Shantel VanSanten

Early life

VanSanten was born in Luverne, Minnesota. She is of Dutch and Norwegian descent. VanSanten was raised in Spring, Texas, where she attended Incarnate Word Academy, an all-girls college prep school in Houston; and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. VanSanten started her career as a model at the age of 15 for the Page Parkes Management.

Career

VanSanten appeared as a finalist on NBC's reality television series Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Model Search but was eliminated in the series' first episode. In 2007, she signed onto a film adaptation of the novel t.A.T.u. Come Back. Filming took place that year in Los Angeles and Moscow. She starred alongside Mischa Barton in the film, which premiered in Russia on January 25, 2011, and as You and I in the United States a year later.

In 2009, VanSanten appeared as Lori Milligan in The Final Destination, the fourth installment of the eponymous horror film franchise. That same year, VanSanten was cast as a series regular on The CW television drama series One Tree Hill in the show's seventh season. She portrayed photographer Quinn James and the on-screen sibling to Bethany Joy Lenz's character. VanSanten's work on the series continued until the series' ninth and final season; her final appearance was in the series' 187th and final episode. BuddyTV ranked her #24 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2010" list, and #21 in 2011.

VanSanten starred as Christine in Something Wicked, the last film to feature actress Brittany Murphy, who portrays VanSanten's sister-in-law Susan. In spring 2012, VanSanten shot *Golden Christmas 3—*a family-oriented holiday romantic comedy directed by Michael Feifer—opposite Rob Mayes, Mark Famiglietti, Nikki DeLoach and Orson Bean. She portrayed Vera Buckley on the television series The Messengers, which was cancelled after one season. VanSanten portrayed Patty Spivot in the second season of The CW Arrowverse TV series The Flash, based on the DC Comics character of the same name. She was Detective Joe West's (Jesse L. Martin) new protégée, the only member of his new metahuman task force at the Central City Police Department besides Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes), and a brief love interest of Barry Allen (Grant Gustin).

From 2016 to 2018, VanSanten co-starred in the USA Network drama series Shooter, playing Julie Swagger, the wife of lead character Bob Lee Swagger. She guest-starred as Amy in the final season of the CBS television Scorpion in 2017. VanSanten played the role of Rebecca Butcher in the first two seasons of the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys. From 2019 to 2023, VanSanten has starred as Karen Baldwin in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind. Also in 2019, she provided the voice of the character Wraith in the video game Apex Legends. From 2022 to 2023, VanSanten recurred in the role of Special Agent Nina Chase during the fourth and fifth seasons of the CBS procedural series FBI, while series star Missy Peregrym was on maternity leave.

Personal life

On February 9, 2021, VanSanten became engaged to actor Victor Webster after meeting on the set of Love Blossoms in 2016. They married in October 2021. In January 2023, Webster filed for divorce after less than two years of marriage. The divorce was finalized on July 2, 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Video games

References

References

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8. (December 7, 2011). "TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011: #21 Shantel VanSanten, ''One Tree Hill'' As Quinn James".
9. Abrams, Natalie. (October 19, 2015). "''The Flash's'' Shantel VanSanten on Barry and Patty's budding romance".
10. Beedle, Tim. (November 3, 2015). "Love and Metahumans: Shantel VanSanten Heats up ''The Flash''". [[DC Comics]].
11. Goldberg, Lesley. (October 13, 2015). "''One Tree Hill'' Alum to Star Opposite Ryan Phillippe in USA's ''Shooter''". The Hollywood Reporter.
12. Gelman, Vlada. (September 13, 2020). "'The Boys' Shantel VanSanten Explains Becca's 'Painful' Choice About Butcher".
13. Porter, Rick. (August 30, 2018). "Ron Moore's Apple Space Drama Adds Shantel VanSanten, Wrenn Schmidt (Exclusive)".
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15. (March 5, 2021). "Shantel VanSanten Says She's Ready to 'Begin Forever Together' with Fiancé Victor Webster".
16. (October 13, 2021). "Victor Webster Marries Star He Met on the Set of a Hallmark Movie".
17. (April 10, 2023). "Victor Webster Files for Divorce from Wife Shantel VanSanten After Less Than 2 Years of Marriage".
18. Kang, Esther. (July 2, 2024). "Shantel VanSanten and Victor Webster Finalize Divorce — Including a Pet Custody Agreement with a $10K/Day Penalty". [[People (magazine).
19. Lang, Brent. (December 10, 2020). "Paul Schneider, Shantel VanSanten, Kevin Corrigan, and Moises Arias Join 'American Murderer' (EXCLUSIVE)".
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