Hayley Atwell Biography
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Hayley Atwell
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| Born | 5 April 1982 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2005-present |
Hayley Atwell (born April 5, 1982) is an English actress.
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Background
Atwell was born in London, the only child of Allison, a motivational speaker, and Grant Atwell, a landscape photographer and shaman. Atwell's mother is English and her father is an American from Kansas City, Missouri and of part Native American descent12 (Atwell has dual citizenship between the U.S. and the U.K.).3 Her parents separated when she was two.
Atwell chose to train at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,4 graduating in 2005, in place of studying philosophy and theology at King's College London.
Career
Atwell appears in the films The Duchess (as Lady Bess Foster) and Brideshead Revisited (as Lady Julia Flyte). AMC Television and ITV have announced that she will appear in a 2009 TV miniseries remake of The Prisoner, as a character code-named No. 41-5.5
She served on the jury for the 2007 British Independent Film Awards.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2005 | Prometheus Bound | Io/Force | Sound Theatre, London |
| Whatever Love Means | Sabrina Guinness | TV film | |
| 2006 | Women Beware Women | Bianca | RSC |
| The Line of Beauty | Catherine Fedden | Mini-series | |
| Fear of Fanny | Jane | TV film | |
| The Ruby in the Smoke | Rosa | ||
| 2006-7 | Doctor Who: Blood of the Daleks | Asha | Radio series |
| 2007 | The Man of Mode | Belinda | National Theatre |
| Mansfield Park | Mary Crawford | TV film | |
| Felix Holt, the Radical | Esther | Radio series | |
| Cassandra's Dream | Angela Stark | ||
| How About You | Ellie | ||
| The Shadow In The North | Rosa | TV film | |
| 2008 | Major Barbara | Barbara Undershaft | National Theatre |
| The Leopard | Radio drama | ||
| Brideshead Revisited | Julia Flyte | ||
| The Duchess | Elizabeth "Bess" Foster |
References
- ^ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4655175.ece
- ^ http://www.mailonsunday.ie/you/article-1059762/Hayley-confidential-actress-takes-Flyte.html
- ^ http://www.femail.com.au/hayley-atwell-brideshead-revisited-the-duchess-interview.htm
- ^ Graduates 2004-5: Hayley Atwell Guildhall School of Music and Drama
- ^ Drew Pisarra (2008-07-24). "Four More Residents of The Village". AMC.
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