Hayley Atwell

 Hayley Elizabeth Atwell was born in London, England. She has dual citizenship in the United Kingdom as well as the United States. Hayley Mills was Hayley's only child. Her parents, Alison (Cain) and Grant Atwell, both motivational speakers were at a London workshop of Dale Carnegie's self-help bible "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Her mother is English (with Irish ancestry) and her father is American He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and is a part of Native-American descent (his Native American name is Star Touches Earth). At the age of two old, her parents split. Her father returned to America and Hayley remained with her mother in London however she spent the summer in Missouri with her father. The theater was viewed by Hayley's mother as an important communal experience, so she was introduced to the theater at an early age. At the age of 11 she went on a an unforgettable trip to see Ralph Fiennes in the role of Hamlet. She would later work with Ralph Fiennes in the film The Duchess (2008).She went to Sion-Manning Roman Catholic Girl's School located in West London where she excelled academically. She took her A-levels at the London Oratory School. She worked as casting director, and traveled with her father for two years. She also took two years off her schooling.