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Madylin Sweeten, Shailene Woodley, and Destiny Edmond in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Shailene Woodley in Killer Heat (2024)

Shailene Woodley and Callum Turner in The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021)

Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort in The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Jodie Foster and Shailene Woodley in The Mauritanian (2021)

Shailene Woodley in Shailene Woodley (2020)

Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)

Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)

Shailene Woodley in Shailene Woodley (2019)

Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, and Zoë Kravitz in Big Little Lies (2017)

Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz, and Theo James in Allegiant (2016)

Jeff Daniels and Shailene Woodley in Allegiant (2016)

Shailene Woodley and Theo James in Allegiant (2016)

Bill Skarsgård and Shailene Woodley in Allegiant (2016)

Maggie Q, Shailene Woodley, and Miles Teller in Allegiant (2016)

Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin in Adrift (2018)

Shailene Woodley in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)

Baltasar Kormákur and Shailene Woodley in Adrift (2018)

Mark Derwin and Shailene Woodley in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)

Shailene Woodley in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)

Actress and activist Shailene Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California, to Lori (Victor), a middle school counselor, and Lonnie Woodley, a school principal. She has one brother, Tanner. She was educated at Simi Valley High School in California. When Woodley was four years old she began commercial modeling. Acting roles followed, and she made her screen debut in 1999's Replacing Dad (1999). More parts followed in The District (2000), The O.C. (2003) and Crossing Jordan (2001),amongst others. When Woodley was 15, she was diagnosed with Idiopathic Scoliosis and wore a chest-to-hips plastic brace for two years, which proved a successful treatment.

In 2008 Woodley was cast in the lead role of Amy Juergens in The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) and in 2011 she had her big screen breakthrough when she appeared in Alexander Payne's The Descendants (2011), opposite George Clooney. Her performance in the role of Alexandra King brought critical acclaim and recognition by the movie industry. She won an Independent Spirit Award and the 2012 MTV Movie Awards Breakthrough Performance Award, as well as a Golden Globe nomination. She gained more prominence for portraying Tris from the Divergent film trilogy based on the book series. She portrayed Mary Jane Watson in deleted scenes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2. She had roles in The Fault in Our Stars, The Mauritanian, White Bird in a Blizzard, Big Little Lies, Adrift and The Fallout. She was engaged to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers but broke up.

Shailene Woodley in To Catch a Killer (2023)

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