Molly Ringwald
Acting
- Born:
- 1968-02-18
- Place of birth:
- Roseville, California, USA
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
Filmography
One Night Only
Run Amok
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
The New Yorker at 100
Montauk
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
BRATS
Catherine & Michael
Bad Things
Pursued
Judy Blume Forever
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Bear
A Brief History of Us
Single Drunk Female
The Kissing Booth 3
HouseBroken
The Kissing Booth 2
Creepshow
Tales of the City
All These Small Moments
Siberia
The Kissing Booth
Always at The Carlyle
Drop the Mic
SPF-18
FEUD
Riverdale
King Cobra
Raising Expectations
Jem and the Holograms
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Bad Night
Odd Mom Out
Wishin' and Hopin'
Me
Rainbow Brite
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Doc McStuffins
More Business of Being Born
The Talk
Wax On, Fuck Off
Who Do You Think You Are?
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Sincerely Yours
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Life After Tomorrow
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Rachael Ray
The Megan Mullally Show
The Wives He Forgot
Psych
Medium
The Tony Danza Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Big Time
Cowboy Up
In the Darkness of Time
Not Another Teen Movie
The $treet
In the Weeds
The Giving Tree
Cut
Kimberly
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Requiem for Murder
Twice Upon a Time
Since You've Been Gone
Titey
Office Killer
The View
Townies
The Daily Show
Baja
Enfants de salaud
Remember WENN
Malicious
The Outer Limits
Seven Sundays
The Stand
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Intimate Portrait
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Face the Music
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Betsy's Wedding
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Strike It Rich
Fresh Horses
King Lear
For Keeps
The Pick-up Artist
P.K. and the Kid
Johnny Appleseed
Pretty in Pink
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Tall Tales & Legends
The Breakfast Club
Surviving
Sixteen Candles
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Packin' It In
Tempest
The Facts of Life
Diff'rent Strokes
Saturday Night Live
Columbarium
Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made
The Stand
Saturday TV Funhouse