Hailee Steinfeld is opening up about her maternal grandfather.

The 28-year-old actress and singer learned that her mom’s late father is half Filipino and half Black while filming her latest movie, Sinners .

In a new interview, Hailee shared how finding out this information helped her understand more about her family.

“It helped me make sense of why my grandfather lived the way he did, leaning into certain parts of his roots and not others,” Hailee told Elle . “I wasn’t aware of that [as a child], and it never would have made sense to me then. I can only try to make sense of it now, going through old photos of him with my mom.”

“I learned how prideful I am to carry what I carry with me, however much or how little,” she added. “We are all a representation of something, so

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