Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld (2018)

Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996 in Tarzana , Los Angeles , California ) is an American actress and singer . She was best known for her role as Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit . She has been nominated for several film awards. As a singer, she achieved several chart positions with her songs.

Life

Steinfeld was born in Tarzana , a district of Los Angeles . Her parents are the interior designer Cheri Steinfeld and Peter Steinfeld, a personal trainer . Her cousin is the actress True O'Brien . Steinfeld's maternal grandfather is Filipino . She is a great niece of former child actor Larry Domasin .

When she was still young, she moved to Agoura Hills with her parents and her brother, Griffin , who was around two years older , from where she moved to the Californian coastal town of Thousand Oaks some time later . There she grew up and attended there first the Conejo Elementary School and later the Colina Middle School , which she left at the end of her first year to receive home schooling .

Steinfeld gained his first experience in acting while shooting commercials for well-known brands and business chains such as Kmart . She made her film and television debut in 2007 when she appeared in an episode of the short-lived series Back to You . This was followed by various appearances in mostly youth-oriented films such as Heather: A Fairy Tale , where she played the leading role, She's a Fox , Grand Cru , Summer Camp and Without Wings . After she was seen in five well-known film productions until 2010, she appeared in an episode of Sons of Tucson that same year .

Steinfeld at the premiere of her film True Grit at the Berlinale 2011

In 2010 she starred in True Grit , an adaptation by the Coen brothers of the novel by Charles Portis of the same name . She played the lead role alongside Jeff Bridges , Matt Damon , Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper and was awarded several prizes for this. In 2011 she was nominated for an Oscar and the British BAFTA Award , among others .

In 2013 she starred in the female lead in the film Romeo & Juliet (2013), which is based on Shakespeare's work, alongside Douglas Booth as Romeo. Steinfeld also played in Ender's Game (2013). She appeared as Emily Junk in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017).

After the performance of Flashlight in Pitch Perfect 2 , Steinfeld released a cover version of the song and then signed with the record company Republic Records . In 2015, Steinfeld released her first single, Love Myself , which went platinum in the US and silver in the UK. In mid-2016, her single Starving , which was created in collaboration with Gray and Zedd , entered the German charts for the first time. In Great Britain the single reached gold status.

In December 2016, Steinfeld was awarded for her role as Nadine Franklin in the dramedy The Edge of Seventeen - The year of decision u. a. nominated for a Golden Globe .

In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

• 2007: Back to You (TV series, one episode)
• 2008: Heather: A Fairy Tale
• 2009: She's a Fox
• 2010: Summer Camp
• 2010: Sons of Tucson (TV series, one episode)
• 2010: True Grit
• 2010: Without Wings (short film)
• 2010: Grand Cru (short film)
• 2013: Hateship, Loveship
• 2013: Can a Song Save Your Life? (Begin Again)
• 2013: Ender's Game - The Big Game (Ender's Game)
• 2013: Romeo and Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
• 2014: 3 Days to Kill
• 2014: The Homesman
• 2014: The Keeping Room
• 2015: Pitch Perfect 2
• 2015: Secret Agency - Barely Lethal (Barely Lethal)
• 2016: Term Life - Murderous Race (Term Life)
• 2016: The Edge of Seventeen - The Year of Decision (The Edge of Seventeen)
• 2017: Pitch Perfect 3
• 2018: Spider-Man: A New Universe ( Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , voice of Gwen Stacy)
• 2018: Bumblebee
• 2019: Between Two Ferns: The Movie
• since 2019: Dickinson (TV series)
• 2019: 3 Charlie's Angels (Charlie's Angels)

Discography

EPs

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	Haiz	-	-	-	-	US57 (1 week) US	First published: November 13, 2015 Sales: + 70,000
2020	Half written story	-	-	-	-	-	First published: May 8, 2020

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2015	Love Myself Haiz	-	-	CH64 (9 weeks) CH	UK- gold UK	US30th × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: Aug 7, 2015 Sales: + 2,887,500
2016	Starving Haiz	DE47 gold (22 weeks)DE	AT31 (22 weeks) AT	CH45 (24 weeks) CH	UK5 × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)UK	US12 × 4 Quadruple platinum (29 weeks)US	Initial release: July 15, 2016 Sales: + 6,210,000; with Gray feat. Zedd
2017	Most Girls single track	-	-	-	UK34 gold (13 weeks)UK	US58 × 2 Double platinum (16 weeks)US	First published: April 28, 2017 Sales: + 2,575,000
	Let Me Go single track	DE78 (7 weeks) DE	AT52 (9 weeks) AT	CH60 (17 weeks) CH	UK30th gold (26 weeks)UK	US40 platinum (22 weeks)US	First published: September 8th, 2017 Sales: + 1,960,000 with Alesso feat. Florida Georgia Line & watt
2018	Capital Letters Fifty Shades Freed (OST)	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	AT24 (8 weeks) AT	CH31 (8 weeks) CH	UK39 silver (8 weeks)UK	-	First published: Jan 12, 2018 Sales: + 305,000; with BloodPop

More singles

• 2016: Rock Bottom ( feat.DNCE , US:platinum)
• 2018: Back to Life
• 2019: Afterlife
• 2020: Wrong Direction

Chart placements as a guest musician

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2017	Show You Love single track	-	-	-	UK91 silver (1 week)UK	-	First published: February 24, 2017 Sales: + 200,000; Kato & Sigala feat. Hailee Steinfeld
	At My Best Bloom	-	AT71 (1 week) AT	-	-	US60 platinum (8 weeks)US	Initial release: March 17, 2017 Sales: + 1,000,000 Machine Gun Kelly feat. Hailee Steinfeld
2018	Color Language	-	-	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	-	First published: June 1st, 2018 MNEK feat. Hailee Steinfeld

Further guest contributions

• 2015: How I Want Ya (Hudson Thames feat. Hailee Steinfeld)
• 2016: Fragile (Prince Fox feat. Hailee Steinfeld)
• 2017: Digital Love ( Digital Farm Animals feat. Hailee Steinfeld)
• 2019: Woke Up Late (Drax Project feat.Hailee Steinfeld)

Awards for music sales

Golden record  Australia 2018: for the Single Capital Letters  Belgium 2016: for the single Starving  Brazil 2018: for the single Most Girls  Denmark 2015: for the single Love Myself 2019: for the single Let Me Go 2019: for the Single Capital Letters  France 2016: for the single Starving  Italy 2018: for the single Most Girls 2019: for the Single Capital Letters  Canada 2017: for the single Rock Bottom  New Zealand 2016: for the single Love Myself 2016: for the single Rock Bottom  Portugal 2018: for the single Let Me Go  United States 2018: for the single At My Best

Platinum record  Australia 2017: for the single Most Girls 2019: for the EP Haiz  Brazil 2018: for the single Let Me Go  Denmark 2017: for the single Starving  Italy 2017: for the single Love Myself 2019: for the single Let Me Go  Canada 2017: for the single Most Girls  New Zealand 2016: for the single Starving 2018: for the single Let Me Go  Sweden 2015: for the single Love Myself 2016: for the single Starving

2 × platinum record  Australia 2016: for the single Starving 2018: for the single Let Me Go 2019: for the single Woke Up Late  Canada 2017: for the single Love Myself  Italy 2017: for the single Starving  Sweden 2018: for the single Let Me Go 4 × platinum record  Canada 2017: for the single Starving 2018: for the single Let Me Go  New Zealand 2020: for the single Woke Up Late

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Australia (ARIA)	-	gold1	8 × platinum8th	595,000	aria.com.au
Belgium (BEA)	-	gold1	-	15,000	ultratop.be
Brazil (PMB)	-	gold1	platinum1	60,000	pro-musicabr.org.br
Denmark (IFPI)	-	3 × gold3	platinum1	180,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	-	gold1	-	200,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	-	gold1	-	75,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	-	2 × gold2	4 × platinum4th	250,000	fimi.it
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	11 × platinum11	920,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	2 × gold2	5 × platinum5	165,000	nztop40.co.nz
Portugal (AFP)	-	gold1	-	5,000	Individual evidence
Sweden (IFPI)	-	-	4 × platinum4th	160,000	sverigetopplistan.se
United States (RIAA)	-	-	11 × platinum11	11,000,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	3 × gold3	2 × platinum2	2,800,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	17 × gold17th	47 × platinum47

Awards and nominations

Awards

• Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Actor for her role in True Grit
• Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Houston Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Indiana Film Journalists Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Young Actor for her role in True Grit
• Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Young Artist Award for Best Actress in a Feature Film for her role in True Grit
• Women Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Young Actress for her role in The Edge of Seventeen

Nominations

• Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble with Barry Pepper, Josh Brolin, Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges for True Grit
• Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award in the Actor Breakthrough category for her role in True Grit
• Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor for her role in True Grit
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for her role in True Grit
• Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• London Film Critics Circle Award for Actress of the Year for her role in True Grit
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award in the category Breakthrough On Camera / Newcomer of the Year for her role in True Grit
• Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Achievement by an Adolescent, Female, for her role in True Grit
• Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress for her role in True Grit
• Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• British Academy Film Award for Best Actress for her role in True Grit
• Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in True Grit
• Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for Best Newcomer for her role in The Edge of Seventeen
• Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Young Actor for her role in The Edge of Seventeen
• Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in The Edge of Seventeen
• Golden Globe for Best Actress - Comedy or Musical for her role in The Edge of Seventeen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Thousand Oaks teen Hailee Steinfeld earns nods for big role in 'True Grit' . (English), accessed February 17, 2011
2. ↑ Angelina more balanced, 'but still wild at heart' . (English), accessed December 17, 2010
3. ^ Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen - Nominee, Best Performance By An Actress In a Motion Picture, Musical / Comedy . goldenglobes.com, December 14, 2016; accessed on December 22, 2016
4. ↑ Class of 2017. accessed June 30, 2017.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Chart positions: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ Gold for Let Me Go in Portugal ( Memento from March 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ ^{a b} 2011 Critics Choice Movie Awards: The 16th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards , accessed July 14, 2017
8. ↑ The 2010 Indiana Film Journalists Association Award winners and nominees , accessed December 17, 2010
9. ^ The winners and nominees for the 2010 Southeastern Film Critics Association Award , accessed December 17, 2010
10. ↑ 32nd Annual Young Artist Awards - Nominations / Special Awards . In: The Young Artist Foundation . Retrieved March 15, 2011.
11. ↑ The 2010 Houston Film Critics Society Award nominations , accessed December 17, 2010
12. ↑ The 2010 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award nominations , accessed December 17, 2010

Web links

Commons : Hailee Steinfeld  - Collection of Images

• Hailee Steinfeld in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Report about Hailee Steinfeld on the website of the Canadian weekly newspaper The Georgia Straight (English)
• Hailee Steinfeld in the German dubbing file