Amy Molloy was born and raised in Belfast, N.Ireland. She moved to London to pursue her acting career, after achieving a LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts) Diploma with Distinction. She spent time in NYC to study at AADA (American Academy of Dramatic Arts) and upon receiving Dance and Drama Award funding, for excellence, she completed her training in London. Since graduating, Molloy has worked extensively across theaters in Ireland (for all Irelands major producers, including the Abbey, Gate and Gaiety theater's, the award-winning, internationally renowned Druid and Pan Pan and Prime Cut Productions) as well as theaters across the UK and in New York City, including the historic Public Theater NYC and the BAM Harvey theatre NYC (in the hugely successful "John Gabriel Borkman", with the late Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw and Lindsay Duncan). She had the great pleasure of being mentored by Alan Rickman who described her as, "a great courageous young talent". (Ref. Edinburgh Fringe 2015 reviews and articles). She can be seen as Holliday Graingers younger sister, Jean, in feature film ANIMALS, which premiered at SUNDANCE 2019, also starring Alia Shawcat. VARIETY review "..tamed wild child Jean (an excellent Amy Molloy)". Amy made a strong BBC debut in the long-running hit TV show, "Call the Midwife", as Phoebe Doyle, in a guest story line of series 3 (episode 6), alongside Killian Scott. She has also worked on the 3rd series of "The Fall" for the BBC. She has worked with BIFA award-winning director Yann Demange on the BAFTA nominated thriller "'71" with Jack O'Connell. She has also work-shopped story lines and helped with extensive character development, with the multi award-winning director/producer team, Shane Meadows and Mark Herbert (WARP films). In 2015, she set about producing and performing in her first one woman play, at the famous Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The production "TeaSet" (written by Gina Moxley) went on to be a word of mouth success, receiving praise from top theatre critics in a festival of over 3000 shows, including Lyn Gardner's top picks, in The Guardian national publication. Praise for the performance includes; ---------------- "Molloy delivers what must sit amongst the top rank of performances to be seen at the Fringe this year... captivating and compelling" (SCOTSMAN) "the performance shines through and by God it packs a wallop...Molloy gives a perfectly judged performance, containing the emotion until it spills over like a gush of spilled milk". (GUARDIAN) "Definitely one of the strongest performances at this years Fringe...the audience can visualize an entire story through her eyes". (FRINGE GURU) "a powerful and compelling performance as the young woman. She engages immediately with the audience and creates other characters with ease..". (FRINGE REVIEW) "powerful and controlled, credible and engaging...a most memorable piece of theatre". (UK THEATRE WEB) "brought to vivid life by Molloy...She is engaging, occasionally playing the older lady with subtle inflection, while bringing out the nuanced characterization of the protagonist. (...) Molloy is allowed to reveal her impressive acting skills, without slipping into a grand-standing performance." (THE LIST) "Molloy is by turns furious, distraught, and tautly watchful, with every moment conveyed with real truthfulness" (FWORD) "Molloy is commanding, vulnerable, versatile. A fascinating watch." (ABSENT REVIEW) "A tour de force performance" (FEMALEARTS) "Performed with incredible intensity" (17 PERCENT) "Molloy demonstrates beyond all doubt that she is an immensely talented performer...her intensity and commitment to the part (and) her own talents as an actor transport us anywhere the script needs us to be" (BROADWAY BABY) ---------- Amy originated the role of Julie in "London's most shocking play" CYPRUS AVENUE, opposite Oscar nominee Stephen Rea. The play has performed to great success at London's groundbreaking, historic Royal Court Theatre, as well as Ireland's National Theater Abbey, Public Theater NYC and MAC Belfast. She has also performed an extensive tour of the demanding two-hander "Disco Pigs", playing Runt, in a revival of the original (JMK award winning) Young Vic production. Amy continues to expand and diversify as a performer, adept at the nuances of screen work, as well as being a strong and engaging stage presence, in both dramatic, classic and comedic parts. More reviews for Amy's work are quoted below; --------------------- For "Into The Numbers" by Christopher Chen "Molloy is quietly impressive as American missionary, Minnie Vautrin, who believes she has witnessed the devil at work". (GUARDIAN) "Molloy steals the show as she heartbreakingly describes her efforts to save girls from the Japanese soldiers...the tension of that scene, are when the last of the audience are shifted to the edge of their seats" (EVERYTHING THEATRE) "A spellbinding encounter...Iris begs to know why Minnie Vautrin (Amy Molloy) committed suicide... a hair raising sequence" (INDEPENDENT) For "Lieutenant of Inishmore" by Martin McDonagh "The cast are all terrific, with Amy Molloy excellent as Mairead, a gun-toting teenager so seduced by the erotic pull of violence that she wants to form a terrorist splinter group, to fight for an Ireland fit for moggies." (GUARDIAN) "The performances, though, especially from Amy Molloy as Padraic's matchingly heartless girlfriend-in-waiting, are a delight". (TELEGRAPH) For "Kitty And Damnation" by Joseph Crilly "Ireland, 1829, and the "kissable" Kitty Galloway (Amy Molloy) is falling over drunk with Edmund Kean...a first-rate cast and Molloy simply terrific." (THE STAGE) "Amy Molloy is great fun as the spunky Kitty" (TIME OUT) "Kitty may lack morals but Amy Molloy plays her with a youthful innocence that even survives strangling her sister" (BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE) "Molloy plays the beautiful and wild lead and portrays the conventions of an anti-heroine; she is manipulative and seductive while simultaneously winning our hearts" (CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL) For "Once A Catholic" by Mary O'Malley "the undoubted star of the evening is Amy Molloy who is totally convincing as Father Mullarkey - a priest who eats his sausages while hearing confession so he can get to the off-licence before it closes." (HAM AND HIGH LONDON) - IMDb Mini Biography By: A.Peel
