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Jaime Margaret Winstone (born 6 May 1985) is an English actress, best known for her roles in Kidulthood (2006), Goldplated (2006), Dead Set (2008), Donkey Punch (2008), Boogie Woogie (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), Anuvahood (2011), Wild Bill (2011), Mad Dogs (2013), Love, Rosie (2014), After Hours (2015), The Last Photograph (2017), Tomb Raider (2018), Knuckledust (2020), A Brixton Tale (2021), and Sumotherhood (2023).
She is notable for her portrayal of Barbara Windsor in Babs (2017), and playing younger Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders (2022, 2025), who had previously been portrayed by Windsor.
Her family later moved to Roydon, Essex, where she attended the specialist performing arts college Burnt Mill School in Harlow, before going on to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at the performing arts department of Harlow College, Essex.
Winstone Singing backing vocals for her sister Lois' band. As an actress, she has appeared in the music video for The Streets' single "When You Wasn't Famous", The Twang's single "Two Lovers", and Hercules and Love Affair's single "Blind". In April 2009, she co-starred with then-boyfriend Alfie Allen in the music video for the Madness single "Dust Devil".
Winstone made her catwalk modelling debut in 2008 for Vivienne Westwood, and in February 2009 she appeared on the front cover of Arena. She made her stage debut in a Hampstead Theatre revival of The Fastest Clock in the Universe which also played at the Curve theatre, Leicester.
In March 2010, she was announced as a new patron of the East End Film Festival. Winstone starred in the Stealth Media Group-produced thriller film Manor Hunt Ball and based on the novel The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell.
The spring of 2010 also saw Winstone portray Anneli Alderton, one of five women murdered in Ipswich 2006, in the BBC drama Five Daughters. Alderton was the third girl to go missing in December 2006. In the summer of 2014, she filmed the lead role Lauren in Sky One comedy drama After Hours.
In 2013, Winstone appeared in the BBC series Mad Dogs alongside John Simm, Max Beesley, Philip Glenister and Marc Warren.
In May 2017, Winstone starred as Barbara Windsor in the BBC biopic, Babs. On preparing for the role, Winstone told The Independent: "As soon as I sat down with Barbara Windsor, I got to analyse her, to see how she moved - and I instantly related to this wonderful woman. She is so generous and easy to talk to and connect with ... the pressure just faded away as I talked to this amazing woman. These roles don’t come along that often. It was an honour."
In January 2022, Winstone appeared on the third series of The Masked Singer as "Firework". She was sixth to be unmasked. That September 2022, Winstone appeared on EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell in a flashback episode set in 1979.
In 2023, Winstone appeared in the play , playing the character of Jenny. In 2025, she reprised her role on EastEnders as Peggy Mitchell in the form of hallucinations experienced by Phil Mitchell for the serial's 40th anniversary week. Her 2025 return episode won "Best Single Episode" at the 2025 British Soap Awards.
In 2025, she starred in the Craig Tuohy written and directed horror film Everyone Is Going to Die.
Winstone was previously engagement to actor Alfie Allen.
| + Film | ||
| 2004 | Bullet BoyNatalie | |
| 2005 | Love Letter | Tracey |
| 2006 | Kidulthood | Becky |
| Daddy's Girl | Nina | |
| 2008 | Donkey Punch | Kim |
| 2009 | Boogie Woogie | Elaine |
| Eve | Rachel | |
| 2010 | Made in Dagenham | Sandra |
| 2011 | Anuvahood | Yasmin |
| Wild Bill | Helen | |
| 2012 | Elfie Hopkins | Elfie Hopkins |
| 2013 | uwantme2killhim? | Rachel |
| Powder Room | Chanel | |
| 2014 | Love, Rosie | Ruby |
| 2017 | The Last Photograph | Mother |
| 2018 | Tomb Raider | Pamela |
| Farming | Lynn | |
| 2019 | Hurt by Paradise | Janette |
| 2020 | Knuckledust | Redmond |
| 2021 | A Brixton Tale | Tilda |
| 2023 | Sumotherhood | Sarah |
| 2025 | Everyone Is Going to Die | Horror |
| + Television | |||
| 2005 | Hannah | Episode No.2.4 | |
| 2006 | Totally Frank | Lisa | 2 episodes |
| Vincent | Gina | Episode No.2.1 | |
| Goldplated | Lauren | 8 episodes | |
| 2008 | Phoo Action | Whitey Action | Director: Euros Lyn |
| Dead Set | Kelly | 5 episodes | |
| 2009 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Sheila Webb | Episode 12.1: "The Clocks" |
| 2010 | Five Daughters | Annelli Alderton | 3 episodes |
| Beast Hunters | Pandora | "Archituthius Slimbus", "Infected" | |
| 2012 | True Love | Stella | Episode:1.2 "Paul" |
| 2013 | Run | Tara | Episode: "Kasia" |
| Mad Dogs | Mercedes | 3 episodes | |
| 2015 | Cockroaches | Ash | 2 episodes |
| Foyle's War | Vera Stephens | Episode: "High Castle" | |
| After Hours | Lauren | 6 episodes | |
| 2017 | Babs | Barbara Windsor | Biopic |
| Joe Orton Laid Bare | Ensemble Orton Cast | BBC Two docudrama | |
| 2018 | Torvill & Dean | Janet Sawbridge | Television film |
| 2020 | Squad Goals | Narrator | BBC Three |
| 2022, 2025 | EastEnders | Peggy Mitchell | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Four Lives | Donna Taylor | Episodes 2 and 3 |
| The Masked Singer | Firework | Contestant | |
| 2023 | Count Abdulla | Kathy |
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