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"Edge of Glory: Young Hollywood 2011 Portfolio"
Teen Vogue October 2011
Photographer: Daniel Jackson
Source: teenvogue.com
Most young actresses want the spotlight all to themselves, but this nineteen-year-old is perfectly happy to cede the lead. "I've never been a best friend. I think that'd be really fun," she says. "I've always played dramatic characters." That would include her breakout role as teen mom Amy Juergens on ABC Family's The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Next up for the California native is The Descendants, in which she stars as George Clooney's emotionally closed-off daughter. Also in Shailene's future? A new path. "I want to go to school for herbology, the study of plants and natural healing," she says. "More of what we can get from the earth to heal what's in our bodies."