Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress who played the role of Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers' 2010 adaptation of True Grit, for which she has received an Academy Award nomination. Steinfeld was born in Tarzana, Los Angeles, the daughter of Cheri (née Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer. She has an older brother, Griffin, and her uncle is fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld. Her father is Jewish and her mother is of English, Filipino, German and African-American descent. Steinfeld was raised in Agoura Hills and later in Thousand Oaks, California, attending Ascension Lutheran School, Conejo Elementary, and Colina Middle School. She has been home-schooled since 2008.
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