Molly Windsor
{{short description|British actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Molly Windsor
| image = Molly Windsor 2017.png
| image size = 130px
| caption = Windsor in 2017
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Nottingham, England
| alma_mater = Talent 1st organisation
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2007–present
}}
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,{{cite news|url = https://www.talent1st.org/ |title = Talent 1st |access-date = 17 May 2018}} and has signed a contract with London-based talent agency, the Artists Partnership.{{cite news|url = http://www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/breakthrough-brits/molly-windsor-actress|title = Breakthrough Brits 2017 - Molly Windsor|website= BAFTA|access-date = 17 May 2018}}{{cite news |url = http://www.theartistspartnership.co.uk/windsor/758/|title = Molly Windsor |website= The Artists Partnership|access-date = 17 May 2018}}
Career
Windsor's first professional acting role was in 2009 as Lucy Manvers in the television movie The Unloved at age 11.{{cite news|url = https://wyldemag.com/interviews/2019/10/31/the-wylde-interview-molly-windsor |title = The Wylde Interview: Molly |work= wyldemag.com |date= November 26, 2019}} The Times described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness".{{cite news|url = https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/samatha-morton-uses-her-life-for-the-unloved-2gvh3f5lxmt |title = Samatha Morton uses her life for The Unloved |author = Lesley White|date = 10 May 2009|website= The Times|access-date = 17 May 2018}}
She played Margaret's daughter in the 2010 film Oranges and Sunshine.
In 2017, she played Holly Winshaw in the BBC miniseries Three Girls,{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/may/16/molly-windsor-three-girls-bbc-rochdale-abuse-scandal |title=Molly Windsor, star of Rochdale abuse drama Three Girls: 'It made me really angry'|last=Khaleeli|first=Homa|work=theguardian.com|date=16 May 2017}} 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.
Recognition
In 2017, Windsor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, one of the 20 members from the film, television and gaming industries.{{cite web| title = BAFTA Announces Breakthrough Brits of 2017 |website = BAFTA |url = http://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/bafta-announces-breakthrough-brits-of-2017| date = 25 October 2017}}
Filmography
=Film=
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| style="width:3em;" |Year
! style="width:40%;"| Title ! style="width:20%;"| 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
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2017 | Black Road | Lilly
|Short |
| Johnny Marr & Maxine Peake: The Priest | Homeless Girl
|Video short | |
| 2019 | The Runaways | Angie
| |
| 2019 | Make Up | Ruth
| |
| 2022
|Young Zelda Perkins | |
=Television=
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2703558}}
- {{twitter |id=MollyWindsor97| name=Molly Windsor}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090509083327/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-unloved/pictures/series-1/episode-1/the-unloved-s1e1-20090506164051-4 Photos on Channel 4 website]
- [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/review/8055607.stm Discussion of The Unloved on Newsnight]
{{British Academy Television Award for Best Actress}}
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Category:British television actresses
Category:Actresses from Nottingham
Category:Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners
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