Molly Windsor (born 19 June 1997) is an English actress. Her breakthrough role as a child actress, was in the Channel 4 television film The Unloved (2009); She won the 2018 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role as Holly Winshaw in the BBC miniseries Three Girls (2017).
Other credits include Oranges and Sunshine (2010), Traces (2019), Make Up (2019), The Runaways (2019), War of the Worlds (2022), She Said (2022), and Unchosen (2026).
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Early life
Windsor was born 19 June 1997, and raised in Nottingham, England. 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 film Oranges and Sunshine (2010).
In 2017, she played Holly Winshaw, alongside Liv Hill, 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, and played Ruth in the British psychological thriller film Make Up (2019).
Windsor played young Zelda Perkins, in the film She Said (2022), alongside Samantha Morton, who played the elder Perkins.
Windsor played the lead role of Rosie, alongside Asa Butterfield in Netflix psychological thriller Unchosen (2026).
Recognition
In 2017, together with Jessie Buckley and Josh O'Connor, Windsor was named as a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, one of the 20 members from the film, television and gaming industries.
