Exclusive | Baywatch star Brooks Nader reveals she secretly bought bikinis banned by her parents

Brooks Nader is ready to make waves in her “Baywatch” bathing suit.The model-turned-actress told The Post that once she puts on the reboot’s iconic red one-piece, she’s fully prepared to make a splash.“That’s my power suit,” she told The Post.However, the brunette beauty — who was raised by strict Christian parents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — once got a thrill wearing two-pieces, since they were banned in her household growing up.“I do have early memories of sneaking into Victoria’s Secret and buying bikinis and going skinny dipping and stuff.

That was when I was like, ‘OK, I think I can do both, bikini and one-piece,'” said Nader, 29.“And now I’m in a one-piece every day for ‘Baywatch,’ so it’s ironic.”This is Nader’s first acting gig, which she called a “pinch-me moment,” since she’s always admired the stars of the original “Baywatch,” which debuted in 1989.“I’ve always looked up to all those icons of the ’90s like Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra … They’re always on my mood boards,” she said.She also feels she manifested a role in the highly anticipated Fox reboot — which is premiering in January — after sporting a red one-piece bathing suit when she landed the cover of Sports Illustrated in 2023.“That was when I got the idea of like, ‘I really want to be in ‘Baywatch,’ and I didn’t even know they were doing a reboot, but I love how the universe works,” said Nader, who spoke to The Post from a boat in France during a break from shooting the series in Los Angeles.In the reboot, she plays Selene Archer, who the network described as a “sharp-tongued” lifeguard captain.“It’s been so much fun getting to play a different version of myself, my character … there are similarities between her and me,” Nader said.During filming, which began in March, she is usually sporting the same suit.“I mean, they have some on backup in case we get a little body makeup on there, but just real...