Molly Ringwald

Known For: Acting
Born: February 18, 1968
Place of Birth: Roseville, California, USA

Molly Ringwald

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 Keep…

Filmography

One Night Only

2026 · Linda

Run Amok

2026 · Aunt Val

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

2025 · Self

The New Yorker at 100

2025 · Self

Montauk

2025 · Wolcott

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

2025 · Self

BRATS

2024 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Catherine & Michael

2023 · Naomi

Bad Things

2023 · Miss Auerbach

Pursued

2023 · Carol

Judy Blume Forever

2023 · Self

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022 · Shari Dahmer

The Bear

2022 · Moderator

A Brief History of Us

2022 · Narrator (voice)

Single Drunk Female

2022 · Alice

The Kissing Booth 3

2021 · Mrs. Flynn

HouseBroken

2021 · Milly (voice)

The Kissing Booth 2

2020 · Mrs. Flynn

Creepshow

2019 · Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")

Tales of the City

2019 · Claire's Mother

All These Small Moments

2019 · Carla Sheffield

Siberia

2018 · Gabby

The Kissing Booth

2018 · Mrs. Flynn

Always at The Carlyle

2018 · Self

Drop the Mic

2017 · Self

SPF-18

2017 · Linda Sanders

FEUD

2017 · Joanne Carson

Riverdale

2017 · Mary Andrews

King Cobra

2016 · Amy

Raising Expectations

2016 · Paige Wayney

Jem and the Holograms

2015 · Aunt Bailey

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self

Bad Night

2015 · The Collector

Odd Mom Out

2015 · Joy Greene

Wishin' and Hopin'

2014 · Madame Frechette

Me

2014 · Pepper Folly

Rainbow Brite

2014 · Dark Princess

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014 · Self - Actress

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self

Doc McStuffins

2012 · Darla (voice)

More Business of Being Born

2011 · Self [Part 3]

The Talk

2010 · Self

Wax On, Fuck Off

2010 · Self

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010 · Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

Sincerely Yours

2008 · Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008 · Anne Juergens

Life After Tomorrow

2006 · Self (archive footage)

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

2006 · Helen McIntire

Rachael Ray

2006

The Megan Mullally Show

2006 · Self - Guest

The Wives He Forgot

2006 · Charlotte Saint John

Psych

2006 · McElroy

Medium

2005 · Kathleen Walsh

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

2004 · Self - Guest

The Big Time

2002 · Marion Powers

Cowboy Up

2002 · Connie

In the Darkness of Time

2002 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

Not Another Teen Movie

2001 · Flight Attendant

The $treet

2000 · Devyn Alden

In the Weeds

2000 · Chloe

The Giving Tree

2000 · Penelope

Cut

2000 · Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe

Kimberly

1999 · Nancy

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

1999 · Miss Banks

Requiem for Murder

1999 · Anne Winslow

Twice Upon a Time

1998 · Beth Sager

Since You've Been Gone

1998 · Claire the Fan

Titey

1998 · Anne Frank (voice)

Office Killer

1997 · Kim Poole

The View

1997 · Self - Guest

Townies

1996 · Carrie Donovan

The Daily Show

1996 · Self - Guest, Self (voice)

Baja

1996 · Bebe Stone

Enfants de salaud

1996 · Susan

Remember WENN

1996 · Angela Colton

Malicious

1995 · Melissa Nelson

The Outer Limits

1995 · Allison Channing

Seven Sundays

1995 · Janet Gifford

The Stand

1994 · Frannie Goldsmith

Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade

1994 · Teresa Tatum

Intimate Portrait

1993 · Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993 · Self - Guest

Face the Music

1993 · Lisa Hunter

Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story

1992 · Alison Gertz

Betsy's Wedding

1990 · Betsy Hopper

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990 · Kit

Strike It Rich

1990 · Cary

Fresh Horses

1988 · Jewel

King Lear

1988 · Cordelia

For Keeps

1988 · Darcy Elliot Bobrucz

The Pick-up Artist

1987 · Randy Jensen

P.K. and the Kid

1987 · P.K. Bayette

Johnny Appleseed

1986 · Jenny Smith

Pretty in Pink

1986 · Andie Walsh

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

1986 · Self

Tall Tales & Legends

1985 · Jenny Smith

The Breakfast Club

1985 · Claire Standish

Surviving

1985 · Lonnie

Sixteen Candles

1984 · Samantha Baker

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983 · Nikki

Packin' It In

1983 · Melissa Webber

Tempest

1982 · Miranda

The Facts of Life

1979 · Molly Parker

Diff'rent Strokes

1978 · Molly Parker

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Anne Frank (voice)

Columbarium

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Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made

Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made

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Saturday TV Funhouse

— · Anne Frank (voice)

Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody

— · Creator

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