- On July 10 2009, Molly and her husband, Panio Gianopoulos, 33, became the proud parents of twins: a girl (Adele Georgiana Ringwald Gianopoulos) and a boy (Roman Stylianos Ringwald Gianopoulos).
- At the 1988 Paris Film Festival Molly won Best Actress for the movie "For Keeps?".
- As a child Molly played in a swing bank in Sacramento with actor Conrad Janis.
- In 2002 Molly was nominated for an MTV movie award for Best Cameo for "Not Another Teen Movie". In 2005 she was awarded a Silver Bucket of Excellence Award at the MTV Movie Awards along with Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy and Anthony Michael Hall for their parts in "The Breakfast Club".
- Molly's favorite on screen kiss is the one she shared with Andrew McCarthy at the end of "Pretty In Pink".
- In 1983 Molly was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Female for "Tempest".
- In 1991 Molly was nominated for a Razzi Award for Worst Actress for "Betsey's Wedding".
- Molly plays the ukulele.
- In 2008 Molly can be heard as the voice of the Brawny paper towel commercial.
- Molly married her daughter Mathilda's father, writer Panio Gianopoulos, in 2007. Mathilda was born October 22, 2003; her middle name is Ereni (eeh-ree-nee), it means peace in Greek.
- Starting in Fall 2006, Molly played Charity in the Sweet Charity tour, which extended across many venues including San Jose, Houston, and Denver.
- Molly began her theater career at 10 years old when she played Annie at the Curran Theater in San Francisco.
- Molly married her long time fiancé, Valery Lameignère, on July 28, 1999, they divorced in November 2002.
- Molly was romantically linked with Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz in the mid 1980s. She has also briefly dated actor Anthony Michael Hall and Dweezil Zappa.
- Molly's trademark is her red hair.
- Molly stands at 5' 8" (1.73m) tall.
- In December 2004, Molly starred in Modern Orthodox at the Dodger Theatres in New York City.
- In August 2004, Molly appeared as Sally in "When Harry Met Sally" at the Haymarket Theatre, London.
- In April 2003, Molly starred in a Broadway production of Enchanted April as Rose.
- At the beginning of Molly's film collaboration with John Hughes, she was driving a silver VW Rabbit convertible. By the time it ended with Pretty in Pink, she was driving a white BMW.
- Molly is a book reviewer for the Hartford Courant newspaper in Connecticut, and writes entertainment profiles for the Westchester Journal News.
- Molly made the cover of Time magazine in 1986.
- Molly's parents owned a cafeteria in Downtown Los Angeles.
- Molly is a former Brat-packer.
- Molly studied at the Lycee Francaise School in Los Angeles.
- Molly is listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1984" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36.
- Molly's first acting break was as Kate in the West Coast production of "Annie".
- Molly's family, dad, Bob; mom, Adele; older sister, Beth; older brother, Kelly.
- Molly judged the Tropfest film festival 2000 in Australia.
- Molly nabbed the #1 spot on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. She got the #17 spot on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars list.
- Molly turned down the lead role in "Pretty Woman".
- Molly has said in the past that she was considering doing a sequel to Sixteen Candles.
- Molly is fluent in French.
- Molly released an album at the age of 6 entitled, "I Wanna Be Loved By You, Molly Sings.
- Molly turned down the Lea Thompson role in "Some Kind of Wonderful." This ended her working relationship with film producer John Hughes.
- Molly auditioned for one of the lead roles in "Ghost." 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).
- Molly Ringwald: I have to accept the fact that these films have had a fantastic effect on people, and to deny that doesn't make any sense until I do something that has the same cultural and social impact of those movies. That's just the way it is.
- Molly Ringwald: I think I was blessed to be given the opportunity to be in those [Brat Pack] movies. I think they're great movies, and I'm proud of my work in them. But on the other hand, to talk about something I did so long ago when I have continued to work and do other things is a little tiring. I just get bored. I keep going back to those movies when I don't have anything new to say about them.
- Molly Ringwald: I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.
- Molly Ringwald: You never know when you read a script how it's going to turn out because so much depends on the collaboration between people. If I'd been in some of the movies I turned down, maybe they wouldn't have been a success.
- Molly Ringwald: When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.
- Molly Ringwald: I've been called the Women's Auxiliary of the Brat Pack.
- Molly Ringwald: I don't really believe in regret. I think you can always learn from the past, but I wouldn't want a different life.
- Molly Ringwald: People forget the feeling of having to go to school on Monday and take a test in physics that you don't understand at all.
