Original Baywatch cast member Erika Eleniak has been seen for first time on the set of the TV reboot from Fox and Fremantle.
The new series stars Brooks Nader, Shay Mitchell and Livvy Dunne as well as original Baywatch member David Chokachi.
Eleniak is returning as Shauni McClain in a guest role, according to Deadline.
The 56-year-old actress wore a beige blouse over a green tank top and slacks as she stood on the beach in Marina Del Rey in Southern California.
All of her many arm and neck tattoos she has gotten in recent years were covered up by beige makeup.
Eleniak was one of the standouts of the original Baywatch, which she was on for three seasons from 1989 to 1992.
At around the same time she also appeared on the cover of Playboy Magazine, which her Baywatch costars Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra also did.
Original Baywatch cast member Erika Eleniak has been seen for first time on the set of the TV reboot from Fox and Fremantle. Pictured in 1989
Eleniak is returning to play Shauni McClain in a guest role, according to Deadline. She was on three seasons of the original Baywatch from 1989 to 1992
In her upcoming storyline, Shauni — who’s now a city councilwoman in seaside Santa Monica — will be helping Hobie Buchannon put on the first-annual Beach Games, which will feature the Baywatch lifeguards squaring off with members of the Coast Guard in a series of competitions.
In a strange twist, Hobie, who was the son of David Hasselhoff’s character Mitch Buchannon, is returning as a regular of the new version of the show, but he has been recast, with Arrow’s Stephen Amell taking the role.
The part was previously played in Baywatch’s first season by Brandon Call, though Jeremy Jackson is most identified with the role after taking it over for the remainder of the series.
Amell’s Hobie has been bumped up from a regular lifeguard to the captain of the Baywatch team, a role his father previously held.
But even as he deals with the everyday grind of oceanside rescues, Hobie has to contend with a new stressor: the appearance of his daughter, Charlie, with whom he doesn’t have a relationship.
Charlie, played by Jessica Belkin, creates a headache for Hobie when she decides to join Baywatch as a lifeguard.
Seen with Tom McTigue, David Hasselhoff, Billy Warlock, Pamela Bach, Richard Jaeckel, Monte Markham and Jeremy Jackson
Other stars of the reboot include Noah Beck, Hassie Harrison and Thaddeus LaGrone.
Baywatch was enormously successful thanks to beauties like Eleniak
Eleniak was born in Glendale, California, to parents of Ukrainian, Estonian and German descent.
The star was a part of cinematic history in 1982 when she was cast as a girl who kisses E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial child star, Henry Thomas during a classroom scene.
Her next film role was in 1983’s Imps*, which only received a belated release in 2009.
In 1987, she began appearing on television with guest roles on Silver Spoons, Still the Beaver and Boys Will Be Boys.
After a multi-year absence, she returned to film to play one of the victims in 1988’s remake of The Blob, which is now considered a science fiction horror cult classic.
She was on the shows Silver Spoons, The New Leave It To Beaver and Boys Will Be Boys. On film, she appeared in the The Blob, Under Siege and The Beverly Hillbillies adaptation (pictured)
She followed it up with roles in bigger budget films, including the Steven Seagal action film Under Siege, the 1993 film adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies, the 1995 rom-com A Pyromaniac’s Love Story and the 1996 Tales From The Crypt spinoff film Bordello Of Blood.
Her subsequent films in the late ’90s, 2000s and 2020s were less frequent and were small-budget independent productions.
Eleniak’s most recently film was 2024’s Lolipop Gang, in which she appeared as herself five years after her previous film role.
As she was starting to appear in more high-profile films, she also had a three-episode run opposite Scott Baio on Charles In Charge in 1989 before beginning her stint on Baywatch.
The 56-year-old actress wore a beige blouse over a green tank top and slacks as she stood on the beach in Marina Del Rey in Southern California
She was seen standing on a platform next to a male costar
All of her many arm and neck tattoos she has gotten in recent years have been covered up by makeup
Seen with her arm tattoos in 2024
She appeared in the show’s TV movie pilot Panic At Malibu Pier as Shauni McClain before joining the main cast for the first two seasons.
Her character started up a relationship with Billy Warlock’s character Eddie Kramer, and they married at the beginning of the third season and moved to Australia, ending her time on the series.
Erika’s most recent project was narrating an eight-episode podcast series, The Murder Years, from last year, according to IMDb.
These days the actress has a striking look as she is covered in tattoos.
Eleniak revealed what propelled her to ink her body in a recent episode of the Still Here Hollywood podcast with Steve Kmetko.
She revealed that she started getting tattoos on her back sometime in her ‘late 20s,’ after her stint on Baywatch ended at the start of the third season.
‘Every tattoo that I have is significant of something,’ she said, citing one that had her mother’s name for example.
‘I love tattoos. I love that my body is a canvas to tell my stories,’ she added.
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