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paragraph_text: Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She had her breakthrough with the western film True Grit (2010), which earned her various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
  
  Steinfeld gained wider recognition for her roles in the Pitch Perfect film series (2015–2017) and The Edge of Seventeen (2016), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She has since starred in Ender's Game (2013), Begin Again (2013), Bumblebee (2018) and Sinners (2025). She voiced Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its 2023 sequel, and Vi in the Netflix series Arcane (2021–2024). She has portrayed Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson (2019–2021), and Kate Bishop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  
  Steinfeld gained recognition in music after performing " Flashlight " in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). Signing with Republic Records soon after, she released her debut single, " Love Myself ", followed by the extended plays Haiz (2015) and Half Written Story (2020). She has gone on to release several critically and commercially successful singles including " Starving ", " Most Girls " and " Let Me Go ".
  
  Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She had her breakthrough with the western film True Grit (2010), which earned her various accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award.
  
  Steinfeld gained wider recognition for her roles in the Pitch Perfect film series (2015–2017) and The Edge of Seventeen (2016), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She has since starred in Ender's Game (2013), Begin Again (2013), Bumblebee (2018) and Sinners (2025). She voiced Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and its 2023 sequel, and Vi in the Netflix series Arcane (2021–2024). She has portrayed Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson (2019–2021), and Kate Bishop in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
  
  Steinfeld gained recognition in music after performing " Flashlight " in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). Signing with Republic Records soon after, she released her debut single, " Love Myself ", followed by the extended plays Haiz (2015) and Half Written Story (2020). She has gone on to release several critically and commercially successful singles including " Starving ", " Most Girls " and " Let Me Go ".