Shailene Woodley

Shailene Diann Woodley

(born November 15, 1991)^[1] is an American actress and activist. She first gained mainstream attention playing Amy Juergens on the ABC Family television series Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–13), later she gained critical success playing Alexandra "Alex" King in a Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Descendants (2011), Aimee Finecky in The Spectacular Now (2013), Hazel Grace Lancaster in The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and Beatrice "Tris" Prior in The Divergent Series (2014–17). She will play Lindsay Mills in Snowden (2016) and Jane Chapman in the upcoming HBO miniseries Big Little Lies.

Early life[edit]

Woodley was born in San Bernardino County, California,^[1] but grew up in Simi Valley, California. Her mother, Lori (née Victor),^[1] is a school counselor, and her father, Lonnie Woodley, is a school principal.^[2] She also has a younger brother.^[3] At the age of fifteen, she was diagnosed with scoliosis^[4] and was put in a chest-to-hips plastic brace to stop her spine from curving further.^[5] Woodley attended Simi Valley High School^[6] and

modeled at the age of four. She also did some acting classes with Anthony Meindl

Film[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	The Descendants	Alexandra "Alex" King
2013	The Spectacular Now	Aimee Finecky
2014	White Bird in a Blizzard	Katrina "Kat" Connor	[40][41]
2014	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Mary Jane Watson	Deleted scenes[42][43]
2014	Divergent	Beatrice "Tris" Prior
2014	The Fault in Our Stars	Hazel Grace Lancaster
2015	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Beatrice "Tris" Prior
2016	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Beatrice "Tris" Prior
2016	Snowden	Lindsay Mills	Post-production

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Replacing Dad	Little Girl	Television film
2001–03	District, TheThe District	Kristin Debreno	3 episodes
2001–04	Crossing Jordan	Young Jordan Cavanaugh	4 episodes
2003	Without a Trace	Young Clare Metcalf	Episode: "Clare de Lune"
2003–04	O.C., TheThe O.C.	Young Kaitlin Cooper	6 episodes
2004	Everybody Loves Raymond	Snotty Girl #2	Episode: "Party Dress"
2004	Place Called Home, AA Place Called Home	California "Cali" Ford	Television film
2004–05	Jack & Bobby	Chloe Benedict	2 episodes
2005	Felicity: An American Girl Adventure	Felicity Merriman	Television film
2005	Once Upon a Mattress	Molly	Television film
2006	My Name Is Earl	Young Gwen	Episode: "BB"
2007	CSI: NY	Evie Pierpont	Episode: "A Daze of Wine and Roaches"
2007	Close to Home	Gaby Tursi	Episode: "Getting In"
2007	Cold Case	Sarah Gunden	Episode: "Running Around"
2007	Final Approach	Maya Bender	Television film
2008–13	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Amy Juergens	Main role (121 episodes)
2016	Big Little Lies	Jane Chapman	Upcoming series; filming