What happened to Molly Ringwald?
Molly Ringwald was the queen of teen comedies in the 1980s, thanks to her collaboration with director John Hughes in films such as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink. With her red hair, natural charm and talent for playing characters that audiences identified with, Ringwald became a pop culture icon and one of the members of the so-called «Brat Pack,» the group of young actors who dominated cinema at the time.
Decided to move away from Hollywood
However, after achieving fame and success, Ringwald decided to move away from Hollywood and try her luck in other countries and genres. She moved to Paris, where she starred in several French films and lived an intense relationship with writer Valéry Lameignère, whom she married in 1999 and divorced in 2002. She also explored her facet as a singer, dancer and writer, publishing books of short stories and memoirs.
Returned to the United States in the 1990s
In the 1990s, Ringwald returned to the United States and resumed her career in film and television, although without the same impact as in her golden age. She participated in films like Betsy’s Wedding, The Stand or Teaching Mrs. Tingle, and in series like The Outer Limits, Medium or The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She also did theater, highlighting her role in Cabaret on Broadway. as Terms of Endearment or Sweet Charity.
Married to the Greek writer Panio Gianopoulos
In the 1990s, Ringwald returned to the United States and resumed her career in film and television, although without the same impact as in her golden age. She participated in films like Betsy’s Wedding, The Stand or Teaching Mrs. Tingle, and in series like The Outer Limits, Medium or The Secret Life of the American Teenager. She also did theater, highlighting her role in Cabaret on Broadway. In 2007, Ringwald married Greek writer Panio Gianopoulos, with whom she has three children: Mathilda, Adele and Roman. The actress has combined her family life with her professional projects, including films such as Jem and the Holograms or King Cobra, series such as Riverdale or Creepshow, and plays such as Terms of Endearment or Sweet Charity.
She has worked as a translator
Ringwald has also worked as a translator, adapting French author Philippe Besson’s novel Lie with Me into English. In addition, she has been an activist for women’s rights and victims of sexual abuse, sharing her own experience of being harassed by a film director when she was 13 years old.
53 years old
At 53 years old, Molly Ringwald is still a star admired by several generations of fans, who nostalgically remember her most emblematic films. The actress has managed to reinvent herself and remain relevant in a difficult and changing industry, proving that she has much more to offer than her girl in pink image.
