Molly Ringwald - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Ringwald appeared in several episodes of the television series Diff'rent Strokes in 1979. That year, she became a cast member of the spin-off The Facts of Life, but her character was written out after the first season. Turning toward motion pictures, her breakout role was Sixteen Candles (1984). Ringwald was a member of the so-called Brat Pack of 1980s teen actors. The term was first coined in 1985, after Ringwald's night out with a reporter for The New Yorker magazine, who published a sensationalist article naming her and fellow actors (Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore and Anthony Michael Hall) as The Brat Pack. Though she played a high school "princess" in her biggest hit, 1985's The Breakfast Club, Ringwald specialized in portrayals of moody, awkward, brainy, angst-filled characters. Her performances greatly influenced teen-oriented television and movies that would follow in the 1990s, as previous films with teenage subjects were mostly of the horror or exploitation comedy genres, and did not attempt to realistically portray teenage life. 

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Molly Ringwald Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Glamour	1
Glamour + Candid	8
Glamour + Candid	10
Glamour + Candid	10
Glamour + Candid	21
Glamour + Candid	21
Glamour + Candid + Screen Capture	40