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Maneepat Myra Molloy (; , nicknamed Myra (ไมร่า), is a Thai-American actress, singer and songwriter. She is the winner of the first season of '' Thailand's Got Talent'' and a Top 6 finalist on ABC's American spinoff of '' Rising Star .'' Molloy was the alternate for Kim in the 2018-9 touring production of ''
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''. She made her
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debut as Eurydice in ''
Hadestown ''Hadestown'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial vers ...
'' on May 6, 2025. Molloy also appeared in the 2021 film '' He's All That''.


Background

Molloy was born and raised in
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, Thailand to a Thai mother and an American father. She has a younger sister, Nina. From an early age, Molloy made frequent trips to
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. She was fascinated by ''
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'', on more than one occasion standing through the entire performance with her $26 standing-room ticket. She still tries to attend every musical that she possibly can. Molloy started playing violin when she was 5, later switching to the viola. She was a member of her school orchestra, as well as senior and chamber choirs. Molloy was the first vocal scholar at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok at age 9. In 2011 when Molloy was 13, she entered the first season of '' Thailand's Got Talent''. In the competition she sang ''Time to Say Goodbye'', ''Think of Me'', Pie Jesu, and the Thai pop song "Star". The founder of Bangkok Grand Opera said he opened his new production company based on the increased interest in Western classical music as a direct result of Molloy's performances. Since winning the competition in 2011, Molloy has performed regularly with the Siam Sinfonietta Orchestra and Bangkok Opera. She regularly sings at major events including The Thai National Film Awards, The British Embassy Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, The Asia-Pacific ICT Awards, numerous music festivals and concerts, and regularly at corporate events for major international companies including Rolls-Royce, Samsung, Johnson & Johnson, Shiseido and many more. Molloy has performed in
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, and the
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singing in different languages including English, Thai, Chinese, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Latin. She enjoys singing classical, pop, musicals and Jazz. In 2012 she landed her first major theatrical role, playing the young Reya in ''Reya the Musical'', based on a popular work of Thai fiction by Thaithow Sucharitkul, music by Somtow Sucharitkul. Every performance of the musical sold out. Molloy placed sixth in Season 1 of ''Rising Star'' USA on August 17, 2014, at age 16. In 2016 Molloy played the character Wish in HBO Asia's original series ''Halfworlds II''. She also co-wrote and performed several songs for the series. In November 2016, Molloy performed the songs and voice of Moana in the Thai version of the Walt Disney Studios animated film. In 2024, she reprised the role in its sequel. Molloy graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts, majoring in singing and songwriting. She was a merit scholarship student. Molloy was the
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for Kim in the 2018-19 US Broadway Tour of "Miss Saigon". On screen she's played Mara Chamberlain on the Freeform series
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and Quinn in movie "He's All That" on Netflix. 2024, Myra went to Thailand to reprise her role as the Thai-language voice and singing voice of Moana in Disney's animated film Moana 2. 2025 April 1, Myra made history as the first Thai person cast to play a leading role in a Broadway musical as Eurydice in the critically acclaimed musical Hadestown at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York. Myra began performing on May 6, 2025. Hadestown opened on Broadway in 2019 and was nominated for an amazing 14 Tony Awards, winning 8 Tonys including Best Musical of 2019.


Rising Star


Work


Movies and television

* The Winner '' Thailand's Got Talent'' (2011) * Final 6 on ABC Network, USA '' Rising Star'' (2014) * '' Moana'' (Thai version, voice role)(2016) * Halfworlds II, an HBO Asia original series (2016) * ''
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(2020)'' * '' He's All That'' (2021) * ''
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'' (Thai version, voice role) (2024)


Theater and opera

* 2006 Molloy sang in the children's choir in the Bangkok Opera production of ''Ayodhya'' by Somtow Sucharitkul * 2012 Molloy as Tiger in "A Boy and a Tiger" by Bruce Gaston at Impact Arena * 2012 Molloy as the young Reya in ''Reya the Musical''. The play is based on the book by famed Thai writer Thaitao Sucharitkul. Music by
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. * 2016 The 33 Gods, an opera by Somtow Sucharitkul. * 2016 Dracula, Blood is Life. Molloy played Lucy in the Bangkok theatrical production.Bangkok Post, Lifestyle, Blood is life, Feb. 2016 * 2018-2019 Kim (alternate),
Miss Saigon ''Miss Saigon'' is a sung-through musical theatre, stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera ''Madama Butterfly'', and similarly tells th ...
US national tour * 2025-present Eurydice,
Hadestown ''Hadestown'' is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial vers ...
Broadway


Recordings

* 2011: ''Serment au Clair de Lune'' from the concert ''A Tout Jamais'', a collection of H.M. The King of Thailand's songs translated into French. * 2012: ''Why Can't I Dream'' from ''Reya The Musical'' * 2014: ''Chandelier'' on Capitol Records, USA * 2014: ''Your Song'' on Capitol Records, USA * 2014: ''Stars'' on Capitol Records, USA * 2014: ''Gravity'' on Capitol Records, USA * 2014: ''Time to Say Goodbye'' on Capitol Records, USA * 2015: ''Could It Be You'' on Chillin' Groove Records * 2016: ''Blood Is Life'' on Ewing Entertainment * 2016: ''How Far I'll Go (Moana Thai Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' on Walt Disney Records * 2024: ''Beyond, Beyond (End Credit Version), Beyond (Reprise), We Know The Way, We’re Back, What Could Be Better Than This?, (Moana 2 Thai Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' on Walt Disney Records


Awards

* 2014 Top 6 in America's ABC "Rising Star" * 2011 Winner premier season ''Thailand's Got Talent'' * 2008 First prize trophy from HRH The Thai Princess ''Future Park Junior Talent Award 2008'' * 2008 Winner ''Dutchmill Kids Star Talent Contest 2008'' * 2008 Winner Fairbairn Exhibition Scholarship (Shrewsbury International School) * 2007 Winner ''Nescafe My Cup Fantasia 2'' * 2006 Winner ''MIFA Singing Contest 2006'' (at age 8)


References


External links

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