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Molly Ringwald

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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.

Molly Ringwald

Biography

Films Featuring Molly Ringwald

The Breakfast Club

Cut

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

Pretty in Pink

Not Another Teen Movie

For Keeps

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

Pursued

Sixteen Candles

Fresh Horses

The Wives He Forgot

Bad Things

Titey

Judy Blume Forever

The Pick-up Artist

Tempest

Office Killer

Betsy's Wedding

King Lear

Malicious

Cowboy Up

Enfants de salaud

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

Strike It Rich

More Business of Being Born

In the Weeds

Face the Music

P.K. and the Kid

Catherine & Michael

Jem and the Holograms

Me

Baja

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Wishin' and Hopin'

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

Columbarium

Packin' It In

Surviving

Bad Night

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

King Cobra

BRATS

Requiem for Murder

Montauk

The Kissing Booth

All These Small Moments

Seven Sundays

SPF-18

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

Always at The Carlyle

Siberia

Since You've Been Gone

Kimberly

The Big Time

The Giving Tree

The Kissing Booth 2

The Kissing Booth 3

Johnny Appleseed

Twice Upon a Time

A Brief History of Us

Life After Tomorrow

In the Darkness of Time

Sincerely Yours

Run Amok

Wax On, Fuck Off

One Night Only

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

The New Yorker at 100

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made