Molly Shannon

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

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Bambi Cottages

Bambi Cottages

Movie

2026
Balls Up poster

Balls Up

Movie · as Burgess

2026
People We Meet on Vacation poster

People We Meet on Vacation

Movie · as Wanda

2026
Driver's Ed poster

Driver's Ed

Movie · as Principal Fisher

2026
Making Marie Antoinette poster

Making Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Self

2026
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald poster

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
The Hawk poster

The Hawk

TV · as Stacy · 10 eps

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self

2025
Downey Wrote That poster

Downey Wrote That

Movie · as Self

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney poster

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

TV · as Self - Actress and Comedian · 1 ep

2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night poster

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Will & Harper poster

Will & Harper

Movie · as Self

2023
A Good Person poster

A Good Person

Movie · as Diane

2022
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special poster

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

Movie · as Self

2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania poster

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

Movie · as Wanda (voice)

2022
Spin Me Round poster

Spin Me Round

Movie · as Deb

2022
I Love That for You poster

I Love That for You

TV · as Jackie Stilton · 8 eps

2021
The White Lotus poster

The White Lotus

TV · as Kitty Patton · 2 eps

2021
Only Murders in the Building poster

Only Murders in the Building

TV · as Bev Melon · 7 eps

2020
Promising Young Woman poster

Promising Young Woman

Movie · as Mrs. Fisher

2020
Horse Girl poster

Horse Girl

Movie · as Joan

2020
The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish poster

The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish

Movie · as Tish Cattigan

2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot poster

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Movie · as SouthBest Airlines Lady

2019
Sextuplets poster

Sextuplets

Movie · as Linda

2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh poster

Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh

Movie · as Self

2019
Biography: Comedy Icons poster

Biography: Comedy Icons

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Other Two poster

The Other Two

TV · as Pat Dubek · 26 eps

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Half Magic poster

Half Magic

Movie · as Mistress Valesca

2018
Private Life poster

Private Life

Movie · as Cynthia Grimes

2018
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish poster

The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

Movie · as Tish Cattigan

2018
Wild Nights with Emily poster

Wild Nights with Emily

Movie · as Emily Dickinson

2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation poster

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Movie · as Wanda (voice)

2018
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! poster

The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

Movie · as Tish Cattigan

2017
We Don't Belong Here poster

We Don't Belong Here

Movie · as Deborah

2017
The Layover poster

The Layover

Movie · as Nancy

2017
Miles poster

Miles

Movie · as Pam Walton

2017
The Little Hours poster

The Little Hours

Movie · as Sister Marea

2017
Fun Mom Dinner poster

Fun Mom Dinner

Movie · as Jamie

2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later poster

Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

TV · as Gail · 3 eps

2017
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Val · 3 eps

2016
Other People poster

Other People

Movie · as Joanne Mulcahey

2016
Nerdland poster

Nerdland

Movie · as Business Woman (voice)

2016
Divorce poster

Divorce

TV · as Diane · 24 eps

2016
Rhett & Link's Buddy System poster

Rhett & Link's Buddy System

TV · as Rhonda · 1 ep

2015
Addicted to Fresno poster

Addicted to Fresno

Movie · as Margaret Lipka

2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl poster

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Movie · as Denise Kushner

2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot poster

Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot

Movie · as Self

2015
I Am Chris Farley poster

I Am Chris Farley

Movie · as Self

2015
Hotel Transylvania 2 poster

Hotel Transylvania 2

Movie · as Wanda (voice)

2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant poster

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

Movie · as Emily McCoy

2015
Live from New York! poster

Live from New York!

Movie · as Self

2015
An SNL Valentine poster

An SNL Valentine

Movie · as (archive footage)

2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp poster

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

TV · as Gail von Kleinenstein · 8 eps

2015
The Spoils Before Dying poster

The Spoils Before Dying

TV · as Tricksy · 6 eps

2015
Moonbeam City poster

Moonbeam City

TV · as Silca (voice) · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Life in Pieces poster

Life in Pieces

TV · as Allie · 1 ep

2014
Life After Beth poster

Life After Beth

Movie · as Geenie Slocum

2014
The (Dead Mothers) Club poster

The (Dead Mothers) Club

Movie · as Self

2014
Benched poster

Benched

TV · as Judge Conner · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
The Spoils of Babylon poster

The Spoils of Babylon

TV · as Meredith Sennheiser · 6 eps

2014
Mulaney poster

Mulaney

TV · as Markie · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Scary Movie 5 poster

Scary Movie 5

Movie · as Heather Daltry

2013
Trust Me poster

Trust Me

Movie · as Janice

2013
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Phyllis Marmatan · 3 eps

2013
Hollywood Game Night poster

Hollywood Game Night

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Hannibal poster

Hannibal

TV · as Kidnapper · 1 ep

2013
The Millers poster

The Millers

TV · as Miss Pam · 1 ep

2013
Super Fun Night poster

Super Fun Night

TV · as Jane Spencer · 1 ep

2012
Hotel Transylvania poster

Hotel Transylvania

Movie · as Wanda (voice)

2012
Casa de Mi Padre poster

Casa de Mi Padre

Movie · as Sheila

2012
The Five-Year Engagement poster

The Five-Year Engagement

Movie · as Onion Chef

2011
Bad Teacher poster

Bad Teacher

Movie · as Melody (Garrett's Mom)

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Millie (voice), millie (voice) · 8 eps

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Kirsten Noble · 2 eps

2011
Up All Night poster

Up All Night

TV · as Nancy · 2 eps

2011
Jessie poster

Jessie

TV · as Beverly Shannon · 1 ep

2010
The Women of SNL poster

The Women of SNL

Movie · as Various (archive footage)

2010
Neighbors from Hell poster

Neighbors from Hell

TV · as Tina Hellman (voice) · 10 eps

2010
Raising Hope poster

Raising Hope

TV · as Maxine · 2 eps

2010
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
What Goes Up poster

What Goes Up

Movie · as Penelope Little

2009
The Middle poster

The Middle

TV · as Janet · 2 eps

2009
Glee poster

Glee

TV · as Brenda Castle · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps

2008
Igor poster

Igor

Movie · as Eva (voice)

2008
Snow Buddies poster

Snow Buddies

Movie · as Molly (voice)

2008
Kath & Kim poster

Kath & Kim

TV · as Kath Day · 17 eps

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Kirsten Noble · 3 eps

2008
Childrens Hospital poster

Childrens Hospital

TV · as Paula Reilly · 1 ep

2007
Evan Almighty poster

Evan Almighty

Movie · as Eve Adams

2007
Year of the Dog poster

Year of the Dog

Movie · as Peggy

2007
Gray Matters poster

Gray Matters

Movie · as Carrie

2007
More of Me poster

More of Me

Movie · as Alice

2007
Mastersons of Manhattan poster

Mastersons of Manhattan

Movie · as Amanda Masterson

2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation poster

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

Movie · as Self

2007
Pushing Daisies poster

Pushing Daisies

TV · as Dilly Balsam · 1 ep

2006
Marie Antoinette poster

Marie Antoinette

Movie · as Aunt Victoire

2006
Scary Movie 4 poster

Scary Movie 4

Movie · as Marilyn

2006
The Wedding Weekend poster

The Wedding Weekend

Movie · as Trish

2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head poster

The Amazing Screw-On Head

Movie · as Patience the Vampire (voice)

2006
Air Buddies poster

Air Buddies

Movie · as Molly (voice)

2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby poster

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Movie · as Mrs. Dennit

2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies

Movie

2006
Little Man poster

Little Man

Movie · as Soccer Mom

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Katherine Catherine · 1 ep

2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine poster

The New Adventures of Old Christine

TV · as Jeannie · 1 ep

2005
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie poster

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie

Movie · as Jackie Frost (voice)

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Kristy (voice) · 3 eps

2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List poster

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Showbiz Show with David Spade poster

The Showbiz Show with David Spade

TV · 1 ep

2004
12 Days of Christmas Eve poster

12 Days of Christmas Eve

Movie · as Angie

2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest poster

On Air with Ryan Seacrest

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Dog Whisperer poster

Dog Whisperer

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

2004
Cracking Up poster

Cracking Up

TV · as Lesley Shackleton · 12 eps

2003
My Boss's Daughter poster

My Boss's Daughter

Movie · as Audrey Bennett

2003
Good Boy! poster

Good Boy!

Movie · as Mrs. Baker

2003
The Music Man poster

The Music Man

Movie · as Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

2003
American Splendor poster

American Splendor

Movie · as Stage Actor Joyce

2003
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

Movie · as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2002
The Santa Clause 2 poster

The Santa Clause 2

Movie · as Tracy

2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

Movie · as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)

2002
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie poster

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Movie · as Molly Shannon

2001
Wet Hot American Summer poster

Wet Hot American Summer

Movie · as Gail

2001
Osmosis Jones poster

Osmosis Jones

Movie · as Mrs. Boyd

2001
Serendipity poster

Serendipity

Movie · as Eve

2001
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon

Movie · as Self, various characters

2001
Shallow Hal poster

Shallow Hal

Movie · as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)

2001
Primetime Glick poster

Primetime Glick

TV · 1 ep

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Denise Lemmon · 1 ep

2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas poster

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Movie · as Betty Lou Who

2000
My 5 Wives poster

My 5 Wives

Movie · as Barbara Van Dyke

2000
Ed poster

Ed

TV · as Linda Berringer · 1 ep

1999
Never Been Kissed poster

Never Been Kissed

Movie · as Anita

1999
Analyze This poster

Analyze This

Movie · as Caroline

1999
Superstar poster

Superstar

Movie · as Mary Katherine Gallagher

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

1999
Saturday Night Live: Christmas poster

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
A Night at the Roxbury poster

A Night at the Roxbury

Movie · as Emily Sanderson

1998
The Thin Pink Line poster

The Thin Pink Line

Movie · as Aani

1998
Happiness poster

Happiness

Movie · as Nancy

1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman poster

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman

Movie · as Kelly

1998
Will & Grace poster

Will & Grace

TV · as Val Bassett · 5 eps

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Lily Martin · 3 eps

1997
Dinner and Driving poster

Dinner and Driving

Movie · as Arguing Woman in Cafe

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1996
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace poster

Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace

Movie · as Homeless Lady

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
The Single Guy poster

The Single Guy

TV · as Melody Pugh · 1 ep

1994
Return to Two Moon Junction poster

Return to Two Moon Junction

Movie · as Traci

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Woman · 1 ep

1994
Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister

TV · as Checker · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1993
The John Larroquette Show poster

The John Larroquette Show

TV · as Vivian · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Judy Swain · 1 ep

1990
In Living Color poster

In Living Color

TV · 1 ep

1989
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Meg (New York)

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Sam · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Katya (voice) · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

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

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep