Hailee is a modern English variant of Hayley — from the Old English *hēg-lēah* ("hay clearing, meadow"). **A top-200 US baby name since 2011**. **Hailee Steinfeld (born 1996)** — **American actress and singer; Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the Coen Brothers' *True Grit* (2010) at age 13 — among the youngest competitive Best Supporting Actress nominees in history**. **Played Petra Solano on *Jane the Virgin* (2014-2019, voice role), Emily Dickinson on Apple TV+'s *Dickinson* (2019-2021) for three seasons, and Kate Bishop / Hawkeye on Disney+'s *Hawkeye* (2021) and Marvel's *Hawkeye* franchise**. **Voice of Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018) and *Across the Spider-Verse* (2023) — both films won Academy Awards / nominations for Best Animated Feature**. **Sinners (2025)** — leading role opposite Michael B. Jordan. **Singing career launched 2015 with "Love Myself"; her single "Most Girls" (2017) was certified Platinum**. **Married Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen in May 2025 — among the most-watched celebrity-athlete weddings of the year**. **Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and *Pitch Perfect 3* (2017) as Emily Junk**. **Founded the Hailee Steinfeld Foundation supporting arts education**.
Featured throughout 2010s-2020s American film, TV, and music.
Hailee reduces to eight — the number of True Grit.