Molly Ringwald

Acting · Born 1968-02-18 in Roseville, California, USA

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 (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…

Filmography

• The Breakfast Club as Claire Standish
• Cut as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle as Miss Banks
• Pretty in Pink as Andie Walsh
• Not Another Teen Movie as Flight Attendant
• For Keeps as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as Nikki
• Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade as Teresa Tatum
• Pursued as Carol
• Sixteen Candles as Samantha Baker