Battlestar Galactica star, 52, breaks silence after launching new OnlyFans page

Tricia Helfer, the star of Battlestar Galactica, soft-launched her OnlyFans account in April and has now revealed why, at the age of 52, she has entered into what has become a controversial business.

“At my age, I am in my ‘do what I want’ phase of life,” the actress has revealed. “I’m tired of being told what to do and how to do it. I’m looking at it as something to have fun with and something that I can be in control of.”

Tricia, firmly in her Second Act, previously told fans that her content will be a mix of selfie pictures and videos, professional photography, and livestreams, and insists it will be higher-end in keeping with her brand.

“I’ve been focused on what I should do and shouldn’t do…and now I’m ready to just be me. So come on in to see the more personal, silly, sexy, kickass tomboy sides of myself,” Tricia’s bio reads. 

“Exclusive photos and videos, direct chats with fans, and unfiltered glimpses behind the scenes. I’m in my take charge era!”

A six-month subscription costs $70 plus tax, however, Tricia says she will donate part of her earnings to various animal charities. A cause close to her heart, she has been a supporter of organizations like PETA and Best Friends Animal Society.

“I’m keeping with my brand — albeit the sexier side of my brand,” Tricia told People. “It’ll be a mix of artistic shots with great photographers and pictures and videos of quiet and silly times at home feeding my goats or weeding my garden. I posted a picture [recently] of me out in my garden watering my plants and I had my work boots on, but it was hot outside so I was in a bikini.”

OnlyFans does not publicly release data, yet industry estimates indicate over 15% of all users are 55 or older. 

Other stars in their 50s who have accounts include Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richards, and Carmen Electra, all of whom maintain that the decision gives them financial autonomy as well as control of their own narratives outside of traditional Hollywood structures, which notoriously suffer from ageism.

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Tricia was a model before she became an actress; a nude of her still appears in the Leica Gallery in Los Angeles.

In 2007, she modeled for Playboy, and she says that she sees OnlyFans as an “extension and a modern-day growth from those types of press outlets from the past”.

“I enjoy shocking a little bit,” she adds. “Would I shock my parents with the images? Probably. But they saw [me in] Playboy, and they appreciated why I had done it. My passion is my job as an actor, and I’m using this platform as an extension of my creative, fun and flirty side.”

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Tricia starred as Number Six in the 2004 reboot of Battlestar Galactica, which told the story of a group of human survivors aboard the titular spacecraft, searching for a new home while being pursued by Cylons, a fearsome society of robots intent on exterminating all humans.

Over the course of the series, viewers discovered that the Cylons had become indistinguishable from humans and had infiltrated the remaining populations, with their identities slowly being revealed.

Number Six remains one of the most fascinating characters in modern science fiction. Introduced and quickly known for her sexy red dress, used to seduce men, she became a way for the show to explore the intersection of sexuality, power, and agency.