Hayley Atwell Wiki Biography
Hayley Elizabeth Atwell is an English actress. She is best known for her work in stage productions such as A View from the Bridge, and in films such as Cassandra’s Dream, The Duchess, The Pillars of the Earth, and for her portrayal of Peggy Carter in various Marvel Cinematic…
| Full Name | Hayley Atwell |
| Net Worth | $3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | April 5, 1982 |
| Place Of Birth | London, United Kingdom |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.69 m) |
| Profession | Actor |
| Education | Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2002–2005) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Parents | Grant Atwell, Allison Cain |
| Nicknames | Hayley Elizabeth Atwell , Hayley Attwell |
| http://www.twitter.com/hayleyatwell | |
| http://www.instagram.com/wellhayley | |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm2017943 |
| Nominations | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television |
| Movies | Captain America: The First Avenger, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Ant-Man, Cinderella, Agent Carter, The Duchess, The Sweeney, Brideshead Revisited, Cassandra’s Dream, Testament of Youth, Jimi: All Is by My Side, How About You, The Line of Beauty, I, Anna, Mansfield P… |
| TV Shows | Agent Carter, Any Human Heart, The Prisoner, The Pillars of the Earth, Black Mirror, Conviction, Sally Lockhart Series |
| Trademark | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Curvaceous figure |
| 2 | Warm smile |
| Quote | |
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| 1 | [on Alexi Kaye Campbell’s play “The Pride”] They are two scenes that are either side of the sexual revolution, and two very different ways that society deals with homosexuality. In 1958, it was still illegal and then in 2013, we’ve just had this wonderful milestone of legalising gay marriage. So it’s about how society shapes gay identity and it explores the idea of a subculture which society has imposed upon the gay community, one of promiscuity, and it says there is another side which is about intimacy and love between two people. |
| 2 | The scary thing is what that will do to a generation of young people [in Russia] who are having these thoughts and feelings towards members of their own sex but they’re given no reference point that this is OK. This is just part of who they are and I think you’ll get a lost generation of children growing up feeling that their country is telling them that this fundamental aspect of who they are is wrong. It’s incredibly troubling because it’s happening, not just in Russia, but in countries like Georgia and Cameroon and the statistics in this country of homophobic attacks is frightening. |
| 3 | We heard about the protest in Whitehall in support of Russian gay rights and we went along and it was very moving and we felt it was very positive. |
| 4 | I think it will be a balance of creative and commercial choices, going forward. People say critical acclaim and box office success don’t go hand in hand and that may be true but I don’t really think I’d live much on the salary of a full-time theatre actor. I mean, I could, but I really like going out to dinner… |
| 5 | [on her character in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)] Peggy was in a position where if she was a damsel in distress, she wouldn’t be of that position. And when she says, “I know what it’s like to have a few doors slammed in my face,” I think because she’s this attractive woman who’s beautifully made up, she had to fight a little bit harder to get where she is to prove that she’s capable. And I think that’s great because there’s a kindred spirit between her and Steve, there’s an equality about them and I love that. |
| 6 | [on Brideshead Revisited (2008)] What attracted me was I loved the vivid characters that had obviously come from a very rich novel and Jeremy Brock and Andrew Davies had put that into the script. The character definitions and the stage directions were very rich and as rich as the dialogue so I felt that there was a hell of a lot of passion behind it. I’m attracted to flawed characters. I think they’re really interesting to play. I was really intrigued who this enigmatic Julia was and what was bubbling and going on beneath the surface. So it was probably that. |
| 7 | My first job was a Greek tragedy, and ever since, one job just seemed to roll onto the next. I’ve been terribly lucky. |
| 8 | Nude scenes can be very liberating. I feel very human. This is me, with all my little imperfections. |
| Fact | |
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| 1 | Shares a birthday with her Cinderella co-star Lily James who is only 7 years her junior, coincidentally both actresses are alumnus from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. |
| 2 | Can do ventriloquism with her mouth closed. |
| 3 | Is an only child. |
| 4 | Daughter of Grant Atwell, from Missouri, and Allison Cain, from London. Her parents separated when she was 2-years-old. |
| 5 | Is of dual British and American citizenship. |
| 6 | Although she played Lily James’s mother in Cinderella (2015), she is only seven years her senior in real life. |
| 7 | Auditioned for the role of Dr. Carol Marcus in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) which went to Alice Eve. |
| 8 | Good friends with Emma Thompson and Chris Evans. |
| 9 | Her father is a shaman. |
| 10 | At age 8, she became a committed vegetarian after seeing Loyd Grossman put a live lobster into boiling water. |
| 11 | As a teenager, she went on anti-vivisection and Free the Dolphins marches. |
| 12 | At age 9, she walked over hot coals at a ‘Power Into Action workshop that she attended with her mother. |
| 13 | Studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (2002-2005). |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howards End | 2017 | TV Mini-Series pre-production | Margaret Schlegel |
| Conviction | 2016-2017 | TV Series | Hayes Morrison |
| Chicken/Egg | 2016 | Short | Lauren |
| The Complete Walk: Cymbeline | 2016 | Short | Innogen |
| Agent Carter | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Peggy Carter |
| Lego Marvel’s Avengers | 2016 | Video Game | Agent Peggy Carter (voice) |
| Ant-Man | 2015 | Peggy Carter | |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron | 2015 | Peggy Carter | |
| Cinderella | 2015/I | Ella’s Mother | |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | 2014 | TV Series | Peggy Carter |
| Testament of Youth | 2014 | Hope | |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier | 2014 | Peggy Carter | |
| Jimi: All Is by My Side | 2013 | Kathy | |
| Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter | 2013 | Video short | Peggy Carter |
| Avengers Assemble | 2013 | TV Series | Peggy Carter |
| Life of Crime | 2013 | TV Mini-Series | Denise Woods |
| Black Mirror | 2013 | TV Series | Martha |
| Falcón | 2012 | TV Series | Consuelo Jiménez |
| Restless | 2012 | TV Movie | Eva Delectorskaya |
| The Sweeney | 2012 | DC Nancy Lewis | |
| Playhouse Presents | 2012 | TV Series | The Banker |
| I, Anna | 2012 | Emmy | |
| Captain America: Super Soldier | 2011 | Video Game | Peggy Carter (voice) |
| Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | Peggy Carter | |
| Tomato Soup | 2010 | Short | Movie Star |
| Any Human Heart | 2010 | TV Series | Freya Deverell |
| The Pillars of the Earth | 2010 | TV Mini-Series | Aliena |
| The Prisoner | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Lucy 4-15 |
| Love Hate | 2009 | Short | Hate |
| The Duchess | 2008 | Bess Foster | |
| Brideshead Revisited | 2008 | Julia Flyte | |
| How About You… | 2007 | Ellie Harris | |
| The Shadow in the North | 2007 | TV Movie | Rosa Garland |
| Cassandra’s Dream | 2007 | Angela Stark | |
| Mansfield Park | 2007 | TV Movie | Mary Crawford |
| Masterpiece Classic | 2006 | TV Series | Rosa Garland |
| The Ruby in the Smoke | 2006 | TV Movie | Rosa Garland |
| Fear of Fanny | 2006 | TV Movie | Jane |
| The Line of Beauty | 2006 | TV Mini-Series | Cat Fedden Catherine Fedden |
| Whatever Love Means | 2005 | TV Movie | Sabrina Guinness (as Hayley Attwell) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Carter | 2016 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
| Cinderella | 2015/I | performer: “Lavender’s Blue” |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | 2014 | TV Movie documentary thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return of the Spider Monkeys | 2016 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
| Good Morning America | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The View | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| This Week in Hollywood | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Lip Sync Battle | 2016 | TV Series | Herself – Competitor |
| Marvel’s Captain America: 75 Heroic Years | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Edge of Darkness | 2015 | Short | Herself – Narrator |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2015 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
| Liberty of London | 2013-2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself – Narrator |
| Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop! | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
| Breakfast | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
| Daybreak | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Marvel LIVE! World Premiere of Captain America: The First Avenger | 2011 | Video short | Herself |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2011 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
| The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television |
| Frühstücksfernsehen | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| A Six Hour Film Shot in 92 Days: The Diary of ‘The Prisoner’ | 2010 | Video short | Herself |
| Beautiful Prison: The World of ‘The Prisoner’ | 2010 | Video short | Herself |
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2008 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Prisoner | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | 4-15 Lucy |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actress in a Television Series | Agent Carter (2015) |
| 2011 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | The Pillars of the Earth (2010) |
| 2011 | Gemini | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | The Pillars of the Earth (2010) |
| 2011 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | The Pillars of the Earth (2010) |
| 2011 | Scream Award | Scream Awards | Best Science Fiction Actress | Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
| 2011 | Scream Award | Scream Awards | Breakout Performance – Female | Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
| 2009 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Newcomer | |
| 2009 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | British Supporting Actress of the Year | The Duchess (2008) |
| 2008 | British Independent Film Award | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Duchess (2008) |
| 2007 | Golden Nymph | Monte-Carlo TV Festival | Television Films – Best Performance by an Actress | Fear of Fanny (2006) |