Shailene Woodley
Acting • Born 1991-11-15
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.
Filmography
58 credits
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Movie • 2005
Felicity Merriman
The Fallout
Movie • 2021
Anna
The Descendants
Movie • 2011
Alexandra King
Once Upon A Mattress
Movie • 2005
Molly
The Murderous Miss Highsmith
Movie
Patricia Highsmith
Ferrari
Movie • 2023
Lina Lardi
Killer Heat
Movie • 2024
Penelope Vardakis
White Bird in a Blizzard
Movie • 2014
Kat Connor
Divergent
Movie • 2014
Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
The Spectacular Now
Movie • 2013
Aimee Finecky
The Fault in Our Stars
Movie • 2014
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Insurgent
Movie • 2015
Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
Allegiant
Movie • 2016
Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
Dumb Money
Movie • 2023
Caroline Gill
Snowden
Movie • 2016
Lindsay Mills
A Place Called Home
Movie • 2004
California "Cali" Ford
Replacing Dad
Movie • 1999
Little Girl
Moola
Movie • 2007
Ashley Hedges
Final Approach
Movie • 2008
Maya Bender
Motor City
Movie • 2025
Sophia
Materia Viva
Movie • 2024
Self
Adrift
Movie • 2018
Tami Oldham
Endings, Beginnings
Movie • 2020
Daphne
To Catch a Killer
Movie • 2023
Eleanor Falco
The Last Letter from Your Lover
Movie • 2021
Jennifer Stirling
The Mauritanian
Movie • 2021
Teri Duncan
The Revolution Generation
Movie • 2022
Self
Robots
Movie • 2023
Elaine
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
Movie • 2016
Self
Untitled Janis Joplin Biopic
Movie
Janis Joplin
A Beautiful Journey
Movie
Mary
Unabom
Movie
Joanne Miller
Ultra
Movie
Eve
9 Kisses
Movie • 2014
Boxing Girl
The District
TV • 2000
Kristin Debreno
Jack & Bobby
TV • 2004
My Name Is Earl
TV • 2005
Young Gwen
Everybody Loves Raymond
TV • 1996
Snotty Girl
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Young Jordan Cavanaugh
CSI: NY
TV • 2004
Evie Pierpont
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Young Clare
The O.C.
TV • 2003
Kaitlin Cooper
Close to Home
TV • 2005
Gaby Tursi
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TV • 2008
Amy Juergens
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Big Little Lies
TV • 2017
Jane Chapman
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
Three Women
TV • 2024
Gia
Hope in the Water
TV • 2024
Self
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Count My Lies
TV
Sloane Caraway
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Paradise
TV • 2025
Annie Clay