Shailene Woodley arrives at Variety's 4th Annual Power Of Youth Event at Paramount Studios on October 24, 2010, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2011
6 King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St - Dubai - UAE
Shailene Woodley poses during a portrait session at the 8th Annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 10, 2011, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2014
Miami, Florida, USA
Shailene Woodley poses for a portrait On the set of Despierta America on May 7, 2014, in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2014
301 6th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37243, USA
Shailene Woodley attends "The Fault In Our Stars" Nashville red carpet and fan event at Nashville War Memorial Auditorium on May 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2014
141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Shailene Woodley attends "The Fault in Our Stars" premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on June 2, 2014, in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2015
141 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019, USA
Shailene Woodley attends "The Divergent Series: Insurgent" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on March 16, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2017
777 Chick Hearn Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
Shailene Woodley attends the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2018
9876 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, USA
Shailene Woodley arrives at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018. (Photo by Neilson Barnard)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2018
Paris, France
Shailene Woodley attends the Valentino Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2018 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2018
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, USA
Shailene Woodley attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2018
1000 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
Shailene Woodley arrives at the premiere of STX Films' "Adrift" at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 on May 23, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2018
Paris, France
Shailene Woodley attends the Christian Dior show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2019 on September 24, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2019
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA
Shailene Woodley attends Carolina Herrera fall 2019 runway show during (NYFW) New York Fashion Week held at New York Historical Society 170 Central Park West on February 11, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Anthony DelMundo)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2019
1515 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA
Shailene Woodley attends the Scarlet Night party hosted by Virgin Voyages at PlayStation Theater on February 14, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Anthony DelMundo)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
2019
Paris, France
Shailene Woodley attends the Balmain show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 01, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain)
Gallery of Shailene Woodley
1998 Broadway, New York, NY 10023, USA
Shailene Woodley attends the "Allegiant" New York Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater on March 14, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco)
Achievements
Membership
Awards
Independent Spirit Award
2012
Santa Monica, California, USA
Shailene Woodley poses with the Best Supporting Female award for "The Descendants" in the press room at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2012, in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
Trophée Chopard Award
2012
73 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Shailene Woodley and Sean Penn pose onstage at the Trophee Chopard In Partnership With Variety Magazine at the Martinez Hotel on May 17, 2012, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Venturelli)
Teen Choice Award
2014
665 W Jefferson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA
Shailene Woodley, winner of Best Actress: Action (L) and actor Kellan Lutz onstage during FOX's 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Hollywood Film Award
2014
6215 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
Shailene Woodley poses in the press room during the 18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Palladium on November 14, 2014, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz)
MTV Movie Award
2015
777 Chick Hearn Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90015, USA
Shailene Woodley accepts the MTV Trailblazer Award onstage during The 2015 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 12, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)
Shailene Woodley arrives at Variety's 4th Annual Power Of Youth Event at Paramount Studios on October 24, 2010, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff)
6 King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud St - Dubai - UAE
Shailene Woodley poses during a portrait session at the 8th Annual Dubai International Film Festival held at the Madinat Jumeriah Complex on December 10, 2011, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker)
Shailene Woodley poses with the Best Supporting Female award for "The Descendants" in the press room at the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards on February 25, 2012, in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison)
73 Boulevard de la Croisette, 06400 Cannes, France
Shailene Woodley and Sean Penn pose onstage at the Trophee Chopard In Partnership With Variety Magazine at the Martinez Hotel on May 17, 2012, in Cannes, France. (Photo by Venturelli)
Shailene Woodley, winner of Best Actress: Action (L) and actor Kellan Lutz onstage during FOX's 2014 Teen Choice Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on August 10, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter)
Shailene Woodley poses in the press room during the 18th Annual Hollywood Film Awards at The Palladium on November 14, 2014, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz)
Shailene Woodley attends "The Fault In Our Stars" Nashville red carpet and fan event at Nashville War Memorial Auditorium on May 8, 2014, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Rick Diamond)
Shailene Woodley accepts the MTV Trailblazer Award onstage during The 2015 MTV Movie Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 12, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian)
Shailene Woodley attends "The Divergent Series: Insurgent" New York premiere at Ziegfeld Theater on March 16, 2015, in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca)
Shailene Woodley attends the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by John Shearer)
Shailene Woodley attends the Valentino Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2018 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 24, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu)
Shailene Woodley attends the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 7, 2018, in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard)
Shailene Woodley arrives at the premiere of STX Films' "Adrift" at Regal LA Live Stadium 14 on May 23, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth)
Shailene Woodley attends the Christian Dior show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2019 on September 24, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain)
Shailene Woodley attends Carolina Herrera fall 2019 runway show during (NYFW) New York Fashion Week held at New York Historical Society 170 Central Park West on February 11, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Anthony DelMundo)
Shailene Woodley attends the Scarlet Night party hosted by Virgin Voyages at PlayStation Theater on February 14, 2019, in New York City. (Photo by Anthony DelMundo)
Shailene Woodley attends the Balmain show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2019/2020 on March 01, 2019 in Paris, France. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain)
Shailene Woodley attends the "Allegiant" New York Premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 theater on March 14, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Mark Sagliocco)
Connections
colleague: Octavia Spencer
2012
613 E 400 S Suite D, Salt Lake City, UT 84102, Utah
Octavia Spencer poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival at the Getty Images Portrait Studio at T-Mobile Village at the Lift on January 22, 2012 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
(In 1775, just before the Revolutionary War, Felicity and ...)
In 1775, just before the Revolutionary War, Felicity and Elizabeth's friendship is put to the test when Felicity's family supports independence Elizabeth's family remains loyal to the king.
(Just as the business which Steve helped create, American ...)
Just as the business which Steve helped create, American Lightsticks, is on the brink of collapse, a huge 'deal' suddenly materializes, and he and his partners are sure that their lives have changed forever. A true-to-life comedy inspired by actual events. Starring Shailene Woodley (The Fault in Our Stars) in her first movie.
(With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacul...)
With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, The Spectacular Now creates a vivid, three- dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood. This is the tale of Sutter Keely (Miles Teller), a high school senior and effortless charmer, and of how he unexpectedly falls in love with "the good girl" Aimee Finecky (Shailene Woodley).
(Kat Connors' (Shailene Woodley) glamorous but strange mot...)
Kat Connors' (Shailene Woodley) glamorous but strange mother Eve (Eva Green) vanishes. Kat is excited by her new freedom, distracted by the boy next door and the cop working the case. Disturbing facts surface and the mystery begins to haunt her.
("Divergent" is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a...)
"Divergent" is a thrilling action-adventure film set in a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley) is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group.
(Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus (Ansel Elgort) share a l...)
Hazel (Shailene Woodley) and Gus (Ansel Elgort) share a love that sweeps them on an unforgettable journey in this powerful film based on John Green's New York Times bestseller.
(Beyond the wall, Tris and Four face a threat more dangero...)
Beyond the wall, Tris and Four face a threat more dangerous than they ever imagined, fighting for the future of an entire city in this action-packed third Divergent adventure.
(Oliver Stone tackles the untold story behind Edward Snowd...)
Oliver Stone tackles the untold story behind Edward Snowden's controversial decision to expose the NSA's shocking surveillance activities in this politically-charged thriller.
(Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin star in this true story ...)
Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin star in this true story of two free spirits whose chance encounter leads them first to love, and then to the adventure of a lifetime.
(Secrets are hard to keep, especially in high school. Meet...)
Secrets are hard to keep, especially in high school. Meet the students of Grant High. Grace sneaks around behind her parents back to see her boyfriend, Jack. Jack cheats on Grace with Adrian, who's really in love with Ricky. And Ricky has one night with Amy leads to the biggest secret of all.
Shailene Woodley is an American actress and activist, who garnered acclaim for her supporting role in The Descendants, and went on to star in the dystopian Divergent film series and HBO's Big Little Lies.
Background
Ethnicity:
Woodley's father has English ancestry. Her maternal grandfather had African-American ancestry, and her maternal grandmother has Louisiana Creole (including African, French, Spanish, and German) ancestry on one side of her family, and English and Swiss-German on the other.
Shailene Diann Woodley was born on November 15, 1991, in San Bernardino, California, the United States. Her mother Lori is a middle school counselor while her father, Lonnie is a school principal. She grew up with her younger brother, Tanner in Simi Valley, California. Her parents divorced when she was fifteen years old.
Education
Woodley attended regular school and at the same time was part of commercials and modeling from the age of four. When she was only five, she began taking her first acting lessons with Anthony Meindl. As she completed elementary education, she joined Simi Valley High School. Shailene had a difficult time during high school as she got into the wrong company and began consuming alcohol. She later managed to control her alcohol consumption with the assistance of parents, since both were psychologists.
Scoliosis took over Woodley's body at the age of fifteen for which she had to wear a plastic brace from her chest to hip to keep her spine aligned else her spine would curve sideways. Fortunately, it was detected early and there weren’t any repercussions.
In order to graduate with her high school class while starring on the hit ABC Family teenage soap opera, The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), Woodley's principal sent a teacher to her house once a week to give her school work which she would do, in-between takes, on set. Then, she was able to graduate with her class on time.
At the age of eight, Shailene Woodley made her screen debut in the TV movie Replacing Dad (1999), alongside Tippi Hedren. She went on to appear on such programs as The District, Crossing Jordan, and The O.C., and continued to attend auditions as a teenager despite being diagnosed with scoliosis. With her character Kaitlin Cooper in The O.C., she became a recognized child artist, for which she was offered a titular television role Felicity: An American Girl Adventure. After a couple of years, she appeared in smaller roles in television shows like The District and The Crossing. Her performance was noted and in 2004 she landed herself a lead role in a television film titled A Place Called Home.
From 2005 to 2008, Woodley repeatedly appeared in several shows in a guest role. Her roles in Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name is Earl, CSI: NY and Close to Home helped her better her skills as an actor and provided more exposure.
During her junior year at Simi Valley High School, Woodley was tapped for the starring role of Amy Juergens on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. A hit drama about an ambitious student who finds her life upended by pregnancy and then motherhood, the show aired for five seasons, until wrapping in June 2013. In the series, her role as a pregnant teenager and her ordeals were brilliantly executed by Shailene.
While still starring in Secret Life, Shailene Woodley landed the part that introduced her to a wider audience. The Descendants was a turning point in her career. In 2011, she played the spoiled daughter of Matt King, enacted by George Clooney. She gathered vital experience on the sets and was applauded for her characterization of the role, and she drew strong praise for portraying a teenager forced to confront adult issues amid family struggles, garnering a Golden Globe nomination. This success put her on the front page of most magazines. The People magazine naming her one of 2012’s Most Beautiful at Every Age and Nylon Magazine called her The Future of Hollywood.
Woodley's next role as Aimee Finecky, a nerd in a relationship with high school dapper senior, Miles Teller, in the movie The Spectacular Now reiterated her talent and passion for acting. According to the Los Angeles Times and The Guardian, her performance was strong and mature.
In 2012, Shailene Woodley signed the film White Bird in a Blizzard. The film received mixed reviews yet her performance in the movie was appreciated. Critics felt that her acting in the movie was natural. In 2012, she also played the role of Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spiderman 2. However, the four scenes she played in the film were removed from the movie as decided by the production that the inclusion of her character would cause a deviation from the plot.
After starring in a pair of indie features, Woodley hit the big time with Divergent (2014). An adaptation of Veronica Roth's young adult novel, Divergent featured Woodley in the role of Tris, a gifted teen who foils the machinations of an evil government faction. The actress then did an about-face with her next big work. In 2014, Woodley starred as Hazel Grace Lancaster in The Fault in Our Stars, the film adaptation of John Green's novel of the same name. She portrayed a 16-year-old cancer patient who meets and falls in love with Augustus Waters (played by Ansel Elgort) (and also her brother in the Divergent series), a similarly afflicted teen from her cancer support group. The film was a blockbuster success, grossing over $307 million worldwide. Woodley's performance received critical acclaim from critics.
Woodley reprised the character of Tris for Divergent's popular sequels, Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). Moving away from the young adult genre, she embraced a weightier role in Snowden (2016), playing the girlfriend of the former CIA employee charged with leaking classified information.
The acclaimed actress made an even bigger impression in 2017 with the Emmy Award-winning HBO limited series Big Little Lies, which was adapted from Australian author Liane Moriarty's novel of the same name. As part of an A-list ensemble cast that includes Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Laura Dern, Woodley plays a young single mom Jane Chapman, whose dark past brings her to the affluent California beachfront community of Monterey, where a murder mystery ensues. For her role, Woodley was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe as a supporting actress. The seven-episode series was written by David E. Kelley and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. With its huge success, HBO gave the green light for a second season, which is currently underway.
In 2018 Woodley starred in the oceanic thriller Adrift, directed by Baltasar Kormákur and co-starring Sam Claflin. Her performance as Tami Oldham Ashcraft, a real-life sailor who was stranded at sea after a storm, was praised by critics and fans alike, with Daniel Feingold from WSVN calling her work "Oscar-worthy." Woodley was awarded the Rising Star Award during the 2018 Deauville Film Festival. On October 18, 2018, Woodley was cast in an Untitled Drake Doremus film alongside Sebastian Stan, Jamie Dornan, and Matthew Gray Gubler. On May 1, 2019, Woodley was cast in Misanthrope, an upcoming serial killer thriller centered on a talented but troubled cop who is recruited by the FBI to help profile and track down a murderer. The film is set to be directed by Damián Szifron and will begin filming in Atlanta in 2019.
(Secrets are hard to keep, especially in high school. Meet...)
2008
Religion
When asked about her religious beliefs in an interview, Woodley responded: "My religion is the earth, man...I believe in trees."
Politics
Woodley is a Democrat and openly supports the Democratic Party. She also was a big fan of Bernie Sanders when he ran against Hillary Clinton for the Democrat nomination in 2016.
In mid-2016, Woodley joined the board of Our Revolution, a political organization aimed to educate voters about issues, get people involved in the political process, and work to organize and elect progressive leaders.
Views
When asked, Woodley has repeatedly asserted that she does not consider herself a feminist: "No, because I love men, and I think the idea of 'raise women to power, take the men away from the power' is never going to work out because you need balance... My biggest thing is really sisterhood more than feminism. I don't know how we as women expect men to respect us because we don't seem to respect each other." She called herself a feminist in an interview with the New York Times in August 2017.
Woodley is an avid environmental activist and climate advocate. She and her mother co-founded the All it Takes non-profit organization in 2010. All it Takes is a youth leadership program that aims to educate young people to practice empathy, compassion, responsibility, and purpose in hopes to foster sustainable, positive change for themselves, others and the environment. She supported Bernie Sanders for president in 2016.
In 2016, she protested against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a US$3.87 billion underground petroleum transport pipeline being built by Dakota Access LLC. On October 10, she was arrested for criminal trespassing in Saint Anthony, North Dakota. Woodley pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a year of probation.
Quotations:
"I think souls know no age. The only thing that knows age is the mind, and the minute you leave that behind some people have chemical connections and some people don't. Love isn't limited to marriage and sex and whatnot. Teenagers who fall in love - their love is just as real, just as visceral and just as worthy as that of adults who fall in love."
"I always know intuitively whether a script is something I fall in love with or not. I get butterflies. If I get butterflies, it's something I'll fight for."
"I think it's ridiculous that the boundaries have been crossed between cinema and fashion. They're both their own separate art forms. I did not start acting in order to wear something beautiful and wear lots of makeup. That's not why I do this. I do this because I really love being on a film set."
"I'm not one of those actors who feels like they need to get in character, to do any sort of method acting situations. For me, it's all about learning my lines, showing up on time, and professionally listening to what others are saying, and then authentically and truthfully reacting off of their expressions. So, it's easy to drop roles, because I don't feel like I acquire them, to begin with."
"The thing with privacy is I'm just going to make sure that whatever I hold sacred stays sacred. What I hold dear to my heart is nobody's business in the same way whatever you hold dear to your heart is nobody's business, unless you're willing to share that."
Personality
Shailene's unusual lifestyle and ethereal calmness often set her apart from other celebrities her age. She finds and collects her own drinking water, doesn't claim a permanent home, and only buys used clothes. She loves to hug everyone she comes into contact with because she believes it establishes more of a personal connection. Whether it’s her first time meeting someone or just a casual meeting with friends, she always greets everyone with a hug.
Physical Characteristics:
Woodley has a slim build, a height of 5 ft 8 in or 173 cm, and a weight of 60 kg or 132 pounds. She also has light brown hair and green eyes. Sometimes Woodley dyes her hair red, or blonde, depending upon the movie roles. As per HuffingtonPost, Shailene does not wear makeup during events.
Interests
camping, running
Politicians
Bernie Sanders
Writers
Henry and June by Anaïs Nin, 1984 by George Orwell,
Sport & Clubs
Basketball, ice hockey
Music & Bands
Arcade Fire, Bon Iver, The Beatles, Blue Foundation
Connections
In 2018, Woodley confirmed she is dating Australian-Fijian rugby union player Ben Volavola.