Shailene Woodley

Shailene Woodley: ‘Authenticity is my love language’
Despite being only 29, Shailene Woodley already has 25 years’ acting experience under her belt. Here, the star of Big Little Lies and Divergent talks about being free-willed, her hippy passions and her late-night calls with Kate Winslet
Alex Moshakis
01, Aug, 2021 @7:00 AM

The Last Letter from Your Lover review – sappy romance is nothing to write home about
The adaptation of Jojo Moyes’s 2012 novel, starring Shailene Woodley and Felicity Jones, toggles between two love stories and shortchanges both
Adrian Horton
22, Jul, 2021 @3:00 PM

The Mauritanian review – fence-sitting Guantánamo drama provides few answers
This painfully worthy adaptation of former inmate Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s diary stars only good guys, and is hand-wringingly self congratulatory
Peter Bradshaw
31, Mar, 2021 @11:14 AM

Endings, Beginnings review – seriously middling
Shailene Woodley is caught between two smouldering, bearded stools in a well-meaning drama that lacks storytelling nous
Peter Bradshaw
06, Aug, 2020 @6:00 AM

Dying of the light: why Hollywood needs to get over its obsession with terminally ill teens
Five Feet Apart is the latest film about doomed young heartthrobs – a trope rife in popular culture since Romeo and Juliet
Steve Rose
18, Mar, 2019 @10:00 AM

Adrift review – shipshape Shailene Woodley keeps survival drama buoyant
The Divergent star puts in a career-best performance in this lost-at-sea tale
Jordan Hoffman
31, May, 2018 @1:00 PM

It’s easy to sneer at Hollywood doing politics but the Golden Globes nailed it | Abi Wilkinson
Instead of simply speaking out themselves, Hollywood celebrities raised the profiles of real-life activists, writes freelance journalist Abi Wilkinson
Abi Wilkinson
08, Jan, 2018 @11:52 AM

Has the satire and humour of Big Little Lies been lost in translation?
The Australian novel has been adapted for US screens, leaving behind both Sydney’s northern beaches and the nuance
Ella Donald
22, Mar, 2017 @7:14 PM

The week in TV: Big Little Lies; War Child; The Replacement and more
A big-name cast added to the bewildering dazzle of Sky Atlantic’s new drama, while the story of child refugees broke hearts on Channel 4
Barbara Ellen
19, Mar, 2017 @7:00 AM

From When We Rise to Big Little Lies: the best of film and TV streaming in Australia in March
David Bowie cult classics, Korean arthouse thrillers, and Aussie soap opera favourites, here’s what’s coming to streaming services in Australia this month
Lauren Carroll Harris
11, Mar, 2017 @9:01 PM

Snowden review – hair-raisingly taut and intense
Joseph Gordon-Levitt gives an intelligent, alert performance as whistleblower Edward Snowden, in Oliver Stone’s best work since the 90s
Peter Bradshaw
08, Dec, 2016 @11:00 PM

Shailene Woodley explains her North Dakota oil pipeline protest
Actor arrested after protesting against construction of $3.7bn oil pipeline says the work risks contaminating Native American sacred sites
Alan Evans
21, Oct, 2016 @10:41 AM
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