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 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 was part of the "Brat Pack" and she was ranked number one on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. Since 2017, Ringwald has portrayed Mary Andrews on The CW television series Riverdale.
Acted in
Brats
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catherine & Michael
2023
as Naomi
Bad Things
2023
as Miss Auerbach
Pursued
2023
as Carol
Judy Blume Forever
2023
as Self
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
as Shari Dahmer
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
as Self - Shari Dahmer
The Bear
2022
as Moderator
A Brief History of Us
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Single Drunk Female
2022
as Alice
The Kissing Booth 3
2021
as Mrs. Flynn
HouseBroken
2021
as Milly (voice)
The Kissing Booth 2
2020
as Mrs. Flynn
Creepshow
2019
as Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")
Tales of the City
2019
as Claire's Mother
All These Small Moments
2019
as Carla Sheffield
Siberia
2018
as Gabby
The Kissing Booth
2018
as Mrs. Flynn
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
Drop the Mic
2017
as Self
SPF-18
2017
as Linda Sanders
FEUD
2017
as Joanne Carson
Riverdale
2017
as Mary Andrews
King Cobra
2016
as Amy
Raising Expectations
2016
as Paige Wayney
Jem and the Holograms
2015
as Aunt Bailey
Bad Night
2015
as The Collector
Odd Mom Out
2015
as Joy Greene
Wishin' and Hopin'
2014
as Madame Frechette
Me
2014
as Pepper Folly
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actress
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Darla (voice)
More Business of Being Born
2011
as Self [Part 3]
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
as Anne Juergens
Life After Tomorrow
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006
as Mrs. Helen McIntire
The Wives He Forgot
2006
as Charlotte Saint John
Psych
2006
as McElroy
Medium
2005
as Kathleen Walsh
The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story
2003
as Actress
The Big Time
2002
as Marion Powers
Cowboy Up
2002
as Connie
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
as Flight Attendant
Tick, Tick... Boom!
2001
as Susan
The $treet
2000
as Devyn Alden
In the Weeds
2000
as Chloe
The Giving Tree
2000
as Penelope
Cut
2000
as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
Kimberly
1999
as Nancy
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
as Miss Banks
Requiem for Murder
1999
as Anne Winslow
Twice Upon a Time
1998
as Beth Sager
Since You've Been Gone
1998
as Claire the Fan
Titey
1998
as Anne Frank (voice)
Office Killer
1997
as Kim Poole
Townies
1996
as Carrie Donovan
Baja
1996
as Bebe Stone
Enfants de salaud
1996
as Susan
Remember WENN
1996
as Angela Colton
Malicious
1995
as Melissa Nelson
The Outer Limits
1995
as Allison Channing
Seven Sundays
1995
as Janet Gifford
The Stand
1994
as Frannie Goldsmith
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Teresa Tatum
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Face the Music
1993
as Lisa Hunter
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
as Alison Gertz
Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Betsy Hopper
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Kit
Strike It Rich
1990
as Cary
Fresh Horses
1988
as Jewel
For Keeps
1988
as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Randy Jensen
King Lear
1987
as Cordelia
P.K. and the Kid
1987
as P.K. Bayette
Pretty in Pink
1986
as Andie Walsh
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
Johnny Appleseed
1986
as Betty Nature
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Jenny Smith
The Breakfast Club
1985
as Claire Standish
Surviving
1985
as Lonnie
Sixteen Candles
1984
as Samantha Baker
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
as Nikki
Packin' It In
1983
as Melissa Webber
Tempest
1982
as Miranda
The Facts of Life
1979
as Molly Parker
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
as Molly Parker
Columbarium
Montauk
as Wolcott
Saturday TV Funhouse
as Anne Frank (voice)