Molly Ringwald

Known for ActingBorn 1968-02-18 (age 58)Roseville, California, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

Riverdale

The Bear

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Requiem for Murder

Psych

The Kissing Booth 2

FEUD

Remember WENN

The Outer Limits

Creepshow

The Breakfast Club

Seven Sundays

Medium

Judy Blume Forever

In the Darkness of Time

Wax On, Fuck Off

The Kissing Booth

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Packin' It In

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The New Yorker at 100

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

The Kissing Booth 3

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

Tales of the City

Titey

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

In the Weeds

The Facts of Life

Diff'rent Strokes

Always at The Carlyle

Who Do You Think You Are?

All These Small Moments

The Stand

Saturday Night Live

Drop the Mic

Odd Mom Out

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Life After Tomorrow

Sixteen Candles

Pretty in Pink

Townies

The Tony Danza Show

For Keeps

Strike It Rich

The Daily Show

King Lear