Molly Ringwald
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-02-18
Place of Birth
Roseville, California, USA
Molly Ringwald
Biography
Molly Kathleen Ringwald 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.
Also Known For
The Breakfast Club
Feb 15, 1985
Cut
Feb 23, 2000
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
Jul 18, 2003
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Aug 11, 1999
Pretty in Pink
Feb 28, 1986
Not Another Teen Movie
Dec 07, 2001
For Keeps
Jan 15, 1988
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
May 20, 1983
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Mar 26, 1994
Pursued
Mar 25, 2023
Sixteen Candles
May 04, 1984
Fresh Horses
Nov 18, 1988
The Wives He Forgot
Sep 10, 2006
Bad Things
Jun 09, 2023
Titey
May 15, 1998
Judy Blume Forever
Jan 21, 2023
The Pick-up Artist
Sep 18, 1987
Tempest
Aug 13, 1982
Office Killer
Dec 03, 1997
Betsy's Wedding
Jun 22, 1990
King Lear
Jan 22, 1988
Malicious
Nov 06, 1995
Cowboy Up
Sep 03, 2002
Enfants de salaud
Apr 03, 1996
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Mar 26, 1992
Strike It Rich
Jan 26, 1990
More Business of Being Born
Nov 08, 2011
In the Weeds
Jun 11, 2000
Face the Music
Jun 23, 1993
P.K. and the Kid
Jan 06, 1987
Catherine & Michael
Sep 27, 2023
Jem and the Holograms
Oct 22, 2015
Me
Nov 21, 2014
Baja
Apr 16, 1996
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Oct 06, 2014
Wishin' and Hopin'
Nov 23, 2014
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Apr 02, 1990
Columbarium
Packin' It In
Feb 07, 1983
Surviving
Feb 10, 1985
Bad Night
Jul 21, 2015
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Nov 26, 2006
King Cobra
Oct 21, 2016
BRATS
Jun 07, 2024
Requiem for Murder
Apr 03, 1999
Montauk
Jul 02, 2025
The Kissing Booth
May 11, 2018
All These Small Moments
Jan 17, 2019
Seven Sundays
Jan 11, 1995
SPF-18
Sep 29, 2017
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Jan 14, 1986
Always at The Carlyle
May 11, 2018
Siberia
Jul 13, 2018
Since You've Been Gone
Jun 06, 1998
Kimberly
Oct 28, 1999
The Big Time
Oct 20, 2002
The Giving Tree
Mar 07, 2000
The Kissing Booth 2
Jul 24, 2020
The Kissing Booth 3
Aug 11, 2021
Johnny Appleseed
Jan 01, 1986
Twice Upon a Time
Nov 09, 1998
A Brief History of Us
May 31, 2022
Life After Tomorrow
Dec 24, 2006
In the Darkness of Time
Sep 03, 2002
Sincerely Yours
Sep 16, 2008
Thoughts and Prayers
Wax On, Fuck Off
Jun 25, 2010
Medium
Jan 03, 2005
The Tony Danza Show
Sep 13, 2004
The $treet
Nov 01, 2000
Diff'rent Strokes
Nov 03, 1978
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Jul 01, 2008
Creepshow
Sep 26, 2019
The Stand
May 08, 1994
Townies
Sep 18, 1996
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
Single Drunk Female
Jan 20, 2022
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Psych
Jul 07, 2006
Riverdale
Jan 26, 2017
Drop the Mic
Oct 24, 2017
Who Do You Think You Are?
Mar 05, 2010
Doc McStuffins
Mar 23, 2012
HouseBroken
May 31, 2021
Odd Mom Out
Jun 08, 2015
Raising Expectations
May 05, 2016
Remember WENN
Jan 13, 1996
The Bear
Jun 23, 2022
Intimate Portrait
Nov 14, 1993
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
FEUD
Mar 05, 2017
Tales of the City
Jun 07, 2019
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Sep 21, 2022
Rachael Ray
Sep 18, 2006
Tall Tales & Legends
Sep 25, 1985
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Saturday TV Funhouse
The Facts of Life
Aug 24, 1979
The Megan Mullally Show
Sep 18, 2006
