Shantel Yvonne VanSanten (born July 25, 1985 in Luverne, Minnesota) is an American model and actress.
VanSanten is mostly known for her roles as Quinn James on One Tree Hill, Officer Patty Spivot in The Flash (2014), Becca Butcher in The Boys (2019) and Karen Baldwin in For All Mankind.
Selected Filmography
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Live-Action Films
- Three Wise Guys (2005) as Beautiful Girl
- The Open Door (2008) as Opening Scene Daughter
- Final Destination 4 (2009) as Lori Milligan
- You And I (2011) as Janie Sawyer
- In My Pocket (2011) as Sophie
- Remembrance (2011) as Rebecca Levine
- A Golden Christmas 3 (2012) as Heather Hartly
- Something Wicked (2014) as Christine
- Love Blossoms (2017) as Violet Chappel
Live-Action Series
- CSI: NY (2009) as Tara Habis
- One Tree Hill (2009 — 2012) as Quinn James
- Beauty and The Beast (2013) as Tyler
- The Glades (2013) as Jackie
- Gang Related (2014) as Jessica Chapel
- The Night Shift (2015) as Chloe
- The Messengers (2015) as Vera Buckley
- The Flash (2015 — 2016) as Patricia "Patty" Spivot
- Heroes Join Forces (2015)
- Rush Hour (2016) as Victoria
- Timeless (2016) as Kate Drummond
- Shooter (2016 — 2018) as Julie Swagger
- Scorpion (2018) as Amy Berkstead
- The Boys (2019) (2019 — 2020) as Becca Butcher
- For All Mankind (2019 — 2022) as Karen Baldwin
- FBI (2022 - 2024) - Special Agent Nina Chase
- FBI: Most Wanted (2023 - present) - Special Agent Nina Chase
Voice Acting
- Steel Angel Kurumi (1999) as Kaori
- Apex Legends (2019) as Wraith
- Invincible (2021) as Anissa
This actress provides examples of:
- Broken Bird: Her role in City and Colour music video "Fragile Bird".
- Fair Cop: Plays one in The Flash (2014) as Officer Patty Spivot.
- Gender-Blender Name: In Beauty and the Beast (2012) she plays a woman named Tyler.
- Ms. Fanservice: She works as a model as well as an actress and has no shortage of roles showing off her beauty. There's a reason the The Flash fandom sometimes refers to her as "Booty Spivot".
- Star-Making Role: Used to only have minor roles until she played Lori in Final Destination 4.
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine: With Tony Todd in Season Two of The Flash (2014); they had previously worked together in Final Destination 4.
- What Could Have Been:
- She was one of the actresses considered to play the role of Laurel Lance on Arrow when that show was still being conceptualized.
- She was originally hired to be a recurring character throughout the entire Season 2 of The Flash (2014). The actress then signed on for a role in another series, but under conditions that would allow her to make both series without conflict in the schedule. However, upon discovering this, showrunner Andrew Kreisberg (who would be fired two years later in disgrace because of accusations of sexual harassment on set) was furious and made the actress leave at the end of the first half of season 2.
