Hailee Steinfeld wants to raise her and husband Josh Allen's baby daughter to embrace her individuality.

The Hexed star hopes Harper, who was born in April, will grow up feeling confident in herself and that her differences are one of her greatest strengths.

She told E! News: "A major theme in this movie is understanding that what makes you different is your greatest strength.

"If there's any time where she is able to express that she's feeling different or misunderstood, that I can serve as a reminder that that's a great thing that … there's something within you that is destined for something great."

Hailee, 29, would love her bundle of joy to have the same self-belief and determination as her Hexed character, teenage witch Billie Doe, who is "so convinced to her core that she is capable of living this amazing life that she so badly desires" and "stops at nothing to get there".

She added: "If I can just encourage her to find that within her and be there every step of the way to support her."

Hailee was pregnant when making Disney's supernatural animated film, which gave her a whole new appreciation for motherhood and the mum who raised her.

She explained: "This came into my life at a time that one I didn't know I needed.

"Just this whole newfound perspective on not only being a mother, but being a daughter of a protective mother, and understanding that, and understanding it wholeheartedly now, and not questioning as much as I maybe did growing up.

"It was moving to me this entire process, and a very transformative time in my life personally and creatively as well."

The Sinners actress is excited for her first Thanksgiving and Christmas with her and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh's baby girl.

Hailee told Extra: "The prep and the cooking and all that is, you know… fun until it's not. It's a lot of work.

"This is my first holiday with a baby, though, so we're excited to make the holidays a little extra special this year."