Mollie Winnard
Mollie Louise Winnard is an English actress. For her performance in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, she won an Inside Soap Award. She has since appeared in the Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small and the BBC One crime drama Happy Valley.
Early life
Winnard grew up in Chorley, Lancashire. She started acting in a primary school production and joined a local youth theatre. Winnard attended Winstanley College in Wigan. She subsequently trained at the Manchester School of Acting.Career
Winnard made her television debut as Zoe in the 2017 BBC One drama Love, Lies and Records. The following year, she joined the cast of the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street as antagonist Kayla, a role she played from April to July 2018. Her performance won Best Bad Girl at the Inside Soap Awards.In 2020, Winnard began playing the recurring character Maggie in the Channel 5 revival of All Creatures Great and Small. She appeared in the 2022 ITV true crime miniseries Four Lives as Demi. In 2023, Winnard joined the cast of the BBC One crime drama Happy Valley for its third series as Joanna Hepworth.