Shayne Dahl Lamas (born November 6, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for her role as the Young Carly Corinthos on General Hospital (2005) and as the winner of the twelfth season of The Bachelor.
Lamas is the daughter of Lorenzo Lamas and Michele Cathy Smith. She was previously engaged to Matt Grant after being chosen during ABC's The Bachelor season 12. 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".
On April 19, 2011, celebrity news website TMZ.com reported that Lamas-Richie was expecting her first child with husband Nik Richie of theDirty.com and was reportedly several months into her pregnancy.
The couple welcomed their daughter Press Dahl Lamas-Richie on November 11th, 2011. On November 14, 2009, she was stopped at a Sobriety checkpoint in Venice, California. After failing a Breathalyzer test, she was arrested for DUI.
After her arrest, she released a statement admitting that she had consumed one drink the night of her arrest, and apologizing for her "lack of judgment". On December 7, 2009, two days ahead of a scheduled court appearance, she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of "wet reckless".
She was fined $300, sentenced to three years' probation and ordered to undergo alcohol education and complete the L.A. County Morgue program. Shayne was the winner on ABC's twelfth season of The Bachelor with Matt Grant, who proposed to her on the season finale.
She has been in Leave it to Lamas, General Hospital, Air America, The 13th Alley and In The Pines
