Molly Ringwald

Actor Feb 18 (age 58) Roseville, California, USA 1978–2026 (48 year career)

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Biography

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 (1…

Known For

Film

The Breakfast Club

Claire Standish

Film

The Kissing Booth 2

Mrs. Flynn

Film

The Kissing Booth

Mrs. Flynn

Film

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Shari Dahmer

Film

The Kissing Booth 3

Mrs. Flynn

Film

Sixteen Candles

Samantha Baker

Film

Pretty in Pink

Andie Walsh

Film

Not Another Teen Movie

Flight Attendant

Filmography

Acting (112)

Movies (72)

Run Amok

2026

as Aunt Val

One Night Only

2026 Upcoming

Aug 6

Montauk

2025

as Wolcott

5.3

The New Yorker at 100

2025

as Self

6.7

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible

2025

as Self

9.0

Everybody Wants to Be Gen X

2025

as Self

BRATS

2024

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Catherine & Michael

2023

as Naomi

Pursued

as Carol

Bad Things

as Miss Auerbach

Judy Blume Forever

as Self

A Brief History of Us

2022

as Narrator (voice)

The Kissing Booth 3

as Mrs. Flynn

The Kissing Booth 2

as Mrs. Flynn

All These Small Moments

as Carla Sheffield

The Kissing Booth

as Mrs. Flynn

Siberia

as Gabby

Always at The Carlyle

as Self

SPF-18

as Linda Sanders

King Cobra

as Amy

Bad Night

as The Collector

Jem and the Holograms

as Aunt Bailey

as Pepper Folly

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Self - Actress

Wishin' and Hopin'

as Madame Frechette

More Business of Being Born

2011

as Self [Part 3]

Wax On, Fuck Off

2010

as Self

7.4

Sincerely Yours

2008

as Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Wives He Forgot

2006

as Charlotte Saint John

3.4

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

2006

as Helen McIntire

7.1

Life After Tomorrow

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.4

The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

as Actress

The Big Time

as Marion Powers

Cowboy Up

as Connie

In the Darkness of Time

2002

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.5

Not Another Teen Movie

2001

as Flight Attendant

5.8

Cut

2000

as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe

In the Weeds

as Chloe

The Giving Tree

as Penelope

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

as Miss Banks

Kimberly

as Nancy

Requiem for Murder

as Anne Winslow

Since You've Been Gone

1998

as Claire the Fan

4.5

Titey

1998

as Anne Frank (voice)

Twice Upon a Time

as Beth Sager

Office Killer

as Kim Poole

Baja

as Bebe Stone

Enfants de salaud

as Susan

Malicious

as Melissa Nelson

Seven Sundays

as Janet Gifford

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

Strike It Rich

as Cary

Women and Men: Stories of Seduction

1990

as Kit

4.1

For Keeps

1988

as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz

Fresh Horses

as Jewel

King Lear

as Cordelia

The Pick-up Artist

as Randy Jensen

P.K. and the Kid

as P.K. Bayette

Pretty in Pink

as Andie Walsh

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

1986

as Self

7.0

Johnny Appleseed

1986

as Jenny Smith

The Breakfast Club

as Claire Standish

Surviving

as Lonnie

Sixteen Candles

as Samantha Baker

Packin' It In

as Melissa Webber

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

as Nikki

Tempest

as Miranda

Columbarium

Crazy Sunshine: The Mess We Made

Television (40)

The Bear

2022

as Moderator

8.2

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022

as Shari Dahmer

8.0

DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

2022

as Self - Shari Dahmer

Single Drunk Female

as Alice

HouseBroken

as Milly (voice)

Creepshow

as Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")

Tales of the City

as Claire's Mother

Riverdale

as Mary Andrews

FEUD

as Joanne Carson

Drop the Mic

as Self

Raising Expectations

as Paige Wayney

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Odd Mom Out

as Joy Greene

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.2

Rainbow Brite

2014

as Dark Princess

Doc McStuffins

2012

as Darla (voice)

5.9

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

as Self

6.6

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008

as Anne Juergens

6.9

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

as Anne Juergens

Psych

as McElroy

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Rachael Ray

Medium

as Kathleen Walsh

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

The $treet

as Devyn Alden

The View

as Self - Guest

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

Remember WENN

as Angela Colton

Townies

as Carrie Donovan

The Outer Limits

as Allison Channing

The Stand

as Frannie Goldsmith

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Tall Tales & Legends

as Jenny Smith

The Facts of Life

as Molly Parker

The Facts of Life

as Molly Parker

Diff'rent Strokes

as Molly Parker

Saturday TV Funhouse

as Anne Frank (voice)

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