The cast of Cheat on ITV boasts some of the biggest names from UK TV in its ranks, including BAFTA-winning actor Molly Windsor. Starring opposite former Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly, who stars as Leah Dale, Windsor plays the role of manipulative student Rose Vaughan on Cheat. At just 21 years of age, Windsor has already enjoyed a number of high-profile roles prior to landing the co-lead character on the four-part ITV series. Here’s all you need to know about the Cheat star.
Who plays Rose Vaughan on Cheat on ITV?
Cheat will introduce ITV viewers to the character of Rose Vaughan in the series’ very first episode tonight (Monday, March 11).
ITV will air every episode of Cheat on a nightly basis this week with the series drawing to a close on Thursday, March 14.
Windsor stars in every episode of Cheat as the character of Rose, an undergraduate student who raises suspicions with her lecturer Leah Dale when she hands in a flawless essay.
A toxic student-lecturer relationship begins to grow between the two, ending in deadly consequences for both Rose and Leah.
Prior to the first episode of Cheat, Windsor spoke to Express.co.uk and other media about her time on the show.
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Windsor said: “I think Rose is cool. I’ll fight Rose’s corner to the end because she sees the world for what it is.
“She sees people like Leah and she’s not of their world so she can laugh at it, so she was a really fun part to play, a bit of an outsider.”
The actor also revealed what drew her to the role, explaining: “I read the script late at night, knowing I had to get an audition tape in the next day if I wanted to do it.
“I ended up staying up and reading all of the scripts they sent.
“[Cheat’s creator] Gaby Hull’s writing hooked me in right from the start. It was so intelligent and also about what is not said.
“There was so much room to play in – so many possibilities.”
Speaking to ITV, co-star Kelly also paid tribute to her fellow lead actor.
Kelly said: “Molly is magnificent, as you would expect of someone who has won a BAFTA for Leading Actress a such a young age.
“Just as important to me is the fact she is a fantastic human being as well.
“I really like her integrity and work ethic – she enjoys the arts and wants everything to be the best, most interesting and authentic it can be.
“I loved working with Molly and we’ve remained very good friends.”
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Windsor won the BAFTA for Leading Actor in 2018 for her portrayal of Holly Winshaw in BBC drama Three Girls.
At just 20 years of age at the time, Windsor thanked the girls on which the BBC series is based, praising their “selfless courage” in telling their story.
Three Girls isn’t the only role prior to Cheat in which Windsor has received praise from critics.
The Cheat star burst into the limelight aged 11 in the 2009 movie The Unloved, directed by The Walking Dead’s Samantha Morton.
Her other acting credits include films The Runaways, When the Lights Went Out, and Oranges and Sunshine.
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Who stars on Cheat on ITV?
Windsor’s joined by a whole host of big names in the cast of Cheat.
Co-lead Kelly plays university lecturer Dr Leah Dale who becomes embroiled in a deadly storyline with Rose.
Star of AMC and Channel 4 series Humans Tom Goodman-Hill plays Leah’s husband Adam.
Oscar-nominee Peter Firth also stars in Cheat as Leah’s dad Michael.
Other actors to keep an eye out for on Cheat include Lorraine Ashbourne as Angela, Parker Swayers as Stephan, Burn Gorman as Ben, and Joanna Brookes as Sandra.
Cheat begins tonight (March 11) at 9pm on ITV.