Rising starlet Hailee Steinfeld may be young, but already, she boasts a pretty impressive resume.
Born on 11th December 1996, Hailee made her first entertainment breakthrough when she cinched a role in 2010’s “True Grit”. We call it “breakthrough” because her portrayal of Mattie Ross would go on to earn her a nomination 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”.
You’d think that starring alongside Oscar-winning actors Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon must’ve been a million and one types of pressure. But not for Hailee, no siree. She made the men on set put money into a “bad boy jar” every time they cursed. “I charged $5 dollars for the ‘f’ word and a dollar for all the other words,” Hailee told Access Hollywood. But the men retorted with a little rule of their own. “They were like, ‘This is not fair! You cannot do this!’ So, they decided right there they had to designate me a word. That (word) was ‘like’ So, if I said the word ‘like,’ I had to pay 50 cents,” Hailee added. She ended up with $350 and donated it to an Alzheimer’s Foundation.
6. Hailee’s future plans include someday becoming a director
Well, it isn’t entirely surprising that she has goals and dreams. She has previously mentioned that she wished there were more female directors in the film industry. “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,” she says. Fans will have to wait awhile but being director is definitely in the plans for Hailee!
7. The amazing Steinfeld gene and talent pool
So here’s something that not many people know – Hailee has an older brother named Griffin Steinfeld and as you can see from the picture above, he’s pretty good looking! And not only is he good looking, but we hear that he’s also a professional NASCAR driver. What is this crazily amazing Steinfeld gene and talent pool?!
8. Her cameo appearance in “Bad Blood”
In 2015, Hailee appeared as part of Taylor Swift’s squad in the dramatic music video for “Bad Blood“, alongside Lena Dunham, Ellen Pompeo, Karlie Kloss, Selena Gomez, Ellie Goulding, Gigi Hadid, and Cara Delevingne. “Taylor called me when she telling me about the video, and she was like, ‘I’ll send you the treatment and it’ll explain it a lot better, (but) there’s going to be three of you!’ And I was like, ‘That’s going to be awesome. I have no idea what this is, but I obviously trust her and this is going to be amazing,” Hailee told USA Today. And amazing it was because as “The Trinity”, Hailee played 3 people and rocked a futuristic white armoured top and a sullen gaze.
9. Adding another feather in her cap – singing
In “Pitch Perfect 2”, Hailee surprised the world with her singing voice when she released a cover version of “Flashlight”, the song she sang in the film. In 2015, she signed a recording deal with Republic Records. Her debut single “Love Myself” was released along with a music video in August 2015, which reached the top 40 on multiple international singles charts and has been certified platinum. Her debut EP, “Haiz” was released in November 2015.
10. “Haiz” is actually something that her fans call her
What better way to ensure that your fans are heavily involved with your life and that you’re constantly thinking of them than to name your debut EP after their nickname for you? In an interview with Rolling Stone, Hailee said, “Haiz is something that my fans started calling me for a while. I felt as though if I titled it Haiz, it would kind of make it feel like they had named it, in a way. Obviously, this is my first time releasing more than just a single, and I’ve been so excited, and I’ve had so much support from the fans, so I really wanted to make it feel as if this was something from me to them.” Aww, such a sweetie 🙂
We’ll leave you now with Hailee Steinfeld’s latest single, “Rock Bottom” featuring DNCE. Enjoy:
Sources: Hailee Steinfeld Wiki, wetpaint, GlobiesFeed, The Arizona Republic, “True Grit” Wiki, Access Hollywood, USA Today, Marie Trepanier, wired / Featured image from Rolling Stone.
