Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld is an American actress, model and singer. She is known for her portrayal of Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She also played Petra Arkanian in the 2013 sci-fi film Ender's Game. She portrayed Juliet Capulet...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth11 December 1996
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year.
I love to hang out with my friends and go to the movies. My mom and I are involved in the Mother/Daughter Organization - national charity work. Whenever I get free time, we volunteer. It's an organization so mothers and daughters can spend time together while volunteering.
Fashion is something I've always been interested in... I used to watch the Oscars but paid no attention to the awards... It wasn't until I started attending red carpet events and was flown out to Paris for my first show, and saw how much is put into it all, that I had this new appreciation for everything.
There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.
Music is a very big part of my preparation as an actor.
It's hard not to love everything Prada does.
It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are.
I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.
I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool.
Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.
I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.
Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower.
I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff.