Shailene Woodley
- Acting
- November 15, 1991 · Simi Valley, California, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
- UNABOMBER · Joanne Miller
- Motor City · Sophia
- Ocean Dreams · Narrator (Voice)
- Paradise: Official Podcast · Self
- Paradise · Annie Clay
- Killer Heat · Penelope Vardakis
- Three Women · Gia
- Hope in the Water · Self
- Materia Viva · Self
- Ferrari · Lina Lardi
- Dumb Money · Caroline Gill
- Robots · Elaine
- To Catch a Killer · Eleanor Falco, Producer
- The Revolution Generation · Self
- The Last Letter from Your Lover · Jennifer Stirling, Executive producer
- The Fallout · Anna
- The Mauritanian · Teri Duncan
- Endings, Beginnings · Daphne
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Adrift · Tami Oldham, Producer
- Awake, a Dream from Standing Rock · Executive producer
- Big Little Lies · Jane Chapman
- The Best Democracy Money Can Buy · Self
- Snowden · Lindsay Mills
- Allegiant · Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
- Insurgent · Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
- White Bird in a Blizzard · Kat Connor
- The Fault in Our Stars · Hazel Grace Lancaster
- Divergent · Tris
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- 9 Kisses · Boxing Girl
- The Spectacular Now · Aimee Finecky
- The Descendants · Alexandra King
- Conan · Self
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager · Amy Juergens
- Final Approach · Maya Bender
- Moola · Ashley Hedges
- Once Upon A Mattress · Molly
- Felicity: An American Girl Adventure · Felicity Merriman
- My Name Is Earl · Young Gwen
- Close to Home · Gaby Tursi
- CSI: NY · Evie Pierpont
- Jack & Bobby
- A Place Called Home · California "Cali" Ford
- Cold Case · Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show · Self
- The O.C. · Kaitlin Cooper
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · Self
- Without a Trace · Young Clare
- Crossing Jordan · Young Jordan Cavanaugh
- The District · Kristin Debreno
- Teen Choice Awards · Self
- Replacing Dad · Little Girl
- Everybody Loves Raymond · Snotty Girl
- MTV Movie & TV Awards · Self
- Entertainment Tonight · Self
- The Emmy Awards · Self
- The Murderous Miss Highsmith · Patricia Highsmith
- Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can · Janis Joplin, Producer
- A Beautiful Journey · Mary
- Ultra · Eve
- Mother's Helper
- Count My Lies · Sloane Caraway, Executive producer