Molly Windsor

British actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Molly Windsor

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.

Quick Facts Born, Alma mater ...
Molly Windsor
Thumb
Windsor in 2017
Born
Nottingham, England
Alma materTalent 1st organisation
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present
Close

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

More information Year, Title ...
Year Title Role Notes
2007The Imaginary GirlAmy Short
2009My Last Five GirlfriendsKids at Camp
2010Oranges and SunshineRachel
2012When the Lights Went OutPale Girl
2017Black RoadLilly Short
Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake: The PriestHomeless Girl Video short
2019The RunawaysAngie
2019Make UpRuth
2022 She Said Young Zelda Perkins
Close

Television

More information Year, Title ...
YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 The UnlovedLucy Manvers TV movie
2017Three GirlsHolly Winshaw TV mini-series, 3 episodes
Nominated — RTS Breakthrough Award - On Screen (2018)[8]
Winner — 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress
2019CheatRose Vaughan ITV drama series
2019TracesEmma Hedges Alibi drama series, subsequently repeated on BBC1 in January 2021
2022War of the WorldsMartha Third season of FoxNetworks / CanalPlus production
TBA Out of the DustRosieFilming[9]
Close

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.