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Acting

Dearbhla Molloy

Career: Active from 1970 to 2025, busiest in 2025 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 8
top three billing

Average score: 59/100

Highest rated: Four Mothers
79/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dearbhla Molloy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
3.2, average 4.8
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Physical Comedy
1.4, average 2.4
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Psychological Thriller 3
Melancholy 3
Nostalgic 3
Gritty Realism 2
Family Conflict 2
Family Saga 2
Rural Setting 2
Gentle Humor 2
Medical Drama 2
Character Study 2
Coming-of-Age 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 61

Four Mothers

79

as Jean

Irish Blood

72

TV show

Mr. K

53

as Sara Monchien

The Last GunFight

39

as Trudy

Royal Rendezvous

56

as The Duchess

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage

as Sister Fenella / Doris Whicher

Three Families

68

TV show · as Eileen O'Donnell

Wild Mountain Thyme

43

as Aoife Muldoon

Uncle Vanya

75

as Grandmaman

2010s

7 titles · average score 70

Women on the Verge

79

TV show · as Vera

Acceptable Risk

67

TV show · as Marie Heffernan

You are Beautiful

as Scarlet

Quirke

64

TV show · as Celia Latimer

3096 Days

62

as Wolfgang's Mother

Scandal

76

TV show · as Queen Isabel

Case Histories

71

TV show · as Marian Foster

2000s

13 titles · average score 62

U Be Dead

61

as Dr. Bernice Falkowska

No Reservations

55

as Anna

Stan

62

as Ida

Tara Road

51

as Finola

55 Degrees North

75

TV show · as Jocelyn

Bloom

48

as Mrs. Breen

The Blackwater Lightship

61

as Essie Kehoe

State of Mind

as Wanda Latimer

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as Matron Grace Petrie

Bug

73

as World Record Official

Swallow

TV show · as Dorothy Collins

Waking the Dead

50

TV show · as Maraid Doyle

1990s

15 titles · average score 63

Colour Blind

68

TV show · as Kathie McQueen

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Elizabeth Key

This Is the Sea

50

as Ma Stokes

The Fragile Heart

TV show · as Dr. Lileth Pascoe

The Run of the Country

59

as Danny's Mother

Frankie Starlight

64

as Effa Kelly

Loaded

26

as Therapist

Peak Practice

65

TV show · as Karen Eastman

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Hetty Bolton

A Touch of Frost

51

TV show · as Linda Heal

G.B.H.

74

TV show · as Laura Nelson

The Storyteller: Greek Myths

81

TV show · as Oracle

1980s

9 titles · average score 61

Dick Francis: Twice Shy

as Donna Keithley

Taffin

51

as Mrs. Martin

Lorna

as Clare

When Reason Sleeps

TV show · as Mother

Casualty

62

TV show · as Eileen Walker

Summer Lightning

as Mrs Clark

Killer Exposed

as Det Sgt Gill Parsons

Educating Rita

70

as Elaine

John David

as Judith

1970s

4 titles · average score 72

The Out of Town Boys

as Fidelma

A Week in the Life of Martin Cluxton

as Mary

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Fidelma / Judith

Paddy

as Maureen