Molly Windsor

Molly Windsor (born 19 June 1997) 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. She is currently represented by United Agents, London.

Career

Windsor's first professional acting role was in 2009 as Lucy Manvers in the television movie The Unloved at age 11. The Times 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, which was based on the Rochdale child sex abuse ring, and for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress.

In 2019, she played Angie in The Runaways.

In the 2022 film She Said, Windsor played young Zelda Perkins. The role reunited her with her The Unloved co-star Samantha Morton, who played the elder Perkins.

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

Television

External links

• at IMDb
• on X