A UK-based artist known for her works of theatre, interactive art, and film. Molloy was born in Dublin, Ireland. She studied theatre in the late 1980s at Dartington College of Arts, UK, alongside her partner Joe Lawlor, both graduating in 1992. Molloy and Lawlor have together made works of theatre, interactive art, and film, as creative partnership Desperate Optimists, which also became the name of their production company