Molly Ringwald
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography
Run Amok
2026
as Aunt Val
One Night Only
2026
Montauk
2025
as Wolcott
Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible
2025
as Self
The New Yorker at 100
2025
as Self
Everybody Wants to Be Gen X
2025
as Self
BRATS
2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pursued
2023
as Carol
Bad Things
2023
as Miss Auerbach
Judy Blume Forever
2023
as Self
Catherine & Michael
2023
as Naomi
A Brief History of Us
2022
as Narrator (voice)
Single Drunk Female
2022
as Alice
The Bear
2022
as Moderator
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022
as Shari Dahmer
The Kissing Booth 3
2021
as Mrs. Flynn
HouseBroken
2021
as Milly (voice)
The Kissing Booth 2
2020
as Mrs. Flynn
All These Small Moments
2019
as Carla Sheffield
Creepshow
2019
as Mrs. Porter (segment "Sibling Rivalry")
Tales of the City
2019
as Claire's Mother
The Kissing Booth
2018
as Mrs. Flynn
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
Siberia
2018
as Gabby
SPF-18
2017
as Linda Sanders
Riverdale
2017
as Mary Andrews
Drop the Mic
2017
as Self
FEUD
2017
as Joanne Carson
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Me
2014
as Pepper Folly
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actress
Wishin' and Hopin'
2014
as Madame Frechette
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Rainbow Brite
2014
as Dark Princess
Doc McStuffins
2012
as Darla (voice)
More Business of Being Born
2011
as Self [Part 3]
Wax On, Fuck Off
2010
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
Sincerely Yours
2008
as Claire Standish (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
as Anne Juergens
The Wives He Forgot
2006
as Charlotte Saint John
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006
as Helen McIntire
Life After Tomorrow
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Psych
2006
as McElroy
Rachael Ray
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
Medium
2005
as Kathleen Walsh
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest
Cowboy Up
2002
as Connie
The Big Time
2002
as Marion Powers
In the Darkness of Time
2002
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
as Flight Attendant
Cut
2000
as Vanessa Turnbill / Chloe
In the Weeds
2000
as Chloe
The Giving Tree
2000
as Penelope
The $treet
2000
as Devyn Alden
Teaching Mrs. Tingle
1999
as Miss Banks
Requiem for Murder
1999
as Anne Winslow
Kimberly
1999
as Nancy
Titey
1998
as Anne Frank (voice)
Since You've Been Gone
1998
as Claire the Fan
Twice Upon a Time
1998
as Beth Sager
Office Killer
1997
as Kim Poole
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Enfants de salaud
1996
as Susan
Baja
1996
as Bebe Stone
Townies
1996
as Carrie Donovan
Remember WENN
1996
as Angela Colton
The Daily Show
1996
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self (voice)
Malicious
1995
as Melissa Nelson
Seven Sundays
1995
as Janet Gifford
The Outer Limits
1995
as Allison Channing
Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1994
as Teresa Tatum
The Stand
1994
as Frannie Goldsmith
Face the Music
1993
as Lisa Hunter
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
1992
as Alison Gertz
Betsy's Wedding
1990
as Betsy Hopper
Strike It Rich
1990
as Cary
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction
1990
as Kit
For Keeps
1988
as Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
Fresh Horses
1988
as Jewel
King Lear
1988
as Cordelia
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Randy Jensen
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 Jenny Smith
The Breakfast Club
1985
as Claire Standish
Surviving
1985
as Lonnie
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Jenny Smith
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