Shailene Woodley
Woodley in 2010, image via kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Shailene Diann Woodley
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, United States
Date of Birth: November 15, 1991
Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – African-American, Louisiana Creole [African, French, Spanish, German], English, Swiss-German
Shailene Woodley is an American actress and activist. Her roles include The Descendants, The Spectacular Now, White Bird in a Blizzard, The Fault in Our Stars, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
Shailene is the daughter of Lori and Lonnie Woodley. Her father, whose family is from the U.S. South, has English ancestry. Shailene’s maternal grandfather had African-American and Creole ancestry, and Shailene’s maternal grandmother has Louisiana Creole [including African, French, Spanish, and German] ancestry on one side of her family, and English and Swiss-German ancestry on the other side of her family.
Shailene’s paternal grandfather was Virgil James Woodley (the son of James Franklin Woodley and Velma L. Howard). Virgil was born in Oklahoma. Shailene’s great-grandfather James was the son of James Samuel Woodley and Julia Ann Arnold.
Shailene’s paternal grandmother was Dovie Oralee Sims (the daughter of Omer Epsy Sims and Eva Ellen Payne). Dovie was born in Texas. Omer was the son of Denton Otto Sims and Clara Florence Allen. Eva was the daughter of Hiram Walker Payne and Verdenia Maude Ellis.
Shailene’s maternal grandfather was Stephen David Victor (the son of Harold Joseph Victor and Bessie M. Harrold). Stephen was born in California. According to most censuses, both Harold and Bessie were Black and/or biracial (censuses list Harold and Bessie as black, and one census lists them as “Mulatto”). Harold was born in Louisiana, the son of Joseph Victor and Leila/Lelia Prudhomme, who were described as “colored” on his sister’s birth record, and “Black” on the U.S. Census and other records. Leila’s parents, Joseph Prudhomme and Lelia/Lilia Pope/Poper Lewis, were Louisiana Creole. Shailene’s great-grandmother Bessie was born in California, to Texas-born parents, William John/S./T. Harrold and Bessie Hutchins, who were both described as “colored” on her birth record and on censuses. Shailene’s great-great-grandmother Bessie’s parents were Lee Hutchins, who was said to have been born in England, of unclear background, and Georgia Walker, who was a black woman born in Texas.
Shailene’s maternal grandmother is Diane Lynn Fauria (the daughter of Vernon Louis Fauria and Marguerite Lois Davis). Diane was born in California. Vernon was a Louisiana Creole. Marguerite was caucasian. A picture of Vernon and Marguerite can be seen here.
Shailene’s great-grandfather Vernon Fauria was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada and raised in Los Angeles. He was the son of Creole parents from Louisiana, who both had black ancestry, mixed with caucasian. Vernon’s father, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria, was of African, Spanish, French, and German descent. Vernon’s mother, Louise Aline Martinez, had Spanish, African, and possibly French, ancestry. A picture of Vernon with his siblings can be seen here. A picture of Vernon’s parents, Shailene’s great-great-grandparents Joseph and Aline, can be seen here. A picture of Shailene’s great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews Fauria (top left), with his own parents, Victor Nicholas/M. Fauria and Agnes Cora Zipple (seated), can be seen here.
Shailene’s great-grandmother Marguerite Davis’s father, Norman Edward Davis, was of British Isles/English ancestry. Maguerite’s mother, Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Evangeline/Evangelia/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine, was Swiss, of Swiss-German descent, and was the daughter of Lewis O. Perrin and Berthe C. Hague. This makes Shailene Woodley of 1/16th Swiss ancestry.
Shailene’s mother Lori Woodley – 4th Annual Kailand Obasi Hoop-Life Basketball Tournament Fundraiser – Arrivals – USC Galen Center, 3400 S Figueroa Street – Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2016 – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos
Sources: Genealogies of Shailene Woodley – http://gw.geneanet.org
https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Shailene Woodley (focusing on her father’s side) – http://www.wikitree.com
Genealogies of Shailene’s paternal grandparents, Virgil James Woodley and Dovie Oralee (Sims) Woodley – http://www.findagrave.com
Shailene’s maternal great-grandfather, Harold Joseph Victor, on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Harold Joseph Victor on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-aunt (her great-grandfather Harold’s sister) – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Leila/Lelia Prudhomme, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Re-marriage record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Leila/Lelia Prudhomme, to William H. Harris – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Leila/Lelia (Prudhomme) Harris, and Shailene’s step-great-great-grandfather, William H. Harris, on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-great-grandparents, Joseph Prudhomme and Lelia/Lilia Pope/Poper Lewis, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Shailene’s maternal great-grandmother, Bessie M. Harrold (Bessie Herald) – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-grandmother, Bessie M. Harrold (Bessie Herald), on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Bessie M. Harrold on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Death record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, William John/S./T. Harrold – https://www.familysearch.org
Death records of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Bessie (Hutchins) Harrold – https://www.familysearch.org
https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Shailene’s maternal grandmother, Diane Lynn Fauria – http://bayoubohemia.net
Marriage record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria and Louise Aline Martinez – https://www.familysearch.org
Pictures and genealogy of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria – http://www.findagrave.com
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria, on the 1880 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Joseph Mathews/Matthews Fauria – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Louise Aline Martinez – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Louise Aline Martinez, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-grandmother, Marguerite Lois Davis, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Marriage record of Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandparents, Norman Edward Davis and Evangeline/Evangelia/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine – https://www.familysearch.org
Shailene’s maternal great-great-grandmother, Evangeline/Evangelia/Perrengere/Berengere Perrin/Perrine, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK BLACK TO BE BLACK.
I repeat, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK BLACK TO BE BLACK. Your skin color or features has nothing to do with your blackness. All black people are mixed to some extent thanks to slavery and colonization. Black people come in an infinite number of shades and an infinite number of African and European features. This is America. One drop and you are black, PERIOD. None of these percentages determine blackness either. Either you’re black or you’re not, and Shailene Woodley is black.
AMEN thank you!
Shailene is “Black” if she says that she is. Being “Black” is more than just skin colour. In America it’s the shared cultural experience in music, food, and perseverance over generations of oppression. Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, didn’t look “black” nor did Adam Clayton Powell or Cab Galloway but they identified as black. Shailene has more affinity with Creole culture than identify with “blackness”.
Not all are mixed. You can be African American with being anything else thank you!
*without
Not all, but they say the average African-American is 17-20% European and for some 1-2% Native American. The ones with the most European ancestry are generally found in the South, especially Louisiana.
Putting Afam/Black in her profile doesnt make sense at all.. lol
she looks full european
Read the comment below you. Welcome to the 21st century where everyone mixes
I know right!? If she were identify as a black woman, people would laugh in her face. She looks white as hell!
if she were to identify***** is what I meant
Yeah European like a southern Greek, Sicilian, Andalusian/Moroccan, Turkish or southern Portugal. Europeans with a great deal of admixture.
She’s only like 2 percent black. It doesn’t count. She looks white as hell!!
I get so sick of comments like this. Her grandfather is a mulatto, half black, half white, her grandmother is around a quarter black. Her mother is about thirty percent black, therefore that makes Shailene very close to her AFRICAN roots, you can’t tell what someone is just by looking at them so get over it. She is nowhere near two percent so go somewhere with that
She’s not “very close to her roots”. SHE IS A WHITE GIRL . If all that stuff is true, she would be 15% black. Which is like the minimum requirement to claim a race. If someone’s 15% black, they’re white to me.
Fucking moron
You just said you need to be 15% to claim to be a race,then you’re saying if someone meets that idiotic requirement you won’t consider them that certain race!
Make up your mind. It doesn’t matter if she’s 1/8 or 1/25 Black she’s Black. Why is that so hard to understand? That requirement makes no sense, I could be 5% Asian.I’m still Asian though!
I would not consider someone who is 5% Asian to be just Asian. Silly.
There is no way she is part black, she doesn’t look black AT ALL
Well she is. Get over it. Her family tree says it all ;)
what it’s up with all this lies you expect people to believe this person has black in her She’s more white than a snow flake
Don’t be stupid. She’s at least a quarter more mixed, as she herself put this out. I know you don’t want to believe it, but she has black blood. Besides, are you in her family? How would you know wat she s? The proof is right in front you. Have a seat, partner. She’s white and black
first of all ”i know you don’t want to believe it” lol who gives a flying f**k,why wouldnt he? and she may has black roots (if she says so) but truth is that for society she is considered white,as white as Aniston,Swift etc. Look at Zendaya Coleman half black half white,she looks mixed and then look at her she looks like an italian or even british! It’s cleat that she has way more ”white” in her than ”black” because she doesnt look mixed neither her skin nor her facial/body structure (no curves,wide nose,afro etc)
Thank you !
You sound dumb as hell. G to school stupid bitch. Everything out of your FAT mouth was ignorant
And 15% black, looking white as hell, is a white girl to me.
Lmaao true .