Hayley Atwell
Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Hayley Atwell won critical acclaim for her performance in the BBC’s Line of Beauty, directed by Saul Dibb. Her film debut in Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream was swiftly followed by the lead role of Julia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and a role alongside Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley in Saul Dibbs’ The Duchess, which earned her a British Independent Film Awards nomination.
Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Hayley Atwell won critical acclaim for her performance in the BBC’s Line of Beauty, directed by Saul Dibb. Her film debut in Woody Allen’s Cassandra’s Dream was swiftly followed by the lead role of Julia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited and a role alongside Ralph Fiennes and Keira Knightley in Saul Dibbs’ The Duchess, which earned her a British Independent Film Awards nomination. Most recently Hayley was seen in the Marvel feature Captain America – The First Avenger. Hayley has also been awarded an Ian Charleston Commendation for her stage work in Major Barbara at the National Theatre and an Olivier Award nomination for A View from the Bridge at the Duke of York Theatre.
In television, Hayley has received a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Scott Free’s Pillars of the Earth. Other notable credits include William Boyd’s BAFTA-winning adaption Any Human Heart, ITV’s re-imagining of the 1970s series The Prisoner, Mansfield Park, and Ruby in the Smoke.
Other stage credits include The Faith Machine with the Royal Court Theatre, Women Beware Women with the RSC and Prometheus Bound with the Sound Theatre.
Hayley has recently completed filming on All Is By My Side, a biopic of Jimi Hendrix in which she plays the role of Kathy Etchingham.
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