 O'Doherty won the ABC Symphony Australia Young Vocalist Award in 2007 and the following year was the first recipient of the Australian International Opera Award which included a scholarship to study at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice under the direction of Dennis O'Neill.and was also awarded a prize by the Tait Memorial Trust to assist with her studies in Cardiff.Shortly after completing her post-graduate diploma there in 2010, she sang the title role in "Lucia di Lammermoor" at the Prague State Opera and reprised the role with the company the following season.