Hayley Elizabeth Atwell was born on 5 April 1982 and is a British and American actress.
35 Facts About Hayley Atwell
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Hayley Atwell subsequently appeared in multiple West End productions and on television, and was recognised for her breakthrough role as Lady Elizabeth Foster in The Duchess, for which she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Hayley Atwell's leading performance in the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television Film.
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Hayley Atwell had roles in the war drama Testament of Youth, the romantic fantasy Cinderella, and the fantasy comedy-drama Christopher Robin.
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In 2020, Hayley Atwell began hosting the podcast series True Spies, which aims to give an insight into the world of espionage by asking listeners what they would do in real-life spy situations.
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Hayley Elizabeth Atwell was born on 5 April 1982 in London as the only child of her parents; her mother, Allison Cain, is British and her father, Grant Atwell, is an American photographer from Kansas City, Missouri, of Irish and partial Native American descent.
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Hayley Atwell has dual citizenship of the United Kingdom and the United States.
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Hayley Atwell took two years off to travel with her father and work for a casting director.
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Hayley Atwell then enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she trained for three years, graduating in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in acting.
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Hayley Atwell made her professional debut in 2005, portraying Io, a maiden exiled by Zeus, in Prometheus Bound at the Sound Theatre in London.
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The British Theatre Guide praised her performance, writing that Hayley Atwell "makes us respond to the anguish without for a moment inviting a chuckle at her bandaged hands".
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The Guardian praised Hayley Atwell for projecting "the right seductive beauty".
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Hayley Atwell then appeared in two productions at the Royal National Theatre, both directed by Nicholas Hytner.
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Hayley Atwell portrayed Belinda, a SoHo PR worker and one of three love interests, in Man of Mode.
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Hayley Atwell starred in Major Barbara for which she received an Ian Charleson Commendation.
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In 2009, Hayley Atwell made her West End debut as Catherine, the adopted niece in a troubled household, in Lindsay Posner's A View From the Bridge.
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In 2010 Hayley Atwell appeared in Channel 4's adaptation of William Boyd's Any Human Heart, and later that year, Ken Follett's miniseries Pillars of the Earth, which co-starred Eddie Redmayne; for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe.
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In 2013, Hayley Atwell starred in BBC Two's adaptation of William Boyd's espionage novel, Restless, before starring in "Be Right Back", an episode in Charlie Brooker's critically acclaimed science fiction television series Black Mirror.
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Hayley Atwell made the transition to film roles early on, with her first major role coming in Woody Allen's 2007 film Cassandra's Dream, playing stage actress Angela Stark.
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Later that year, Hayley Atwell appeared in the Miramax film Brideshead Revisited.
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Hayley Atwell played Agent Peggy Carter in the 2011 American superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger.
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Hayley Atwell voiced Carter in the 2011 video game Captain America: Super Soldier.
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In 2013, Hayley Atwell collaborated with Alexi Kaye Campbell and Jamie Lloyd again in a revival of The Pride at Trafalgar Studios; her performance gained her a second Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress.
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Hayley Atwell reprised her role as Carter in the 2013 short film Agent Carter.
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Hayley Atwell returned to Marvel for the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and in the 2015 films Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man.
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Hayley Atwell provided Carter's voice in Lego Marvel's Avengers and Avengers: Secret Wars.
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In 2015, Hayley Atwell played Cinderella's mother in Disney's live action adaptation of Cinderella directed by Kenneth Branagh.
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In February 2016, Hayley Atwell was cast in the ABC series Conviction.
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Hayley Atwell returned to the stage in 2018 in Dry Powder at the Hampstead Theatre and later appeared in Josie Rourke's Measure for Measure at the Donmar Warehouse, opposite Jack Lowden.
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In 2019, Hayley Atwell starred opposite Tamara Lawrance in a three-part BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song, about a slave on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica.
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Hayley Atwell reprised the role of Peggy Carter in Avengers: Endgame.
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Hayley Atwell received an Ian Charleson Commendation for her work in Major Barbara, and has received three Laurence Olivier Award nominations, first for her work in A View from the Bridge, then in 2011 for her work in the revival of The Pride, and in 2020 for her performance as Rebecca West in Rosmersholm.
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Hayley Atwell was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award for her role in The Pride.
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In October 2017, at the time of the accusations against Harvey Weinstein, a story emerged that, during filming of Brideshead Revisited in 2007, Weinstein had told Hayley Atwell she looked like a "fat pig" on screen and should eat less.
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Hayley Atwell later gave her own memory of events, saying that someone unconnected to Weinstein had suggested she lose weight to look more like a flapper.