Mollie Winnard

Mollie Louise Winnard (born 14 March 1997) 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 (2020–present), the BBC One crime drama Happy Valley (2023) and the BBC school drama Waterloo Road (2026).

Early life Winnard was born in Wigan on 14 March 1997. She 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. In 2026, it was announced that she had joined the cast of the BBC school drama series Waterloo Road as Gemma Tully, a newly qualified teacher. She will make her first on-screen appearance in its eighteenth series.

Personal life As of 2023, Winnard is in a relationship with DJ Jordan Murphy.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2017 Love, Lies and Records Zoe 2 episodes 2018 Coronation Street Kayla Clifton 30 episodes 2020–present All Creatures Great and Small Maggie 17 episodes 2022 Four Lives Demi 2 episodes (miniseries) 2023 Happy Valley Joanna Hepworth 5 episodes (series 3) 2026 Silent Witness DI Claire Ferris 2 episodes (series 29) 2026 Waterloo Road Gemma Tully Main role 2026 Apnas Eleanor Elmsley