Molly Ringwald - Biography

Last Editor: CHAMEZ				Molly Ringwald Biography -   Name : Molly Ringwald Birth name : Molly Kathleen Ringwald Date of birth : February 18, 1968 Place of birth : Roseville, California, USA Profession : Actor Nationality : American Spouse(s) : Valery Lameignere (1999 - 2002) and Panio Gianopoulos (2007 - present) Height : 5'8"

Molly Ringwald Trivia -

Judged the Tropfest film festival 2000 in Australia. Family: dad, Bob; mom, Adele; older sister, Beth; older brother, Kelly. Her first acting break was as Kate in the West Coast production of "Annie". Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36. Is fluent in French, having been educated at the Lycee Francaise School in Los Angeles; having lived and worked in France for a few years; and was married to a Frenchman. Former Brat-Packer. Turned down the Julia Roberts role in Pretty Woman (1990) and the Demi Moore role in Ghost (1990) Refused the Lea Thompson role in Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), ending her successful business relationship with John Hughes, who was furious. Her parents owned a cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles David Lynch sent her the screenplay of Blue Velvet (1986), in the hope that she would be interested in playing the role of Sandy, which was eventually played by Laura Dern. However, Molly's mother read it first and because it disturbed her, she never showed it to Molly for consideration. Measurements: 34C-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Gave birth to first child with Panio Gianopoulos: Mathilda Ereni, born 22 October 2003 in New York City. Made the cover of Time magazine in 1986. Auditioned for one of the lead roles in Ghost (1990). The character she was tested for was ironically named Molly. (That part ultimately went to Demi Moore, a fellow member of the so-called Brat Pack.) Book reviewer for the Hartford Courant newspaper in Connecticut, and writes entertainment profiles for the Westchester Journal News (NY). [2004] "Ereni" (eeh-ree-nee) her daughter's middle name means "Peace" in Greek Lives with her boyfriend of three years, Panio Gianopoulos (29), a book editor and a writer. Younger than Ringwald, he published an elegiac essay about dating older women called "Confessions of a Boy Toy" in a recent anthology. At the beginning of her film collaboration with John Hughes, she was driving a silver VW Rabbit convertible. By the time it ended with Pretty in Pink (1986), she was driving a white BMW. Was one of the nine original members of the 1980s "brat pack", along with Judd Nelson, Mare Winningham, Anthony Michael Hall, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez and Andrew McCarthy. She revealed at the MTV Movie Awards 2005 that she's having negotiations about a sequel to Sixteen Candles (1984) Ranked #17 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"

Molly Ringwald Detailed Biography -

Raised in California, Ringwald began her film career at age 13, starring with John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazursky's Tempest, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. She then starred in the coming-of-age films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty In Pink, which led her to the cover of Time magazine as the top young actress of the decade. Her other film credits include The Pick-Up Artist, Fresh Horses and Betsy's Wedding. In 1992, Ringwald decided to take a leave from Hollywood and moved to Paris. Her foreign film credits include Seven Sundays, Jean-Luc Goddard's King Lear and, most recently, Enfants de Salaud, which was her first performance entirely in French. After returning to the States, she starred opposite Billy Bob Thornton in the short film Some Folks Call It a Slingblade, which was later adapted into the Oscar-winning feature Slingblade. She also starred opposite Jeanne Tripplehorn in renowned photographer Cindy Sherman's film directing debut, Office Killer. Ringwald's television credits include the series Townies, the highly-rated miniseries The Stand and the telefilms The Alison Gertz Story and Women and Men: Stories of Seduction. She will be making her second appearance on Broadway this fall when she revisits her role as Sally Bowles in Cabaret. Her other theater credits include Rent, Tick Tick Boom and How I Learned to Drive.