Shailene Woodley, the star of The Secret Life of The American Teenager, has had such a wonderful year last year, after starring in a movie with George Clooney in The Descent and then getting a Golden Globe nod for Best Supporting Actress for it, as well as winning the same award at the National Board of Review.

I’ve seen the movie. And it’s about a family moving forward after the matriarch had an accident and was in a comma, and then eventually died because of it. Shailene played the eldest daughter who, prior to her mother’s accident, had been estranged from her because of a fight between them.

Shailene was such a natural in this film that the nominations came as no surprise. However, her being left out on the Academy Awards list became the big surprise since people had been expecting her name to be part of it.

Instead, the nominations included Bérénice Bejo for The Artist, Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids, Octavia Spencer for The Help, Jessica Chastain for The Help and Janet McTier for Albert Knobbs.

Shailene’s film, however, has earned a lot of other nominations including Best Picture.

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