Shanice Antonette Banton
Canadian actress
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Shanice Antonette Banton (born 1992) is a Canadian actress known for her role as Marisol Lewis on the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Violet Hart on Murdoch Mysteries.
1992 (age 33–34)
Shanice Banton | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shanice Antonette Banton 1992 (age 33–34) |
| Education | Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts |
| Occupation | Actor |
Career
From 2010 to 2013, Banton portrayed cheerleader Marisol Lewis on the long running series Degrassi: The Next Generation[1] She made her feature film debut in 2016 as Minnie Ruth Solomon, the wife of Jesse Owens in the 2016 film Race.[2]
In 2017, she was cast as Violet Hart on Murdoch Mysteries and has had a main role since.[3] She reprised the role in the spin off series Macy Murdoch in 2023.[4]
In 2018, Banton starred in the Lifetime film Her Stolen Past, as medical student Sonya Daniels who discovers that she was a kidnapped child. The film is based on Lynette Eason's book of the same title.[5]
Personal life
Banton is the daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents, the fifth of six children.[6] She trained as a drama and musical theatre student at Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts.[7]
She lives in Toronto.[7]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Work | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Reviving Ophelia | Friend | Television film |
| 2011 | Rookie Blue | Quinn | Episode: "Class Dismissed" |
| 2010-2013 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Marisol Lewis | Main role |
| 2014 | Haven | Charlotte | Episode: "Spotlight" |
| A Day Late and a Dollar Short | Shanice | Television film | |
| Apple Mortgage Cake | Cecilie | Television film | |
| 2015 | Lost Girl | Iris / Nyx / Cecilia Lawrence | 5 episodes |
| The Book of Negroes | Emily | "Episode 1.4" | |
| 2016 | Private Eyes | Laura Gaynor | Episode: "I Do, I Do" |
| 2018 | Her Stolen Past | Sonya Daniels | Television film |
| 2017-present | Murdoch Mysteries | Violet Hart | Main role |
| 2023 | Macy Murdoch | 4 episodes |
