MOLLY OLDHAM

Molly Oldham is a singer, actor and philanthropist from Akron, Ohio, who recently graduated from UNC Greensboro with a BFA Musical Theatre Degree.  She started performing at the age of five and was cast in OKLAHOMA! and spent her next summers on stage, in the pool, and on the soccer field. Molly found ways to be involved in unique aspects of performing all throughout high school, from being the President of her drama club to being a soloist in her show choir. She also enjoyed dressing as Moana at birthday parties/ community parades, produced and choreographed synchronized swimming shows, been a backup singer in a touring adult rock band, danced with Alzheimer residents of the local nursing home and coached kids theater in the community.

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In 2019 she was accepted to her dream school as one of six in the inaugural Musical Theater cohort at UNC Greensboro under the Direction of director, Dominick Amendum.  That same year, she was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain cancer, Stage 3 Anaplastic Ependymoma. After a 7-hour surgery to remove a tennis ball size tumor, she woke up from surgery singing. After treatment, she was able to move to Greensboro an start her studies. Finally arriving in North Carolina for the Spring semester,  seizures and Covid joined forces to send her back home. It is during this time that she began using her voice to advocate, build awareness and fundraise to fight pediatric cancer.  From speaking to the Governor of Ohio to appearing on ABC THE VIEW for Brain Cancer Awareness Month to singing the National Anthem for the NHL Hockey Fights Cancer Nights, she found true purpose.

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Continuing to use performing as a vehicle for advocacy, she professionally recorded her own original song, Mighty in Me, with Cancer Can Rock, Climbed the Hill in Washington DC to speak to change makers and politicians, collaborated with WISHES CAN HAPPEN to throw a Gratitude Gala on her 21st birthday to raise over $50K for various cancer organizations locally and nationwide, and continues to affect positive change with her own non-profit called TMI, The Molly Impact "You Can Never SHARE too much", where she provides resources to cancer patients aged 16-24.

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​Molly credits music, her medical team, her family and friends along with the kindness of strangers for having today and for being able to have many more tomorrows.

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