This American teen is now 15 years old.
Before Shailene Woodley appeared in Big Little Lies and he was engaged Aaron Rodgers, she was the essential character within the ABC Family drama The Secret Life of an American Teenagerwhich premiered on July 1, 2008. Within the series, Shailene played Amy, a 15-year-old who becomes pregnant after her first sex with the preferred boy in class, Ricky Underwood (Darena Kagasova). Complicating matters? Since their experience, they each began dating other classmates.
Driven by creators 7. Heaven, The Secret Life of an American Teenager aired 121 episodes before concluding six seasons in 2013. In an interview for 2020 HubbubShailene reflected on her time on the show.
I can only speak [about my characters’ sex lives] due to my experiences with sex,” she said. “Once I signed up secret lifeI’m reading [three] episodes and signed a six-year contract. [Those episodes] all of them went home. In highschool, I had friends who were pregnant. It appeared to me that every little thing I desired to send out into the world.”