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Shailene Woodley Shailene Diann Woodley is an American actress.
She is best known for portraying Amy Juergens in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of
the American Teenager and for co-starring alongside George Clooney in the critically
acclaimed 2011 film The Descendants, for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best
Supporting Female and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Motion Picture. For her performance in the film The Spectacular Now, she won the Dramatic
Special Jury Award for Acting at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Woodley will be starring
as Beatrice Prior in the upcoming film adaptation of Veronica Roth's Divergent in 2014. She
has also been cast as Hazel Grace Lancaster in the upcoming film adaptation of John Green's
novel The Fault in Our Stars. Early life
Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California. Her mother, Lori (née Victor), is a middle
school counselor, and her father, Lonnie Woodley, is a school principal. She has a younger brother,
Tanner. She began her career through modeling, which she began at the age of four. When she
was 15 and a freshman, her parents divorced and she was also diagnosed with scoliosis.
She was put in a chest-to-hips plastic brace to straighten her spine. Before landing the
role of Amy Juergens in The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Woodley thought of
studying interior design at New York University after high school. She attended Simi Valley
High School. Acting Career
In 2002, she appeared in small television roles on Without a Trace and The District.
In 2005, she was nominated for a Young Artist Award (YAA) in the Category: Best Performance
in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special—Leading Young Actress for her role in A Place Called
Home as California Ford. She also originally played Kaitlin Cooper in The O.C. She appeared
as Felicity Merriman in Felicity: An American Girl Adventure, for which she received a Young
Artists award nomination in the Category: Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries
or Special (Comedy or Drama). This is one of two TV specials that Woodley appeared in
with John Schneider. She did some acting classes with Anthony Meindl. She appeared on Crossing
Jordan as a young Jordan, as well as other television series including Everybody Loves
Raymond, My Name is Earl, CSI: NY, and Close to Home. In 2007, Woodley appeared in Cold
Case as Sarah Gunden, the *** victim's younger Amish sister, who originally brought
the case to the investigators' attention. Woodley starred in the ABC Family series The
Secret Life of the American Teenager as Amy Juergens, a 15 year old who discovers she
is pregnant. The show explores the effects of her pregnancy on her family, friends and
herself as well as life at Ulysses S. Grant High School in California.
In 2011, Woodley made her feature film debut in a breakout performance in The Descendants,
for which she received critical acclaim and has been nominated for a Golden Globe and
more than a dozen other awards. She also won the Independent Spirit Award. In this film,
she starred alongside George Clooney as Alexandra King, the troubled daughter of Clooney's character.
People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age. Woodley was also considered
one of the 55 faces of the future by Nylon Magazine's "Young Hollywood Issue".
Woodley starred in the film adaptation of Tim Tharp's novel, The Spectacular Now. She
plays a social outcast girl trying to plan for the future who meets a boy who is a senior
in high school who likes to party and live in the moment. He begins to date her as a
project and realizes he has the power to permanently impact her life. Production of the film occurred
in the summer of 2012 and it premiered at Sundance in January 2013. She has also recently
signed on to star in White Bird, an independent film about a troubled young woman whose life
is upended following the mysterious disappearance of her mother, directed by Gregg Araki. In
October 2012, it was announced that Woodley was offered the role of Mary Jane Watson in
the upcoming sequel to the 2012 film The Amazing Spider-Man. On June 19, 2013 it was announced
that Mary Jane was cut from the film. Director Marc Webb told The Hollywood Reporter that
the cut was "a creative decision to streamline the story and focus on Peter and Gwen and
their relationship," and that everyone loved working with Woodley.
On March 19, 2013, it was announced that Woodley had accepted the role starring as Hazel Grace
Lancaster in the film adaptation of John Green's novel The Fault in Our Stars. Green added
about Woodley; "There were so many amazing auditions for the role of Hazel, but Shailene's
love for the book and her understanding of Hazel blew me away." via Twitter. The film,
directed by Josh Boone, will be released on June 6, 2014.
Woodley is set to star as Tris Prior in the upcoming movie Divergent, which is an adaptation
of Veronica Roth’s young adult novel. The movie is expected to be released on March
21, 2014. Filmography
Television Awards and nominations