Molly Ringwald

Acting

1968-02-18 · Roseville, California, USA

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.

Filmography

Theaters

One Night Only

2026 · Movie

Run Amok

2026 · Movie

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

2025 · Movie

The New Yorker at 100

2025 · Movie

Montauk

2025 · Movie

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

2025 · Movie

BRATS

2024 · Movie

Catherine & Michael

2023 · Movie

Bad Things

2023 · Movie

Pursued

2023 · Movie

Judy Blume Forever

2023 · Movie

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022 · Series

The Bear

2022 · Series

A Brief History of Us

2022 · Movie

Single Drunk Female

2022 · Series

The Kissing Booth 3

2021 · Movie

HouseBroken

2021 · Series

The Kissing Booth 2

2020 · Movie

Creepshow

2019 · Series

Tales of the City

2019 · Series

All These Small Moments

2019 · Movie

Siberia

2018 · Movie

The Kissing Booth

2018 · Movie

Always at The Carlyle

2018 · Movie

Drop the Mic

2017 · Series

SPF-18

2017 · Movie

FEUD

2017 · Series

Riverdale

2017 · Series

King Cobra

2016 · Movie

Raising Expectations

2016 · Series

Jem and the Holograms

2015 · Movie

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Series

Bad Night

2015 · Movie

Odd Mom Out

2015 · Series

Wishin' and Hopin'

2014 · Movie

Rainbow Brite

2014 · Series

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014 · Movie

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Series

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Series

Doc McStuffins

2012 · Series

More Business of Being Born

2011 · Movie

The Talk

2010 · Series

Wax On, Fuck Off

2010 · Movie

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010 · Series

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Series

Sincerely Yours

2008 · Movie

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008 · Series

Life After Tomorrow

2006 · Movie

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

2006 · Movie

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 · Series

Rachael Ray

2006 · Series

The Wives He Forgot

2006 · Movie

Psych

2006 · Series

Medium

2005 · Series

The Tony Danza Show

2004 · Series

The Big Time

2002 · Movie

Cowboy Up

2002 · Movie

In the Darkness of Time

2002 · Movie

Not Another Teen Movie

2001 · Movie

The $treet

2000 · Series

In the Weeds

2000 · Movie

The Giving Tree

2000 · Movie

Cut

2000 · Movie

Kimberly

1999 · Movie

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999 · Movie

Requiem for Murder

1999 · Movie

Twice Upon a Time

1998 · Movie

Since You've Been Gone

1998 · Movie

Titey

1998 · Movie

Office Killer

1997 · Movie

The View

1997 · Series

Townies

1996 · Series

The Daily Show

1996 · Series

Baja

1996 · Movie

Enfants de salaud

1996 · Movie

Remember WENN

1996 · Series

Malicious

1995 · Movie

The Outer Limits

1995 · Series

Seven Sundays

1995 · Movie

The Stand

1994 · Series

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994 · Movie

Intimate Portrait

1993 · Series

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Series

Face the Music

1993 · Movie

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992 · Movie

Betsy's Wedding

1990 · Movie

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990 · Movie

Strike It Rich

1990 · Movie

Fresh Horses

1988 · Movie

King Lear

1988 · Movie

For Keeps

1988 · Movie

The Pick-up Artist

1987 · Movie

P.K. and the Kid

1987 · Movie

Johnny Appleseed

1986 · Movie

Pretty in Pink

1986 · Movie

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

1986 · Movie

Tall Tales & Legends

1985 · Series

The Breakfast Club

1985 · Movie

Surviving

1985 · Movie

Sixteen Candles

1984 · Movie

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983 · Movie

Packin' It In

1983 · Movie

Tempest

1982 · Movie

The Facts of Life

1979 · Series

Diff'rent Strokes

1978 · Series

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Series

Saturday TV Funhouse

Series

Columbarium

Movie

Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made

Movie

Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody

Series