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