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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 …
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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.
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Molly Ringwald's Filmography
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One Night Only
as Linda
Run Amok
as Aunt Val
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
as Self
The New Yorker at 100
as Self
Montauk
as Wolcott
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
as Self
BRATS
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catherine & Michael
as Naomi
Bad Things
as Miss Auerbach
Pursued
as Carol
Judy Blume Forever
as Self
A Brief History of Us
as Narrator (voice)
The Kissing Booth 3
as Mrs. Flynn
The Kissing Booth 2
as Mrs. Flynn
All These Small Moments
as Carla Sheffield
Siberia
as Gabby
The Kissing Booth
as Mrs. Flynn
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
SPF-18
as Linda Sanders
King Cobra
as Amy
Jem and the Holograms
as Aunt Bailey
Bad Night
as The Collector
Wishin' and Hopin'
as Madame Frechette
Me
as Pepper Folly
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Self - Actress
More Business of Being Born
as Self [Part 3]
Wax On, Fuck Off
as Self
Sincerely Yours
as Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)
Life After Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage)
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
as Helen McIntire
The Wives He Forgot
as Charlotte Saint John
The Big Time
as Marion Powers
In the Darkness of Time
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cowboy Up
as Connie
Not Another Teen Movie
as Flight Attendant
In the Weeds
as Chloe
The Giving Tree
as Penelope
Cut
as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
Kimberly
as Nancy
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
as Miss Banks
Requiem for Murder
as Anne Winslow
Twice Upon a Time
as Beth Sager
Since You've Been Gone
as Claire the Fan
Titey
as Anne Frank (voice)
Office Killer
as Kim Poole
Baja
as Bebe Stone
Enfants de salaud
as Susan
Malicious
as Melissa Nelson
Seven Sundays
as Janet Gifford
The Stand
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
as Teresa Tatum
Face the Music
as Lisa Hunter
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
as Alison Gertz
Betsy's Wedding
as Betsy Hopper
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
as Kit (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")
Strike It Rich
as Cary
Fresh Horses
as Jewel
King Lear
as Cordelia
For Keeps
as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
The Pick-up Artist
as Randy Jensen
P.K. and the Kid
as P.K. Bayette
Johnny Appleseed
as Jenny Smith
Pretty in Pink
as Andie Walsh
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
as Self
The Breakfast Club
as Claire Standish
Surviving
as Lonnie
Sixteen Candles
as Samantha Baker
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
as Nikki
Packin' It In
as Melissa Webber
Tempest
as Miranda
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