Shantel VanSanten
American, Actress
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- Alongside Tom Pelphrey, Idina Menzel, Ryan Philippe, Moisés Arias, and others, she co-starred as Jamie Brown in the 2022 true crime drama film American Murderer.
- In 2019, she brought to life the character of Karen Baldwin (Ed’s wife who later owns the Outpost Tavern, a bar usually visited by NASA astronauts) in the science fiction drama television series For All Mankind. Her co-stars for the projects included Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Jodi Balfour, Wrenn Schmidt, Sonya Walger, and others.
- She appeared in music videos for songs such as Fragile Bird by City and Colour in 2011 and Amy by Goodie Mob in 2014.
- She auditioned for the role of Savannah Lynn Curtis in the 2010 film Dear John, which was eventually played by Amanda Seyfried.
- She appeared at #24 on the “TV’s 100 Sexiest Women of 2010” list by BuddyTV.
- When she got admission to college, she wanted to become a journalist but after taking an acting class at the age of 17, she switched her career preference.
- She did modeling until 20 years of age.
- She became a model at the age of 15 and got her breakthrough by appearing in the Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Model Search, which was a televised competition.
- While growing up, she excelled in sports and track and field events, flag football, softball, badminton, running, and volleyball.
- VanSanten is a Dutch name. Her ancestry is 75% Dutch and 25% Norwegian.
- Close friends with One Tree Hill (2003) costars Robert Buckley and Bethany Joy Lenz.
- Was in the delivery room when One Tree Hill (2003) costar Bethany Joy Lenz gave birth to daughter, Maria.
- She plays the older sister of Bethany Joy Lenz's character Haley James Scott in One Tree Hill (2003) despite being four years younger than Lenz in real life.
- As a model, she has been featured in magazines like Teen Vogue and Seventeen.
- Among the sports Shantel is skilled at are volleyball, knee-and-wakeboarding, track and field, water-, slalom-, and jet-skiing, Frisbee, flag football, softball, badminton, sprinting, and running.