Netflix 'Arcane': 5 things you never knew about actress Hailee Steinfeld

Meet the talented voice cast of 'Arcane', which includes actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld
UPDATED NOV 6, 2021
Hailee Steinfeld (Instgram/haileesteinfeld) voice Vi in 'Arcane' (Netflix)
Hailee Steinfeld (Instgram/haileesteinfeld) voice Vi in 'Arcane' (Netflix)

Calling all 'League of Legends' fans -- get ready to see some of your favourite champions face a whole new set of challenges on 'Arcane'. The anime focuses on the tensions that run between the rich city of Piltover and the seedy underbelly of Zaun, with the former creating hextech — a way for any person to control magical energy and the latter creating a new drug called shimmer transforms humans into monsters.

If you're looking for other game-based series to check out, you might want to consider 'Castlevania', 'DOTA: Dragon Blood' and 'Dynasty Warriors'.

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Hailee Steinfeld

Hailee Steinfeld is an actress and a singer. She was born on December 11, 1996 to Cheri, an interior designer, and Peter Steinfeld, a personal fitness trainer.

She was inspired to take up acting after her cousin True O'Brien, appeared in a television commercial. Steinfeld was 8 years old at the time. 

She earned prestigious award nominations for her role in 'True Grit', where she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by Academy Award, BAFTA Award and the SAG Award.

After having displayed her musical prowess in 'Pitch Perfect 2', she signed with Republic Records soon after and released her debut single, 'Love Myself', followed by her debut extended play 'Haiz'.

Her works include 'Dickinson', 'Charlie's Angels', 'Benny Blanco & Juice WRLD: Graduation', 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse', 'Bumblebee' and 'The Edge of Seventeen'.
Steinfeld voices the character of Vi in the series.



 

Mia Sinclair Jenness

Jenness is an actress, whose works include 'Fancy Nancy', 'Home Shopped Holiday', '10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up', 'Better Things', 'Raven's Home', 'Blue Bloods', 'Sesame Street', 'Skyward', 'Welcome to the Wayne' and 'Orange Is the New Black'. Jenness voices Powder in 'Arcane'.



 

Ella Purnell

Ella Purnell is an actress whose works include 'Army of the Dead', 'Belgravia', 'Oksijan' ,'UFO', 'Right Place Wrong Tim', 'Ordeal by Innocence', 'Access All Areas', 'Churchill' and 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'. Purnell voices Jinx in 'Arcane'.



 

Katie Leung

Leung is an actress whose works include 'Annika', 'Locked Down', 'Roadkill', 'The Promise', 'The Nest', 'Moominvalley', 'Chimerica' and 'White Dragon'. Leung voices Caitlyn in 'Arcane'.



 

Kevin Alejandro

Kevin Alejandro is an actor and a director. His works include 'The Keepers' ,'Lucifer', 'The Lost Husband', 'Language Arts', 'Adult Night', 'Smile' 'Sterling', 'Juveniles', 'The Catch', 'West of Redemption' and 'The Returned'. Alejandro voices Jayce in 'Arcane'.



 

Harry Lloyd

Harry Lloyd is an actor whose works include 'Brave New World','As I Am', 'Legion', 'Counterpart', 'Ode to Saint Cecilia', 'Hang Ups', 'Game of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion: An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms' and 'The Wife'.



 

Toks Olagundoye

Olagundoye is an actress whose works include 'Adventure Time: Distant Lands', 'Big Shot',' The Rookie', 'Castlevania', 'This Duckburg Life', 'DuckTales' and 'Shameless'. Olagundoye voices Mel in 'Arcane'.



 

Jason Spisak

Jason Spisak is an actor whose works include DC Super Hero Girls', 'DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power', 'Teen Titans Go!', 'No Activity', 'Pacific Rim: The Black', 'Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here', 'Spider-Man: Miles Morales' and 'Popup Dungeon'.
Spisak voices Silco in 'Arcane'.



 

JB Blanc as Vander

JB Blanc is an actor, whose works include 'Northstar', 'Dota: Dragon's Blood', 'World of Warcraft: Shadowlands', 'Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War', 'Earwig and the Witch', 'The Owl House', 'Tales of Runeterra: Freljord - The Raid', 'Better Call Saul' and 'Castlevania 
Blanc voices Vanderin 'Arcane'.

'Arcane' premieres on Netflix on November 6, 2021. 

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