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‘American Pie’ Star Shannon Elizabeth Joins OnlyFans At 52
Shannon Elizabeth’s next career move is no pie-in-the-sky.
More than two decades after starring in the raunchy comedy American Pie, the actress announced she’s joining OnlyFans, noting that the time felt right to finally reclaim her sexuality.
“I've spent my entire career working in Hollywood, where other people controlled the narrative and the outcome of my career,” Shannon told People in an interview published on April 16. “This new chapter is about changing that, showing off a more sexy side no one has seen, and being closer to my fans.”
“I'm choosing OnlyFans because it allows me to connect directly with my audience, create on my own terms, and just be free,” the 52-year-old continued, “I really do think this is the future.”
This wouldn’t be the first time Shannon has leaned into her sexy side. After all, she rose to fame in 1999, playing foreign exchange student Nadia in American Pie, alongside Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott and Eugene Levy.
The film—which followed a group of high school friends determined to lose their virginity before graduation—featured several NSFW moments, including Shannon’s nude scene. But that spicy movie moment ultimately cemented her status as a sex symbol in the late 90s and early 2000s.
In fact, Shannon even previously credited those scenes for her career success.
“If I hadn’t done the nudity,” she said in the 2020 documentary Skin: A History Of Nudity In The Movies, per USA Today, “I might not have a career today."
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However, the Scary Movie star recently admitted that her onscreen persona couldn’t be further from who she is at her core.
“For me, it was a role, it was playing a character,” Shannon told Entertainment Tonight in March. “But even in my real life, I’m just not the girl that likes to be naked, ever.”
“Even at home I’m always covered up,” she added. “Like I have friends that sleep in the nude and they don’t mind walking around that way. That was never me, but because that was kind of my coming out, everyone assumed I was that girl.”
And even though there’s been some controversy over whether the film holds up today, Shannon—who went on to star in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Thirteen Ghosts and Love Actually—still believes the comedy was life-changing for her.
“Everything that I’ve done in my life,” she told ET, “is because of American Pie.”
Shannon isn’t the only celeb who has launched an OnlyFans page. Keep reading to see who else has a presence on the adult-content creator platform.
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Jessie Cave
The Harry Potter alum announced in March 2025 she had joined the platform to focus on very niche and non-sexual content.
"It's very much geared toward people who have an interest or fetish with hair,” Jessie said on her Before We Break Up Again podcast. “I really am choosing to think of this as an empowering moment for me because I have been this very straight, prim actress for a lot of my career and this is very much a way of me saying, 'Okay, I'm doing something that is not normal. This is weird and me and a bit kinky. And why not?’"
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Denise Richards
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum joined OnlyFans in 2022 after her daughter Sami Sheen—who she shares with ex-husband Charlie Sheen—started her own account on the subscription-based platform known for hosting NSFW content.
"My daughter got a lot of backlash for opening the account," she told KTLA at the time. "I had heard of OnlyFans but I wasn't educated on what OnlyFans was and once I started to learn about it, I really think that the creators of the site really took the best of every platform of social media and put it into one site. You own your content. The other sites, they can sell your content."
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Blac Chyna
Though the Rob & Chyna alum was one of the first celebs to join OnlyFans in 2020, she quit producing content on the website three years later after getting baptized and embracing religion.
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Tyler Posey
The Teen Wolf star launched an OnlyFans account in late September 2020. However, he told E! News the following year that he found his career on the website "mentally draining."
"You really feel like an object on OnlyFans," he shared. "I'm trying my hardest to be artistic as possible with the content I put out 'cause I don't want it to just be porn, you know? That's not what I do and I don't want to take it away from the people that are doing that. I just want to be artistic and stay in touch with my fans."
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Amber Rose
The model announced her decision to join and produce private content on the site in 2020. According to the description on Amber's OnlyFans page, her account is "your chance to experience something."
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Bella Thorne
The former Disney Channel star launched her OnlyFans account in August 2020 to "remove the stigma behind sex, sex work, and the negativity that surrounds the word SEX itself by bringing a mainstream face to it."
"I wanted to bring attention to the site," she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "The more people on the site the more likely of a chance to normalize the stigmas."
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Trisha Paytas
Before marrying husband Moses Hacmon in 2021, the YouTuber had a lucrative career on OnlyFans.
"OnlyFans did great in 2020, so I was like 'I’m only doing OnlyFans this whole year,'" she told Polyester magazine. "I kind of followed the money."
Trisha continued, "It was fun. I had a summer of it and I made a ton of money and I loved it. I probably would have continued longer but I met Moses and I was like, “OK, I’ll stop now.'"
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Jordyn Woods
The Life of Kylie alum joined the subscription-based platform in 2020. In an interview with Complex at the time, she expressed her excitement to participate on a site where everyone can be their most "authentic" selves.
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Cardi B
The rapper launched her OnlyFans account in August 2020 amid the release of her smash hit "WAP." The account featured exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the single's music video, as well as some content from her daily life.
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Dorinda Medley
The Real Housewives of New York alum joined website in 2020 as a surprise to some of her fans, though she has since deactivated her page.
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Sonja Morgan
In solidarity with her Real Housewives of New York costar, Morgan announced her OnlyFans account in July 2020. Upon the launch, she offered an exclusive free membership for fans that subscribed in the first week.
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Tana Mongeau
The Youtuber subscribed to the OnlyFans life in 2020, writing on X, "TANA UNCENSORED IS FINALLY HERE AND THAT’S ALL IMA SAY."
Lily Allen
The "Smile" singer launched an OnlyFans account for her feet in 2024.
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Austin Mahone
The "Say You're Just a Friend" singer joined OnlyFans in 2020, writing in the description of his page, "Message me if you wanna see the real good stuff."
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Tyga
The "Rack City" rapper started an OnlyFans account in 2020, though he later deactivated it to launch Myystar, another subscription-based platform for content creators.
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