Molly Griffith was born in San Rafael, California. She grew up in Seattle where she began taking ballet lessons at age 5 and started acting and singing in high school plays. After graduating, she moved to New York City to study acting with Donna McKechnie and Uta Hagen. She went back to Seattle to attend Cornish College of the Arts Actor Training Conservatory. She moved to New York permanently and started singing in bands and acting in plays and student and independent films. In 2002, she was cast as the "Blonde" in "Monday Night Mayhem" directed by Ernest Dickerson. She continues to work in theater and film and performs regularly at various NYC venues. She is based in New York City.