Shailene Woodley

About

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...

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CSI: NYSeries • 2004Without a TraceSeries • 2002Cold CaseSeries • 2003Crossing JordanSeries • 2001Everybody Loves RaymondSeries • 1996My Name Is EarlSeries • 2005The O.C.Series • 2003The Secret Life of the American TeenagerSeries • 2008ParadiseSeries • 2025The DistrictSeries • 2000UNABOMBERMovie • 2026InsurgentMovie • 2015Close to HomeSeries • 2005Big Little LiesSeries • 2017Motor CityMovie • 2026AllegiantMovie • 2016DivergentMovie • 2014Jack & BobbySeries • 2004The Fault in Our StarsMovie • 2014Dumb MoneyMovie • 2023The MauritanianMovie • 2021The DescendantsMovie • 2011Killer HeatMovie • 2024AdriftMovie • 2018