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.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Shailene Woodley
Scales of Justice: The Mauritanian’s Unflinching Gaze into Guantanamo’s Shadows
The Mauritanian (2021), directed by Kevin Macdonald, is a searing exploration of justice’s fragility, anchored by Tahar Rahim’s quietly devastating performance as Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Rahim’s portray... Read more
Fleeting Joys and Quiet Truths: The Delicate Dance of The Spectacular Now
In The Spectacular Now (2013), director James Ponsoldt crafts a coming-of-age tale that sidesteps the genre’s predictable beats, opting instead for a raw, lived-in portrait of youth teetering on the e... Read more
Stargazing Through Tears: The Delicate Balance of "The Fault in Our Stars"
In The Fault in Our Stars (2014), director Josh Boone crafts a tender yet unflinching exploration of love shadowed by mortality, adapting John Green’s novel with a delicate hand. The film’s strength l... Read more
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