The 25-year-old actor said she had this epiphany when she was working for Democrat leader Bernie Sanders at last year's US Presidential Elections, reported New York Times newspaper.
"There was a point last year when I was working for Bernie Sanders where I thought, 'Huh, maybe I'll run for Congress in a couple years.'
"And you know what? I'm not going to rule it out. Who knows? Life is big, and I'm young," Woodley said.
The actor was last seen in HBO series, "Big Little Lies".