Agent Carter is a 2013 American
direct-to-video short film featuring the
Marvel Comics character
Peggy Carter, produced by
Marvel Studios and distributed by
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on the home media release of
Iron Man 3. It is a follow up and
spin-off of the 2011 feature film
Captain America: The First Avenger, and is the fourth film in the
Marvel One-Shots short film series. The film is directed by Louis D'Esposito, with a screenplay by Eric Pearson, and is set in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with
the films of the franchise. It stars
Hayley Atwell as Agent Peggy Carter, reprising the role from the films, along with
Bradley Whitford and
Dominic Cooper, the latter also reprising
his role from the films. In
Agent Carter, Peggy Carter faces sexism post-World War II while working for the Strategic Scientific Reserve (S.S.R.), a precursor to the fictional organization
S.H.I.E.L.D.