This American teenager now has a 16-year-old. 

Earlier than Shailene Woodley starred in Huge Little Lies and was (briefly) engaged to Aaron Rodgers, she was the lead of ABC Household’s drama The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager, which premiered on July 1, 2008. Within the sequence, Shailene performed Amy, a 15-year-old who turns into pregnant after having intercourse for the primary time with the preferred boy at school Ricky Underwood (Daren Kagasoff). Complicating issues? Since their expertise, they’d each begun relationship different classmates.

Helmed by the creators of seventh Heaven, The Secret Lifetime of the American Teenager aired 121 episodes earlier than ending its six-season run in 2013. In a 2020 interview with Bustle, Shailene mirrored on her time on the sequence. 

I can solely converse [about my characters’ sex lives] by means of my expertise with intercourse,” she shared. “After I signed onto Secret Life, I learn [three] episodes and I signed a contract for six years. [Those episodes] all hit dwelling. I had pals in highschool who had been pregnant. It felt like every thing that I needed to be sending into the world.”