Hailee Steinfeld
Steinfeld in January 2011, photographed by Nathan Blaney
Born	(1996-12-11) December 11, 1996 (age 15)[1] Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present

Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996)^[1] is an American actress. She rose to fame for her portrayal as Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Early life[link]

Steinfeld was born in Tarzana, Los Angeles, the daughter of Cheri (née Domasin), an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer.^[2][3] She has an older brother, Griffin,^[2] and her uncle is fitness trainer Jake Steinfeld.^[1] Her father is Jewish^[4] and her maternal grandfather is Filipino.^[5][6] Steinfeld was raised in Agoura Hills and later in Thousand Oaks, California,^[2][7] attending Ascension Lutheran School, Conejo Elementary, and Colina Middle School.^[8] She has been home-schooled since 2008.^[8]

Career[link]

Steinfeld began acting at the age of eight, initially appearing in several short films to gain experience. She played the role of Talia Alden in the award-winning short film, She's a Fox.^[9] She eventually made appearances in several commercials and a few guest-starring television roles. ^[7]

Steinfeld was chosen out of 15,000 girls for the role of Mattie Ross in True Grit.^[2] She was announced as a nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 83rd Academy Awards on January 25, 2011.^[10]

She has been cast as Juliet Capulet in an upcoming adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by director Carlo Carlei.^[11]

In May 2011, Miu Miu announced that it had chosen Steinfeld as its new face.^[12][13]

Filmography[link]

Feature films[link]

Steinfeld at the premiere of Secretariat, September 30, 2010.

Short films[link]

Awards and Nominations[link]

Steinfeld at the 83rd Academy Awards in 2011.

Wins[link]

• 2010 - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award for Youth in Film (True Grit)
• 2010 - Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Performance by a Youth in a Leading or Supporting Role - Female (True Grit)
• 2010 - Austin Film Critics Association: Austin Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2010 - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2010 - Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2010 - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor/Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Online Film Critics Society Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - YOUreviewers movie awards for Best Supporting Actrees and Best Breakthrough Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Santa Barbara International Film Festival: Virtuoso Award for (True Grit)
• 2011 - Vancouver Film Critics Circle for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Western Heritage Award: Bronze Wrangler Award for Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture (True Grit)
• 2011 - Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Young Hollywood Awards for Breakthrough Star of the Year

Nominations[link]

• 2010 - Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (True Grit)
• 2010 - Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards for Breakout Performance - On Screen (True Grit)
• 2010 - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards: Sierra Award for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2010 - Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2010 - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Promising Performer (True Grit)
• 2010 - Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Academy Awards: Oscar Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (True Grit)
• 2011 - Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor (True Grit)
• 2011 - BAFTA Awards: BAFTA Film Award for Best Leading Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Critics Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress (True Grit)
• 2011 - Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Breakthrough Film Artist (True Grit)
• 2011 - London Critics Circle Film Awards for Actress of the Year (True Grit)
• 2011 - MTV Movie Awards for Best Breakout Star (True Grit)
• 2011 - Screen Actors Guild Awards: Actor Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (True Grit)
• 2011 - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Breakout Star - Female (True Grit)
• 2012 - Empire Awards for Best Female Newcomer (True Grit)

References[link]

External links[link]

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Asa Butterfield
Butterfield at the Hugo premiere, New York City, 21 November 2011
Born	Asa Maxwell Thornton F. Butterfield (1997-04-01) 1 April 1997 (age 15) Islington, London, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Asa Maxwell Thornton Farr Butterfield^[1][2] (born 1 April 1997) is an English actor, best known for starring in the Holocaust film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), playing Norman in the 2010 film Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, and taking the title role in Martin Scorsese's 2011 fantasy Hugo. He will also be portraying Ender Wiggin in the upcoming film adaptation of the science fiction novel Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.^[3]

Life and career[link]

Asa Butterfield was born in Islington, London, the son of Jacqueline Farr and Sam Butterfield.^[4][5] He has an older brother, Morgan, who is a drummer for the English bands Oats and Underneath the Tallest Tree, and a younger sister, Loxie. Asa has said that he is just as happy reading a book as playing computer games and tries not to let his acting dominate his whole life.

Butterfield first started acting at the age of 7 on Friday afternoons after school at the Young Actors' Theatre, in his hometown. Later, he secured minor roles in the 2006 television drama After Thomas and the 2007 film Son of Rambow.^[4][6] In 2008 he also had a guest role playing Donny in Ashes to Ashes.^[7][8]

In that same year, he played the lead role in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Director Mark Herman said that they came across Butterfield early on in the audition process. He was on the first audition tape he received and he was the third hopeful he met in person. Herman thought Butterfield's performance was outstanding, but only decided to cast him after auditioning hundreds of other boys, "so no stone was left unturned".^[9]

Producer David Heyman and director Mark Herman were looking for someone who was able to portray the main character's innocence, so they asked each of the children what they knew about the Holocaust. Butterfield's knowledge was slim and it was purposely kept that way throughout filming so it would be easier for him to convey his character's innocence. The final scenes of the film were shot at the end of the production period to prepare both him and Jack Scanlon for the dramatic ending of the film.^[10][11] He beat hundreds of boys to the role and also successfully passed the auditions for a role in Mr. Nobody for which he auditioned at the same time. He chose not to pursue the latter role.^[6]

In the 2008 Merlin episode "The Beginning of the End", he plays a young druid boy sentenced to death by Uther Pendragon because he feels threatened by the boy's magic. Despite the Great Dragon's advice and the warning that Arthur cannot survive if the boy does, Merlin and Arthur, with the help of Morgana, help the boy escape to rejoin the Druids. When they are about to disappear into the forest, Arthur asks him for his name, which he says is Mordred,^[12] an important character from the Arthurian legends who is supposed to kill King Arthur. Butterfield has appeared as Mordred in subsequent episodes.

In 2010, he appeared alongside Anthony Hopkins in The Wolfman.^[13] He starred as Norman Green in Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang (2010), working together with Emma Thompson. The film received positive reviews along with his performance. He subsequently played the main character, Hugo Cabret, in Martin Scorsese's 3-D film Hugo, which was filmed from June 2010 to January 2011. It was released on 23 November 2011.

Awards[link]

Butterfield was nominated in the category "Most Promising Newcomer" of the British Independent Film Awards,^[14][15] but he was beaten by Dev Patel from Slumdog Millionaire.^[16] He was also nominated for the NSPCC Award (Young British Performer of the Year) in the London Critics Circle Film Awards,^[17][18] but he missed out on this award too. It was won by Thomas Turgoose for his roles in Eden Lake and Somers Town.^[19] MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named him one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'.^[20] He was nominated for "Best Young Actor/Actress" for the CCMAS, and lost out to Thomas Horn.

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

References[link]