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Is Shailene Woodley the next Jennifer Lawrence?

There have been parallels drawn between 'Divergent' and 'Hunger Games' as well as among the respective characters Shailene and Jennifer play. So, will Shailene be the next Jennifer?
Is Shailene Woodley the next Jennifer Lawrence?
There have been parallels drawn between 'Divergent' and 'Hunger Games' as well as amongst the respective characters Shailene and Jennifer play. So, will Shailene be the next Jennifer?
Both started their acting career young and their first roles were in TV series Jennifer Lawrence: Her first major role was as a lead cast member on the TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show at the age of 17.
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Shailene Woodley: She is best known for portraying Amy Juergens in the ABC Family series The Secret Life of the American Teenager again at the age of 17.
Gained immense success after acting in book adaptations Jennifer Lawrence – The Silver Linings PlaybookShailene WoodleyThe Faults in our Stars
Both have worked in Young Adult fiction series Jennifer Lawrence – The Hunger Games Shailene Woodley – Divergent
Dating co-stars Jennifer Lawrence: She is dating X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past co-star Nicholas Hoult Shailene Woodley: Rumored to be dating Divergent co-star Theo James
Worked in movies dealing with real life problems Jennifer Lawrence : Won an Academy Award for Silver Linings Playbook. It is a story of a man and woman dealing with difficult personal situations, who find love with an unexpected person, while the movie as a whole strives to find humor in serious situations. Shailene Woodley: Will be soon seen in The Fault in Our Stars that deals with real life problems, offbeat characters and serious situations, while staying true to life and finding the good in a bad situation

They both know how to make a statement with short hair. Both the stars share the same hair styles i.e. Pixie Cut
They’ve both got indie-movie cred. Shailene Woodley’s performance in White Bird in a Blizzard at this year’s Sundance is being praised almost as much as Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar-nominated role in the 2010 flick Winter’s Bone, which also premiered at Sundance in 2010.
Both are equally adorable and wacky in interviews Jennifer Lawrence – At Oscars, “Is there food here?” Shailene Woodley – To a reporter, “Your fly is open…I am just kidding”
Both have been guided by Hollywood’s biggest stars Jennifer Lawrence: David O. Russell, the smartest man in Hollywood, first believed in Jennifer Lawrence, who was just 21, to play a worldly widow in Silver Linings Playbook. Then he tricked audiences into believing Lawrence, then 22, could realistically play Christian Bale's bored housewife in American Hustle while simultaneously tricking people into believing it was an Oscar-worthy film. Shailene Woodley: Hollywood biggies Kate Winslet and George Clooney have helped her.
Modest means Both JLaw and Shailene Woodley worked normal jobs pre-blockbuster. Jennifer Lawrence worked as an assistant nurse at her mother's Kentucky summer camp before acting full time. Shailene Woodley worked in retail up until she was cast in "The Descendants."
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Reagan Gavin Rasquinha

A technology, gaming, features and music journalist at the Times Group. I look after the international pages and review new music for Bombay Times and review Hollywood and International film releases for the Times of India.

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