Hayley Atwell

Hayley Atwell is an actress and influencer. She was born on 5 April 1982 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Her mother is English and her father is American from Kansas City, Missouri, of part Native-American descent. She holds dual British and American nationality. Her parents separated when she was two, and she was raised as an only child. She is married to Ned Wolfgang Kelly, a music producer.

Atwell took A-levels at the London Oratory School before training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 2005. She had originally planned to study philosophy and theology at King's College London but chose acting instead. Her career began with a 2005 Pringles television advertisement. She later appeared in Woody Allen's 2007 film Cassandra's Dream alongside Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell, and in 2008 she starred in The Duchess and Brideshead Revisited. In 2009 she made her West End debut and appeared in the TV miniseries The Prisoner. She is best known for her role as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger, a part she reprised in The Winter Soldier, the Agent Carter TV series, and the What If...? animated series. As of July 2025, she has 2.0 million Instagram followers. She has brown hair and brown eyes, stands 5'5", and has an average build. She has natural 36DD breasts and several tattoos, including two on her right hand and wrist, one behind her right ear, and one on her right forearm. She has no piercings.