Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell is a British-American actress born April 5, 1982, in London. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2005. Atwell began on the British stage before gaining notice in period productions including Brideshead Revisited, The Duchess and The Pillars of the Earth, which brought her a Golden Globe nomination. Her international breakthrough came as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger. She reprised the determined intelligence officer across the Marvel Cinematic Universe and led the television series Agent Carter. Other credits include Howards End, Cinderella and Christopher Robin. On stage, she received Olivier nominations for A View from the Bridge, The Pride and Rosmersholm, later playing Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. As thief Grace in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning and The Final Reckoning, she expanded her range into demanding action work.