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Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald

Known for
Acting
Born
Feb 18, 1968 (age 58)
Place of birth
Roseville, California, USA
Credits
112

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

TVRated 8.4

Riverdale

2017TV

Mary Andrews

MovieRated 7.7

The Breakfast Club

1985Movie

Claire Standish

MovieRated 7.2

The Kissing Booth

2018Movie

Mrs. Flynn

MovieRated 7.6

The Kissing Booth 2

2020Movie

Mrs. Flynn

TVRated 8.0

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022TV

Shari Dahmer

MovieRated 5.8

Not Another Teen Movie

2001Movie

Flight Attendant

Filmography

MovieRated 6.4

One Night Only

2026Movie

Linda

MovieRated 2.0

Run Amok

2026Movie

Aunt Val

Movie

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

2025Movie

Self

MovieRated 7.0

The New Yorker at 100

2025Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.2

Montauk

2025Movie

Wolcott

MovieRated 8.3

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

2025Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.1

BRATS

2024Movie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

Catherine & Michael

2023Movie

Naomi

MovieRated 4.3

Bad Things

2023Movie

Miss Auerbach

MovieRated 5.8

Pursued

2023Movie

Carol

MovieRated 7.4

Judy Blume Forever

2023Movie

Self

TVRated 8.0

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022TV

Shari Dahmer

TVRated 8.2

The Bear

2022TV

Moderator

Movie

A Brief History of Us

2022Movie

Narrator (voice)

TVRated 6.1

Single Drunk Female

2022TV

Alice

MovieRated 6.9

The Kissing Booth 3

2021Movie

Mrs. Flynn

TVRated 5.7

HouseBroken

2021TV

Milly (voice)

MovieRated 7.6

The Kissing Booth 2

2020Movie

Mrs. Flynn

TVRated 7.4

Creepshow

2019TV

Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")

TVRated 6.8

Tales of the City

2019TV

Claire's Mother

MovieRated 6.5

All These Small Moments

2019Movie

Carla Sheffield

MovieRated 4.7

Siberia

2018Movie

Gabby

MovieRated 7.2

The Kissing Booth

2018Movie

Mrs. Flynn

MovieRated 6.7

Always at The Carlyle

2018Movie

Self

TVRated 6.4

Drop the Mic

2017TV

Self

MovieRated 4.4

SPF-18

2017Movie

Linda Sanders

TVRated 7.6

FEUD

2017TV

Joanne Carson

TVRated 8.4

Riverdale

2017TV

Mary Andrews

MovieRated 5.8

King Cobra

2016Movie

Amy

TVRated 2.0

Raising Expectations

2016TV

Paige Wayney

MovieRated 5.5

Jem and the Holograms

2015Movie

Aunt Bailey

TVRated 6.1

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015TV

Self

MovieRated 4.6

Bad Night

2015Movie

The Collector

TVRated 6.5

Odd Mom Out

2015TV

Joy Greene

MovieRated 4.8

Wishin' and Hopin'

2014Movie

Madame Frechette

MovieRated 2.5

Me

2014Movie

Pepper Folly

TV

Rainbow Brite

2014TV

Dark Princess

MovieRated 7.2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014Movie

Self - Actress

TVRated 5.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014TV

Self - Guest

TVRated 5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014TV

Self

TVRated 6.1

Doc McStuffins

2012TV

Darla (voice)

Movie

More Business of Being Born

2011Movie

Self [Part 3]

TVRated 3.0

The Talk

2010TV

Self

MovieRated 7.4

Wax On, Fuck Off

2010Movie

Self

TVRated 6.9

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010TV

Self

TVRated 5.0

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009TV

Self - Guest

Movie

Sincerely Yours

2008Movie

Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)

TVRated 6.8

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008TV

Anne Juergens

MovieRated 6.5

Life After Tomorrow

2006Movie

Self (archive footage)

MovieRated 7.1

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

2006Movie

Helen McIntire

TVRated 5.1

Rachael Ray

2006TV

TVRated 4.7

The Megan Mullally Show

2006TV

Self - Guest

MovieRated 3.4

The Wives He Forgot

2006Movie

Charlotte Saint John

TVRated 7.9

Psych

2006TV

McElroy

TVRated 7.5

Medium

2005TV

Kathleen Walsh

TVRated 6.4

The Tony Danza Show

2004TV

Self - Guest

TVRated 5.3

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003TV

Self

MovieRated 4.5

The Big Time

2002Movie

Marion Powers

MovieRated 5.9

Cowboy Up

2002Movie

Connie

MovieRated 7.4

In the Darkness of Time

2002Movie

(archive footage) (uncredited)

MovieRated 5.8

Not Another Teen Movie

2001Movie

Flight Attendant

TVRated 5.8

The $treet

2000TV

Devyn Alden

MovieRated 6.9

In the Weeds

2000Movie

Chloe

MovieRated 3.2

The Giving Tree

2000Movie

Penelope

MovieRated 4.6

Cut

2000Movie

Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe

MovieRated 4.5

Kimberly

1999Movie

Nancy

MovieRated 5.5

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999Movie

Miss Banks

MovieRated 8.0

Requiem for Murder

1999Movie

Anne Winslow

MovieRated 5.0

Twice Upon a Time

1998Movie

Beth Sager

MovieRated 4.7

Since You've Been Gone

1998Movie

Claire the Fan

MovieRated 7.0

Titey

1998Movie

Anne Frank (voice)

MovieRated 5.1

Office Killer

1997Movie

Kim Poole

TVRated 4.3

The View

1997TV

Self - Guest, Self

TVRated 6.5

Townies

1996TV

Carrie Donovan

TVRated 6.4

The Daily Show

1996TV

Self - Guest, Self (voice)

MovieRated 5.2

Baja

1996Movie

Bebe Stone

MovieRated 4.5

Enfants de salaud

1996Movie

Susan

TVRated 7.8

Remember WENN

1996TV

Angela Colton

MovieRated 4.9

Malicious

1995Movie

Melissa Nelson

TVRated 7.7

The Outer Limits

1995TV

Allison Channing

MovieRated 7.6

Seven Sundays

1995Movie

Janet Gifford

TVRated 6.8

The Stand

1994TV

Frannie Goldsmith

MovieRated 6.7

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994Movie

Teresa Tatum

TVRated 4.5

Intimate Portrait

1993TV

Self

TVRated 7.3

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993TV

Self - Guest

MovieRated 5.1

Face the Music

1993Movie

Lisa Hunter

MovieRated 5.8

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992Movie

Alison Gertz

MovieRated 5.7

Betsy's Wedding

1990Movie

Betsy Hopper

MovieRated 4.4

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990Movie

Kit (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")

MovieRated 6.5

Strike It Rich

1990Movie

Cary

MovieRated 5.3

Fresh Horses

1988Movie

Jewel

MovieRated 6.5

King Lear

1988Movie

Cordelia

MovieRated 6.5

For Keeps

1988Movie

Darcy Elliot Bobrucz

MovieRated 5.7

The Pick-up Artist

1987Movie

Randy Jensen

MovieRated 6.0

P.K. and the Kid

1987Movie

P.K. Bayette

Movie

Johnny Appleseed

1986Movie

Jenny Smith

MovieRated 6.7

Pretty in Pink

1986Movie

Andie Walsh

MovieRated 7.3

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

1986Movie

Self

TVRated 6.0

Tall Tales & Legends

1985TV

Jenny Smith

MovieRated 7.7

The Breakfast Club

1985Movie

Claire Standish

MovieRated 5.0

Surviving

1985Movie

Lonnie

MovieRated 6.7

Sixteen Candles

1984Movie

Samantha Baker

MovieRated 5.4

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983Movie

Nikki

MovieRated 7.5

Packin' It In

1983Movie

Melissa Webber

MovieRated 5.9

Tempest

1982Movie

Miranda

TVRated 7.1

The Facts of Life

1979TV

Molly Parker

TVRated 7.1

Diff'rent Strokes

1978TV

Molly Parker

TVRated 6.9

Saturday Night Live

1975TV

Anne Frank (voice)

Coming soonRated 10.0

Saturday TV Funhouse

TV

Anne Frank (voice)

Coming soon

The Stand

Movie

Coming soon

Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made

Movie

Coming soon

Columbarium

Movie

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