This American teenager now has a 16-year-old son.
Before Shailene Woodley starring Little Big Lies and was (briefly) engaged to Aaron Rodgersshe starred in the ABC Family drama The Secret Life of the American Teenagerwhich premiered on July 1, 2008. In the series, Shailene played Amy, a 15-year-old who becomes pregnant after having sex for the first time with the most popular boy in school, Ricky Underwood (Darren Kagasoff). Complicate things? Since their experience, both of them had started dating other classmates.
Directed by the creators of 7th Heaven, The Secret Life of the American Teenager aired 121 episodes before ending its six-season run in 2013. In a 2020 interview with ChivarriShailene reflected on her time on the series.
I can only speak [about my characters’ sex lives] through my experience with sex,” he shared. “When I logged on secret lifeI read [three] episodes and I signed a contract for six years. [Those episodes] they all came home. In high school I had friends who were pregnant. It felt like everything I wanted to send out into the world.”
