See former Idol Teen Molly Ringwald now at 54

She is an actor, writer, translator and more.


In the 1980's,Molly Ringwald was one of the largest stars of adolescence in the world, thanks to his roles inSixteen candles,The breakfast club, andPretty in pink, all project by writer / directorJohn Hughes. Because of these parts, Ringwald was also a member of a lot of discussion.Fog, a group of young actors who worked together frequently. Now, it has been more than 30 years since Ringwald is playing beloved high schoolchildren, but his career is always strong. In fact, you can usually find it playing theparent a teen character in the next generation of secondary exhibitions and movies.

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She never gave up the actor.

Molly Ringwald at the 1986 Oscars
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Ringwald has continued to act since since fame in the 80s, on big and small screens and on the stage. Its theater credits includetick, check ... Boom!,Cabaret, andCharity. Some of its newer screen projects areThe secret life of an American teenager, theKiss movies, andRiverdale, which is based onArchie comic books.

"It's Archie. I mean, I liked Archie Growing,"she said Entertainment tonight In 2017. "I was always really interested, you know:" Am I more Betty or am I more Veronica? What am I going to be like when I grow up? "But it turns out that I am the archie mother."

She is a singer too.

Molly Ringwald at a screening of
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Ringwald's father was a jazz musician and she followed her traces. In 2013, shePosted a jazz album titleExcept sometimes.

"I sung before having acted, because my father is a jazz musician and I played with his group since the moment I was three years old," she saysSeven days In 2014. "Every creative business seems connected. I use my actor capacity when I sing a song (ballad especially); I write in a musical way."

And then there is his writing ...

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As she mentioned in theSeven daysMaintenance, Ringwald also writes. She released a memory,Get pretty back: friendship, family and find the perfect lipstickIn 2010. Then in 2012 she published a book entitledWhen that happens to you: a novel in stories. The actor also wrote for other publications, includingA test on taking another look to his movies of the 80s during the #metoo era forThe New Yorker And oneTips forThe Guardian.

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... and the translation.

Molly Ringwald at opening night of
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Ringwald, who is fluent in French,has made the translation For the English version of the bookLie with me byPhilippe Besson.

"For me, it's a bit like the difference between giving birth and be the midwife, she saidVanity fair In 2019. "I was completely invested in the process and the health of the book was essential, but I was always aware that it is not my book, it's not my story, it's Philip. I would say that I paid more attention to each word in a way to a much more obsessive degree. "

She is a mother of three.

Molly Ringwald and daughter Adele at the American Ballet Theatre's Fall Gala in 2021
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Ringwald is married twice and has three children with his second husband, writerPanio Gianopoulos, to whom she has been married since 2007. Her daughter,Mathilda Gianopoulos, at 18, and his twins,Adele(Photo with his mother above) andRoman Gianopoulos, are 12.

Ringwald talked about how the films she made with Hughes are a lot of their time in terms of elements of sexism, racism and homophobia allowed to be included, which makes her work early with her Complicated children. In herNew YorkerTry, the star wrote to be a little uncomfortable watchThe breakfast club With Mathilda.

In 2021,she said Andy Cohen toRadio andy , "My 12-year-old daughter, Adele, is the most awake person you have ever met, and I just do not know how I'm going to go through that, you know, look at her with her and her] say:" How could you do that? How can you be part of something that ... "" But she also said, "On the other hand, [the films are] also people who felt like foreigners They talk to a lot of people. They are complicated, and I feel like that's what makes the movies really wonderful. "

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