Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996 in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American actress who played the role of Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers' 2010 adaptation of True Grit. She had a number of small parts in teen-oriented films and television and appeared in a K-Mart commercial for "blingatude". Steinfeld attended Conejo Elementary and Colina Middle School.
She left Colina toward the end of her first year to be homeschooled in sixth grade. Steinfeld's father is Jewish and her mother is of Filipino, African-American and European-American descent. Her uncle is fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld.
Honestly, I think this girl has been smart about her movie roles. She'll be appearing in the up coming Romeo and Juliet. I like that she's not going out of her way to play roles that are cool or... more
Honestly, I think this girl has been smart about her movie roles. She'll be appearing in the up coming Romeo and Juliet. I like that she's not going out of her way to play roles that are cool or whatever. She's headed for Oscar nominated roles for sure. I know she'll evolve into an intelligent, respected actress. It's great that she didn't rush into movies after True Grit.