Shayne Dahl Lamas (born November 6, 1985
) is an American reality television personality and actress. She is known as the winner of the twelfth season of ''
The Bachelor''.
Early life
Shayne Lamas was born in
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (; Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 U.S. Census population was 93,076. Santa Monica is a popular resort town, owing t ...
, the daughter of
Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Fernando Lamas (born January 20, 1958) is an American actor. He is widely known for his role of Lance Cumson, the irresponsible grandson of Angela Channing—played by Jane Wyman—in the soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' (1981–1990), for ...
and Michele Smith.
Her brother is actor
AJ Lamas
Alvaro Joshua Lamas (born December 19, 1983) is an American actor.
Career
Lamas is best known for his role as Rafael Ortega on ''As the World Turns'', Simon McCrae on ''Gigantic (TV series), Gigantic'', and as Cisco Gonzalez on ''American Family ...
. Her grandparents were
Argentine actor
Fernando Lamas
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos (January 9, 1915 – October 8, 1982) was an Argentine-American actor and director, and the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.
Biography Argentina
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos was born in Buenos Aires, Ar ...
and American actress
Arlene Dahl
Arlene Carol Dahl (August 11, 1925 – November 29, 2021) was an American actress active in films from the late 1940s. She was one of the last surviving stars from the Classical Hollywood cinema era.
She was also an author and entrepreneur. Sh ...
.
Career
Lamas won season 12 of
ABC's ''
The Bachelor'', with
Matt Grant
''The Bachelor: London Calling'' is the twelfth season of ABC reality television series '' The Bachelor''. The season premiere aired on March 17, 2008, and features Matt Grant, a 27-year-old British
British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and ...
, who proposed to her on the season finale. Lamas has been in ''
Leave it to Lamas'', ''
General Hospital'', '' Air America'', ''
The 13th Alley'' and ''
In The Pines''.
Personal life
Lamas was engaged to British bachelor Matt Grant after winning ABC's
''The Bachelor'' season 12. Grant proposed to Lamas in the show's season finale. In July 2008, amid rumors of a split, Lamas and Matt Grant announced they were no longer engaged. "We tried hard to make it work but we realized that we were both heading in different directions," the duo said in a statement. "We truly care about each other and will remain close friends."
Lamas went on to marry
Nik Richie eight hours after meeting in Las Vegas’ in
A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 18, 2010. Lamas gave birth to their daughter Press Dahl Lamas-Richie on November 11, 2011. Lamas second child, a son named Lyon Lamas-Richie was born via surrogate.
On May 10, 2021, Shayne and Nik announced, via Instagram, that after 11 years of marriage they were getting a divorce.
Filmography
* 1999: ''Air America'' as Flight attendant (1 episode)
* 2003–2005: ''
General Hospital'' as Emily and Young
Caroline Benson (flashbacks)
* 2006: ''Monster Night'' as Poker babe #1
* 2008: ''
The Bachelor: London Calling'' as herself (contestant)
* 2008: ''
The 13th Alley'' as Ashley
* 2009: ''Deep in the Valley'' as Candi
* 2009: ''
Leave it to Lamas'' as Herself (all episodes, main cast)
* 2010: ''
In The Pines'' as Maggie
* 2012: ''Couples Therapy'' as herself
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
People from Santa Monica, California
Reality show winners
American television actresses
Actresses from Los Angeles County, California
Bachelor Nation contestants
American people of Argentine descent
American people of Norwegian descent
21st-century American women