Hayley Atwell may be known as Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel’s Agent Carter, but to Ned Wolfgang Kelly, she has a more important role: fiancée.
While it is unclear how the two met, they were linked as early as July 2022 when they posed for photos together at an event in London. In April 2023, the couple got engaged in Venice.
“I’d never had any interest in getting married… until I met this extraordinary woman,” wrote Kelly on Instagram, announcing their engagement.
While the two are rarely seen together in public, they did attend the London premiere afterparty of Atwell’s latest project, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, in June 2023, according to photos published by the Daily Mail.
The following month, he promoted his fiancée’s film on Instagram, saying he was “proud” of Atwell. “They don’t often make ‘em like this anymore,” he added of the action movie.
So who is Hayley Atwell’s fiancé? Here’s everything to know about Ned Wolfgang Kelly.
He works in the music industry
Kelly is a songwriting and composer. According to his website, Kelly has worked on several television commercials for big brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Mentos, Bud Light, Samsung and Headspace.
In May 2022, Kelly shared a Mentos ad on Instagram, for which he “composed and produced some warped Italo disco music.”
He also gave his followers some insight into the instruments and techniques he used to make the track, including “some secret sauce percussion that I built from scratch with the Logic drum synth.”
In addition to his work within the music industry, Kelly has also written for multiple culture publications. In one story published on Dazed in 2017, he reported on the history of California’s queer hip-hop scene, focusing on Tim’m T West’s HIV diagnosis.
“About a year and a half ago I had a series of fascinating conversations with the amazing Tim’m T West – poet, rapper, educator and LGBTQ+ activist. Our aim was to cement the history of the Queer hip hop scene in the late 90s / early 00s, as it never got the recognition it deserved,” he captioned an Instagram post sharing the article. “Tim’m’s own story was central to the movement, and he still works tirelessly as an activist, as do many of the rappers he collaborated and worked with.”
He and Atwell attended Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball in 2022
In July 2022, Kelly and Atwell attended Lady Gaga’s The Chromatica Ball afterparty in London. Hosted by Dom Pérignon, this was the first time that the pair were photographed together.
The two posed for a photo wearing coordinating looks: Atwell wore an all-white outfit with orange shoes and purse, while Kelly wore white pants and an orange-patterned shirt.