Shailene Woodley wiki : Shailene Diann Woodley (born November 15, 1991) is an American actress and activist.
After early acting roles that earned her two Young Artist Award nominations, Woodley rose to fame for her leading role as Amy Juergens on the ABC Family television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–13). She garnered praise for her performances in The Descendants (2011) and The Spectacular Now (2013). The former brought her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, while winning the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and Cannes Trophée Chopard while the latter brought her nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and winning the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting. Woodley achieved global recognition with leading roles in The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and The Divergent series (2014–16).
Since 2017, she portrays Jane Chapman in the HBO limited series Big Little Lies (2017–present) for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series. Besides acting, Woodley is an environmental activist and has served as a board member of Our Revolution.
Woodley was born in San Bernardino County, California, but grew up in Simi Valley, California. Her mother, Lori (née Victor), is a school counselor, and her father, Lonnie Woodley, is a school principal. She also has a younger brother.
At the age of fifteen, she was diagnosed with scoliosis and was put in a chest-to-hips plastic brace to stop her spine from curving further. Woodley attended Simi Valley High School and modeled at the age of four. She also took some acting classes with Anthony Meindl.
Woodley starred in and produced the film Adrift (2018), with Baltasar Kormákur as director. 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.
In 2018, she confirmed she is dating Australian-Fijian rugby union footballer Ben Volavola
In 2018, Woodley took activist Calina Lawrence to the 75th Golden Globe Awards as her guest; they first met at Standing Rock while protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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