Shailene Woodley Trivia | 40 facts about the actress

Shailene Woodley is an American actress. She has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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1. Was considered for the role of Katniss Everdeen in the 2012 film adaption of the book, Hunger Games (2012), but Jennifer Lawrence was cast instead.
2. Was originally cast as Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), but all her scenes were deleted from the final cut.
3. She worked on the movie set for three days and shot about four short scenes.
4. As a teenager she was diagnosed with scoliosis. She was put in a chest-to-hips plastic brace to straighten her spine.
5. Turned down the role of Anastasia Steele in 50 Shades of Grey (2015). The role eventually went to Dakota Johnson.
6. Her parents gave her three rules when she fell into the acting business: she had to stay the person she was, have fun, and do well in school.
7. In order to graduate with her high school class while starring on the hit ABC Family teenage soap opera The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), her principal sent a teacher to her house once a week to give her school work which she would do, in-between takes, on set.
8. Then, she was able to graduate with her class on time.
9. Shailene’s father is of British Isles descent. Shailene’s mother is of Creole (African, French, Spanish, German, English, Swiss) ancestry.
10. Auditioned for the role of Cosette in the 2012 film adaption of the musical, Les Miserables άθλιοι (2012), but was beaten out by Amanda Seyfried.
11. Her favorite movies are Dirty Dancing (1987), Moulin Rouge (2001), Rent (2005), and The Pirates of the Carribean.
12. In recent years has distanced herself from the soap The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) which brought her an early breakthrough, stating that she did not agree with the show’s morals but was unable to leave because of her contract.
13. She told Flaunt Magazine, “Towards the end, morally, the things that we were preaching on that show weren’t really aligned with my own integrity. So that was a bit hard to show up to work every day knowing that we were going to project all of these themes to thousands – millions – of young adults across the country, when in fact they weren’t what I would like to be sending out.”.
14. She auditioned for the role of “Lucy” in I Am Sam (2001), but lost out to Dakota Fanning.
15. Her breakthrough role was when she starred, alongside George Clooney, as his troubled teenage daughter Alexandra King in the 2011 film adaption of the novel, The Descedants(2011).
16. Dyed her hair red for her role of Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
17. Hasn’t had a television since she moved out of her parents’ home at age 18, as she much prefers to read a good book.
18. Admires actresses Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, and Mélanie Laurent.
19. From a young age has vowed that if she ever lost her passion for acting or became uncomfortable with the idea of celebrity, she would quit. At least twice she has nearly walked away from her acting carer, until she fell in love with scripts that wooed her back.
20. She is best friends with her The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) co-star, Megan Park.
21. Considers “1984” by George Orwell and “Henry and June” by Anaïs Nin as the books that changed her life.
22. Was considered one of the “55 Faces of the Future” by Nylon Magazine’s Young Hollywood Issue.
23. The Beauty and the Beast (1991) was the first movie that she saw.
24. Her parents divorced when she was fifteen years old.
25. A fan of Anaïs Nin. When asked if she could track down her favorite author and ask one burning question, the way Hazel in The Fault in our Stars (2014) does, she responded with: “Anaïs Nin! Will you marry me?”.
26. Participated in the protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Pleaded not guilty to criminal trespassing and engaging in a riot. [October10, 2016].
27. Turned down the role of Casey Newton in A World Beyond (2015). Britt Robertson was later cast.
28. She was offered the title role in Carrie (2013) but turned it down. The part eventually went to Chloë Grace Moretz.
29. Her first name comes from the Irish name Shay plus the popular suffix lene / lyn / leen. This is an Irish Gaelic name, an anglicized form of “Séaghdha”, meaning “stately”, “majestic”, “courteous”, “admirable” or “hawk-like”. Séaghdha derives from the surname “Ó Séaghdha”, the name of a family of Corca Dhuibhne in West Kerry who until about the period of the Anglo-Norman invasion were lords of Ui Rathach, now the barony of Iveragh.
30. Her surname Woodley comes from an ancient and interesting surname, of Anglo-Saxon origin. It is a locational name from Woodleigh in Devonshire, or Woodley in Berkshire, deriving from the Olde English, pre-7th Century “wudu”, meaning wood plus “leah”, pasture, clearing; hence “glade in a wood”. The surname dates back to the early 11th century. Its early recordings include Osbert de Wudeleg (1198) in the Pipe Rolls of Devonshire, and Walter de Wodeleye (1332) in the Subsidy Rolls of Worcestershire.
31. 2021-2021 was engaged to football player Aaron Rodgers.
32. She revealed on Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) that she is a huge fan of the young YouTube sensation Greyson Chance.
33. Has a Labrador Retriever named Spinee.
34. She supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election.
35. She is a Socialist.
36. Daughter of Lonnie Woodley, school principal, and wife Lori Victor, school counselor, has a younger brother.
37. Born at 9:06pm-PST.
38. Woodley is also an environmental activist. She is a Greenpeace Oceans Ambassador.
39. She is a member of the Conservation International’s Leadership Council and GoodLeap’s Advisory Council.
40. She also serves as a board member of the political action committee, Our Revolution and a co-founder of the nonprofit organization All it Takes.