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
Credits
- 2024 · Killer Heat as Penelope Vardakis
- 2024 · Three Women as Gia
- 2024 · Hope in the Water as Self
- 2024 · Materia Viva as Self
- 2023 · Ferrari as Lina Lardi
- 2023 · Dumb Money as Caroline Gill
- 2023 · Robots as Elaine
- 2023 · To Catch a Killer as Eleanor Falco
- 2022 · The Revolution Generation as Self
- 2021 · The Last Letter from Your Lover as Jennifer Stirling
- 2021 · The Fallout as Anna
- 2021 · The Mauritanian as Teri Duncan
- 2020 · Endings, Beginnings as Daphne
- 2018 · Adrift as Tami Oldham
- 2017 · Big Little Lies as Jane Chapman
- 2016 · The Best Democracy Money Can Buy as Self
- 2016 · Snowden as Lindsay Mills
- 2016 · Allegiant as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
- 2015 · Insurgent as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
- 2014 · 9 Kisses as Boxing Girl
- 2014 · White Bird in a Blizzard as Kat Connor
- 2014 · The Fault in Our Stars as Hazel Grace Lancaster
- 2014 · Divergent as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2013 · The Spectacular Now as Aimee Finecky
- 2011 · The Descendants as Alexandra King
- 2011 · Best Coast: Our Deal as Day Trotter
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2008 · The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Amy Juergens
- 2008 · Final Approach as Maya Bender
- 2007 · Moola as Ashley Hedges
- 2005 · Once Upon A Mattress as Molly
- 2005 · Felicity: An American Girl Adventure as Felicity Merriman
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Young Gwen
- 2005 · Close to Home as
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Evie Pierpont
- 2004 · Jack & Bobby as
- 2004 · A Place Called Home as California "Cali" Ford
- 2003 · Cold Case as Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
- 2003 · The O.C. as Kaitlin Cooper
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Young Clare
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Young Jordan Cavanaugh
- 2000 · The District as Kristin Debreno
- 1999 · Teen Choice Awards as Self
- 1999 · Replacing Dad as Little Girl
- 1996 · Everybody Loves Raymond as Snotty Girl
- 1992 · MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- Future · The Murderous Miss Highsmith as Patricia Highsmith
- Future · Girl in the Clouds as
- Future · Motor City as
- Future · Panopticon as Chase
- Future · Untitled Janis Joplin Biopic as Janis Joplin