
Molly Shannon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1964 (age 62)
- Birthplace
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Biography
Molly Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for playing Joanne Mulcahey in the Chris Kelly autobiographical film Other People. Shannon appeared in supporting roles in several films, including Happiness (1998), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Osmosis Jones (2001), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), More of Me (2007), Evan Almighty (2007) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). She appeared in the animated films Igor (2008) and Hotel Transylvania (2012). On television, Shannon had roles in Enlightened (2013), Divorce (2016–2019), The Other Two (2019-2022), The White Lotus (2021), I Love That for You (2022) and Only Murders in the Building (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Molly Shannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Bambi Cottages
Movie

Balls Up
Movie · as Burgess

People We Meet on Vacation
Movie · as Wanda

Driver's Ed
Movie · as Principal Fisher

Making Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Self

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Hawk
TV · as Stacy · 10 eps

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self

Downey Wrote That
Movie · as Self

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
TV · as Self - Actress and Comedian · 1 ep

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Will & Harper
Movie · as Self

A Good Person
Movie · as Diane

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
Movie · as Self

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
Movie · as Wanda (voice)

Spin Me Round
Movie · as Deb

I Love That for You
TV · as Jackie Stilton · 8 eps

The White Lotus
TV · as Kitty Patton · 2 eps

Only Murders in the Building
TV · as Bev Melon · 7 eps

Promising Young Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Fisher

Horse Girl
Movie · as Joan

The Drew Barrymore Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
Movie · as Tish Cattigan

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Movie · as SouthBest Airlines Lady

Sextuplets
Movie · as Linda

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
Movie · as Self

Biography: Comedy Icons
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Other Two
TV · as Pat Dubek · 26 eps

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Half Magic
Movie · as Mistress Valesca

Private Life
Movie · as Cynthia Grimes

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
Movie · as Tish Cattigan

Wild Nights with Emily
Movie · as Emily Dickinson

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
Movie · as Wanda (voice)

The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
Movie · as Tish Cattigan

We Don't Belong Here
Movie · as Deborah

The Layover
Movie · as Nancy

Miles
Movie · as Pam Walton

The Little Hours
Movie · as Sister Marea

Fun Mom Dinner
Movie · as Jamie

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
TV · as Gail · 3 eps

Will & Grace
TV · as Val · 3 eps

Other People
Movie · as Joanne Mulcahey

Nerdland
Movie · as Business Woman (voice)

Divorce
TV · as Diane · 24 eps

Rhett & Link's Buddy System
TV · as Rhonda · 1 ep

Addicted to Fresno
Movie · as Margaret Lipka

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Movie · as Denise Kushner

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
Movie · as Self

I Am Chris Farley
Movie · as Self

Hotel Transylvania 2
Movie · as Wanda (voice)

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
Movie · as Emily McCoy

Live from New York!
Movie · as Self

An SNL Valentine
Movie · as (archive footage)

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
TV · as Gail von Kleinenstein · 8 eps

The Spoils Before Dying
TV · as Tricksy · 6 eps

Moonbeam City
TV · as Silca (voice) · 1 ep

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Life in Pieces
TV · as Allie · 1 ep

Life After Beth
Movie · as Geenie Slocum

The (Dead Mothers) Club
Movie · as Self

Benched
TV · as Judge Conner · 1 ep

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

The Spoils of Babylon
TV · as Meredith Sennheiser · 6 eps

Mulaney
TV · as Markie · 1 ep

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Scary Movie 5
Movie · as Heather Daltry

Trust Me
Movie · as Janice

Getting On
TV · as Phyllis Marmatan · 3 eps

Hollywood Game Night
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Hannibal
TV · as Kidnapper · 1 ep

The Millers
TV · as Miss Pam · 1 ep

Super Fun Night
TV · as Jane Spencer · 1 ep

Hotel Transylvania
Movie · as Wanda (voice)

Casa de Mi Padre
Movie · as Sheila

The Five-Year Engagement
Movie · as Onion Chef

Bad Teacher
Movie · as Melody (Garrett's Mom)

Bob's Burgers
TV · as Millie (voice), millie (voice) · 8 eps

Web Therapy
TV · as Kirsten Noble · 2 eps

Up All Night
TV · as Nancy · 2 eps

Jessie
TV · as Beverly Shannon · 1 ep

The Women of SNL
Movie · as Various (archive footage)

Neighbors from Hell
TV · as Tina Hellman (voice) · 10 eps

Raising Hope
TV · as Maxine · 2 eps

Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

What Goes Up
Movie · as Penelope Little

The Middle
TV · as Janet · 2 eps

Glee
TV · as Brenda Castle · 2 eps

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps

Igor
Movie · as Eva (voice)

Snow Buddies
Movie · as Molly (voice)

Kath & Kim
TV · as Kath Day · 17 eps

Web Therapy
TV · as Kirsten Noble · 3 eps

Childrens Hospital
TV · as Paula Reilly · 1 ep

Evan Almighty
Movie · as Eve Adams

Year of the Dog
Movie · as Peggy

Gray Matters
Movie · as Carrie

More of Me
Movie · as Alice

Mastersons of Manhattan
Movie · as Amanda Masterson

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self

Pushing Daisies
TV · as Dilly Balsam · 1 ep

Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Aunt Victoire

Scary Movie 4
Movie · as Marilyn

The Wedding Weekend
Movie · as Trish

The Amazing Screw-On Head
Movie · as Patience the Vampire (voice)

Air Buddies
Movie · as Molly (voice)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Movie · as Mrs. Dennit

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
Movie

Little Man
Movie · as Soccer Mom

30 Rock
TV · as Katherine Catherine · 1 ep

The New Adventures of Old Christine
TV · as Jeannie · 1 ep

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
Movie · as Jackie Frost (voice)

American Dad!
TV · as Kristy (voice) · 3 eps

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Showbiz Show with David Spade
TV · 1 ep

12 Days of Christmas Eve
Movie · as Angie

On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Dog Whisperer
TV · as Peggy in "Year of the Dog" (archive footage) · 1 ep

Cracking Up
TV · as Lesley Shackleton · 12 eps

My Boss's Daughter
Movie · as Audrey Bennett

Good Boy!
Movie · as Mrs. Baker

The Music Man
Movie · as Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

American Splendor
Movie · as Stage Actor Joyce

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
Movie · as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

The Santa Clause 2
Movie · as Tracy

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
Movie · as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Movie · as Molly Shannon

Wet Hot American Summer
Movie · as Gail

Osmosis Jones
Movie · as Mrs. Boyd

Serendipity
Movie · as Eve

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
Movie · as Self, various characters

Shallow Hal
Movie · as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)

Primetime Glick
TV · 1 ep

Scrubs
TV · as Denise Lemmon · 1 ep

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Movie · as Betty Lou Who

My 5 Wives
Movie · as Barbara Van Dyke

Ed
TV · as Linda Berringer · 1 ep

Never Been Kissed
Movie · as Anita

Analyze This
Movie · as Caroline

Superstar
Movie · as Mary Katherine Gallagher

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self

Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

A Night at the Roxbury
Movie · as Emily Sanderson

The Thin Pink Line
Movie · as Aani

Happiness
Movie · as Nancy

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
Movie · as Kelly

Will & Grace
TV · as Val Bassett · 5 eps

Sex and the City
TV · as Lily Martin · 3 eps

Dinner and Driving
Movie · as Arguing Woman in Cafe

The View
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
Movie · as Homeless Lady

The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Single Guy
TV · as Melody Pugh · 1 ep

Return to Two Moon Junction
Movie · as Traci

Ellen
TV · as Woman · 1 ep

Sister, Sister
TV · as Checker · 1 ep

Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

The John Larroquette Show
TV · as Vivian · 1 ep

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Twin Peaks
TV · as Judy Swain · 1 ep

In Living Color
TV · 1 ep

The Phantom of the Opera
Movie · as Meg (New York)

Seinfeld
TV · as Sam · 1 ep

The Simpsons
TV · as Katya (voice) · 1 ep

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited) · 2 eps

Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep








