
Molly Ringwald
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

The Giving Tree

The Breakfast Club

The Kissing Booth

Not Another Teen Movie

The Kissing Booth 2

Siberia

Montauk

SPF-18

Sixteen Candles

For Keeps

Pretty in Pink

Cut

Cowboy Up

BRATS

King Lear

Office Killer

Pursued

Malicious

A Brief History of Us

The Kissing Booth 3

Me

Kimberly

Surviving

Bad Things

Packin' It In

Fresh Horses

Bad Night

Catherine & Michael

Betsy's Wedding

Sincerely Yours

The Pick-up Artist

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Run Amok

King Cobra

Always at The Carlyle

Seven Sundays

The New Yorker at 100

In the Weeds

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Jem and the Holograms

Tempest

Baja

Enfants de salaud

Since You've Been Gone

Strike It Rich

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

The Big Time

Wax On, Fuck Off

Life After Tomorrow

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

Judy Blume Forever

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Wishin' and Hopin'

Requiem for Murder

Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary

All These Small Moments

Titey

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

Face the Music

Twice Upon a Time

The Wives He Forgot

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Johnny Appleseed

In the Darkness of Time

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

P.K. and the Kid
