Molly Ringwald

Ringwald was married to Val�ry Lameign�re, a French writer, in Bordeaux, France, in 1999, while she was acting in French language films and theatre productions in France. The marriage ended in divorce within three years.

She got married for the second time to a Greek-American writer and book editor, Panio Gianopoulos, in 2007. The couple has three children together: Mathilda Ereni, Adele Georgiana and Roman Stylianos.

Molly Ringwald was born in Roseville, California, to Adele Edith and Robert Scott ‘Bob’ Ringwald. Her mother was a pastry chef and father was a blind jazz pianist—frontman and banjo player for the ‘Great Pacific Jazz Band’.

Ever since she was a little girl, Ringwald had a natural inclination towards acting and entertainment. At the age of 5 she played the role of ‘dormouse’ in the local stage enactment of ‘Alice in Wonderland’.

At 6, she released a jazz album in collaboration with her father, and his band, ‘I Wanna be Loved by You’. She continued acting throughout her childhood—played ‘Mouseketeer’ on Disney Channel’s ‘The New Mickey Mouse Club’.

By the time Ringwald was ready to enter her teens, her television and film career shaped up and in 1979 she appeared on the television series like: ‘The Facts of Life’ and ‘Diff'rent Strokes’.

In 1980, Ringwald explored her vocal talent with Disney—she appeared as the lead vocalist on two of their albums, ‘Yankee Doodle Mickey’ and Disney’s Christmas album. She sang songs like, ‘This is My Country’, ‘God Bless America’, etc.

She made her first big appearance with the film version of one of Shakespeare’s plays, ‘The Tempest’ in 1982 and earned her first Golden Globe nomination. The film helped her to get the attention of major directors and producers.

Ringwald’s lucky streak began when the legendary director John Hughes selected her as his muse and cast her in his coming-of-age comedy film, ‘Sixteen Candles’ in 1984, which proved to be her breakout role.

Other movies that Ringwald did with John Hughes and some other directors, during the ‘1980s were ‘The Breakfast Club (1985)’, ‘Pretty in Pink (1986)’, ‘The Pick-up Artist (1987)’ and ‘Fresh Horses (1988)’.

Her roles in coming-of-age movies directed by John Hughes like: ‘Sixteen Candles’, ‘The Breakfast Club’, ‘Pretty in Pink’, etc are considered her most crucial and important ones —being Hughes’ muse helped her establish in the industry.