FrameThrower · Actors · Hayley Atwell
Hayley Atwell
5 films · 252 frames · top-billed in 4 · 2011–2025
Born 5 April 1982 · London, England, UK
Hayley Elizabeth Atwell is a British and American actress. After appearing in various West End productions, Atwell gained popularity for her roles in period dramas, appearing in the films Brideshead Revisited (2008), The Duchess (2008) and the miniseries The Pillars of the Earth (2010); for the latter two, she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award and a Golden Globe Award respectively.
She rose to prominence with her portrayal of Agent Peggy Carter in several Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films, starting with Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), which inspired the creation of the spin-off ABC television series Agent Carter (2015–2016).…
How their films are shot
Measured across 252 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Hayley takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 50% of their frames are day, 44% natural — the look of the work Hayley takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 252 frames from Hayley Atwell's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.