Molly Ringwald
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
104
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-02-18 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Roseville, California, USA
Molly Ringwald
Biography
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life (1979–80) after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical Annie. She and several other members of the original Facts of Life cast were let go when the show was reworked by the network. She subsequently made her motion-picture debut as Miranda in the independent film Tempest (1982), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. Ringwald is primarily known for her collaborations with filmmaker John Hughes. She established herself as a teen icon after appearing in the successful Hughes films Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986). She later starred in The Pick-up Artist (1987), Fresh Horses (1988), and For Keeps (1988). She starred in many films in the 1990s, most notably Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992), The Stand (1994), and Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade (1994 short film – precursor to Sling Blade). Ringwald had regular roles on the television series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008 - 2013) as Anne Juergens, Riverdale(2017 - 2023) as Mary Andrews, and Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (2024) as Joanne Carson. She is also recognized by younger audiences for her role as Sara Flynn in The Kissing Booth movies. Ringwald was part of the "Brat Pack", and she was ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Psych
Riverdale
Medium
The Bear
The View
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Facts of Life
The Outer Limits
The Kissing Booth 2
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Doc McStuffins
The Kissing Booth 3
The Tony Danza Show
Intimate Portrait
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
The Breakfast Club
Creepshow
Not Another Teen Movie
The Kissing Booth
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
The Stand
The Megan Mullally Show
FEUD
Drop the Mic
Tales of the City
SPF-18
Who Do You Think You Are?
All These Small Moments
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Remember WENN
Cowboy Up
Pretty in Pink
Since You've Been Gone
Rachael Ray
Sixteen Candles
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Single Drunk Female
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
King Lear
Pursued
The Giving Tree
Siberia
HouseBroken
For Keeps
Tall Tales & Legends
Johnny Appleseed
Kimberly
Me
Cut
Surviving
Townies
BRATS
The $treet
Bad Things
Tempest
Bad Night
Sincerely Yours
Columbarium
The Pick-up Artist
Office Killer
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Montauk
Jem and the Holograms
Malicious
Odd Mom Out
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Always at The Carlyle
Fresh Horses
Requiem for Murder
Judy Blume Forever
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
The Wives He Forgot
Thoughts and Prayers
Betsy's Wedding
Diff'rent Strokes
King Cobra
Life After Tomorrow
Wishin' and Hopin'
Seven Sundays
More Business of Being Born
Catherine & Michael
In the Darkness of Time
Raising Expectations
Baja
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Packin' It In
In the Weeds
Strike It Rich
Twice Upon a Time
One Night Only
Saturday TV Funhouse
P.K. and the Kid
Rainbow Brite
Titey
Enfants de salaud
A Brief History of Us
Face the Music
Wax On, Fuck Off
The Big Time
