Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and model. She had her breakthrough starring as Mattie Ross in the drama Western film True Grit (2010), for which she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the SAG and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, making her the ninth youngest nominee in the category. She gained further prominence for her lead roles in Ender's Game (2013), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Begin Again (2013), and 3 Days to Kill (2014).
Steinfeld starred as Emily Junk in the Pitch Perfect film series (2015–2017) and as Nadine Franklin in The Edge of Seventeen (2016), the latter earning her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. In 2018, she voiced the starring role of Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and starred as Charlie Watson in the action film Bumblebee, contributing to the latter's soundtrack. Since 2019, she has starred as Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ comedy-drama series Dickinson. She will also portray Kate Bishop / Hawkeye in the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series Hawkeye.
Steinfeld made her breakthrough in music after performing "Flashlight" in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). She signed with Republic Records soon after and released her debut single, "Love Myself", followed by her debut extended play Haiz (2015). She went on to release a series of singles, including "Starving", a collaboration with both Grey and Zedd, which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and "Let Me Go", a collaboration with Alesso, Florida Georgia Line and Watt, which peaked at number 14 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart. In May 2020, she released her second extended play, Half Written Story, supported by the singles "Wrong Direction" and "I Love You's".
Last Updated: June 9, 2021
