After Jennifer Lawrence and Kristen Stewart, Shailene Woodley is being considered one of the most talented teen stars of Hollywood. The actress has already received rave reviews for her performance on the popular television series, " The Secret Life of American Teenager." She has also been honored by a slew of awards for her path breaking performance in "The Descendants."

The upcoming star is already making waves for grabbing two ambitious projects, "Divergent' "and "The Fault in Our Stars." Here are the top 5 things you didn't know about Shailene Woodley.

1. Shailene Woodley started her modeling career when she was 4-years old. At the age of 15, the actress was diagnosed with spine disease called scoliosis. In wake to straighten her spine, for month's altogether she was put in brace from her chest to hip.

Regarding her disease Shailene told US Weekly, "It's like wearing a tacky, disgusting, plastic corset for 18 hours a day. In the beginning, it was hard to eat or breathe. And I had to give up cross-country running. But I needed to have it to realign my spine."

2. Before making her mark as an actress, Shailene wanted to pursue a course in interior designing. Shailene also took up a job in retail industry and she kept her job till the time she grabbed a role in the movie "Descndants". In an interview with "Chelsea Lately," Woodley said, "I feared that day where I had to go tell my manager that I had to quit because I booked 'The Descendants'. I felt so bad."

3. In 2002, Shailene made her debut on small screen with meaty roles in television series such as "Without a Trace" and " The District".

4. Shailene Woodley is not a party animal and like other teenage stars she has not come under influence of drugs. In her interview with Seventeen magazine, she says: "I was never the party girl. I know a lot of people in high school who smoke weed. At some parties, I know that people snorted coke on the table or heroin, but I've never seen that.. I'm just grateful that I never tried it."

5. Shailene Woodely lights up her mood by watching Disney movies.