Molly Ringwald

Molly Ringwald is one of those rare performers who basically defined a generation's idea of adolescence — and I mean that in the best possible way. The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink: John Hughes built a whole universe around her freckles and that expressive face, and she carried it with a naturalism that most adult actors would envy. What I find genuinely impressive, though, is that she refused to be just a nostalgia trophy. She went on to write, translated French literature, sang jazz, and kept acting well past the era that made her famous. That 1987 Theatre World Award was an early signal that there was real range here beyond the teen queen label. She's California-born, Aquarius energy all the way, and now in her mid-fifties she remains someone worth paying attention to — not because of the past, but because she never stopped doing the work.

Name (English)

Molly Ringwald

Name (Japanese)

モリー・リングウォルド

Reading

もりー・りんぐうぉるど

Born

February 18, 1968 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Monkey

Origin

Roseville, California, United States

Occupation

film actor / singer / novelist / writer / dancer

High school

Oakmont High School

Awards & achievements

• 1987 Theatre World Award

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://www.iammollyringwald.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mollyringwald/
• Xhttps://x.com/MollyRingwald
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89

Tags

• California
• film actor
• singer
• novelist

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.