Background
She was born in Dublin, Ireland.
She was born in Dublin, Ireland.
Trinity College.
After graduating from the Samuel Beckett Theatre Centre in Trinity College, Dublin, she made her professional debut as Molser in the Gaiety Theatre production of The Plough and the Stars by Sean O"Casey, directed by Joe Dowling and starring Donal McCann. In 1997 she played Maggie in Independent Television"s British television adaptation of Catherine Cookson"s The Moth, directed by Roy Battersby and co-starring Jack Davenport. In 1998 she appeared as Sue Ellen Grogan in the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Ballykissangel and, in 2000, in the role of Eva Joyce in the movie Nora co-starring Ewan McGregor.
Her United States television roles have included Tracey in Law and Order: Criminal Intent in 2003.
She has appeared off-Broadway at The Irish Repertory Theatre"s productions of Same Old Moon (1995), Juno and the Paycock (1995), Shadow of a Gunman (1999), Eclipsed (2000), Pigtown (2001), Playboy of the Western World (2001) and the 20th anniversary production of Dancing at Lughnasa (2012). Playwright Barbara Hammond wrote a one-woman play for Moloney: Eva the Chaste, which premiered off-Broadway in 2011 with Fallen Angel Theatre Company.
She also played the role of Dora in the United States premiere of Airswimming by British playwright Charlotte Jones, produced by The Irish Repertory Theatre and Fallen Angel Theatre Company. In 2014 she returned to the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey to play Dol Common in The Alchemist by Ben Jonson, adapted and directed by Bonnie Monte.
She is the daughter of artist Rita O"Reilly and musician/composer Paddy Moloney of The Chieftains, with whom she has collaborated on a full length audio recording of Molly Bloom"s soliloquy from Ulysses by James Joyce, due for release in 2015.