Shailene Woodley

A beautiful and talented movie star Shailene Woodley was welcomed in California, where she grew up with a younger brother. Her mother Lori works as a school counselor, while father Lonnie is a school principal.

The celebrity’s path to prominence started at the age of 8 when she featured in a melodrama Replacing Dad. After that she starred in such TV projects as The District, Crossing Jordan, Felicity: An American Girl Adventure, The O.C. and others.

Having finished school, Shailene wanted to enter New York University to study design and architecture. However, she was also offered a role in teen drama television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager and she accepted the offer. This project had been lasting for five years and brought the actress a number of awards as well as international fame.

Throughout Woodley’s path in the filmmaking industry, she appeared in dozens of successful works. To name just a few: Big Little Lies, Divergent, Snowden, Endings, Beginnings, etc.

Nowadays, the celebrity keeps developing her career in the moviemaking business and is not going to stop anytime soon.

And now, it is high time to share more mind-blowing details about the star’s life. Here are top 5 little-known facts to surprise you with:

• Her favorite sport is basketball.
• She doesn’t have a smartphone or any other cell phone.
• At 15 she was diagnosed with scoliosis and that’s why used to wear a special chest-to-hips plastic brace.
• Her main inspirations are Kate Winslet and Melanie Laurent.
• The first movie she saw was Beauty and the Beast of 1991.