Shantel VanSanten (born July 25, 1985) is an American actress and model. As a model, she has been featured in the magazines ''

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'' and '' Seventeen''. On television, she played the role of Quinn James in the CW teen drama series '' One Tree Hill'', recurred as Detective Patty Spivot in the CW show ''

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'', and stars as Julie Swagger, the wife of lead character

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on the

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series ''

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''. On film, she has appeared in ''

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'', '' 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

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. She is of

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descent. VanSanten was raised in

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, 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

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'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 '' t.A.T.u. Come Back''. 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 fourth installment of the eponymous horror film franchise. That same year, VanSanten was cast as a series regular on

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television drama series '' One Tree Hill'' in the show's seventh season. She portrayed the role of photographer Quinn James and the on screen sibling to

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'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.

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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

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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 Patty Spivot in the second season of The CW TV series ''

'' based on the DC Comics character of the same name. She was Detective Joe West's (

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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 (

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). From 2016 to 2018, VanSanten co-starred in the

drama series ''

'', 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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'' in 2017. VanSanten played the role of Rebecca Butcher in the first two seasons of the

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series '' The Boys''. Since 2019, VanSanten has starred as Karen Baldwin in the

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series ''For All Mankind''. Also in 2019, she provided the voice of the character Wraith in the video game ''

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''. In 2022, VanSanten recurred in the role of Special Agent Nina Chase, while series star

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was on maternity leave, during the fourth season of the CBS procedural series '' FBI''.

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

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, as Distressed woman * "Amy" (2014), by

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, as Amy Anderson

Video games

* ''

'' (2019), as Wraith (playable character)

References

External links

* {{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