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Woodley stars as Cali Ford in the Hallmark television drama. A drifter and his daughter are taken in by a woman whose husband has died, and discover the meaning of family. Co-starring Ann-Margret, Hunter Tylo, Gary Sandy, and Matthew Settle.
Woodley guest stars as the character Chloe in the first season of the drama, appearing in the seventh episode and the twelfth episode. Two brothers are raised raised by their eccentric mother in the fictional town of Hart, and develop their Presidential aspirations. Co-starring Bradley Cooper, Christine Lahti, Edwin Hodge, John Slattery, and Kerry Lynn Pratt.
Woodley plays the 10-year-old version of the title character in the drama’s fourth season, appearing in the fourth episode. Jordan Cavanaugh is a forensic pathologist whose past holds the key to her future. Co-starring Jill Hennessy. Hennessy on the character’s fourth season, which features fewer flashbacks:
I think we’ll be dwelling a lot less on her personal trauma with her relationship with her father and mother, and getting a little more involved in, you know, some very recognizable cases.
Woodley appears in the fifteenth episode of the comedy’s eighth season as a character billed as ‘Snotty Girl 2’. Ray Romano tries to buy a party dress for his daughter and is horrified at the prices.
Woodley guest stars as Kaitlin Cooper in the teen drama, appearing in the pilot and in episodes two, four, 10, 21, and 27. The youngest daughter of a privileged California family, Kaitlin mostly stays away from the dramas of her older sister, but her life is disrupted by her family’s troubles. Co-starring Mischa Barton, Tate Donovan, and Melinda Clarke.
I was 11 and I was on as a guest, recurring character
Woodley plays the young Jordan Cavanaugh in the second season of the crime drama, appearing in the 21st episode. Jordan, a forensic pathologist, continues her search for the truth about her mother’s murder, seeking clues from her own past. Co-starring Jill Hennessy.
Woodley appears in the first season’s 16th episode, Clare de Lune. A flashback to a girl’s past reveals why she has disappeared from a psychiatric hospital.
Woodley appears as Kristin Debreno in the third episode of the season, Explicit Activities. An investigation into the murder of an 11-year-old girl turns up the child’s photo on a porn site.
Woodley appears as Kristin Debreno in the ninth episode of the second season, Cop Hunt. The police department is thrown into chaos when a woman is raped by a man wearing a police uniform.
Woodley plays the 10-year-old version of the title character, appearing in the ninth and twelfth episodes of the show’s debut season. Co-starring Jill Hennessy. Forensic examiner Jordan Cavenaugh examines her past for clues as she investigates crimes and searches for the truth about her mother’s killer.
Woodley appears in an uncredited role in the TV film directed by Joyce Chopra and based on the Shelley Fraser Mickle novel. A woman enlists the help of her family to find a new husband. Co-starring William Ross and Mary McDonnell. Her first movie, Woodley and her mother are unaware that they are entitled to craft service at the set:
We’d brought these little rice cakes with us … We just sat there [in the trailer on set] for six and a half hours with no water, no anything. We were starving.
Shailene Dianne Woodley is born in San Bernadino County, California. Her mother Lori, nee Victor, is a middle school counseler. Her father, Lonnie, works as a school principal and then a family therapist. She is raised in California’s Simi Valley with her younger brother, Tanner. She suffers scoliosis when she is young, and says this helps her to become resilient. Her parents are divorced, but the family remains close.
We’re like a big Greek family, but we’re not Greek.
