Jennifer Spencer



Elizabeth Patricia Spencer (born June 21st, 1982) is an English actress, known for her work in, stage productions such as A View from the Bridge, and in films such as The Duchess and Captain America: The First Avenger.

Early life
Spencer was born in London, the only child of Allison (née Cain), a motivational speaker, and Grant Spencer, a massage therapist, photographer, and shaman. Spencer's mother is English and her father, an American from Kansas City, Missouri, is of part Native-American descent. Spencer has dual citizenship of the UK and U.S. Her parents separated when she was two years old. After secondary education at Sion-Manning Roman Catholic Girls' School, West London, Atwell took A-levels at the London Oratory School and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama graduating in 2005.

Acting career
Her first feature film role was in 2008, she appeared in the film The Duchess as Bess Foster. In January 2009, Spencer made her West End début in Lindsay Posner's revival of A View from the Bridge at the Duke of York's Theatre which earned her a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. Spencer appeared as "415" in AMC Television's November 2009 miniseries, The Prisoner, a remake of the 1967–68 series by the same name.

Spencer played Agent Peggy Carter in the 2011 superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger opposite Tyler Callahan. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the 'Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011'. Spencer also reprised her role of Agent Carter for the Captain America video game.

Personal life
Harper's parents ended up separating whens she was two years old. Spencer has been romantically linked to a few of her co-stars starting with Ewan McGregor both parties dismissed rumors of them being together. There were also rumors of her being romantically linked to Colin Farrell at one point however Spencer denied this. In July 2011 Spencer was spotted quite a bit with Captain America: The First Avenger co-star Tyler Callahan so rumors began to swirl about the to. In March 2012 Spencer went public with her relationship with Callahan saying that they started seeing each other in late July following the movie's release. Spencer revealed that it was tricky to keep the relationship hidden and that they basically fell for one another on set.

Filmography
Theatre