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Molly Windsor
Born (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 27)
Nottingham, England
Alma materTalent 1st organisation
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Molly Windsor (born 19 June 1997) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the 2009 Channel 4 television film The Unloved, and the 2017 BBC miniseries Three Girls,[1] for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. Windsor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, one of the 20 members from the film, television, and gaming industries, in 2017.[2]

Career

Windsor's first professional acting role was as Lucy Manvers in The Unloved. The Times described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness by Molly Windsor".[3] 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.[3] She also had a role as Margaret's daughter in the 2011 film, Oranges and Sunshine.

Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit CIC organisation, and the Television Workshop,[4] and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership.[5][6]

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
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)[7]
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

References

  1. ^ Khaleeli, Homa (16 May 2017). "Molly Windsor, star of Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls: 'It made me really angry'". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  2. ^ "BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017". BAFTA. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Lesley White (10 May 2009). "Samatha Morton uses her life for The Unloved". The Times. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Talent 1st". Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Breakthrough Brits 2017 - Molly Windsor". BAFTA. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Molly Windsor". The Artists Partnership. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  7. ^ "RTS Programme Awards 2018, In Partnership with Audio Network". UK: Royal Television Society. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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