British TV star looks unrecognisable after giving up acting career to become an OnlyFans creator
A British TV star now looks unrecognisable after giving up her acting career to become an OnlyFans creator.
Megan Prescott, 34, is best known for playing Katie Fitch, one of the main characters in E4 teen drama Skins, which ran from 2007 to 2013 and won two BAFTAs.
She starred in series three and four alongside her own identical twin Kathryn Prescott, who played her character's twin sister Emily Fitch.
After brief turns on Holby City and Silent Witness, she began bodybuilding in 2016, appearing on Channel 4 makeover show Body Fixers to get competition-ready.
Now, along with a chatty podcast called Really Good Exposure, Megan has an OnlyFans page, started in the pandemic to supplement her income.
And in an interview posted to TikTok with an influencer and fellow OnlyFans creator named Bella Mia, the star looks completely unrecognisable.
The signature dark, reddish hair she sported while playing Katie on Skins is now gone, replaced by long blonde locks.
And with her new career in bodybuilding, having competed in the United Kingdom Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (UKBFF) Bikini Fitness final in 2016, she is in great shape.
Wearing a sporty, khaki green, lycra one-piece, Megan spoke out about her new OnlyFans endeavours, her time on Skins and what life is like for her now.
Bella asked: 'Do you feel more exploited now or back by the producers, back when you were on TV?'
The star revealed: 'Ironically, I actually get spoken to far nicer on OnlyFans than I have in a lot of my acting career and definitely on social media.'
OnlyFans allows creators to publish risque pictures and videos, which only paying subscribers can see.
The interview also quipped, 'Are you healing or are you just monetising a breakdown?', to which Megan replied, laughing: 'Does it matter?'
The star made her acting debut, along with twin Kathryn, on BBC soap opera Doctors in 2008.
But it was Skins - the seven series show about the hedonistic lives of Bristol sixth formers, which she joined later that year - which marked her real breakthrough.
The actress said: 'I stand by some of Katie's decisions, not most of them. I 100 per cent believe she would have had an Only Fans, if she was a real person, by now.
'I think she would have done content with JJ [character on Skins, played by Ollie Barbieri].
'I think she would have had him under her thumb and she would have been like, "Look, this is a good business decision". He was smart, he would do it.'
Bella also asked, to simply an awkward laugh from Megan: 'Was Skins just a TV show or was it just a really long-form social experiment to see how much [E4] could push child exploitation laws?'
She also questioned what life is like for the star now: 'On a scale of one to full breakdown in the smoking area, how hard is it handling fame in your thirties?'
Megan replied: 'I mean, it's nice when Gen Z came up to me and recognise me from Skins. A 15-year-old did the other day and I felt relevant.
'But to be honest, I don't get really anyone coming up to me in the UK. In America, more so.'
Skins was known for depicting notoriously heavy subject matter, such as mental illness, eating disorders and substance abuse - which both women commented on.
Bella asked: 'How do you feel having the weight of an entire generation's teenage trauma on your shoulders, just from your role?'
Megan responded: 'I mean, it's great, sorry guys.'
The interviewer also joked: 'At what point did you realise that Skins was just preparation for dating emotionally stunted men in your twenties?'
The actress laughed back: 'During, probably!'
In reference to the star's varied career trajectory, Bella commented: 'Your character arc is way better than any Netflix movie that there is.'
Megan spoke to The Sun in 2022 about her use of OnlyFans: 'If it wasn't for OnlyFans, I wouldn't have been able to survive the last two years without working seven days a week in menial jobs.'
She started the page in April 2020, after a delay in getting furloughed: 'I had zero money and was told by a friend who has worked as a stripper for years that people were guaranteed to subscribe because they had watched me in Skins.
Megan spoke out in 2022 about her use of OnlyFans: 'If it wasn't for OnlyFans, I wouldn't have been able to survive the last two years without working seven days a week in menial jobs.'
'I thought I may as well try and it went very well. I only do what I'm comfortable with and log on when I want to because it takes a lot out of you.'
Before starting the page, she had participated in three bodybuilding competitions and attended an international championship.
She had also tried out various odd jobs, from being security guard, to a nanny, to a children's entertainer - before working as a dancer at a strip club.
She explained: 'I'm in a much more privileged position than some others in the sex industry but for me, it takes away the stress of paying bills and allows me to have the energy to be creative.'
Megan spoke of the stigma surrounding sex work, disproportionately affecting women: 'It's potentially career-ruining for a woman, despite people loving Channing Tatum when he performed in a neon G-string in real life.'
The actress just finished two runs of a one-woman show - called Really Good Exposure, like her podcast - at London's Soho Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with another to return to the former venue in September.
The synopsis reads: 'Molly was a child star, now she's considering getting into porn.
'What would you do if your acting career peaked in 2009 (well before the MeToo movement) and you hadn't booked another role in years?
'Exposed for working as a stripper, dumped by her agent and shunned by the public, Molly's giving mainstream success one last shot.
'Enter a world of child stars, strip clubs and casting couches – and question what it means to earn a living as a performer.'
Megan has also been diagnosed with autism and ADHD in recent years, taking to Instagram in 2023 to get candid about her experience.
She admitted pretending to be neurotypical made her 'exhausted, anxious and depressed', as she called for more conversations about women with autism.
The actress also confessed at the time, she still had not told some family members about having autism, for fear their response would be 'pretty upsetting.'
Megan insisted autism 'isn't a superpower' but could be a 'gift' if the world were more accessible to neurodiverse individuals.
She wrote: 'In December 2021, I was diagnosed as autistic.
'Since then I've been slowly getting comfortable with explaining this to people I know but I've been nervous to say anything on here about it because of how badly misunderstood autism in women is by most people...
She admitted pretending to be neurotypical made her 'exhausted, anxious and depressed', as she called for more conversations about women with autism
'When I was diagnosed with ADHD a few years ago, telling people didn't feel as nervewracking as telling everyone I'm autistic feels.
'And I think because despite ADHD in women still being misunderstood, there is at least starting to be a decent amount of resources available for people to learn more about it. The same can't be said for autism in women.'
'When I've told people I am autistic, the response I've got most often is something along the lines of, "Well, everyone's on the spectrum a bit", which, although it might be well-intentioned, is a pretty s*** response to someone telling you they're autistic.
'Firstly, that response sounds like you're trying to console the autistic person by saying, "Don't feel bad, we're all a bit like that", which implies that not only is autism a bad thing, but it also completely invalidates the struggles that that autistic person may have experienced throughout their life.'
Megan explained how some people downplay her diagnosis as if it's 'not a big deal because it's something everyone experiences and you're just not as good at dealing with it'.
It comes after news in recent years that many members of the young cast of Skins felt 'unprotected 'during 'compromising' sex scenes and a lack of safeguarding.
Skins captivated its audience with gritty and realistic storylines.
Moving away from glossy American teen dramas, the E4 series shone a spotlight on the antics of adolescents as they experimented with drugs, sex and partying.
It was hailed for its approach to real life issues, as its characters dealt with wide-ranging problems from mental health struggles to addiction.
The programme was dubbed the first of its kind, casting real teenagers to play college students of the same age to achieve an edgy and raw result.
Viewers watched as carnage ensued in each episode, where drug-fuelled house parties and raves were the norm, as were the crashing come downs the next day.
But since the show aired, many of its cast members have admitted they were living the same life off-screen, with little support.
The show garnered controversy for its glamorous portrayal of sex and drugs, especially with regard to its young actors, who later said they felt 'unprotected'.
Kaya Scodelario, who played Effy Stonem, for instance, has previously shared her thoughts on the matter.
Speaking on the Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Harnett last year, Kaya said: 'Back then, there wasn't the same amount of safeguarding with young actors, there wasn't anyone checking if we were okay.'
It follows a long line of claims from her Skins alumni, including April Pearson, Jack O'Connell, Laya Lewis and Nicholas Hoult.
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