Early life

Steinfeld was born in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Cheri (née 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 great-uncle is former child actor Larry Domasin. Her maternal 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 and her mother is of part Filipino 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

2007-14: Career beginnings

Steinfeld began acting at the age of eight, initially appearing in several short films to gain experience. She played the role of Talia Alden in the award-winning short film, She's a Fox. She went on to make several television commercials and guest appearances on television programs. Her breakthrough came when Steinfeld was chosen out of 15,000 girls for the role of Mattie Ross in True Grit when she was 13. The film was released internationally on December 22, 2010, and her performance was well received by critics. Richard Corliss of Time Magazine called it 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". Both Roger Ebert and the Los Angeles Times wrote, "she nails it"; Rolling Stone said Steinfeld's "star-is-born performance is worth shouting about." 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. She played Juliet Capulet in a 2013 adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Steinfeld was cast in 2011, at age fourteen, in a role originally intended for a 20-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 yet to be recorded.

2015-present: Acting success and Haiz

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 YA novel by Caren Lissner. In March, Steinfeld was included on the list of actors who lent their voices to 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. With the film, she got an opportunity to play 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; a label executive said she "has the vision, natural talent and dedication to compete at the highest level." In late April 2015, Steinfeld was cast as the title character 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 "Love Myself", including the lyrics, "I'm gonna put my body first/And love me so hard 'til it hurts" and "I'm gonna touch the pain away/I know how to scream my own name"; the music video, released one week later, features Steinfeld wearing a leotard emblazoned with "self service". This prompted media outlets to dub the song an "ode to masturbation". Steinfeld said the lyrics are intended to be interpreted by the listener, "but for me it's an empowerment record and it's ultimately about taking care of yourself and indulging yourself, whether that be emotionally or physically or with material things."

Steinfeld's debut EP is titled Haiz, the nickname used by her fans, because "it would feel like, one, they named it; and two, it was my gift to them." Haiz was produced by Mattman & Robin and features co-writers Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter. "It is me and my voice and my take on things. It will be interesting to see how people respond." The EP was released on November 13, 2015, to mixed reviews. Popdust gave Haiz a 3.5 grade out of 5, saying the EP's only downfall is that four "mostly sturdy and often vigorous are not enough to get a true sense of who Steinfeld is and what she’s trying to say." Vulture called Haiz "fascinating, but for all the wrong reasons": the first two singles, "Love Myself" and "Hell Nos and Headphones", are "delivered with such dead-eyed, finger-on-the-zeitgeist blandness" that they disprove their intended points; "Rock Bottom" is "propulsive but forgettable"; and "You're Such A" could be made by someone else "into something punchier." Nylon said the EP "may not be overly innovative and it may not be pop music's savior, but it's fun, catchy, and has a lot of good messages for young women everywhere". On February 27, Steinfeld released "Rock Bottom" as second single in a new version featuring American funk pop band DNCE

A second Pitch Perfect sequel was announced in June 2015. Steinfeld is expected to return for the third and final installment of the franchise. Steinfeld will portray Nadine in The Edge of Seventeen, a coming-of-age film co-starring Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick, and written by Kelly Fremon. Filming began in October 2015.

Personal life

Steinfeld is close friends with fellow actresses Sarah Hyland, Odeya Rush, Barely Lethal co-star Sophie Turner, and The Magic Bracelet co-star Bailee Madison. She is friends with singer Taylor Swift, and is a member of Swift's "squad" that includes singer Selena Gomez and model Gigi Hadid.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Heather: A Fairytale	Heather	Short film
2009	She's a Fox	Talia Alden	Short film
2010	Without Wings	Allison	Short film
2010	Grand Cru	Sophie	Short film
2010	True Grit	Mattie Ross	Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
2013	The Magic Bracelet	Angela	Short film
2013	Begin Again	Violet Mulligan
2013	Hateship, Loveship	Sabitha
2013	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet Capulet
2013	Ender's Game	Petra Arkanian
2014	3 Days to Kill	Zooey Renner
2014	The Homesman	Tabitha Hutchinson
2014	The Keeping Room	Louise
2015	Ten Thousand Saints	Eliza
2015	Unity	Narrator	Documentary
2015	When Marnie Was There	Anna Sasaki (voice)	English dub
2015	Pitch Perfect 2	Emily Junk
2015	Barely Lethal	Megan Walsh
2016	Term Life	Carrie Barrow
2016	The Edge of Seventeen	Nadine Byrd

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Back to You	Little Girl	Episode:"Gracie's Bully"
2010	Sons of Tucson	Bethany Springs	Episode: "Chicken Pox"
2013	Annie's Room	Narrator	Documentary
2013	Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy	Narrator	Documentary

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist	Director
2012	"Endlessly"	The Cab	Elliott Sellers
2015	"Bad Blood"	Taylor Swift	Joseph Kahn
	"Sing"	Pentatonix	Christian Lamb

Discography

Main article: Hailee Steinfeld discography

• Haiz (2015)

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result
2010	Austin Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	True Grit	Won
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Young Performer		Won
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Indiana Film Journalists Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Las Vegas Film Critics Society	Youth in Film		Won
	Online Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role - Female		Won
	Southeastern Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Toronto Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Best Supporting Actress		Won
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress		Won
	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Best Actress in a Leading Role		Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
	Chicago Film Critics Association	Most Promising Performer		Nominated
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
	Empire Awards	Best Female Newcomer		Nominated
	MTV Movie Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance		Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Breakout Female		Nominated
	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress		Nominated
2013	MaxMara	Face of the Future	—	Won
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Scene Stealer	Pitch Perfect 2	Nominated
2016	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Biggest Triple Threat	—	Nominated

Charities

Hailee Steinfeld supports the following charitable cause: ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

[ Source: Wikipedia ]