{"id":2157163,"date":"2025-11-14T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2157163"},"modified":"2025-11-14T19:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T19:50:17","slug":"baywatch-siren-flaunts-her-real-life-edgy-tattoos-in-photo-from-new-movie-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/baywatch-siren-flaunts-her-real-life-edgy-tattoos-in-photo-from-new-movie-set\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Baywatch&#8217; siren flaunts her real-life edgy tattoos in photo from new movie set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBaywatch\u201d alum Erika Eleniak looks totally different in her edgy new film role decades after playing a bombshell lifeguard on the hit show.<\/p>\n<p>Eleniak, 56 \u2014 who played Shauni McClain in the first three seasons of the \u201990s surf series \u2014 flaunted her sleeves of impressive ink <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQD31IdFHYl\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via Instagram<\/a> in a photo from her upcoming film Alchemy In Venice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the pic, the actress sports an embroidered black jacket paired with a lace shirt and a chunky belt. She accessorized with bold statement jewelry and showed off her tattoos, which reach up to her hands.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cBaywatch\u201d alum Erika Eleniak looks totally different in her edgy new film role decades after playing a bombshell lifeguard on the hit show. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@officalerikaeleniak<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Eleniak \u2014 who played Shauni McClain in the first three seasons of the \u201990s surf series \u2014 flaunted her sleeves of impressive ink in a photo from her upcoming film Alchemy In Venice.\u00a0 <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cFrom our illustrious leader, Jon Fitzgerald: That\u2019s a wrap! With filming having ended this past Saturday, we now turn the page to post-production,\u201d she captioned the photo posted via Instagram. \u201cCan\u2019t wait to see this project come together and share with all of you soon. Thank you for being part of the journey. Stay tuned!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Many fans in the comments section praised her dramatic look, a stark contrast from her \u201cBaywatch\u201d days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t wait to see more, you look great,\u201d one fan gushed, as another wrote, \u201cLate to the party. I had no idea u had tattoos.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Others were a little taken back by her look with one writing, \u201cDid I miss something?\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Many fans in the comments section praised her dramatic new look, a stark contrast from her \u201cBaywatch\u201d days. <span class=\"credit\">KOAS for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Page Six was the first to reveal the blonde beauty\u2019s dramatic transformation back in 2023 with exclusive photos of the actress. <span class=\"credit\">KOAS for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Page Six was the first to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Page Six was the first to reveal the blonde beauty's dramatic transformation back in 2023 with exclusive photos of the actress walking her dog in the suburbs of California.\">reveal the blonde beauty\u2019s dramatic transformation <\/a>back in 2023 with exclusive photos of the actress walking her dog in the suburbs of California. <\/p>\n<p>Eleniak explained why she got so many tattoos during her appearance on the  <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/erika-eleniak-baywatch\/id1711484531?i=1000714166654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cStill Here Hollywood\u201d podcast<\/a> over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery tattoo that I have is significant of something,\u201d she said in a June episode, noting that she started getting tattoos on her back sometime in her \u201clate 20s\u201d after her stint on \u201cBaywatch\u201d ended.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love tattoos. I love that my body is a canvas to tell my stories. Just fun,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Eleniak rose to fame at just 12 years old for her role in Steven Spielberg\u2019s iconic 1982 film, \u201cE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Universal Pictures<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She became a global sex symbol by the \u201990s for her role on \u201cBaywatch\u201d and even posed for Playboy Magazine. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eleniak rose to fame at just 12 years old for her role in Steven Spielberg\u2019s iconic 1982 film, \u201cE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She became a global sex symbol by the \u201990s for her role on \u201cBaywatch\u201d and even posed for Playboy Magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Eleniak revealed that she ultimately left the show because she was \u201cwanted more serious work\u201d and wasn\u2019t \u201ccomfortable in slinky little bikinis.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRunning around the beach in a thong was not my idea of a good time,\u201d she quipped. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>She ultimately left the show because she was \u201cwanted more serious work\u201d and wasn\u2019t \u201ccomfortable in slinky little bikinis.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former model now leads a quiet life in the California suburbs with her 19-year-old daughter.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@officalerikaeleniak<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Throughout the \u201990s she transitioned to thriller and action movies which she said she \u201creally enjoyed\u201d and is still \u201creally proud of the work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eleniak married bodybuilder Philip Golgia in 1998, but they divorced after just six months. <\/p>\n<p>In the early 2000s she began dating film worker Roch Daigle, and they moved to Canada, before tying the knot in 2005. They welcomed their daughter a year later.<\/p>\n<p>She still acts, but the former model leads a quiet life in the California suburbs with her now 19-year-old daughter, Indyanna Daigle.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBaywatch\u201d alum Erika Eleniak looks totally different in her edgy new film role decades after playing a bombshell lifeguard on the hit show. Eleniak, 56 \u2014 who played Shauni McClain in the first three seasons of the \u201990s surf series \u2014 flaunted her sleeves of impressive ink via Instagram in a photo from her upcoming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2157164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[345641,358835,24003,398667],"class_list":["post-2157163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-90s","tag-baywatch","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-tattoos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Baywatch-siren-flaunts-her-real-life-edgy-tattoos-in-photo-from.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157165,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2157163\/revisions\/2157165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2157164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2157163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2157163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}