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Shanice Antonette Banton
Canadian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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]
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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
References
External links
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