Erika Eleniak is making a splash.
The actress covered up her colorful sleeve tattoos in order to reprise her role of Shauni McClain on the Fox reboot of “Baywatch.”
Eleniak, 56, was spotted on set Thursday, wearing a dark green tank top and matching slacks with a cropped, white linen shirt.
Her hands and arms were visibly bare, with the 90s icon rocking, unpainted nails and just a dainty gold bracelet on her left wrist.
Missing were Eleniak’s elaborate tattoos that fully envelop both of her arms.
The images inked on one arm include a skull dawning a crown of thorns, spiderwebs, a wolf and what seemingly appears to be an eagle wearing a witch’s hat.
Her other arm is painted with a monarch butterfly, flowers and other eccentric pieces.
But to play Shauni, the tats had to go.
Eleniak starred as the girl-next-door lifeguard in the first two seasons of “Baywatch” from 1989 to 1992.
She exited the beloved 11-season drama at the start of Season 3.
The original series also starred David Hasselhoff, Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Jason Momoa, David Charvet, Nicole Eggert and more.
While celebrating the 30th anniversary of “Baywatch” in 2019, Eleniak revealed she left the series to focus on her film career.
She explained to the Mercury News at the time: “It was kind of a great time to go because my swansong was the introduction of C.J. Parker, Pamela Anderson‘s character. And I mean, they hit the lottery.”
In recent years Eleniak has mostly stepped away from acting — but is making an exception to step back onto the sand.
Despite currently residing in Canada with her husband, Roch Daigle, and their daughter, Indyanna, 20, Eleniak will guest star on the sequel series, with Shauni now working as a Santa Monica city councilwoman, per Deadline.
Shauni comes back to the beach to help Hobie (now played by Stephen Amell) kick off the annual “Beach Games” — which sees the reigning champs of Baywatch face off against the Coast Guard.
Eleniak isn’t the only familiar face headed back to the beach.
David Chokachi is also reprising his role of Cody Madison.
The upcoming revival is set to premiere as part of the 2026-2027 season on Fox — with Brooks Nader, Shay Mitchelle, Noah Beck and Livvy Dunne making up the new crew.
Last month, a source revealed to Page Six that Nader, 29, has been prepping in order to wear the iconic red one piece.
“She’s been religiously training for the last few weeks,” the insider revealed.
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model has been strength training with a personal trainer, with the source adding that Nader “is very excited about this next step in her career.”
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