Shantel VanSanten Movies and Career Information

Shantel Yvonne VanSanten (born July 25, 1985) is an American actress and model. She currently stars in the CW television series One Tree Hill where she portrays Quinn James. On film, she appeared in You and I and The Final Destination. As a model, she has been featured in magazines such as Teen Vogue and Seventeen. VanSanten was born in Luverne, Minnesota, and was raised in Dallas, Texas where she attended Incarnate Word Academy (an all-girls college prep school) in Houston and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. VanSanten also started her career as a model at the age of fifteen for the Page Parkes Management. She is very close friends with One Tree Hill co-star, Robert Buckley. 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 t.A.T.u. Come Back. Filming took place throughout 2007 in Los Angeles, California and Moscow, Russia. She starred alongside Mischa Barton. The film has yet to have an official release date. VanSanten appeared as Lori Milligan in The Final Destination in 2009.