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Hayley Atwell is a British-American actress who plays the main character Hayes Morrison in Conviction.
Early Life[]
Hayley Atwell was born in London in 1982 to Grant and Alison Atwell. She attended a Roman Catholic Girls School. And graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2005.
Acting Career[]
Atwell's first feature film role was in Woody Allen's film Cassandra's Dream (2007), in which she took the part of stage actress Angela Stark. In 2008, she appeared in the film The Duchess as Bess Foster and the film Brideshead Revisited as Lady Julia Flyte, earning praise and nominations from the British Independent Film Awards and the London Film Critics' Circle Awards.
In January 2009, Atwell made her West End début in Lindsay Posner's revival of A View from the Bridge at the Duke of York's Theatre which earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. Atwell appeared as "415" in AMC Television's November 2009 miniseries, The Prisoner, a remake of the 1967–68 series by the same name. In 2010, she starred as Freya Deverell in the successful Channel 4 adaptation of William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart.
Atwell played Agent Peggy Carter in the 2011 American superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the "Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011". Atwell voiced Carter in the 2011 video game Captain America: Super Soldier. She reprised the role in the 2013 short film Agent Carter, the 2014 film Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and in the 2015 films Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man. As Carter, she appeared in two episodes of the television show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and as the lead role in Marvel's Agent Carter, which aired from 2015 to 2016. She provided Carter's voice in Lego Marvel's Avengers.
In February 2016, Atwell was cast to star in an upcoming legal drama for ABC, Conviction.
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Cassandra's Dream | Angela Stark | |
| 2007 | How About You | Ellie Harris | |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited | Julia Flyte | |
| 2008 | The Duchess | Elizabeth "Bess" Foster | |
| 2009 | Love Hate | Hate | Short film |
| 2010 | Tomato Soup | Movie Star | |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger | Peggy Carter | Main role |
| 2012 | I, Anna | Emmy | |
| 2012 | The Sweeney | DC Nancy Lewis | |
| 2013 | Jimi: All Is by My Side | Kathy Etchingham | |
| 2013 | Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter | Margaret "Peggy" Carter | Short film; Lead role |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Cameo | |
| 2014 | Testament of Youth | Hope Milroy | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Cinderella's Mother | |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of Ultron | Margaret "Peggy" Carter | Cameo |
| 2015 | Ant-Man |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Whatever Love Means | Sabrina Guinness | TV Movie |
| 2006 | Fear of Fanny | Jane | |
| The Ruby in the Smoke | Rosa Garland | Movie | |
| The Line of Beauty | Catherine "Cat" Fedden | 3 episodes | |
| 2007 | Mansfield Park | Mary Crawford | Movie |
| The Shadow in the North | Rosa Garland | Movie | |
| 2009 | The Prisoner | Lucy / 4-15 | 5 episodes |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | Aliena | 8 episodes |
| Any Human Heart | Freya Deverell | 4 episodes | |
| 2012 | Falcón | Consuelo Jiménez | 4 episodes |
| Playhouse Presents | The Banker | Episode: "The Man" | |
| Restless | Eva Delectorskaya | 2 episodes | |
| 2013 | Black Mirror | Martha | Episode: "Be Right Back" |
| Life of Crime | Denise Woods | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Margaret "Peggy" Carter | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Agent Carter | Lead role | |
| 2016- | Conviction | Hayes Morrison | Lead Role |
Video games[]
| Year | Title | Voice role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Captain America: Super Soldier | Margaret "Peggy" Carter |
| 2016 | Lego Marvel's Avengers |
Trivia[]
- Atwell's character, Hayes Morrison, was originally named "Carter Morrison".
- Atwell had previously played another 'Carter', Margaret 'Peggy' Carter in Agent Carter. The series was also on ABC but was cancelled the day Conviction was commissioned.