Shanice Antonette Banton (born 1992) is a Canadian actress known for her role as

Marisol Lewis '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is the fourth entry of the ''Degrassi'' television franchise created by Schuyler and Kit Ho ...

on the Canadian teen drama series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' and as Violet Hart on ''

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.''

Career

From 2010 to 2013, Banton portrayed cheerleader Marisol Lewis on the long running series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' She made her feature film debut in 2016 as Minnie Ruth Solomon, the wife of

Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who made history at the Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first person to win four gold meda ...

in the 2016 film ''Race''. In 2017, she was cast as Violet Hart on ''

'' and has had a main role since. She reprised the role in the spin off series ''Macy Murdoch'' in 2023. 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.

Personal life

Banton is the daughter of Jamaican immigrant parents, the fifth of six children. She trained as a drama and musical theatre student at

Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts (commonly known as Wexford Collegiate, WCSA, Wexford CSA, Wexford or "Wex" for short), formerly and still known as Wexford Collegiate Institute (WCI) (initially known as Northwest Collegiate Institute) is a ...

. She lives in Toronto.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1992 births Living people 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Toronto Black Canadian actresses Canadian child actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian people of Jamaican descent Canadian television actresses {{Canada-tv-actor-stub