Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell is a British American actress. She was born on 5 April 1982 in the London, United Kingdom. Her mother Alison Cain was an American photographer. She did her schooling at Sion-Manning Roman Catholic Girls School and took a level up at London Oratory School. After this, she took two years off to work as a casting director with her father Grant Atwell. Then she studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for three years and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in acting. Atwell made her stage debut in 2005 with a play called ‘Prometheus Bound’ at The Sound Theatre. She appeared in several West End Productions and television shows. She is an adaptable actress who can pull off different kinds of roles with equal ease. Alongside films, and tv and stage shows, she has also featured in video games and worked for the radio. She took a three months course in art history haiku from an open university.

Her films include ‘Cassandra's Dream’, ‘Brideshead Revisited’, ‘The Duchess’, ‘Love Hate’, ‘Captain America:- The First Avenger’, ‘ The Sweeney Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Agent Carter’, ‘ Cinderella Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’, ‘Ant-Man’, ‘Blinded by the Light’, ‘Avengers Endgame’, and many more. Among her TV shows, one can find names like ‘Whatever Love Means’, ‘Fear of Fanny’, ‘The Line of Beauty’, ‘Any Human Heart’, ‘The Pillars of Earth’, ‘ Conviction Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Howards End’, ‘The Long Song’, ‘Criminal: United Kingdom’, etc. The video games she has voiced include ‘Captain America: Super Soldier’, and ‘Lego Marvel's Avengers’. She has been a part of theatrical productions like ‘Prometheus Bound’, ‘Women Beware’, ‘Women’, ‘Major Barbara’, ‘A View from Bridge’, ‘The Pride’, ‘Measure for Measure’, ‘Rosmersholm’, etc.

Hayley was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for best-supporting actress for her breakthrough role as Lady Elizabeth Foster in ‘The Duchess’ in 2008. She was also nominated for The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her leading performance in ‘The Miniseries’. Atwell’s fame skyrocketed internationally ith her depiction of Peggy Carter in the superhero blockbuster ‘Captain America:- The First Avenger’ (2010), which she repeated in the further parts of the action-adventure series.

She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress (2020) for her roles in ‘A View from the Bridge’ (2010) and ‘Rosmersholm’ (2011),. She started hosting the podcast series ‘The Spies’ in 2020, which tries to provide listeners with a glimpse into the field of espionage by asking them what they would do in real-life spy situations.