Molly Windsor | |
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Born | Nottingham, England |
Alma mater | Talent 1st organisation |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2007–present |
Molly Windsor is an English actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2009 Channel 4 television film The Unloved , and she has appeared in Oranges and Sunshine (2010) and The Runaways (2019). She is best known for her performance in the 2017 BBC miniseries Three Girls , for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; in 2017, she was also named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.
Windsor was discovered by the writer and director of BAFTA-winning The Unloved , Samantha Morton, in a local drama school and casting agency, Rama Young Actors. [1] Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit CIC organisation, and the Television Workshop, [2] and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership. [3] [4]
Windsor's first professional acting role was in 2009 as Lucy Manvers in the television movie The Unloved at age 11. [5] The Times described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness". [1] She played Margaret's daughter in the 2010 film Oranges and Sunshine .
In 2017, she played Holly Winshaw in the BBC miniseries Three Girls , [6] which was based on the Rochdale child sex abuse ring, and for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. [6]
In 2019, she played Angie in The Runaways .
In 2017, Windsor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, one of the 20 members from the film, television and gaming industries. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Imaginary Girl | Amy | Short |
2009 | My Last Five Girlfriends | Kids at Camp | |
2010 | Oranges and Sunshine | Rachel | |
2012 | When the Lights Went Out | Pale Girl | |
2017 | Black Road | Lilly | Short |
Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake: The Priest | Homeless Girl | Video short | |
2019 | The Runaways | Angie | |
2019 | Make Up | Ruth | |
2022 | She Said | Young Zelda Perkins |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Unloved | Lucy Manvers | TV movie |
2017 | Three Girls | Holly Winshaw | TV mini-series, 3 episodes Nominated — RTS Breakthrough Award - On Screen (2018) [8] Winner — 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress |
2019 | Cheat | Rose Vaughan | ITV drama series |
2019 | Traces | Emma Hedges | Alibi drama series, subsequently repeated on BBC1 in January 2021 |
2022 | War of the Worlds | Martha | Third season of FoxNetworks / CanalPlus production |
TBA | Out of the Dust | Rosie | Filming [9] |