Line #46 Creator/HayleyAtwell


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3	->''"Ultimately, if you have talent, it will always be there. If you depend too much on your beauty or a visual presence in films, you’re in for a shock when people don’t want you any more because they only wanted you for one thing."''
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5	Hayley Elizabeth Atwell (born 5 April 1982 in London, England) is an English-American actress. Her mother is English, and her father's American of Native American/Irish ancestry.
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7	She's best known for the role of [[Characters/MCUPeggyCarter Peggy Carter]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. Before gaining fame from her turn at Peggy in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', she took part in films like ''Film/CassandrasDream'', ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'', ''Film/TheDuchess'', and theater productions such as ''Theatre/AViewFromTheBridge'' and ''Theatre/PrometheusBound''.
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9	!!Film, Television, and Theater appearances:
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11	* ''Theatre/PrometheusBound'' (2005) as Io
12	* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' (2006-07) as Asha (voice)
13	* ''Film/CassandrasDream'' (2007) as Angela Stark
14	* ''Literature/MansfieldPark'' (2007) as Mary Crawford
15	* ''Literature/BridesheadRevisited'' (2008) as Julia Flyte
16	* ''Film/TheDuchess'' (2008) as Lady Elizabeth 'Bess' Foster
17	* ''Theatre/AViewFromTheBridge'' (2009) as Catherine
18	* ''Series/{{The Prisoner\|2009}}'' (2009) as Lucy
19	* ''[[Film/LoveHate2009 Love/Hate]]'' (2009) as Hate
20	* ''Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'' (2010) as Aliena
21	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse as [[Characters/MCUPeggyCarter Margaret "Peggy" Carter]]
22	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' (2011)
23	** ''Film/MarvelOneShots: Film/AgentCarter'' (2013)
24	** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' (2014)
25	** ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (2014) [[labelnote:*]]episodes [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E1Shadows "Shadows"]] and [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS2E8TheThingsWeBury "The Things We Bury"]][[/labelnote]]
26	** ''Series/AgentCarter'' (2015-16)
27	** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (2015)
28	** ''Film/AntMan1'' (2015)
29	** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)
30	** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021, 2023) as Captain Carter (variant)
31	** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' (2022) as another Captain Carter variant
32	* ''Film/TheSweeney'' (2012) as Detective Constable Nancy Lewis
33	* ''Recap/BlackMirrorBeRightBack'' (2013) as Martha Powell
34	* ''Film/TestamentOfYouth'' (2014) as Hope
35	* ''Film/{{Cinderella\|2015}}'' (2015) as Ella's Mother
36	* ''Series/{{Conviction\|2016}}'' (2016) as Hayes Morrison
37	* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' (2017) as [[ComicBook/PeggyCarter Margaret "Peggy" Carter]] (voice) [[labelnote:*]]not part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe[[/labelnote]]
38	* ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' (2018) as Evelyn Robin
39	* ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' (2018-19) as Lieutenant Zadra (voice)
40	* ''Film/BlindedByTheLight'' (2019) as Ms Clay
41	* ''Series/{{Criminal\|2019}}'' (2019) as Stacey
42	* ''Film/PeterRabbit 2: The Runaway'' (2021) as Mittens (voice)
43	* ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' film series as Grace
44	** ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'' (2023)
45	** ''Mission: Impossible 8'' (2025)
46	* ''WesternAnimation/TombRaiderTheLegendOfLaraCroft'' as Lara Croft (voice)
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48	!!Tropes that apply to Atwell's works include:
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50	* LanternJawOfJustice: A rare, and very attractive female version.
51	* MsFanservice: Miss Atwell is a lovely lady and her projects often take advantage of that.
52	* NoStuntDouble: She frequently did her own stunts in fight scenes for ''Agent Carter'', though this tended to [[GroinAttack not end well for the stuntmen]]. [[invoked]]
53	* [[invoked]]SmurfetteBreakout: A major example of this. Few were expecting Peggy Carter to be the surprise star of the ''Film/CaptainAmerica'' films, especially since her character in the comics is at best an important footnote and DoomedByCanon to die of Alzheimer's. But Atwell's strong depiction of Peggy's independence even in the 40s coupled with great chemistry with Creator/ChrisEvans left fans clamoring for more of her, resulting in her getting [[Series/AgentCarter her own TV show]], several cameos in subsequent films, the very last scene of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' involving her character, and eventually an [[AlternateSelf alternate universe]] Peggy (voiced by Atwell) having a big role to play in ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'', in which she becomes the SuperSoldier Captain Carter in the place of Steve Rogers, eventually reprising the role of Captain Carter in live action in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''.
54	* StarMakingRole: As Peggy Carter in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. [[invoked]]
55	* ThrowItIn: The hilarious bit of [[EatingTheEyeCandy Peggy getting a quick feel of Steve's new muscles]] in ''The First Avenger''.
56	-->'''Hayley Atwell:''' When Chris Evans first took his shirt off on the set of Captain America, I just instinctively grabbed his man boob. They kept it in the film. So we did a couple of takes of me being really inappropriate with my hand on his pec for the duration of the scene. [[invoked]]
57	* TypeCasting: She jokes about often being cast in period pieces. [[invoked]]
58	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
59	** For a while she showed interest to play the title role of ''Series/DoctorWho'', even joking that she'd "reserved" the part if it was ever decided to make the Doctor a woman. She then publicly stated she'd lost interest in it shortly before Creator/JodieWhittaker was instead chosen as the first female Doctor. (She has done several voices for ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'', though.) [[invoked]]
60	** One reason why she hasn't played in more blockbusters/high profile roles outside of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse is that she's been dissatisfied with many of such roles that were proposed to her over the years. That apparently changed with the role of Grace in the ''[[Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries Mission: Impossible]]'' film series starting with ''Dead Reckoning Part One'', which she adores.

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