Molly Ringwald
61 movies · 25 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 18, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Roseville, California, USA
- Also known as
- Molly Kathleen 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.
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Ringwald was part of the "Brat Pack", and she was ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.
Known for
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★ 8.4 Riverdale
2017 · TV
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★ 7.7 The Breakfast Club
1985 · Film
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★ 7.2 The Kissing Booth
2018 · Film
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★ 7.6 The Kissing Booth 2
2020 · Film
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★ 8.0 DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022 · TV
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★ 5.8 Not Another Teen Movie
2001 · Film
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★ 6.7 Sixteen Candles
1984 · Film
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★ 6.9 The Kissing Booth 3
2021 · Film
Molly Ringwald: movies and TV shows
Acting (85)
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 One Night Only
as Linda
- 2026 Run Amok
as Aunt Val
- 2025 Montauk
as Wolcott
- 2023 Catherine & Michael
as Naomi
- 2023 Bad Things
as Miss Auerbach
- 2023 Pursued
as Carol
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022 A Brief History of Us
as Narrator (voice)
- 2022
- 2021 The Kissing Booth 3
as Mrs. Flynn
- 2021
- 2020 The Kissing Booth 2
as Mrs. Flynn
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019 All These Small Moments
as Carla Sheffield
- 2018 Siberia
as Gabby
- 2018 The Kissing Booth
as Mrs. Flynn
- 2017 SPF-18
as Linda Sanders
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016 King Cobra
as Amy
- 2016
- 2015 Jem and the Holograms
as Aunt Bailey
- 2015 Bad Night
as The Collector
- 2015
- 2014 Wishin' and Hopin'
as Madame Frechette
- 2014 Me
as Pepper Folly
- 2014
- 2012
- 2008 Sincerely Yours
as Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2008
- 2006 Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
as Helen McIntire
- 2006 The Wives He Forgot
as Charlotte Saint John
- 2006
- 2005
- 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
- 2000 In the Weeds
as Chloe
- 2000 The Giving Tree
as Penelope
- 2000 Cut
as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
- 1999 Kimberly
as Nancy
- 1999 Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Miss Banks
- 1999 Requiem for Murder
as Anne Winslow
- 1998 Twice Upon a Time
as Beth Sager
- 1998 Since You've Been Gone
as Claire the Fan
- 1998 Titey
as Anne Frank (voice)
- 1997 Office Killer
as Kim Poole
- 1996
- 1996 Baja
as Bebe Stone
- 1996 Enfants de salaud
as Susan
- 1996
- 1995 Malicious
as Melissa Nelson
- 1995
- 1995 Seven Sundays
as Janet Gifford
- 1994
- 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 Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Kit (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")
- 1990 Strike It Rich
as Cary
- 1988 Fresh Horses
as Jewel
- 1988 King Lear
as Cordelia
- 1988 For Keeps
as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
- 1987 The Pick-up Artist
as Randy Jensen
- 1987 P.K. and the Kid
as P.K. Bayette
- 1986 Johnny Appleseed
as Jenny Smith
- 1986 Pretty in Pink
as Andie Walsh
- 1985
- 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
- 1979
- 1978
Behind the camera (1)
- Upcoming
Talk shows and appearances (27)
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2018
- 2017 Drop the Mic
1 episode
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
1 episode
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2011
- 2010 The Talk
1 episode
- 2010
- 2010 Who Do You Think You Are?
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2 episodes
- 2006
- 2006 Rachael Ray
1 episode
- 2006 The Megan Mullally Show
1 episode
- 2004 The Tony Danza Show
1 episode
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
1 episode
- 1997 The View
2 episodes
- 1996 The Daily Show
2 episodes
- 1993 Intimate Portrait
1 episode
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1 episode
- 1986
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
1 episode