Hailee Steinfeld is confident her fiancé, Josh Allen, will lead the Buffalo Bills to a Super Bowl victory during the upcoming NFL season.
“Why are the Buffalo Bills gonna win the Super Bowl?” an Associated Press reporter asked the actress, 28, at the New York City premiere of her new movie Sinners on Thursday, April 3. Steinfeld praised her quarterback partner’s abilities in her response, telling the outlet, “Why do you think? Look who’s at the helm.”
Allen, 28, had a successful 2024-2025 football season, surpassing Russell Wilson to become the quarterback with the most regular season wins in their first seven NFL seasons. Allen and the Bills nearly missed their chance to play at Super Bowl LIX, as they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs during the AFC Championship game in January. (The Chiefs went on to lose to the Philadelphia Eagles at this year’s Super Bowl one month later.)
“To say the least, I am so proud of that man and everything he’s done and everything that team has done together,” Steinfeld told E! News in January after Allen’s NFL season came to an end. “He is the hardest working person I know.”
Last month, Allen signed a record-breaking deal with the Bills worth $330 million, making him one of the highest-paid players in the league alongside fellow quarterbacks such as Patrick Mahomes, Dak Prescott and DeShaun Watson.
Allen is also the current titleholder of the NFL’s MVP. He took home the award at the 2025 NFL Honors, at which he made his red carpet debut with Steinfeld. “And last but not least, my fiancée, Hailee,” he said during his acceptance speech. “You’ve been my rock. You are my best friend [and] I would not be standing on this stage if it weren’t for you. So, with that being said, be good, do good, God bless and Go Bills.”
Steinfeld and Allen began dating in 2023 after the athlete called it quits with his ex-girlfriend Brittany Williams. Allen popped the question after over a year of dating in November 2024. The couple shared their engagement news in a joint Instagram post, which featured a snap from their picturesque proposal.
“I said, ‘I couldn’t wait any longer.’ I said, ‘I can’t wait to start a family with you,’” Allen recalled of what he said when he got down on one knee in a December 2024 edition of Steinfeld’s “Beau Society” newsletter. “I said your full name, and I asked you very nicely. I said please.”
He went on to gush, “You were extremely surprised, you said yes, and that was all that mattered to me. And the sun was out. It feels unbelievable to be engaged to someone who is so special and loving and caring and gorgeous and fun and happy.”
Steinfeld, for her part, called their engagement “the most magical day of [her] life” in the newsletter.
During a Thursday appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Steinfeld said she’s “been given a very warm welcome” by the people of Buffalo since her engagement to Allen. “It’s such a wonderful, wonderful place. I love it so much.”
