Molly Ringwald
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-02-18 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Roseville, California, USA
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 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 was part of the "Brat Pack" and she was ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Since 2017, Ringwald has portrayed Mary Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale.
Known For
Acting
Montauk
as Wolcott
(2024)
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2023)
Judy Blume Forever
as Self
(2023)
Bad Things
as Miss Auerbach
(2023)
Pursued
as Carol
(2023)
Catherine & Michael
as Naomi
(2022)
A Brief History of Us
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
The Kissing Booth 3
as Mrs. Flynn
(2021)
The Sparks Brothers
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2020)
The Kissing Booth 2
as Mrs. Flynn
(2019)
All These Small Moments
as Carla Sheffield
(2018)
The Kissing Booth
as Mrs. Flynn
(2018)
Siberia
as Gabby
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
(2017)
SPF-18
as Linda Sanders
(2016)
King Cobra
as Amy
(2015)
Jem and the Holograms
as Aunt Bailey
(2015)
Bad Night
as The Collector
(2014)
Me
as Pepper Folly
(2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
(2014)
Wishin' and Hopin'
as Madame Frechette
(2011)
More Business of Being Born
as Self [Part 3]
(2008)
Sincerely Yours
as Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2006)
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
as Mrs. Helen McIntire
(2006)
The Wives He Forgot
as Charlotte Saint John
(2006)
Life After Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage)
(2003)
(2002)
The Big Time
as Marion Powers
(2002)
Cowboy Up
as Connie
(2002)
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2001)
Not Another Teen Movie
as Flight Attendant
(2000)
Cut
as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
(2000)
The Giving Tree
as Penelope
(2000)
In the Weeds
as Chloe
(1999)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Miss Banks
(1999)
Kimberly
as Nancy
(1999)
Requiem for Murder
as Anne Winslow
(1998)
Since You've Been Gone
as Claire the Fan
(1998)
Titey
as Anne Frank (voice)
(1998)
Twice Upon a Time
as Beth Sager
(1997)
Office Killer
as Kim Poole
(1996)
Baja
as Bebe Stone
(1996)
Enfants de salaud
as Susan
(1995)
Malicious
as Melissa Nelson
(1995)
Seven Sundays
as Janet Gifford
(1994)
The Stand
as Frannie Goldsmith
(1994)
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Teresa Tatum
(1993)
Face the Music
as Lisa Hunter
(1992)
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Alison Gertz
(1990)
Betsy's Wedding
as Betsy Hopper
(1990)
(1990)
Strike It Rich
as Cary
(1988)
For Keeps
as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
(1988)
King Lear
as Cordelia
(1988)
Fresh Horses
as Jewel
(1987)
The Pick-up Artist
as Randy Jensen
(1987)
P.K. and the Kid
as P.K. Bayette
(1986)
Pretty in Pink
as Andie Walsh
(1986)
(1986)
Johnny Appleseed
as Betty Nature
(1985)
The Breakfast Club
as Claire Standish
(1985)
Surviving
as Lonnie
(1984)
Sixteen Candles
as Samantha Baker
(1983)
(1983)
Packin' It In
as Melissa Webber
(1982)
Tempest
as Miranda