Maria Alexandra Florea (born 11 January 1996), known professionally as Holy Molly, is a Romanian singer, songwriter and musician. She started her career in 2010 as Miss Mary, and in 2019 she reinvented herself and became Holy Molly.
Maria Alexandra Florea was born on 11 January 1996 in Bucharest, Romania. She started singing as a child, under the guidance of her mother, who wanted to become a singer. In 1999, she started singing in the Allegretto Children Choir of Bucharest. At the age of seven, she met her first singing teacher and began attending music competitions all over the country. She then attended the Gymnasium School of Arts no. 4 in Bucharest for piano and guitar classes.
At twelve years old, she meets Mihai CÃÂciulÃÂ, who would become her manager. She went to a studio for the first time in 2010 and recorded âÂÂYou DonâÂÂt Love Meâ under the stage name of Miss Mary. Shortly after, she signed with a local record label called Red Clover and released her first music video for âÂÂOpenâÂÂ. In 2016, she started writing songs and became an independent artist. In 2017, she released âÂÂShadowsâÂÂ, her first international song with âÂÂIt's DifferentâÂÂ, immediately followed by âÂÂOutlawâÂÂ. During this period, she graduated from Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest, an acting speciality.
In 2019, after one year of failed attempts to work with people and create music, she released âÂÂEverybodyâÂÂs ScaredâÂÂ, her first single as Holy Molly. Her next song "Ménage àTrois" was a collaboration with the German producer . On August 6, 2021, Holy Molly released a collaboration with the French-Italian duo Shanguy called âÂÂCâÂÂest La Vie.âÂÂ