Shauni from 1989 to 1992, appearing in the television film Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier and the series that followed. Her character's relationship with Eddie Kramer, played by Billy Warlock, became one of the programme's early romantic storylines. Shauni and Eddie eventually married before leaving Los Angeles for a new life in Australia.
Eleniak also became Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1989, the same year Baywatch premiered. She later played Jordan Tate opposite Steven Seagal in the 1992 action film Under Siege and Elly May Clampett in the 1993 film adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies. Her OnlyFans announcement directly references those earlier chapters while placing the new content under her own control.
Shauni McClain Is Heading Back
The OnlyFans launch arrives during another major return for Eleniak. The official Baywatch Instagram account has confirmed that she filmed a guest appearance as Shauni McClain in Fox's forthcoming sequel series. Shauni will return as a Santa Monica city councilwoman rather than a working lifeguard, giving the character a new position more than three decades after she left the beach.
Eleniak previously celebrated the casting on Instagram, writing, 'I'm so excited. I can't wait to bring Shauni back to Baywatch.' She also said she was looking forward to meeting the new cast and reuniting with David Chokachi, who is returning as Cody Madison.
The two projects give Eleniak separate ways to reconnect with the audience that first knew her as Shauni. The television appearance revisits the character who made her widely recognised, while OnlyFans gives subscribers access to material selected and published by Eleniak herself. At 56, she is returning to the beach imagery linked to her career, this time with ownership over what viewers get to see.
