Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 15, 1991
Place of Birth:
Simi Valley, California, USA
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Shailene Woodley
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
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Killer Heat | Penelope Vardakis |
| 2024 | Materia Viva | Self |
| 2023 | Ferrari | Lina Lardi |
| 2023 | Dumb Money | Caroline Gill |
| 2023 | To Catch a Killer | Eleanor Falco |
| 2023 | Robots | Elaine |
| 2022 | The Revolution Generation | Self |
| 2021 | The Fallout | Anna |
| 2021 | The Last Letter from Your Lover | Jennifer Stirling |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | Teri Duncan |
| 2020 | Endings, Beginnings | Daphne |
| 2018 | Adrift | Tami Oldham |
| 2016 | Allegiant | Beatrice 'Tris' Prior |
| 2016 | Snowden | Lindsay Mills |
| 2016 | The Best Democracy Money Can Buy | Self |
| 2015 | Insurgent | Beatrice 'Tris' Prior |
| 2014 | White Bird in a Blizzard | Kat Connor |
| 2014 | Divergent | Beatrice 'Tris' Prior |
| 2014 | The Fault in Our Stars | Hazel Grace Lancaster |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses | Boxing Girl |
| 2013 | The Spectacular Now | Aimee Finecky |
| 2011 | The Descendants | Alexandra King |
| 2011 | Best Coast: Our Deal | Day Trotter |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Maya Bender |
| 2007 | Moola | Ashley Hedges |
| 2005 | Felicity: An American Girl Adventure | Felicity Merriman |
| 2005 | Once Upon A Mattress | Molly |
| 2004 | A Place Called Home | California "Cali" Ford |
| 1999 | Replacing Dad | Little Girl |
| The Murderous Miss Highsmith | Patricia Highsmith | |
| Girl in the Clouds | ||
| Motor City | ||
| Untitled Janis Joplin Biopic | Janis Joplin | |
| A Beautiful Journey | Mary | |
| Unabom | Joanne Miller |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Three Women | Gia |
| 2024 | Hope in the Water | Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2017 | Big Little Lies | Jane Chapman |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Amy Juergens |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Young Gwen |
| 2005 | Close to Home | |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | |
| 2004 | CSI: NY | Evie Pierpont |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007) |
| 2003 | The O.C. | Kaitlin Cooper |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Young Clare |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Young Jordan Cavanaugh |
| 2000 | The District | Kristin Debreno |
| 1999 | Teen Choice Awards | Self |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Snotty Girl |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self |