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''. On television, she played the role of Quinn James in the CW teen drama series ''

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'', recurred as Detective Patty Spivot in the CW show ''

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series '' Shooter''. On film, she has appeared in '' The Final Destination'', '' You and I'', and '' Something Wicked''. From 2019 to 2022, VanSanten starred as Karen Baldwin in the

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series ''For All Mankind''.

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

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. VanSanten also started her career as a model at the age of fifteen for the Page Parkes Management.

Career

VanSanten first 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, it was announced she had signed on in a film adaption of the novel ''

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''. Filming took place throughout 2007 in Los Angeles and Moscow. Starring alongside

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, the film 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

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'' in the show's seventh season. She portrayed the role of photographer Quinn James and the on screen sibling to Bethany Joy Lenz's character. VanSanten's role 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 film is the last to feature actress

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, who portrays VanSanten's sister-in-law Susan. In the spring of 2012, VanSanten shot the film '' Golden Christmas 3'' opposite Rob Mayes, Mark Famiglietti, Nikki DeLoach and Orson Bean in a family, romantic, holiday comedy directed by Michael Feifer. She portrayed Vera Buckley on the television series '' The Messengers'', before its cancellation after one season. VanSanten portrayed

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) new protégée, the only member of his new metahuman task force at the Central City Police Department besides Cisco Ramon ( Carlos Valdes), and a love interest of Barry Allen ( Grant Gustin). From 2016 to 2018, VanSanten co-starred in the

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 ''

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series ''For All Mankind''. Also in 2019, she provided the voice of the character Wraith in the video game '' Apex Legends''. In 2022, VanSanten recurred in the role of Special Agent Nina Chase, while series star Missy Peregrym was on maternity leave, during the fourth season of the CBS procedural series ''

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Personal life

On February 9, 2021, VanSanten became engaged to actor

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after meeting on the set of ''Love Blossoms'' in 2016. They married in October 2021.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

* " Fragile Bird" (2011), by City and Colour, as Distressed woman * "Amy" (2014), by Goodie Mob, as Amy Anderson

Video games

* '' Apex Legends'' (2019), as Wraith (playable character)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vansanten, Shantel 1985 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Minnesota Actresses from Texas American film actresses American people of Dutch descent American people of Norwegian descent American television actresses Female models from Minnesota Female models from Texas Living people People from Dallas People from Luverne, Minnesota People from Spring, Texas Reality modeling competition participants Texas Christian University alumni