Shantel VanSanten

{{Infobox person

| name = Shantel VanSanten

| image = Shantel VanSanten Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2022 (cropped).jpg

| caption = VanSanten in 2022

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|7|25}}

| birth_place = Luverne, Minnesota, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actress
model

}}

| years_active = 1999–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Victor Webster|2021|2024|end=divorced}}

}}

Shantel VanSanten (born July 25, 1985){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/518952/Shantel-VanSanten/biography|title=Shantel VanSanten |first=Cammila|last=Collar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124041827/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/518952/Shantel-VanSanten/biography|archive-date=January 24, 2016|work=The New York Times |date=2016}} is an American actress and model. As a model, she has been featured in the magazines Teen Vogue and Seventeen. On television, she played Quinn James in the CW teen drama series One Tree Hill;{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shantel-vansanten-joins-tree-hill-85519|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title=Shantel VanSanten joins One Tree Hill|date=June 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518074005/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shantel-vansanten-joins-tree-hill-85519|archive-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=May 9, 2015}} recurred as Becca Butcher in the Amazon Prime Original The Boys; and starred as Julie Swagger, the wife of lead character Bob Lee Swagger on the USA Network series Shooter. On film, she has appeared in The Final Destination, You and I, and Something Wicked.{{cite news|url=http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-clip-something-wicked-her-way-comes/|work=Fangoria|first=Michael|last=Gingold|title=Something Wicked marks the final screen appearance of actress Brittany Murphy, who co-stars with The Final Destination's Shantel VanSanten|date=June 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907061450/http://www.fangoria.com/new/exclusive-clip-something-wicked-her-way-comes/|archive-date=September 7, 2015|url-status=live}} From 2019 to 2023, VanSanten starred as Karen Baldwin in the Apple TV+ science fiction space drama series For All Mankind.

Early life

VanSanten was born in Luverne, Minnesota. She is of Dutch and Norwegian descent.{{cite web|url=http://www.younghollywood.com/videos/yhstudio/2015/shantel-vansanten-on-how-she-relates-to-her-the-messengers-character.html|title=Shantel VanSanten on How She Relates to Her The Messengers Character|date=2015|work=Young Hollywood|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712101545/http://www.younghollywood.com/videos/yhstudio/2015/shantel-vansanten-on-how-she-relates-to-her-the-messengers-character.html|archive-date=July 12, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last=Mateo|first=Ashley|title=SELFy VIP: Shantel VanSanten|journal=Self|publisher=Condé Nast|date=February 16, 2010|url=http://www.self.com/flash/celebrity-blog/2010/02/selfy-vip-shantel-van-santen/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828024348/http://www.self.com/flash/celebrity-blog/2010/02/selfy-vip-shantel-van-santen|archive-date=August 28, 2014|url-status=live}} 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

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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.{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=Lauren|title=Five Questions with One Tree Hill's Shantel VanSanten|journal=Seventeen|publisher=Hearst Corporation|date=April 23, 2010|url=http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a7214/five-questions-shantel-vansanten/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124044118/http://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/movies-tv/a7214/five-questions-shantel-vansanten/|archive-date=January 24, 2016|url-status=live}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/chuck/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2010-16743.aspx|title=TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2010: #24 Shantel VanSanten, One Tree Hill As Quinn James|date=December 13, 2010|website=BuddyTV|access-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119193021/http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/chuck/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2010-16743.aspx|archive-date=January 19, 2016|url-status=live}} and #21 in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/one-tree-hill/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2011-27145.aspx|title=TV's 100 Sexiest Women of 2011: #21 Shantel VanSanten, One Tree Hill As Quinn James|date=December 7, 2011|website=BuddyTV|access-date=January 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110173759/http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/one-tree-hill/tvs-100-sexiest-women-of-2011-27145.aspx|archive-date=January 10, 2016|url-status=live}}

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).{{cite magazine|last=Abrams|first=Natalie|title=The Flash's Shantel VanSanten on Barry and Patty's budding romance|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 19, 2015|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/19/flash-shantel-vansanten-barry-patty-spoilers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151024014305/http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/19/flash-shantel-vansanten-barry-patty-spoilers|archive-date=October 24, 2015|url-status=live|quote=Shantel VanSanten made her debut as the quirky police officer Patty Spivot, who instantly bonded with Barry (Grant Gustin) and secured a spot on Joe's (Jesse L. Martin) anti-metahuman task force.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/11/03/love-and-metahumans-shantel-vansanten-heats-up-the-flash|title=Love and Metahumans: Shantel VanSanten Heats up The Flash|first=Tim|last=Beedle|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=DC Comics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124030932/http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/11/03/love-and-metahumans-shantel-vansanten-heats-up-the-flash|archive-date=January 24, 2016|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|date=October 13, 2015|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/one-tree-hill-alum-star-831549/|title=One Tree Hill Alum to Star Opposite Ryan Phillippe in USA's Shooter|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 26, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201094157/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/one-tree-hill-alum-star-831549|archive-date=February 1, 2016|quote=One Tree Hill alum Shantel VanSanten has been tapped to co-star in the potential series based on the 2007 Mark Wahlberg feature film of the same name.}} 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.{{cite web|first=Vlada|last=Gelman|date=September 13, 2020|url=https://www.yahoo.com/video/boys-shantel-vansanten-explains-beccas-190035428.html|title='The Boys' Shantel VanSanten Explains Becca's 'Painful' Choice About Butcher|website=Yahoo!|access-date=May 26, 2022}} From 2019 to 2023, VanSanten has starred as Karen Baldwin in the Apple TV+ original science fiction space drama series For All Mankind.{{cite web |last=Porter|first=Rick |title=Ron Moore's Apple Space Drama Adds Shantel VanSanten, Wrenn Schmidt (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/shantel-vansanten-wrenn-schmidt-join-apple-space-drama-1138531 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=August 30, 2018 |access-date=August 30, 2018}} 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.{{cite web|first=Matt Webb|last=Mitovich|date=April 20, 2022|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/19/flash-shantel-vansanten-barry-patty-spoilers|title=FBI: Shantel VanSanten Set to Return, Recur as New Team Member|website=TVLine|access-date=May 26, 2022}}

Personal life

On February 9, 2021, VanSanten became engaged to actor Victor Webster after meeting on the set of Love Blossoms in 2016.{{Cite web|first1=Christina|last1=Dugan|first2=Ally|last2=Mauch|url=https://people.com/tv/shantel-vansanten-says-shes-ready-to-begin-forever-together-with-fiance-victor-webster/|title=Shantel VanSanten Says She's Ready to 'Begin Forever Together' with Fiancé Victor Webster|website=People|date=March 5, 2021|access-date=July 26, 2021}} They married in October 2021.{{Cite web|title=Victor Webster Marries Star He Met on the Set of a Hallmark Movie|url=https://heavy.com/entertainment/hallmark/victor-webster-marries-shantel-vansanten/|website=Heavy.com|date=October 13, 2021|access-date=October 14, 2021}} In January 2023, Webster filed for divorce after less than two years of marriage.{{Cite web|first1=Stephanie|last1=Wenger|url=https://people.com/tv/victor-webster-files-for-divorce-from-shantel-vansanten/|title=Victor Webster Files for Divorce from Wife Shantel VanSanten After Less Than 2 Years of Marriage|website=People|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=April 10, 2023}} The divorce was finalized on July 2, 2024.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/shantel-vansanten-and-victor-webster-finalize-divorce-8672944|title=Shantel VanSanten and Victor Webster Finalize Divorce — Including a Pet Custody Agreement with a $10K/Day Penalty|last=Kang|first=Esther|work=People Magazine|date=July 2, 2024|access-date=March 5, 2025}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2006

| Savage Spirit

| Lori

| Direct-to-video film

rowspan="2" | 2008

| You and I

| Janie Sawyer

data-sort-value="Open Door, The" | The Open Door

| Opening scene daughter

2009

| data-sort-value="Final Destination, The" | The Final Destination

| Lori Milligan

rowspan="2" | 2011

| In My Pocket

| Sophie

Remembrance

| Rebecca Levine

2014

| Something Wicked

| Christine

| Filmed in 2009

2022

| American Murderer

| Jamie Brown

| {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/paul-schneider-shantel-vansanten-kevin-corrigan-moises-arias-american-murderer-1234850338/|title=Paul Schneider, Shantel VanSanten, Kevin Corrigan, and Moises Arias Join 'American Murderer' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|first=Brent|last=Lang|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 10, 2020}}

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1999

| Steel Angel Kurumi

| Kaori

| Voice role (English version)

2005

| Three Wise Guys

| Beautiful girl

| Television film

2009

| CSI: NY

| Tara Habis

| Episode: "She's Not There"

2009–2012

| One Tree Hill

| Quinn James

| Main role (seasons 7–9)

2012

| data-sort-value="Golden Christmas 3, A" | A Golden Christmas 3

| Heather Hartly

| Television film

rowspan="2" | 2013

| Beauty & the Beast

| Tyler

| 3 episodes

data-sort-value="Glades, The" | The Glades

| Jackie

| Episode: "Yankee Dan"

2014

| Gang Related

| Jessica Chapel

| Main role

rowspan="2" | 2015

| data-sort-value="Night Shift, The" | The Night Shift

| Chloe

| Episode: "Eyes Look Your Last"

data-sort-value="Messengers, The" | The Messengers

| Vera Buckley

| Main role

2015–2016

| data-sort-value="Flash, The" | The Flash

| Patty Spivot

| Recurring role (season 2); 10 episodes

rowspan="2" | 2016

| Rush Hour

| Victoria

| Episode: "Familee Ties"

Timeless

| Kate Drummond

| Episode: Pilot

2016–2018

| Shooter

| Julie Swagger

| Main role

2017

| Love Blossoms

| Violet Chappel

| Television film

2018

| Scorpion

| Amy Berkstead

| Episodes: "The Bunker Games", "Wave Goodbye"

2019–2020; 2024

| data-sort-value="Boys, The" | The Boys

| Becca Butcher

| Recurring role (seasons 1–2, 4)

2019–2023

| For All Mankind

| Karen Baldwin

| Main role (seasons 1–3), guest (season 4)

2022–2024

| FBI

| rowspan="3" | Special Agent Nina Chase

| Recurring role (seasons 4–6)

2023

| FBI: International

| Episodes: "Imminent Threat: Part One"

2023–present

| FBI: Most Wanted

| Guest star (season 4), Main role (season 5)

2024–present

|Invincible

|Anissa

|Voice, episode: "I'm Not Going Anywhere"{{Cite web |title=Invincible Season 2: Release Date, Trailer, Cast & More |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/invincible-season-2-release-date-trailer-cast-more/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |language=en-US}}