Shailene Woodley
Shailene Diann Woodley (born November 15, 1991) is an American actress. Born in San Bernardino, California, Woodley was raised in Simi Valley, and started modeling at the age of four and began acting professionally in minor television roles. She first gained prominence for her starring role as Amy Juergens in the ABC Family teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013). She subsequently starred in the films The Descendants (2011) and The Spectacular Now (2013), receiving a nomination for her first Golden Globe Award for the former.
Woodley achieved wider recognition for her starring role as a teenaged cancer patient in the romantic drama The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and as Beatrice Prior in the science-fiction trilogy The Divergent Series (2014–2016). She played a sexual assault survivor in the HBO drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She has since played supporting roles in the films Snowden (2016), The Mauritanian (2021) and The Fallout (2021), and starred in Adrift (2018) and The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021).
Woodley is also an environmental activist and serves as a board member of the political action committee, Our Revolution.
Known for
CSI: NY
Evie Pierpont
Everybody Loves Raymond
Snotty Girl
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Amy Juergens
My Name Is Earl
Young Gwen
The O.C.
Kaitlin Cooper
Without a Trace
Young Clare
Crossing Jordan
Young Jordan Cavanaugh
Cold Case
Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
The District
Kristin Debreno
Big Little Lies
Jane Chapman
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self
Jack & Bobby
Close to Home
Three Women
Gia
Divergent
Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
Insurgent
Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
The Fallout
Anna
The Fault in Our Stars
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Allegiant
Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
Dumb Money
Caroline Gill
To Catch a Killer
Eleanor Falco
The Mauritanian
Teri Duncan
Ferrari
Lina Lardi
Killer Heat
Penelope Vardakis
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Jennifer Stirling
Adrift
Tami Oldham
The Spectacular Now
Aimee Finecky
Snowden
Lindsay Mills
Endings, Beginnings
Daphne
The Descendants
Alexandra King
Moola
Ashley Hedges
Hope in the Water
Self
Robots
Elaine
White Bird in a Blizzard
Kat Connor
Final Approach
Maya Bender
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Once Upon A Mattress
Molly
Replacing Dad
Little Girl
9 Kisses
Boxing Girl
Teen Choice Awards
Self
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Felicity Merriman
A Place Called Home
California "Cali" Ford
The Revolution Generation
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Conan
Self
Best Coast: Our Deal
Day Trotter
Materia Viva
Self
Unabom
Joanne Miller
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Self
The Murderous Miss Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith
Motor City
Girl in the Clouds
A Beautiful Journey
Mary
Untitled Janis Joplin Biopic
Janis Joplin
Entertainment Tonight
Self