Shailene Woodley
Acting
1991-11-15 · Simi Valley, California, USA
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
TheatersUNABOMBER
2026 · Movie
Motor City
2026 · Movie
Ocean Dreams
2026 · Movie
Paradise: Official Podcast
2026 · Series
Paradise
2025 · Series
Killer Heat
2024 · Movie
Three Women
2024 · Series
Hope in the Water
2024 · Series
Materia Viva
2024 · Movie
Ferrari
2023 · Movie
Dumb Money
2023 · Movie
Robots
2023 · Movie
To Catch a Killer
2023 · Movie
The Revolution Generation
2022 · Movie
The Last Letter from Your Lover
2021 · Movie
The Fallout
2021 · Movie
The Mauritanian
2021 · Movie
Endings, Beginnings
2020 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Adrift
2018 · Movie
Awake, a Dream from Standing Rock
2017 · Movie
Big Little Lies
2017 · Series
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016 · Movie
Snowden
2016 · Movie
Allegiant
2016 · Movie
Insurgent
2015 · Movie
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014 · Movie
The Fault in Our Stars
2014 · Movie
Divergent
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
9 Kisses
2014 · Movie
The Spectacular Now
2013 · Movie
The Descendants
2011 · Movie
Conan
2010 · Series
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008 · Series
Final Approach
2008 · Movie
Moola
2007 · Movie
Once Upon A Mattress
2005 · Movie
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
2005 · Movie
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Series
Close to Home
2005 · Series
CSI: NY
2004 · Series
Jack & Bobby
2004 · Series
A Place Called Home
2004 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
The O.C.
2003 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Series
The District
2000 · Series
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Series
Replacing Dad
1999 · Movie
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996 · Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
Count My Lies
Series
The Murderous Miss Highsmith
Movie
Mother's Helper
Movie
Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can
Movie
Ultra
Movie
A Beautiful Journey
Movie