Cast & creator
Molly Ringwald
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Molly Kathleen Ringwald
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film credits
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television credits
114
1975–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (115)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996The Daily Show
Self (voice)
1996
Saturday Night Live
Anne Frank (voice)
1975
The View
Self - Guest
1997The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Psych
McElroy
2006
Medium
Kathleen Walsh
2005
The Outer Limits
Allison Channing
1995
Riverdale
Mary Andrews
2017
The Talk
Self
2010
The Bear
Moderator
2022
Doc McStuffins
Darla (voice)
2012
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
The Facts of Life
Molly Parker
1979The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Anne Juergens
2008
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Shari Dahmer
2022
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
One Night Only
Linda
2026
Creepshow
Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")
2019
Rachael Ray
2006
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Drop the Mic
Self
2017
FEUD
Joanne Carson
2017
The Stand
Frannie Goldsmith
1994
Remember WENN
Angela Colton
1996
Single Drunk Female
Alice
2022
Not Another Teen Movie
Flight Attendant
2001
The Breakfast Club
Claire Standish
1985
Tales of the City
Claire's Mother
2019
HouseBroken
Milly (voice)
2021
The Kissing Booth
Mrs. Flynn
2018
Tall Tales & Legends
Jenny Smith
1985
The Kissing Booth 2
Mrs. Flynn
2020
The $treet
Devyn Alden
2000
Sixteen Candles
Samantha Baker
1984
The Kissing Booth 3
Mrs. Flynn
2021
Townies
Carrie Donovan
1996
Pretty in Pink
Andie Walsh
1986
Odd Mom Out
Joy Greene
2015
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Miss Banks
1999
King Cobra
Amy
2016
Siberia
Gabby
2018
The Pick-up Artist
Randy Jensen
1987
Raising Expectations
Paige Wayney
2016
Run Amok
Aunt Val
2026
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
Diff'rent Strokes
Molly Parker
1978
Saturday TV Funhouse
Anne Frank (voice)
Jem and the Holograms
Aunt Bailey
2015
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Nikki
1983
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actress
2014
Rainbow Brite
Dark Princess
2014
Betsy's Wedding
Betsy Hopper
1990
Office Killer
Kim Poole
1997
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986
The New Yorker at 100
Self
2025
Cut
Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
2000
For Keeps
Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
1988
Fresh Horses
Jewel
1988
Since You've Been Gone
Claire the Fan
1998
BRATS
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Catherine & Michael
Naomi
2023
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
Self
2025
Kimberly
Nancy
1999
SPF-18
Linda Sanders
2017
Bad Night
The Collector
2015
Twice Upon a Time
Beth Sager
1998
Wax On, Fuck Off
Self
2010
Tempest
Miranda
1982
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
Kit (segment "Dusk Before Fireworks")
1990
All These Small Moments
Carla Sheffield
2019
More Business of Being Born
Self [Part 3]
2011
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Helen McIntire
2006
Me
Pepper Folly
2014
Seven Sundays
Janet Gifford
1995
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
Self
2025
King Lear
Cordelia
1988
Sincerely Yours
Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Alison Gertz
1992
The Giving Tree
Penelope
2000
The Wives He Forgot
Charlotte Saint John
2006
Face the Music
Lisa Hunter
1993
The Stand
P.K. and the Kid
P.K. Bayette
1987
Judy Blume Forever
Self
2023
Malicious
Melissa Nelson
1995
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
Teresa Tatum
1994
Baja
Bebe Stone
1996
In the Darkness of Time
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Bad Things
Miss Auerbach
2023
The Big Time
Marion Powers
2002Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made
Cowboy Up
Connie
2002
Johnny Appleseed
Jenny Smith
1986
Surviving
Lonnie
1985
Wishin' and Hopin'
Madame Frechette
2014
A Brief History of Us
Narrator (voice)
2022
Montauk
Wolcott
2025
Enfants de salaud
Susan
1996
Pursued
Carol
2023
Strike It Rich
Cary
1990Columbarium
Requiem for Murder
Anne Winslow
1999
Titey
Anne Frank (voice)
1998
Life After Tomorrow
Self (archive footage)
2006
In the Weeds
Chloe
2000
Packin' It In
Melissa Webber
1983
Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody
Creator