‘The Secret Life’ of Molly Ringwald
Ringwald is in her second season (Season One was split into two parts) of the critically acclaimed ABC Family TV drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager, playing Anne Juergens, a 41-year-old mother of teen daughter Amy (Shailene Woodley) who must deal with the roller coaster life of high school and consequences of childbirth. This season began with Anne revealing a big secret of her own – she’s pregnant. But who is the father?
“There are elements of me in Anne, and I definitely made her more liberal, because it’s really important to me that both sides are represented” Ringwald told AOL.
Created by Brenda Hampton (7th Heaven) the show’s message is about as subtle as a sledge hammer “Teen pregnancy is one hundred percent preventable,” but is well balanced with making the romantic entanglements of adulthood interesting to the teen target audience. John Hughes made it look sooo easy.
New episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager air on ABC Family Monday 8/7c.