Baywatch star Erika Eleniak’s staggering OnlyFans income revealed after she joined platform aged 56
Baywatch star Erika Eleniak is said to be earning an eyewatering five-figure income from her newly launched account on OnlyFans.
The 1990s screen siren joined the platform early this month at the age of 56 and has already acquired over 1,100 subscribers, sources close to her said.
According to the insiders, the onetime Playboy model pockets about $10,000 weekly from the site and is projected to earn $40,000 by the close of the month, via TMZ.
Eleniak won the hearts of fans for her portrayal of the warmhearted lifeguard Shauni McClain on the first three seasons of Baywatch from 1989 to 1992.
Her run overlapped with those of some of the top-flight names to emerge from the show, including Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff.
When she first started her OnlyFans page, she confined herself to posting photos of her feet, but she recently teased on Instagram that her content will become ‘riskier.’
The Daily Mail has contacted Eleniak’s representatives for comment.
Baywatch star Erika Eleniak is said to be earning an eyewatering five-figure income every week from her new OnlyFans account
Eleniak won the hearts of fans for her portrayal of the warmhearted lifeguard Shauni McClain on the first three seasons of Baywatch from 1989 to 1992
At the start of her run on the adult entertainment platform, she raved to the Daily Mail that she was ‘genuinely excited about’ her new venture.
‘I’ve had people supporting me and following my career for more than four decades, and OnlyFans gives me this incredible modern way of communicating directly with them,’ explained the Los Angeles native.
‘When I started my career, there was no internet, no social media, no Instagram, no YouTube,’ Eleniak observed. ‘If someone wanted to reach me, they would find an address in the back of a teen magazine, write a letter, put it in the mail and hope that eventually I would get to read it!’
The Girl in the Cadillac actress mused: ‘In a funny way, I look at OnlyFans as the modern-day version of fan mail, except now it’s immediate and personal.’
Eleniak was approaching the site with ‘an open mind,’ she said, adding: ‘I want to have fun with it, reconnect with people who have followed me for years and hopefully meet a whole new generation of fans as well.’
She said: ‘I’m 56, I’m embracing exactly who I am today, and I think there’s something really liberating about starting a completely new chapter at this point in my life.’
At that stage, she was charging $9.99 per month for a subscription to her page on OnlyFans, which takes a 20 percent cut from content creators.
Her other professional endeavors include what she described as ‘a very small cameo’ on the upcoming Fox reboot of Baywatch, which premieres January 2027.
(from left) Billy Warlock, Eleniak, Parker Stevenson, David Hasselhoff and Shawn Weatherly are pictured in a publicity still for the first season of the show in 1989
At the start of her run on the adult entertainment platform, she raved to the Daily Mail that she was ‘genuinely excited about’ her new venture
When she first started her OnlyFans page, she confined herself to posting photos of her feet, but she recently teased on Instagram that her content will become ‘riskier’
‘Shauni has traded the lifeguard tower for a seat on the Santa Monica City Council,’ Eleniak teased on Instagram for the benefit of her over 170,000 followers.
She made her OnlyFans debut shortly after Knots Landing icon Donna Mills announced she was joining the site at the age of 85.
Mills broke the news in late July, explaining that she ‘always appreciated the incredible support and encouragement I’ve received from my fans over the years’ and was now ‘excited’ to cultivate ‘a more personal and direct connection’ with them.
Her page will offer ‘moments from my daily life’ and ‘behind-the-scenes glimpses,’ as she interacts with her public ‘in a more meaningful way,’ she told Variety.
However, she volunteered no firm specifics on exactly how raunchy the content she offers on the adult entertainment website would be.
Mills partnered with entrepreneur Andy Bachman’s talent agency Creators, Inc, which earlier this year helped shepherd American Pie bombshell Shannon Elizabeth, 52, and My Name Is Earl actress Jaime Pressly, 49, onto OnlyFans.
‘Donna has always been fearless and ahead of her time,’ said Bachman. ‘She told me: “YOLO – let’s do it,” and that perfectly captures her attitude.’