Shailene Woodley American Actress Known for The Descendants

Shailene Woodley (15 November 1991, San Bernardino) is an American actress. Audiences know her from The Descendants (2011) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014).

Early life

She attended Young Actors Space and Simi Valley High School.

Career

The earliest of her listed screen credits is Everybody Loves Raymond, from 1996. Her 2000s credits include Cold Case (2003) and CSI: NY (2004). During the 2010s, she worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014, as Mary Jane Watson) and Divergent (2014, as Beatrice Prior). Work from the 2020s includes The Mauritanian (2021) and Ferrari (2023).

In total, 22 films and 7 TV series are listed from 1996 to 2026. Drama is the most frequent genre among her listed titles (9), followed by action (5) and romance (5). The list ends, for now, with Unabomber (2026). Of her six titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) has the highest, at $709 million.

Ansel Elgort appears in four of her listed titles, including The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016). Other co-stars who recur in her credits are Kate Winslet (two titles) and Paul Wesley (two titles). Robert Schwentke directed two of her titles on record. Other notable work credited to her includes The Secret Life of the American Teenager and The Divergent Series.

Recognition

She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in 2026 for Paradise. Shailene Woodley also has received the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female (2012) for The Descendants and the Trophée Chopard (2012) for The Descendants. Her nominations include the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture in 2012 for The Descendants. Altogether, 10 wins and 12 nominations are listed.