[1] Born and raised in Lucan, Dublin, Doyle started dancing at the age of three and won several bronze, silver and gold medals at Irish and World Championships.
[2][3] After graduating from Mount Sackville Secondary School in nearby Chapelizod, Doyle began a Masters in European Social Policy where she was required to study at a different university for each semester.
She subsequently bypassed the rigorous auditions the other dancers were put through and joined the show's troupe for rehearsals just eight months after the Eurovision Song Contest interval act.
[2][6] In 2002, Doyle featured in the third Riverdance live recording instalment as she danced the lead alongside Breandán de Gallaí in Geneva, Switzerland.
[7] In October 2003, Doyle and Conor Hayes were the leads[8] when Riverdance toured China for the first time with multiple sell out performances in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.