Skins star Megan Prescott hits out at being sexualised as a teen on controversial drama and claims she’s now treated better on OnlyFans

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Megan Prescott, who starred in the TV show Skins as a teenager, has spoken out about being portrayed in a sexual way during her time on the series. She says she now feels more respected and in control on the platform OnlyFans.

The show helped launch the careers of its actors and didn’t shy away from portraying difficult topics like teenage sexuality, drug use, and figuring out who you are.

The actress, who is currently 34 years old, was only 16 when she first appeared on the E4 drama in 2009. She stayed with the show through its fourth season.

Megan recently shared in an interview that she felt exploited while filming sexually suggestive scenes. She was paid around £400 per week and worked with an actor significantly older than herself.

She shared that the role was a big challenge because it took her completely out of her usual experience. She’d only ever dated people her own age, and this character was very different – much more sexually open.

When the movie was filmed, intimacy coordinators weren’t commonly used on set. Megan doesn’t claim anyone did anything wrong, but she feels the planning and support for the intimate scenes could have been better.

She told Cosmopolitan magazine: ‘I’m treated better on OnlyFans than I was on Skins.’

Megan explained that this happens frequently with young performers. They’re often presented in a sexualized way, but as soon as they try to take control and profit from it themselves, people become uncomfortable with the idea of them using their sexuality to earn money.

‘They want women to be sexual, but only under their control.’

After her time on Skins, Megan struggled to find consistent acting work and faced financial difficulties. She tried various jobs, but ultimately turned to the sex industry, starting as a stripper and later creating adult content on OnlyFans.

She explained to the Daily Mail that her work on OnlyFans differs from traditional acting because she has complete control over her content. She emphasized that she never felt forced to go further than she was comfortable with.

Megan explained that she actually figured out her personal limits more through sex work than through her acting career – she discovered what she was and wasn’t okay with.

I realized my creative work was worth far more than my acting salary.

Megan started acting at just 14 years old and has since appeared in popular TV shows like Silent Witness and Holby City, as well as a number of short films.

The entertainment industry was unpredictable, leaving her finances shaky. To make ends meet while pursuing auditions, she started working as a stripper at 22.

In 2020, while working a temporary, zero-hour contract job at a London distillery, Megan started an OnlyFans account. Her manager initially wouldn’t approve her for furlough.

Facing eviction with just £300 to her name, she was suggested a solution by her friend and podcast co-host, Heaven: earning money through OnlyFans.

Megan told me that this person pointed out I already had a lot of revealing content from my time on Skins circulating online, and I wasn’t profiting from it anymore.

Megan joined the website, following her friend’s advice, and now sells explicit photos there. She is also a strong supporter of sex workers’ rights.

I was so surprised to hear that she was actually really scared about taking the job at first! She worried it might limit the kinds of parts she’d be offered in the future, which I totally understand, but I’m so glad she did it anyway.

She explained that after almost ten years of dedicated effort as an actor and writer, she wasn’t seeing the success she’d hoped for.

‘And I see sex work as performance. It’s just another type of performative labour.’   

Megan noted that acting shares some common ground with the sex industry, highlighting the prevalence of nudity and sex scenes in television shows.

Acting and sex work actually share a lot of similarities, but there’s still a strong negative perception surrounding sex work.

To make progress on women’s rights and their right to control their own bodies, we must acknowledge that women have the freedom to make their own decisions about their health and bodies.

She explained that sex work was a crucial source of support when she was struggling, saying, ‘It genuinely turned my life around.’

You know, looking back, I’m really grateful for certain experiences I had earlier in life. When I was younger, I actually did some stripping, and honestly, it was a real help to me financially when I needed it. I feel fortunate that I had that option available to me – it was a lifeline at a time when I truly needed one.

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2025-12-18 03:34