Sarah Jayne Dunn on ditching Hollyoaks for OnlyFans stardom: ‘My fanbase is 90s lad mags - guys in their forties’
ok.co.ukHollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn has been an actress for two decades but she only hit the headlines when she joined OnlyFans and was given a tough ultimatum by soap bosses who demanded she choose between them.To everyone’s surprise, Sarah chose to keep posting raunchy content online and terminate her role as Hollyoaks character Mandy Richardson, who she had played on and off since 1996.Three years later, Sarah, 42, has no regrets over her decision. “My husband [Jonathan Smith], has noticed the biggest difference in me,” reveals Sarah. “We live together so he sees every array of emotion.
He knew I wasn’t happy towards the end of doing the show. But now we get to spend time together and I earn a really good income.
He said in an interview once, ‘Why would I have anything against this when Sarah’s happier?’" “I didn’t leave acting, that was never my intention,” she insists. “The whole point of joining OnlyFans and moving over to that platform is because I was already shooting my content and putting it up on Instagram. "But with OnlyFans, you’ve got the copyright and it’s protected, so it made sense to go.
Nothing has really changed apart from the amount of content I get to create now.” Hollyoaks fans were distraught about her leaving the show after almost 20 years, but Sarah was surprised at the support she received. “I never anticipated such a big reaction from the media, and I was thrown into that without any warning,” says Sarah. “It was a whirlwind for a good couple of months, but luckily, it was all very positive.
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