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Shailene Woodley

Nov 15, 1991 (33 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Without a Trace
Young Clare
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CSI: NY
Evie Pierpont
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My Name Is Earl
Young Gwen
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The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Amy Juergens
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The O.C.
Kaitlin Cooper
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The District
Kristin Debreno
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Crossing Jordan
Young Jordan Cavanaugh
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Everybody Loves Raymond
Snotty Girl
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Cold Case
Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
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MTV Movie & TV Awards
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