“Clare O’Malley delivers one of the most astonishing performances I’ve seen this year”
“Ms O’Malley’s performance is but one of countless great things about this production.”
Clare O'Malley is an award-winning Irish artist based between Dublin and New York City. She is a graduate and valedictorian of the University of the Arts with a BFA in Theatre.
Recent credits include Agnes Mundy in Dancing at Lughnasa (Asolo Repertory Theatre, directed by Joe Dowling, 2025). Clare has performed at The Abbey Theatre, The Gate Theatre, and The Gaiety in Dublin, and is a company member at The Irish Repertory Theatre Off-Broadway. New York stage roles include Philadelphia, Here I Come!, The Plough and the Stars, and Pumpgirl, which The New York Times named “one of the year’s most astonishing performances.”
Clare wrote and performed the solo show Transatlantic Living Off-Broadway. Screen work includes Creed (MGM), Distemper, and Isolathuns. She also performed on the Eurovision stage in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Clare’s debut EP New Heights (2025) and single The Collector are available on all major streaming platforms. Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
She is the granddaughter of poet Thomas Kinsella and Mary O'Malley, founder of The Lyric Theatre in Belfast.
Recent Performances
'Agnes Mundy in ‘Dancing at Lughnasa' directed by Joe Dowling at Asolo Repertory Theatre , FL.
Originating the role of ‘Margo’ in the brand new Irish musical ‘JILTED’ in New York City at 54 Below.
Music
Theatre
‘Philadelphia, Here I Come!’ Irish Repertory Theater, Off Broadway 2024
Please reach out for a full CV/Resume. Clare O’Malley has originated roles in critically acclaimed productions from Dublin to New York City. In Ireland, she has performed at The Abbey Theatre, The Gate, The Gaiety, The Olympia, Smock Alley, and more (see full credits at Playography IRE). Off Broadway Clare has played major roles such as Nora Clitheroe in The Plough and the Stars and Sinéad in Pumpgirl, U.S. regional highlights include Nina in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Beth Halloway in Something Wicked This Way Comes, Joan in Saint Joan, and her personal favourite — the title role in the U.S. premiere of Hetty Feather.
Dancing at Lughnasa, Asolo Repertory Theatre
The Plough and the Stars
PumpGirl
Saint Joan
PumpGirl
Saint Joan
The Dead, The Abbey
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Parcel From America
Hetty Feather
The Last Summer
Bewley’s Cafe Cabaret
Transatlantic Living, Solo Show
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