Shailene Woodley Makes It Instagram Official with New BF Ben Volavola Instagram “Big Little Lies” actress Shailene Woodley has made it official with her new boyfriend Ben Volavola! Follow Ben Volavola's Instagram account to see all 0 of their photos and videos. Shailene Woodley has been dating Ben Volavola, a Fijian-Australian rugby player, for a while now. Here's some news to soothe the soul: Noted clay-eater Shailene Woodley has a new boyfriend, and she's taken it to Instagram, so you know the love is real. The star has been dating Kiwi rugby star Ben Volavola for two years, after the pair met in Fiji while Volavola was competing in the Pacific Nations Cup and Woodley was filming Adrift. They met in Fiji where she was shooting a movie last year. This is the first time they’ve attended such a public event together though – here they are at the Valentino show in Paris and she also posted a shot of them kissing on Instagram so they’re also “IG official”.