Shailene Woodley
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.
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Movies (37)
UNABOMBER
2026 · Joanne Miller
Motor City
2026 · Sophia
Ocean Dreams
2026 · Narrator (voice)
El hombre celoso
2024 · Penelope Vardakis
Materia Viva
2024 · Self
Ferrari
2023 · Lina Lardi
El poder de los centavos
2023 · Caroline Gill
Robots
2023 · Elaine
Misántropo
2023 · Eleanor Falco, Producer
The Revolution Generation
2022 · Self
La última carta de Amor
2021 · Jennifer Stirling, Executive Producer
The Fallout: La vida después
2021 · Anna
El Mauritano
2021 · Teri Duncan
Finales, principios
2020 · Daphne
A la deriva
2018 · Tami Oldham, Producer
Awake, a Dream from Standing Rock
2017 · Executive Producer
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2016 · Self
Snowden
2016 · Lindsay Mills
Divergente la serie: Leal
2016 · Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
Divergente la serie: Insurgente
2015 · Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
White Bird in a Blizzard
2014 · Kat Connor
Bajo La Misma Estrella
2014 · Hazel Grace Lancaster
Divergente
2014 · Tris
9 Kisses
2014 · Boxing Girl
El esplendoroso presente
2013 · Aimee Finecky
Los descendientes
2011 · Alexandra King
Final Approach
2008 · Maya Bender
Moola
2007 · Ashley Hedges
Once Upon A Mattress
2005 · Molly
Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
2005 · Felicity Merriman
A Place Called Home
2004 · California "Cali" Ford
Replacing Dad
1999 · Little Girl
The Murderous Miss Highsmith
· Patricia Highsmith
Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can
· Janis Joplin, Producer
A Beautiful Journey
· Mary
Ultra
· Eve
Mother's Helper
TV shows (27)
Paradise: Official Podcast
2026 · Self
Paradise
2025 · Annie Clay
Tres Mujeres
2024 · Gia
Hope in the Water
2024 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Big Little Lies
2017 · Jane Chapman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Conan
2010 · Self
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008 · Amy Juergens
Mi nombre es Earl
2005 · Young Gwen
Close to Home
2005 · Gaby Tursi
CSI: Nueva York
2004 · Evie Pierpont
Jack & Bobby
2004
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
The O.C. Vidas Ajenas
2003 · Kaitlin Cooper
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Sin rastro
2002 · Young Clare
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Young Jordan Cavanaugh
The District
2000 · Kristin Debreno
Teen Choice Awards
1999 · Self
Todo el mundo quiere a Raymond
1996 · Snotty Girl
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
Count My Lies
· Sloane Caraway, Executive Producer