Hailee Steinfeld Biography

Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress and singer. She made her breakthrough starring as Mattie Ross in True Grit (2010), for which she was nominated for numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Thereafter, Steinfeld gained prominence for roles in Ender's Game (2013), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Begin Again (2013) and 3 Days to Kill (2014). She starred as Emily Junk in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017), and received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for her portrayal of Nadine Franklin in The Edge of Seventeen (2016).

After performing "Flashlight" in Pitch Perfect 2, Steinfeld released a cover version of the song and then signed with Republic Records. She released her debut single, "Love Myself", which has been certified platinum in several countries, followed by her debut extended play, Haiz (2015). She has since released a series of standalone singles, including "Starving" (a collaboration with both Grey and Zedd), which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States, and "Let Me Go" (a collaboration with Alesso, Florida Georgia Line and Watt), which reached number 21 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart in the United States.

Early life

Steinfeld was born on December 11, 1996, in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Cheri (ne Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has an older brother, Griffin. Her paternal uncle is fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld, and her maternal grand-uncle is former child actor Larry Domasin. Her maternal first cousin, actress True O'Brien, appeared in a television commercial when Steinfeld was eight years old, inspiring her to try acting as well.

Steinfeld's father is Jewish. Her maternal grandfather was of half Filipino and half African-American descent. She was raised in Agoura Hills and later in Thousand Oaks, California, attending Ascension Lutheran School, Conejo Elementary, and Colina Middle School. She was home-schooled from 2008 until her high school graduation in June 2015.

Career

2007-2014: Career beginnings and True Grit

Steinfeld began acting at the age of eight; she appeared in several short films, including in the role of Talia Alden in the award-winning She's a Fox. She made several television guest appearances and commercials. Steinfeld was chosen for the role of Mattie Ross in True Grit when she was 13. The film was released internationally in December, 2010; Richard Corliss of Time magazine called her performance one of the Top 10 Movie Performances of 2010 and wrote that Steinfeld "delivers the orotund dialogue as if it were the easiest vernacular, stares down bad guys, wins hearts. That's a true gift". Reviews from Roger Ebert, the Los Angeles Times, and Rolling Stone were also complimentary. The role earned Steinfeld a nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress; the Oscar went to Melissa Leo. In May 2011, five months after Grit was released, Steinfeld was chosen to be the new face of Italian designer brand Miu Miu.

Also in 2011, Steinfeld was cast at age 14 to play Juliet Capulet in a 2013 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The role was originally intended for a 22-year-old actress; since there was some concern that she would be asked to appear nude in the film, its director explained that when Steinfeld was cast, the script was changed to make it "age-appropriate for a 14-year-old." The screenwriter added that the film's purity was important, and the main characters "don't make love until they have been married." The film was released in October 2013 to poor reviews in the United States and internationally. Steinfeld played Violet, one of the leads in the romance-drama Begin Again (formerly called Can A Song Save Your Life?). The film was given a limited release in the United States on June 27, 2014, grossing $134,064 on its opening weekend; it opened in wide release on July 11. It was re-released by The Weinstein Company on August 29. Steinfeld starred as Petra Arkanian in Ender's Game, a science-fiction action-adventure film based on the book by Orson Scott Card. The film was released on November 1, 2013. Paramount Pictures closed a deal in 2011 for the screen rights to the Cat Patrick novel Forgotten and announced that she would play London Lane in a project yet to be filmed as of 2015. In 2014, Steinfeld was announced to star as Min Green in a screen adaptation of Daniel Handler's romantic-comedy book Why We Broke Up, but the film has not yet gone into production.

2015-present: Pitch Perfect 2, Haiz and other projects

She was cast as Eliza opposite Ender's Game co-star Asa Butterfield in the film adaptation of Ten Thousand Saints, which premiered on January 23, 2015, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. Steinfeld was originally cast to play the female lead in the 2015 film, For the Dogs, but was replaced by actress Emma Roberts. In spring 2014, Steinfeld narrated as the voice of Anne Frank for an exhibition on Frank at the Museum of Tolerance. In October, she was cast to star as Hadley in The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer E. Smith. Steinfeld was announced in January 2015 as the star of the film adaptation of Carrie Pilby, the young adult novel by Caren Lissner. In March, Steinfeld was one of the voice actors for the English-language dub of the Japanese animated film When Marnie Was There. Steinfeld plays Anna alongside Kiernan Shipka as Marnie. Steinfeld stars in the music video for Taylor Swift's single "Bad Blood". The video premiered at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards ceremony on May 17, 2015.

In 2015, Steinfeld co-starred in Pitch Perfect 2, alongside Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and Elizabeth Banks, who also directed. She played some of her songs for a representative from Republic Records at an event in New York City, and the label signed her. In May, Republic Records announced the record deal and that Steinfeld was working on her first release.

In April 2015, Steinfeld was cast in a lead role in Break My Heart 1000 Times, based on the YA novel by Daniel Waters. Scott Speer is set to direct. In July 2015, Steinfeld and singer Shawn Mendes released an acoustic version of Mendes' single, "Stitches". The following month, Steinfeld released her debut single, "Love Myself", with Republic Records. Media outlets dubbed the song an "ode to masturbation".

Steinfeld's debut extended play, Haiz (the nickname used by her fans), was released in November 2015. Haiz was produced by Mattman & Robin and features co-writers Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter. The EP was released to mixed reviews from PopDust, Vulture and Nylon. In February 2016, Steinfeld released "Rock Bottom" as the second single in a new version featuring American funk pop band DNCE. Her single "Starving" was released in July 2016. The song is a collaboration with Grey featuring Zedd and became her biggest hit to date going platinum in Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States while also going double platinum in Australia and triple platinum in Canada.

Steinfeld played the lead role in The Edge of Seventeen, a coming-of-age comedy co-starring Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick, and written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig. The film was released November 18, 2016, to positive reviews, and Steinfeld's performance was praised by critics and earned a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Steinfeld's new single "Most Girls" was released on April 28, 2017. Steinfeld signed on to star in the Bumblebee-centered Transformers film Bumblebee: The Movie, which will take place before the rest of the film series, making the film a prequel.

On September 8, 2017, Steinfeld released a new single "Let Me Go" in collaboration with Swedish record producer Alesso featuring backup vocals from Florida Georgia Line and Republic Records songwriter Andrew Watt. Steinfeld returned as Emily Junk in the third installment of the Pitch Perfect films, released on December 22, 2017, along with fellow stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp and Brittany Snow.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
2008	Heather: A Fairytale	Heather	Vincent Raisa	Short film
2009	She's a Fox	Talia Alden	Cameron Sawyer	Short film
2010	Without Wings	Allison	Megan Weaver	Short film
	Grand Cru	Sophie	Aimee Long	Short film
	True Grit	Mattie Ross	Joel & Ethan Coen
2013	Hateship, Loveship	Sabitha	Liza Johnson
	Begin Again	Violet Mulligan	John Carney
	The Magic Bracelet	Angela	Jon Poll	Short film
	Romeo & Juliet	Juliet Capulet	Carlo Carlei
	Ender's Game	Petra Arkanian	Gavin Hood
2014	3 Days to Kill	Zooey Renner	McG
	The Homesman	Tabitha Hutchinson	Tommy Lee Jones
	The Keeping Room	Louise	Daniel Barber
2015	Ten Thousand Saints	Eliza Urbanski	Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
	Pitch Perfect 2	Emily Junk	Elizabeth Banks
	Unity	Narrator	Shaun Monson	Documentary
	When Marnie Was There	Anna Sasaki (voice)	Hiromasa Yonebayashi	English dub
	Barely Lethal	Megan Walsh	Kyle Newman
2016	Term Life	Cate Barrow	Peter Billingsley
	The Edge of Seventeen	Nadine Franklin	Kelly Fremon Craig
2017	Pitch Perfect 3	Emily Junk	Trish Sie
2018	Bumblebee: The Movie	Charlie Watson	Travis Knight	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Back to You	Little Girl	Episode: "Gracie's Bully"
2010	Summer Camp	Shayna Matson	Television film
	Sons of Tucson	Bethany Springs	Episode: "Chicken Pox"

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Director
2012	"Endlessly"	The Cab	Elliott Sellers
2015	"Bad Blood"	Taylor Swift	Joseph Kahn
	"Love Myself"	Hailee Steinfeld	Hannah Lux Davis
	"Sing"	Pentatonix	Christian Lamb
2016	"Rock Bottom"	Hailee Steinfeld ft. DNCE	Malia James
	"Starving"	Hailee Steinfeld, Grey ft. Zedd	Darren Carig
2017	"At My Best"	Machine Gun Kelly	Hannah Lux Davis
	"Most Girls"	Hailee Steinfeld
	"Let Me Go"	Hailee Steinfeld, Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line and Watt	Emil Nava
2018	"Capital Letters"	Hailee Steinfeld, BloodPop	Hannah Lux Davis

Discography

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• Haiz (2015)

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2010	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	True Grit
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Young Performer
	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress
	Indiana Film Journalists Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Youth in Film
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role - Female
	Southeastern Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress
	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress
	BAFTA Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Performer
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
	Empire Awards	Best Female Newcomer
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance
	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
	Teen Choice Awards	Breakout Female
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress
2013	MaxMara	Face of the Future	"?
2014	Women Film Critics Circle	Best Ensemble	The Homesman
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Scene Stealer	Pitch Perfect 2
2016	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Biggest Triple Threat	"?
	Women Film Critics Circle	Best Young Actress	The Edge of Seventeen
	Critics' Choice Movie Award	Best Actress in a Comedy
		Best Young Performer
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Youth Performance
2017	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite New Artist	"?
	Radio Disney Music Awards	Breakout Artist of the Year	"?
	MTV Movie & TV Awards	Best Performance in a Movie	The Edge of Seventeen
	Billboard Music Awards	Top Covered Artist	"?
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	The Edge of Seventeen
		Choice Music: Female Artist	"?
		Choice Single: Female Artist	"Most Girls"
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best Push Act	"?

See also

• List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees