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.
Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit CIC organisation, and the Television Workshop,
and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership.
Career
Windsor's first professional acting role was in 2009 as Lucy Manvers in the television movie
The Unloved at age 11.
described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness".
She played Margaret's daughter in the 2010 film
Oranges and Sunshine.
In 2017, she played Holly Winshaw in the BBC miniseries Three Girls,
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.
Filmography
Film
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| Amy | Short |
| Kids at Camp | |
| Rachel | |
| Pale Girl | |
| Lilly | Short |
| Homeless Girl | Video short |
| Angie | |
| Ruth | |
| 2022 | She Said | Young Zelda Perkins | |
Television
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| 2009 | Lucy Manvers | TV movie |
| Holly Winshaw | TV mini-series, 3 episodes
Nominated — RTS Breakthrough Award - On Screen (2018)
Winner — 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Leading Actress |
| Rose Vaughan | ITV drama series |
| Emma Hedges | Alibi drama series, subsequently repeated on BBC1 in January 2021 |
| Martha | Third season of FoxNetworks / CanalPlus production |
| | Filming |
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