Molly Ringwald, née le 18 février 1968 à Roseville (Californie) est une actrice américaine devenue populaire auprès des adolescents grâce à ses rôles dans les films écrit et produit par John Hughes comme Rose bonbon, Breakfast Club ou encore Seize bougies pour Sam. Elle a joué dans plusieurs autres teen movies et elle fait partie du Brat Pack.

Biographie

Ringwald was married to Valéry Lameignère, a French writer, in Bordeaux, France, on July 28, 1999; they divorced in 2002. She married Panio Gianopoulos, a Greek-American writer and book editor, in 2007. They have a daughter, Mathilda (born 2003), and twins, Adele and Roman (born 2009). Her pregnancy was written into the storyline of The Secret Life of the American Teenager.


Public image
Ringwald has stated that she was very aware of her public image during her teen years and that she tried to be a good role model for her fans. When asked about For Keeps (1988), Ringwald said, "I didn't want to give the wrong message to teenagers. I sort of felt a certain responsibility -– I mean, I was a very, very famous teenager and I thought a lot of teenagers were looking up to me and emulating me, and I really didn't want to make a movie that said in any way that having a baby at that age was going to be easy." She has been regarded as one of the greatest teen stars on numerous occasions.

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