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.

Most Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

Conan

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Crossing Jordan

as Young Jordan Cavanaugh

CSI: NY

as Evie Pierpont

Everybody Loves Raymond

as Snotty Girl

Cold Case

as Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)

The O.C.

as Kaitlin Cooper

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

My Name Is Earl

as Young Gwen

Without a Trace

as Young Clare

MTV Movie & TV Awards

as Self

Big Little Lies

as Jane Chapman

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

as Amy Juergens

The District

as Kristin Debreno

Divergent

as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior

Close to Home

as Gaby Tursi

Insurgent

as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior

Allegiant

as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior