Molly Windsor is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 teen actress from , Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, best known for starring as Lucy Manvers in the 2009 BAFTA winning television film The Unloved

The Unloved

The Unloved is a British television drama starring Molly Windsor, Susan Lynch and Robert Carlyle. It is about an eleven year old girl called Lucy growing up in a children's home in the UK's care system, and shown through her perspective...

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Career

Lucy Manvers in The Unloved was Windsor's first professional acting role. The Times

The Times

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described her character as "played with an unsettling stillness by Molly Windsor". She was discovered by the writer and director of The Unloved, Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Samantha Jane Morton is an English actress and film director. She began her performing career with guest roles in television shows such as Soldier Soldier and Boon before making her film debut in the 1997 drama film This Is the Sea, playing the character of Hazel Stokes...

 in a local drama school and casting agency, Rama Young Actors. She also had a role as Margaret's daughter in the recent release, Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine

Oranges and Sunshine is a 2010 drama film directed by Jim Loach with screenplay by Rona Munro.-Plot:The film tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered the scandal of "home children", a scheme of forcibly relocating poor children from the UK to Australia...

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Personal life

Windsor was born in Nottinghamshire, where she lives with her family. Her brother is in the rock band

Rock Band

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 Toxic Federation.
She attended the Nottingham Television Workshop, before switching to Rama Young Actors at the age of ten.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2010	Oranges and Sunshine Oranges and Sunshine Oranges and Sunshine is a 2010 drama film directed by Jim Loach with screenplay by Rona Munro.-Plot:The film tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham who uncovered the scandal of "home children", a scheme of forcibly relocating poor children from the UK to Australia...	Minor role
2009	The Unloved The Unloved The Unloved is a British television drama starring Molly Windsor, Susan Lynch and Robert Carlyle. It is about an eleven year old girl called Lucy growing up in a children's home in the UK's care system, and shown through her perspective...	Lucy Manvers

External links

• Photos on Channel 4 website
• Discussion of The Unloved on Newsnight
• http://www.ramayoungactors.co.uk/