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Molly Windsor
Molly Windsor
	Windsor in 2017
Born	Nottingham, England
Alma mater	Talent 1st organisation
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007–present

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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.

Early life

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]

Career

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.

Recognition

In 2017, Windsor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, one of the 20 members from the film, television and gaming industries.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2017	Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake: The Priest	Homeless Girl	Video short
2019	The Runaways	Angie
2019	Make Up	Ruth
2022	She Said	Young Zelda Perkins

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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]

References

^ ^a ^b Lesley White (10 May 2009). "Samatha Morton uses her life for The Unloved". The Times. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Talent 1st". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Breakthrough Brits 2017 - Molly Windsor". BAFTA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "Molly Windsor". The Artists Partnership. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
^ "The Wylde Interview: Molly". wyldemag.com. 26 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b Khaleeli, Homa (16 May 2017). "Molly Windsor, star of Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls: 'It made me really angry'". theguardian.com.
^ "BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017". BAFTA. 25 October 2017.
^ "RTS Programme Awards 2018, In Partnership with Audio Network". UK: Royal Television Society. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ Yossman, K.J. (27 August 2024). "Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Fra Fee, Siobhan Finneran and Christopher Eccleston Set for Netflix Series 'Out of the Dust' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

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[times-1] Lesley White (10 May 2009). "Samatha Morton uses her life for The Unloved". The Times. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[talent1st-2] "Talent 1st". Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[BAFTA2017bb-3] "Breakthrough Brits 2017 - Molly Windsor". BAFTA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[ARTISTSP-4] "Molly Windsor". The Artists Partnership. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[wylde-5] "The Wylde Interview: Molly". wyldemag.com. 26 November 2019.

[best-6] Khaleeli, Homa (16 May 2017). "Molly Windsor, star of Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls: 'It made me really angry'". theguardian.com.

[bafta201710-7] "BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017". BAFTA. 25 October 2017.

[RTS2018-8] "RTS Programme Awards 2018, In Partnership with Audio Network". UK: Royal Television Society. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[9] Yossman, K.J. (27 August 2024). "Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Fra Fee, Siobhan Finneran and Christopher Eccleston Set for Netflix Series 'Out of the Dust' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

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-'''Mollie Windsor''' (born 19 June 1997) is an [[English people|English]] [[actor|actress]]. She is known for her roles in the 2009 [[Channel 4]] television film ''[[The Unloved]]'', and the 2017 [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[Three Girls (miniseries)|Three Girls]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/16/molly-windsor-three-girls-bbc-rochdale-abuse-scandal|title=Molly Windsor, star of Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls: 'It made me really angry'|last=Khaleeli|first=Homa|date=16 May 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|accessdate=3 June 2017}}</ref> for which she won the 2018 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]]. Windsor was named as [[BAFTA Breakthrough Brit]], one of the 20 members from the film, television, and gaming industries, in 2017.<ref name=bafta201710>{{cite web
+'''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 film)|The Runaways]]'' (2019). She is best known for her performance in the 2017 [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]'', for which she won the 2018 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]]; in 2017, she was also named a ''BAFTA Breakthrough Brit''.
-| title = BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017
+==Early life==
-| website = BAFTA
+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.<ref name="times" /> Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit [[Community interest company|CIC]] organisation, and [[Central Junior Television Workshop|the Television Workshop]],<ref name="talent1st">{{cite news|url = https://www.talent1st.org/ |title = Talent 1st |access-date = 17 May 2018}}</ref> and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership.<ref name="BAFTA2017bb">{{cite news|url = http://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough-brits/molly-windsor-actress|title = Breakthrough Brits 2017 - Molly Windsor|website= BAFTA|access-date = 17 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="ARTISTSP">{{cite news |url = http://www.theartistspartnership.co.uk/windsor/758/|title = Molly Windsor |website= The Artists Partnership|access-date = 17 May 2018}}</ref>
-| date = 25 October 2017
-| url  = http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/bafta-announces-breakthrough-brits-of-2017
-| accessdate = 17 May 2018
-}}</ref>
 ==Career==
-Lucy Manvers in ''The Unloved'' was Windsor's first professional acting role. ''[[The Times]]'' described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness by Molly Windsor".<ref name="times">{{cite news
+Windsor's first professional acting role was in 2009 as Lucy Manvers in the television movie ''[[The Unloved]]'' at age 11.<ref name="wylde">{{cite news|url = https://wyldemag.com/interviews/2019/10/31/the-wylde-interview-molly-windsor |title = The Wylde Interview: Molly |work= wyldemag.com |date= November 26, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Times]]'' described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness".<ref name="times">{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/samatha-morton-uses-her-life-for-the-unloved-2gvh3f5lxmt |title = Samatha Morton uses her life for The Unloved |author = Lesley White|date = 10 May 2009|website= The Times|access-date = 17 May 2018}}</ref>
+She played Margaret's daughter in the 2010 film ''[[Oranges and Sunshine]]''.
-|url = https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/samatha-morton-uses-her-life-for-the-unloved-2gvh3f5lxmt
-|title = Samatha Morton uses her life for The Unloved
+In 2017, she played Holly Winshaw in the [[BBC]] miniseries ''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]'',<ref name="best">{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/16/molly-windsor-three-girls-bbc-rochdale-abuse-scandal |title=Molly Windsor, star of Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls: 'It made me really angry'|last=Khaleeli|first=Homa|work=theguardian.com|date=16 May 2017}}</ref> which was based on the [[Rochdale child sex abuse ring]], and for which she won the 2018 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]].<ref name="best"/>
-|author = Lesley White
-|date   = 10 May 2009
-|website= The Times
-|accessdate = 17 May 2018}}</ref> She 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.<ref name="times" /> She also had a role as Margaret's daughter in the 2011 film, ''[[Oranges and Sunshine]]''.
+In 2019, she played Angie in ''[[The Runaways (2019 film)|The Runaways]]''.
-Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit [[Community interest company|CIC]] organisation, and [[Central Junior Television Workshop|the Television Workshop]],<ref name="talent1st">{{cite news
-|url = https://www.talent1st.org/
-|title = Talent 1st
-|date  =
-|accessdate = 17 May 2018}}</ref> and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership.<ref name="BAFTA2017bb">{{cite news
-|url = http://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough-brits/molly-windsor-actress
-|title = Breakthrough Brits 2017 - Molly Windsor
-|website= BAFTA
-|accessdate = 17 May 2018}}</ref><ref name="ARTISTSP">{{cite news
-|url = http://www.theartistspartnership.co.uk/windsor/758/
-|title = Molly Windsor
-|date   =
-|website= The Artists Partnership
-|accessdate = 17 May 2018}}</ref>
-==Personal life==
+==Recognition ==
+In 2017, Windsor was named as a ''BAFTA Breakthrough Brit'', one of the 20 members from the film, television and gaming industries.<ref name=bafta201710>{{cite web| title = BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017 |website = BAFTA |url = http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/bafta-announces-breakthrough-brits-of-2017| date = 25 October 2017}}</ref>
-Windsor lives in [[Breaston]], [[Derbyshire]] with her family. She attended the Nottingham's [[Central Junior Television Workshop]], before switching to Rama Young Actors at the age of ten.{{Citation needed|date=March 2019}}
 ==Filmography==
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 | rowspan="2"| 2017 || ''Black Road''  || Lilly
 |Short
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+|-
 | ''Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake: The Priest''  || Homeless Girl
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 | 2019 || ''Make Up''  || Ruth
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-|''Filming''
+|-
+|2022
+|''[[She Said (film)|She Said]]''
+|Young Zelda Perkins
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 |TV movie
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-|2017 ||''[[Three Girls (miniseries)|Three Girls]]''  || Holly Winshaw
+|2017 ||''[[Three Girls (TV series)|Three Girls]]''  || Holly Winshaw
-|TV mini-series, 3 episodes<br>Nominated — [[Royal Television Society|RTS]] Breakthrough Award - On Screen (2018)<ref name=RTS2018>{{cite web
+|TV mini-series, 3 episodes<br>Nominated — [[Royal Television Society|RTS]] Breakthrough Award - On Screen (2018)<ref name=RTS2018>{{cite web| title = RTS Programme Awards 2018, In Partnership with Audio Network | publisher = Royal Television Society| location = UK| date = 20 March 2018 | url = https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2018-partnership-audio-network| access-date = 9 July 2018}}</ref> <br>Winner — [[2018 British Academy Television Awards#Winners and nominees|2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress]]
-| author =
-| title = RTS Programme Awards 2018, In Partnership with Audio Network
-| publisher = Royal Television Society
-| location = UK
-| date = 20 March 2018
-| url = https://rts.org.uk/award/rts-programme-awards-2018-partnership-audio-network
-| accessdate = 9 July 2018
-}}</ref> <br>Winner — [[2018 British Academy Television Awards#Winners and nominees|2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress]]
 |-
 |2019 || ''Cheat'' || Rose Vaughan
 |[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama series
+|-
+|2019 || ''[[Traces (TV series)|Traces]]'' || Emma Hedges
+|[[Alibi (TV Channel)|Alibi]] drama series, subsequently repeated on [[BBC1]] in January 2021
+|-
+|2022 || ''[[War of the Worlds (2019 TV series)|War of the Worlds]]'' || Martha
+|Third season of FoxNetworks / CanalPlus production
+|-
+|{{TableTBA}}
+| ''[[Out of the Dust (TV series)| Out of the Dust]]''|| Rosie || Filming<ref>{{cite web|website=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/asa-butterfield-molly-windsor-out-of-the-dust-netflix-1236118901/|accessdate=27 August 2024|date= Aug 27, 2024 |title=
+Asa Butterfield, Molly Windsor, Fra Fee, Siobhan Finneran and Christopher Eccleston Set for Netflix Series ‘Out of the Dust’ (EXCLUSIVE)|first= K.J. |last=Yossman}}</ref>
 |}
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 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090509083327/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-unloved/pictures/series-1/episode-1/the-unloved-s1e1-20090506164051-4 Photos on Channel 4 website]
 *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/8055607.stm Discussion of The Unloved on Newsnight]
-*https://web.archive.org/web/20100905090308/http://www.ramayoungactors.co.uk/
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 [[Category:Living people]]
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-[[Category:Actresses from Nottinghamshire]]
+[[Category:Actresses from Nottingham]]
-[[Category:BAFTA winners (people)]]
 [[Category:Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners]]

v t e BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress
1955–1975	Googie Withers (1955) Virginia McKenna (1956) Rosalie Crutchley (1957) Gwen Watford (1959) Catherine Lacey (1960) Billie Whitelaw (1961) Ruth Dunning (1962) Brenda Bruce (1963) Vivien Merchant (1964) Katharine Blake (1965) Gwen Watford (1966) Vanessa Redgrave (1967) Judi Dench (1968) Wendy Craig (1969) Margaret Tyzack (1970) Annette Crosbie (1971) Patricia Hayes (1972) Billie Whitelaw (1973) Celia Johnson (1974) Lee Remick (1975)
1976–2000	Annette Crosbie (1976) Siân Phillips (1977) Penelope Keith (1978) Francesca Annis (1979) Cheryl Campbell (1980) Peggy Ashcroft (1981) Judi Dench (1982) Beryl Reid (1983) Coral Browne (1984) Peggy Ashcroft (1985) Claire Bloom (1986) Anna Massey (1987) Emma Thompson (1988) Thora Hird (1989) Diana Rigg (1990) Geraldine McEwan (1991) Helen Mirren (1992) Helen Mirren (1993) Helen Mirren (1994) Juliet Aubrey (1995) Jennifer Ehle (1996) Gina McKee (1997) Daniela Nardini (1998) Thora Hird (1999) Thora Hird (2000)
2001–present	Judi Dench (2001) Julie Walters (2002) Julie Walters (2003) Julie Walters (2004) Anamaria Marinca (2005) Anna Maxwell Martin (2006) Victoria Wood (2007) Eileen Atkins (2008) Anna Maxwell Martin (2009) Julie Walters (2010) Vicky McClure (2011) Emily Watson (2012) Sheridan Smith (2013) Olivia Colman (2014) Georgina Campbell (2015) Suranne Jones (2016) Sarah Lancashire (2017) Molly Windsor (2018) Jodie Comer (2019) Glenda Jackson (2020) Michaela Coel (2021) Jodie Comer (2022) Kate Winslet (2023) Sarah Lancashire (2024)

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