Molly Windsor (born 19 June 1997) is an English actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 2009

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television film ''

The Unloved ''The Unloved'' is a British television film starring Molly Windsor, Robert Carlyle, Susan Lynch and Lauren Socha. It is about an eleven-year-old girl called Lucy (Windsor) growing up in a children's home in the UK's care system, and shown thro ...

'', and has appeared in ''

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'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2019). She is best known for her performance in the 2017

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miniseries '' Three Girls'', for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, also being named In 2017, as a ''BAFTA Breakthrough Brit''.

Early life

Windsor was discovered by the writer and director of BAFTA-winning ''

'',

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, in a local drama school and casting agency, Rama Young Actors. Windsor attended the Nottingham Actors Studio, a not-for-profit

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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 ''

'' at age 11. ''

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'' described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness by Molly Windsor". She played Margaret's daughter in the 2010 film, ''

''. In 2017 she played Holly Winshaw in the

miniseries '' Three Girls'', which was based on the

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, and for which she won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. In 2017, Windsor was named as a ''BAFTA Breakthrough Brit'', one of the 20 members from the film, television, and gaming industries. In 2019, she played Angie in ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Photos on Channel 4 websiteDiscussion of The Unloved on Newsnight
1997 births Living people British television actresses Actresses from Nottinghamshire Best Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners {{UK-tv-actor-1990s-stub