Barely Lethal

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Barely Lethal

film by Newman [2015]

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Hailee Steinfeld
Breakout in True Grit and subsequent roles
…schooler in the action comedy Barely Lethal (2015) and the daughter of a hit man in Term Life (2016). Steinfeld received her best reviews since True Grit for her lead performance in The Edge of Seventeen (2016). Her nuanced portrayal of the misanthropic teenager Nadine was lauded for its true-to-life…
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…schooler in the action comedy Barely Lethal (2015) and the daughter of a hit man in Term Life (2016). Steinfeld received her best reviews since True Grit for her lead performance in The Edge of Seventeen (2016). Her nuanced portrayal of the misanthropic teenager Nadine was lauded for its true-to-life…
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Sophie Turner
Career
Her other film credits include Barely Lethal (2015) alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Broken Soldier (2022) with Ray Liotta, and the psychological thriller Trust (2025). She is best known in film for portraying the mutant Jean Grey in the films X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), part of the…
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Her other film credits include Barely Lethal (2015) alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Broken Soldier (2022) with Ray Liotta, and the psychological thriller Trust (2025). She is best known in film for portraying the mutant Jean Grey in the films X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), part of the…
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