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.
Movies (69)
One Night Only
2026
Run Amok
2026
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025
The New Yorker at 100
2025
Montauk
2025
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025
BRATS
2024
Catherine & Michael
2023
Bad Things
2023
Pursued
2023
Judy Blume Forever
2023
A Brief History of Us
2022
The Kissing Booth 3
2021
The Kissing Booth 2
2020
All These Small Moments
2019
Siberia
2018
The Kissing Booth
2018
Always at The Carlyle
2018
SPF-18
2017
King Cobra
2016
Jem and the Holograms
2015
Bad Night
2015
Wishin' and Hopin'
2014
Me
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
More Business of Being Born
2011
Wax On, Fuck Off
2010
Sincerely Yours
2008
Life After Tomorrow
2006
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006
The Wives He Forgot
2006
The Big Time
2002
Cowboy Up
2002
In the Darkness of Time
2002
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
In the Weeds
2000
The Giving Tree
2000
Cut
2000
Kimberly
1999
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
Requiem for Murder
1999
Twice Upon a Time
1998
Since You've Been Gone
1998
Titey
1998
Office Killer
1997
Baja
1996
Enfants de salaud
1996
Malicious
1995
Seven Sundays
1995
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
Face the Music
1993
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
Betsy's Wedding
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
Strike It Rich
1990
Fresh Horses
1988
King Lear
1988
For Keeps
1988
The Pick-up Artist
1987
P.K. and the Kid
1987
Johnny Appleseed
1986
Pretty in Pink
1986
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
The Breakfast Club
1985
Surviving
1985
Sixteen Candles
1984
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Packin' It In
1983
Tempest
1982
TV Shows (38)
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
The Bear
2022
Single Drunk Female
2022
HouseBroken
2021
Creepshow
2019
Tales of the City
2019
Drop the Mic
2017
FEUD
2017
Riverdale
2017
Raising Expectations
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Odd Mom Out
2015
Rainbow Brite
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Doc McStuffins
2012
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
Rachael Ray
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Psych
2006
Medium
2005
The $treet
2000
The View
1997
Townies
1996
The Daily Show
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Remember WENN
1996
The Outer Limits
1995
The Stand
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
The Facts of Life
1979
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Saturday Night Live
1975
