Shailene Woodley

Biography

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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Without a Trace

Crossing Jordan

The Kelly Clarkson Show

CSI: NY

Conan

All Movies (36)

• Motor City2026 · as Sophia
• Ocean Dreams2026 · as Narrator (voice)
• Killer Heat2024 · as Penelope Vardakis
• Materia Viva2024 · as Self
• Ferrari2023 · as Lina Lardi
• Dumb Money2023 · as Caroline Gill
• Robots2023 · as Elaine
• To Catch a Killer2023 · as Eleanor Falco
• The Revolution Generation2022 · as Self
• The Last Letter from Your Lover2021 · as Jennifer Stirling
• The Fallout2021 · as Anna
• The Mauritanian2021 · as Teri Duncan
• Endings, Beginnings2020 · as Daphne
• Adrift2018 · as Tami Oldham
• The Best Democracy Money Can Buy2016 · as Self
• Snowden2016 · as Lindsay Mills
• Allegiant2016 · as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
• Insurgent2015 · as Beatrice 'Tris' Prior
• White Bird in a Blizzard2014 · as Kat Connor
• The Fault in Our Stars2014 · as Hazel Grace Lancaster
• Divergent2014 · as Tris
• 9 Kisses2014 · as Boxing Girl
• The Spectacular Now2013 · as Aimee Finecky
• The Descendants2011 · as Alexandra King
• Final Approach2008 · as Maya Bender
• Moola2007 · as Ashley Hedges
• Once Upon A Mattress2005 · as Molly
• Felicity: An American Girl Adventure2005 · as Felicity Merriman
• A Place Called Home2004 · as California "Cali" Ford
• Replacing Dad1999 · as Little Girl
• The Murderous Miss Highsmith— · as Patricia Highsmith
• Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can— · as Janis Joplin
• A Beautiful Journey— · as Mary
• Unabom— · as Joanne Miller
• Ultra— · as Eve
• Mother's Helper—

All TV Shows (27)

• Paradise: Official Podcast2026 · as Self
• Paradise2025 · as Annie Clay
• Three Women2024 · as Gia
• Hope in the Water2024 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Big Little Lies2017 · as Jane Chapman
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Conan2010 · as Self
• The Secret Life of the American Teenager2008 · as Amy Juergens
• My Name Is Earl2005 · as Young Gwen
• Close to Home2005 · as Gaby Tursi
• CSI: NY2004 · as Evie Pierpont
• Jack & Bobby2004
• Cold Case2003 · as Sarah Gunden (2006 & 2007)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• The O.C.2003 · as Kaitlin Cooper
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Without a Trace2002 · as Young Clare
• Crossing Jordan2001 · as Young Jordan Cavanaugh
• The District2000 · as Kristin Debreno
• Teen Choice Awards1999 · as Self
• Everybody Loves Raymond1996 · as Snotty Girl
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Count My Lies— · as Sloane Caraway