Born on December 11, 1996[2][3], Hailee Steinfeld is an American singer and actress. Her big break came with the 2010 western True Grit, which won her multiple awards and led to Academy Award and BAFTA Award nomination
She made appearances in the 2013 films Ender’s Game and Begin Again before becoming more well-known for her performances in the Pitch Perfect film series from 2015 to 2017, the 2016 coming-of-age drama The Edge of Seventeen, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe, and the 2018 Transformers movie Bumblebee. In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Steinfeld voiced Gwen Stacy/Spide-Woman. She also voiced Piltover Enforcer Vi in the Netflix series Arcane (2021–present). In addition, she played Kate Bishop in the Disney+ series The Marvels (2023) and Hawkeye (2021) and Emily Dickinson in the comedy-drama series Dickinson (2019–2021).Following her performance of “Flashlight” in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Steinfeld became well-known in the music industry. She quickly signed with Republic Records and dropped her first song, “Love Myself,” and her first EP, Haiz (2015). She proceeded to record a string of hit singles, such as “Let Me Go,” “Starving,” and “Most Girls.” She released Half Written Story, her second EP, in 2020. Born in the Tarzana district of Los Angeles, California, Steinfeld was the younger of two children born to personal trainer Peter Steinfeld and interior designer Cheri (née Domasin).[4][5] Griffin is her older brother.[4] Her maternal great uncle is the former child actor Larry Domasin, and her paternal uncle is the fitness trainer and actor Jake Steinfeld.[3][6] When Steinfeld was eight years old, she saw actress True O’Brien in a television commercial, which encouraged her to try her hand at acting as well.[7] Her mother is Christian, while Steinfeld’s father is Jewish.[8][9][10][11] Ricardo Domasin, her maternal grandpa, was part African-American and half Filipino, having originated in Panglao, Bohol [6].[12][13][14] Growing up in Agoura Hills, Steinfeld later attended Ascension Lutheran School, Conejo Elementary School, and Colina Middle School in Thousand Oaks, California [4][15]. From 2008 until her high school graduation in June 2015, she attended homeschooling.[16] At the age of ten, Steinfeld made her acting debut in a number of short films, starring as Talia Alden in the critically acclaimed She’s a Fox.[17] When Steinfeld was thirteen, she was cast as Mattie Ross in the film True Grit.[4] In December 2010, the movie received a worldwide release. Time magazine’s Richard Corliss ranked Steinfeld’s portrayal as one of the Top 10 of 2010, noting that she “delivers the orotund dialogue as if it were the easiest vernacular, stares down bad guys, wins hearts.” It truly is a gift.[18] Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times, and Roger Ebert all gave positive reviews.[19] Steinfeld was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 83rd Academy Awards because of the role; the winner wasIn a 2013 rendition of Romeo and Juliet, 14-year-old Steinfeld was cast in the role of Juliet in 2011.[24] The actress who was originally slated for the role was 22 years old; there were concerns regarding the film’s nudity, but the director clarified that the script was altered to make it age-appropriate once Steinfeld was cast.[25] When the movie debuted in October 2013, it received negative reviews both domestically and abroad.[26] In the science fiction action-adventure movie Ender’s Game, which was based on the book by Orson Scott Card, Steinfeld played Petra Arkanian. November 1, 2013, was the movie’s release date.[27] The cinematic adaptation of Ten Thousand Saints starred Steinfeld as Eliza alongside Ender’s Game co-star Asa Butterfield. It debuted on January 23, 2015, at the 2015 Sundance cinematic Festival. In the 2015 movie For the Dogs, actress Emma Roberts took Steinfeld’s place as the lead female character.[33] Steinfeld provided the narration for Anne Frank’s display at the Museum of Tolerance in the spring of 2014.[34] She was chosen to play Hadley in the October film adaptation of Jennifer E. Smith’s novel, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.[35] But as of early 2022, that movie had not yet been produced. January 2015 saw the announcement of Steinfeld as the starBy Jennifer E. Smith, same name.[35] But as of early 2022, that movie had not yet been produced. The young adult novel Carrie Pilby by Caren Lissner was set to be adapted into a film in January 2015, but scheduling issues forced Steinfeld to abandon the project.[36] Steinfeld provided a voice in the English version of the Japanese animated picture When Marnie Was There, which was released in March. Kiernan Shipka portrays Marnie, while Steinfeld plays Anna Sasaki.[37] Based on Daniel Waters’s young adult novel, Break My Heart 1000 Times, Steinfeld was given the main role in April 2015. As of 2022, the movie has not been produced, despite Scott Speer being slated to direct.38[39]Kendrick Lamar and Taylor Swift’s music video for “Bad Blood” included Steinfeld as the Trinity. On May 17, 2015, the video had its debut during the Billboard Music Awards ceremony. It went on to win the MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year.[40] Barely Lethal, a limited-release film, featured Steinfeld. On May 29, 2015, Kyle Newman, the film’s director, released it.[41] In Pitch Perfect 2, Steinfeld starred with Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, and director Elizabeth Banks.[42] At a New York City event, she sang a few of her songs to a Republic Records official, who then signed her.[43] Steinfeld’s record agreement and her debut release were announced by Republic Records in May.[44] An acoustic rendition of Shawn Mendes’ song “Stitches” was released by Steinfeld and Mendes in July 2015. The next month, Republic Records released Steinfeld’s debut single, “Love Myself.”[45][46] The song became well-known because to its powerful message and provocative lyrics, which led some media outlets to refer to it as a “ode to masturbation”.[43][47][48] In July 2015, Steinfeld and Shawn Mendes released an acoustic version of “Stitches” by Mendes. Steinfeld’s first song, “Love Myself,” was released by Republic Records the following month.[45][46] The song’s strong message and thought-provoking lyrics made it popular, earning it the moniker “ode to masturbation” from certain media sources.[43][47][48] The Edge of Seventeen, a coming-of-age comedy written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig and costarring Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson, and Kyra Sedgwick, had Steinfeld in the lead role in September 2016.[56][57][58] Positive reviews greeted the film’s November 18, 2016 release; Steinfeld’s performance was hailed and she was nominated for a Golden Globe.[59][60] Early in2017, Steinfeld made appearances on the tracks “Digital Love” and “Show You Love.”[61][62] American rapper Machine Gun Kelly included Steinfeld on his single “At My Best” in March. The song is on Kelly’s third studio album, Bloom.[63][64] “Most Girls” was Steinfeld’s following song, which she released a month later.[65] The song was well-received and reached its highest position of number 58 on the US Billboard Hot 100 list.[65][66] On April 29, 2017, Steinfeld made her live debut of the song at the Radio Disney Music Awards.[67] A message of accepting individuality was conveyed in a music video that was well acclaimed upon its premiere.[68][69] Additionally, Steinfeld played Emily Junk again in Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).[70][71] Steinfeld collaborated with on the song “Let Me Go,” which was released in September 2017.For the Fifty Shades Freed soundtrack, Steinfeld released “Capital Letters” on January 12, 2018.[75] Positive reviews were given to the song, which reached its highest position on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number 12.[76] Steinfeld disclosed in March 2018 that she is “wrapping up” the recording of her first studio album.[77] The following month, she gave a performance at the Indonesian Choice Awards in Jakarta.[78] On June 1, Steinfeld then performed the song “Colour” with MNEK.[79] She appeared in two songs in September: “Ordinary Day” from Logic’s album YSIV and “Dance with Me” from Chic’s album It’s About Time.[80][81] In late 2018, Steinfeld voiced Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman in the Academy Award–winning animated picture Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and appeared in the Transformers spin-off Bumblebee[82].[83] Her song “Back to Life” from the Bumblebee soundtrack was made available as a single in November.[84] hosted and performed at the 2018 MTV Europe Music Awards in Bilbao, Spain, that same month.[85] Steinfeld made an appearance on the Drax Project remix of “Woke Up Late” in January 2019.[86] The music video for Benny Blanco and Juice Wrld’s tune “Graduation” featured Steinfeld in August 2019.[87] She also had an appearance on Between Two Ferns: The Movie and made a brief cameo as one of the recruited Angels in the 2019 movie Charlie’s Angels [88].[89]
Steinfeld was chosen to play Emily Dickinson in the Dickinson period comedy series on Apple TV+ in December 2018.[90] On November 1, 2019, the program aired.[90] Steinfeld released “Afterlife” to promote the program, and it was included in the first season finale.[91][92] There were three seasons of the show.[93] With its Peabody Award win in 2020, Dickinson became the first Apple TV+ series to2020 saw the release of two singles by Steinfeld: “I Love You’s” and “Wrong Direction”. The songs served as the EP’s first and second singles, respectively, and were made available on May 8, 2020. Half Written Story is her debut EP.[95] Reviewers gave the EP mixed reviews, praising Steinfeld’s vulnerability, confidence, and vocals while criticizing the music itself.[96][95][97][98] Steinfeld and Taiwanese artist Chen Linong released their single “Masterpiece” on May 28, 2020.[99] Steinfeld was chosen to play Kate Bishop/Hawkeye in the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Hawkeye in December 2020.[100] November 24, 2021, saw the debut of the six-episode series.[101] Critics gave her role excellent reviews.[102][103][104][105] It has been announced that Steinfeld has inked a multi-project deal, meaning she will play the same part in subsequent movies.[106] In addition, Steinfeld provided the voice of Violet “Vi” in the November 20, 2021 release of the adult animated series Arcane. League of Legends is the setting for the television program.[107][108] Additionally, a second season was revealed.[109][110] Steinfeld released a song teaser for “Coast” in April of 2022.[111] “Coast,” a “euphoric, guitar-and-percussion-driven single” featuring American rapper Anderson.Paak, was released on July 28, 2022, marking two years since her last musical release.[112] On November 9, 2022, a music video made its Facebook premiere.[113][114] December 7, 2022 saw the release of an acoustic version.[115] Rolling Stone called Steinfeld’s March 2023 album “SunKissing” a “vibey, electric guitar-backed pop earworm”.[116][117][118]
