1. Hailee Steinfeld is half Pilipino.
2. Though she’s only making her first steps as an actress, Steinfeld says she’s very interested to be “on the other side of the camera” and would like to eventually produce and direct.
3. Hailee Steinfeld’s first movie appearance was in the student short film Heather: A Fairy Tale in 2008.
4. Hailee says she still gets very nervous every time she has to appear on the redcarpet.
5. Hailee has been home-schooled since 2008.
6. The Coen brothers chose her out of 15,000 who auditioned to play Mattie Ross in True Grit.
7. As a kid Hailee Stainfeld worked a lot as a print model appearing in print ads for GAP, Guess Kids, Kohl’s, and Nike.
8. Her first TV commercial was for Kmart back-to-school campaign in 2009.
9. Hailee helped design the dress she wore to the Oscars 2011.
10. Steinfeld had her first redcarpet experience for the premiere of Disney’s Secretariat.
11. Hailee couldn’t hide her tears when she saw the final cut of True Grit (“We just all broke down — my family, my representatives, everyone. It’s a lot to take in.”)
12. While filming True Grit Hailee managed to raise $350 for charity by charging her co-stars every time they cursed. (“I charged five dollars for the “F” word and a dollar for all the other words.”)
13. At 14 Hailee Steinfeld is the youngest face of Miu Miu.
14. Hailee is more than just a movie actress. She had her stage debut in 2009’s The Witch Academy playing witch Morgana.
15. From the age of 8 Hailee has been taking lessons at Cynthia Bain’s Young Actor Studio.
