Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley
Born	Shailene Diann Woodley
Other names	Shai
Spouse	Jonathan Hallman (currenty dating)

Shailene Diann Woodley (born November 15, 1991) is an American actress. She currently stars and is most known as Amy Juergens in the television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Life and career

Woodley was born in Simi Valley, California. Her family includes her mother Lori, father Loni, and younger brother Tanner. Woodley had her first audition at the age of five, when her model cousin brought her a talent-call audition. "My mom was like, 'Hey, you want to act today?' and I was like, 'Sure!' And it just kind of happened. I was never forced to do it, and I never forced them to take me to auditions," explained Woodley.

In 2004, 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 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). In her most well known role of her early career, Woodley played Kaitlin Cooper in the first season of The O.C. She appeared on Crossing Jordan as a young Jordan, as well as television series such as Without a Trace, Everybody Loves Raymond, My Name is Earl, CSI: NY, and Close to Home. In 2007, Woodley appeared in, Cold Case as Sarah Gunden, the murder victim's younger Amish sister, who originally brought the case to the investigators' attention. Woodley currently stars in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Amy Juergens, a 15 year old who discovers she is pregnant and explores the effects of her pregnancy on her family and friends as well as life at the fictional Ulysses S. Grant High School in California. The series debuted on July 1, 2008, with the second half of the first season premiered on January 5, 2009. In a recent issue of US Magazine and J-14 magazine, Shailene said she was diagnosed at age 15 as having scoliosis, which is a curvature of the spine, and that she had to wear a body brace.Woodley enjoys sewing, making bags, shirts, and dresses, hiking, and posing for her best friend's photography portfolio. She also says she is "definitely an environmentalist. I think that nature is very important, and I dedicate a lot of my time to studying awareness about recycling and the effects of bamboo and how it can be incredible over wood and a lot of random things".

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Replacing Dad	Little Girl
2001-2002	The District	Kristin Debreno	2 episodes
2003	Without a Trace	Young Clare Metcalf
2004	Everybody Loves Raymond	Snotty Girl #2
	A Place Called Home	California Ford
2003-2004	The OC	Kaitlin Cooper	6 episodes
2001-2004	Crossing Jordan	Young Jordan Cavanaugh	4 episodes
2004-2005	Jack & Bobby	Chloe Benedict	2 episodes
2005	Felicity: An American Girl Adventure	Felicity Merriman
	Once Upon a Mattress	Molly
2006	My Name Is Earl	Young Gwen
2007	Close to Home	Gaby Tursi
	CSI: NY	Evie Pierpont
	Moola	Ashley
	Final Approach	Maya Bender
	Cold Case	Sarah Gunden
2008-	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Amy Juergens
2010	Graduation	Felicity Durke

References

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0940362/

External links

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