Jaime Pressly Joins OnlyFans: ‘Evolving With the Times’

Jaime Pressly is taking Hollywood access and putting it directly into fans’ hands. The My Name Is Earl star officially launched her OnlyFans page on May 7, joining a wave of established actresses who are bypassing traditional entertainment gatekeepers and building something of their own.

“I’ve always believed in evolving with the times,” the 48-year-old Emmy winner said in a statement to Variety. “This is another way for me to connect directly with my audience, on my own terms, with creativity and intention. I’ve loved meeting fans at various Comic Cons, and the excitement of having those real face-to-face moments made me want to seek options like OnlyFans.”

She also shared the news on her Instagram Story with a characteristically self-aware note: “I made one. I might change my mind tomorrow.”

The page launched free to subscribers and promises a lot: exclusive photos and videos, behind-the-scenes glimpses of her life, late-night thoughts and candid moments, and one-on-one chats. “The cameras may catch one version of me,” her bio reads. “This is where things get a little more personal, playful, and completely unfiltered. 🌶️ A little sweet. A little wild. Always authentic. If you’ve ever wondered what I’m really like when the script ends… Come closer. 💋”

Pressly told TMZ that her experiences at conventions were a real catalyst — those face-to-face moments with fans showed her there was an appetite for something more direct and unfiltered than what Hollywood typically allows. She also told People that her goal is to “create what I want, how I want, and share it directly with the people who’ve supported me for years.”

The Shannon Elizabeth Effect

The timing is hard to ignore. Just weeks before Pressly’s launch, her longtime friend Shannon Elizabeth — best known for American Pie and Scary Movie — joined OnlyFans on April 16 and promptly earned more than $1.2 million in her first seven days on the platform. Creators Inc. CEO Andy Bachman confirmed the seven-figure first week to Variety.

Elizabeth has been open about what drove her to the platform. “I’ve spent my entire career working in Hollywood, where other people controlled the narrative and the outcome of my career,” she told People. “This new chapter is about changing that, showing off a more sexy side no one has seen, and being closer to my fans.” She later described the response as staggering: “My fans have come out for me like nothing I could have ever expected. To see the fans come out and support me the way they have has just been so overwhelming and humbling and exciting.”

The two friends reunited in Texas in late April, sharing a joint Instagram post on April 26 — a moment that had fans speculating Pressly might be next. “So great seeing you after all these years, @jaimepressly,” Elizabeth wrote. “Always nice crossing paths again and sharing a moment like this. Such a beautiful human, inside and out. Hope we get to do it again soon 💫.” It turned out the speculation was right.

Pressly and Elizabeth actually have history beyond friendship — they co-starred in the 2001 film Tomcats, making this a full-circle moment of sorts.

What Pressly Brings to the Platform

Bachman, who helped shape the rollout, is bullish on how Pressly’s profile translates to the creator economy. “Jaime Pressly has the rare mix of mainstream star power and a real audience connection that modern platforms reward,” he said. “She’s an elite entertainer, and fans are going to love what she creates here.”

Pressly won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007 for playing the irreverent Joy Turner on My Name Is Earl, a role she held across all four seasons and nearly 100 episodes. She went on to star alongside Allison Janney, Anna Faris, and Mimi Kennedy on the CBS sitcom Mom from 2013 to 2021, earning a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination along the way. More recently she’s appeared in Welcome to Flatch, The Conners, and Elsbeth. Her film credits stretch from Can’t Hardly Wait and Not Another Teen Movie to Joe Dirt and I Love You, Man.

She’s also spoken candidly over the years about being underestimated. “The biggest misconception about being labeled ‘beautiful’ is that that’s all you are and that you don’t have a brain or anything to back it up — which couldn’t be further from the truth,” she told Us Weekly in 2022. Her OnlyFans bio seems to be making exactly that point: this is the version of her Hollywood never fully got to show.

Pressly and Elizabeth are part of a longer line of celebrities who’ve turned to the platform — Bella Thorne famously earned $2 million in her first week in 2020, Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo joined in 2023, and Carmen Electra, Tyler Posey, and Sonja Morgan have all made the move at various points. But there’s something specific happening right now with this generation of actresses — women who built their names in the late ’90s and 2000s, who are done waiting for Hollywood to hand them the next chapter.

“The cameras may catch one version of me,” Pressly wrote. The rest, apparently, lives on OnlyFans.