Dearbhla Molloy

Dearbhla Molloy

Dearbhla Molloy was born on 1946 in Dublin, Ireland, Ireland, is Actress. Dearbhla Molloy was born in Dublin, the eldest of seven children, one of whom, her brother Dara, is well-known in Ireland as a priest and education expert. As a little girl she was taken to see the plays at the Abbey Theater, Dublin, particularly enjoying the 'uniquely Irish' pantomimes. She left school at sixteen and claims that, whilst she had no burning ambitions to act, she was too young for university entry and so her parents allowed her to appear in plays at the Abbey. It was lucky for her that they were being performed in the Irish language, which she had learnt at school. Over the next few years she consolidated her stage reputation at both the Abbey and the Gate theaters, coming to England to tour with an Abbey production. She was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company, has played Gertrude to Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet in the West End, and has lived in London ever since. In 1991 she was in the company that performed Brian Friel's 'Dancing at Lughnasa', about the sad lives of a group of sisters in pre-war rural Ireland, on Broadway, and was nominated for a Tony award, though her role went to the non-Irish Kathy Burke in the cinema version. Whilst her reputation is justly high as a stage actress, she has appeared in many television plays and series, notably as Michael Palin's wife in the hard-hitting 'GBH' and also in more populist fare like 'New Tricks' - as a murderer - and 'Midsomer Murders' - as a murder victim as well as the American 'Sex and the City'.
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Biography/Timeline

1960

She has appeared extensively in the plays of Irish Playwright Brian Friel. On television, she has appeared in Waking the Dead, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, New Tricks, and the 1960s RTÉ soap opera Tolka Row.

1991

In 1991 she was in the company that performed Brian Friel's Dancing at Lughnasa, about the sad lives of a group of sisters in pre-war rural Ireland, on Broadway, and was nominated for a Tony award, losing to co-star Bríd Brennan, although her role went to the Kathy Burke in the film version. She has appeared in such television plays and series, as Michael Palin's wife in the GBH and in New Tricks, Midsomer Murders, and Sex, the City and Me.

2009

In 2009, she joined the cast of Coronation Street as the mother of Michelle Connor (Kym Marsh), succeeding Sorcha Cusack who played the part of Helen Connor the year before.

2015

She reprised her role for two episodes in 2015. Her film credits include Tara Road, The Blackwater Lightship and This Is the Sea. In April 2017, she will appear in The Ferryman at the Royal Court Theatre, ahead of a transfer to the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.