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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 18, 1968
Place of Birth
Roseville, California, USA
Also Known As
- Molly Kathleen Ringwald
- 몰리 링월드
- मोली रिंगवाल्ड
- 摩莉·倫華
- مولی رینگوالد
Molly Ringwald
4.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
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One Night Only
2026
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Aunt Val
Run Amok
2026
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Self
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025
7.0
Self
The New Yorker at 100
2025
5.3
Wolcott
Montauk
2025
9.0
Self
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025
5.9
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
BRATS
2024
0.0
Naomi
Catherine & Michael
2023
4.1
Miss Auerbach
Bad Things
2023
0.0
Carol
Pursued
2023
Credits
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One Night Only
2026
0.0
Run Amok
as Aunt Val
2026
0.0
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
as Self
2025
0.0
The New Yorker at 100
as Self
2025
7.0
Montauk
as Wolcott
2025
5.3
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
as Self
2025
9.0
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
5.9
Catherine & Michael
as Naomi
2023
0.0
Bad Things
as Miss Auerbach
2023
4.1
Pursued
as Carol
2023
0.0
Judy Blume Forever
as Self
2023
7.4
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
as Shari Dahmer
2022
8.0
The Bear
as Moderator
2022
8.2
A Brief History of Us
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
Single Drunk Female
as Alice
2022
6.0
The Kissing Booth 3
as Mrs. Flynn
2021
6.9
HouseBroken
as Milly (voice)
2021
5.7
The Kissing Booth 2
as Mrs. Flynn
2020
7.6
Creepshow
as Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")
2019
7.5
Tales of the City
as Claire's Mother
2019
6.8
All These Small Moments
as Carla Sheffield
2019
6.6
Siberia
as Gabby
2018
4.7
The Kissing Booth
as Mrs. Flynn
2018
7.2
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2018
6.7
Drop the Mic
as Self
2017
6.1
SPF-18
as Linda Sanders
2017
4.4
FEUD
as Joanne Carson
2017
7.6
Riverdale
as Mary Andrews
2017
8.4
King Cobra
as Amy
2016
5.9
Raising Expectations
as Paige Wayney
2016
2.0
Jem and the Holograms
as Aunt Bailey
2015
5.5
Bad Night
as The Collector
2015
4.7
Odd Mom Out
as Joy Greene
2015
6.5
Wishin' and Hopin'
as Madame Frechette
2014
4.8
Me
as Pepper Folly
2014
2.5
Rainbow Brite
as Dark Princess
2014
0.0
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
2014
7.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Doc McStuffins
as Darla (voice)
2012
5.8
More Business of Being Born
as Self [Part 3]
2011
0.0
Wax On, Fuck Off
as Self
2010
7.1
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2010
6.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Sincerely Yours
as Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
0.0
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Anne Juergens
2008
6.9
Life After Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage)
2006
6.4
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
as Helen McIntire
2006
7.1
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.2
Rachael Ray
2006
5.1
The Wives He Forgot
as Charlotte Saint John
2006
2.9
Psych
as McElroy
2006
7.9
Medium
as Kathleen Walsh
2005
7.5
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The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
as Actress
2003
5.1
The Big Time
as Marion Powers
2002
3.5
Cowboy Up
as Connie
2002
5.9
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
7.5
Not Another Teen Movie
as Flight Attendant
2001
5.8
The $treet
as Devyn Alden
2000
5.4
In the Weeds
as Chloe
2000
6.4
The Giving Tree
as Penelope
2000
2.8
Cut
as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
2000
4.5
Kimberly
as Nancy
1999
4.3
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Miss Banks
1999
5.5
Requiem for Murder
as Anne Winslow
1999
7.5
Twice Upon a Time
as Beth Sager
1998
4.0
Since You've Been Gone
as Claire the Fan
1998
4.5
Titey
as Anne Frank (voice)
1998
0.0
Office Killer
as Kim Poole
1997
5.1
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
4.3
Townies
as Carrie Donovan
1996
5.3
Baja
as Bebe Stone
1996
5.0
Enfants de salaud
as Susan
1996
4.1
Remember WENN
as Angela Colton
1996
8.0
Malicious
as Melissa Nelson
1995
4.7
The Outer Limits
as Allison Channing
1995
7.7
Seven Sundays
as Janet Gifford
1995
7.0
The Stand
as Frannie Goldsmith
1994
6.8
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Teresa Tatum
1994
6.6
Intimate Portrait
as Self
1993
4.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Face the Music
as Lisa Hunter
1993
4.8
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Alison Gertz
1992
5.5
Betsy's Wedding
as Betsy Hopper
1990
5.7
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Kit
1990
4.1
Strike It Rich
as Cary
1990
5.0
Fresh Horses
as Jewel
1988
5.2
King Lear
as Cordelia
1988
6.4
For Keeps
as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
1988
6.5
The Pick-up Artist
as Randy Jensen
1987
5.6
P.K. and the Kid
as P.K. Bayette
1987
5.0
Johnny Appleseed
as Jenny Smith
1986
0.0
Pretty in Pink
as Andie Walsh
1986
6.7
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Self
1986
7.0
Tall Tales & Legends
as Jenny Smith
1985
5.4
The Breakfast Club
as Claire Standish
1985
7.7
Surviving
as Lonnie
1985
4.4
Sixteen Candles
as Samantha Baker
1984
6.8
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
as Nikki
1983
5.3
Packin' It In
as Melissa Webber
1983
7.0
Tempest
as Miranda
1982
5.9
The Facts of Life
as Molly Parker
1979
7.1
Diff'rent Strokes
as Molly Parker
1978
7.1
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Columbarium
N/A
0.0
Saturday TV Funhouse
as Anne Frank (voice)
N/A
10.0