{"id":367050,"date":"2026-03-27T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/367050\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T00:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T00:00:09","slug":"baywatch-pin-up-56-looks-completely-unrecognizable-with-tattoo-sleeves-during-rare-outing-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/367050\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Baywatch’ Pin-Up, 56, Looks Completely Unrecognizable With Tattoo Sleeves During Rare Outing in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"One<\/p>\n

One of the original Baywatch stars Erika Eleniak, 56, looked completely unrecognizable during a rare outing.NBC\/FREMANTLE<\/p>\n

One of the original Baywatch<\/a> stars looks completely unrecognizable during a rare outing in Los Angeles<\/a>, RadarOnline.com<\/a> can reveal.<\/p>\n

Erika Eleniak<\/a>, 56, looked worlds away from her iconic red swimsuit days as she arrived at a Thousand Oaks salon in laid-back athleisure on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Eleniak’s Casual Outing\"Eleniak<\/p>\n

Eleniak kept her look very casual in a white T-shirt and loose navy sweatpants with slip-on shoes.MEGA<\/p>\n

During the Tuesday outing, Eleniak kept her look very casual in a white T-shirt and loose navy sweatpants with slip-on shoes.<\/p>\n

The TV icon sported loose blonde hair and a barely-there makeup look before entering the beauty salon for nearly five hours.<\/p>\n

Meaning Behind Her Tattoos\"Eleniak<\/p>\n

Eleniak became a household name as Shauni McClain on ‘Baywatch.’FREMANTLE\/NBC<\/p>\n

As seen in the rare snaps of the Baywatch babe, she showed off the collection of tattoos on her arms \u2013 which she is openly very proud of.<\/p>\n

While making an appearance on the Still Here Hollywood podcast,<\/a> the actress said of her artwork: “So my first tattoo started on my back, and I feel like I was in my late 20s. So it’s been a long time. It’s been a long road. And every tattoo that I have is significant of something.<\/p>\n

“So like, for instance, on this part of my arm, my mom’s name, she passed, and her name is Iris. So, I have an Iris here, and this says free in a butterfly.”<\/p>\n

She added: “Every tattoo has a story… I love tattoos. I love that my body is like a canvas to tell my stories. It\u2019s just fun.”<\/p>\n

Inside Her Successful Career\"The<\/p>\n

The beach babe’s arms are now covered in tattoos.MEGA<\/p>\n

A staple of ’80s and ’90s television, Eleniak became a household name as Shauni McClain on Baywatch.<\/p>\n

But long before her famous red swimsuit days, she was a child star with iconic roles on Full House,<\/a> Charles in Charge and Silver Spoons, and even made her film debut in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.<\/p>\n

Following her massive success in the business, the actress stepped away from the spotlight in recent years to live a private life away from the cameras.<\/p>\n

The blonde pin-up played Shauni McClain on Baywatch for three seasons from 1989 through 1992, and left the show just as Pamela Anderson was joining as the iconic C.J. Parker.<\/a><\/p>\n

Discussing the reason behind her departure on the famous show, she told Cine Revue<\/a> magazine back in 1997: “I quit Baywatch so I wouldn\u2019t be known only as Shauni McClain, the lifeguard.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s why I want to play several different parts in my further career. After a while, I hope that people won’t associate me automatically with Shauni.”<\/p>\n

\"Eleniak<\/p>\n

Eleniak revealed she left the series to focus on her film career.MEGA<\/p>\n

While celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic show back in 2019, Eleniak opened up more about how she left the series, which led to Anderson joining the cast.<\/p>\n

She told The Mercury News<\/a>: “It was kind of a great time to go because my swansong was the introduction of C.J. Parker, Pamela Anderson<\/a>‘s character. And I mean, they hit the lottery.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the original Baywatch stars Erika Eleniak, 56, looked completely unrecognizable during a rare outing.NBC\/FREMANTLE One of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[30080,165320,321,93,165318,61,60,165319],"class_list":{"0":"post-367050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-baywatch","9":"tag-baywatch-babe","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-erika-eleniak","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-shauni-mcclain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}