Molly Shannon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1964-09-16 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Molly Shannon
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 Kellyautobiographical 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).
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2025)
(2024)
Will & Harper
as Self
(2023)
A Good Person
as Diane
(2022)
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
as Wanda (voice)
(2022)
Spin Me Round
as Deb
(2022)
(2020)
Promising Young Woman
as Mrs. Fisher
(2020)
Horse Girl
as Joan
(2019)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as SouthBest Airlines Lady
(2019)
Sextuplets
as Linda
(2019)
(2019)
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
as Tish Cattigan
(2018)
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
as Wanda (voice)
(2018)
Private Life
as Cynthia Grimes
(2018)
Half Magic
as Mistress Valesca
(2018)
Wild Nights with Emily
as Emily Dickinson
(2018)
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
as Tish Cattigan
(2018)
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
as Tish Cattigan
(2017)
The Little Hours
as Sister Marea
(2017)
The Layover
as Nancy
(2017)
Fun Mom Dinner
as Jamie
(2017)
Miles
as Pam Walton
(2017)
We Don't Belong Here
as Deborah
(2016)
Other People
as Joanne Mulcahey
(2016)
Nerdland
as Business Woman (voice)
(2015)
Hotel Transylvania 2
as Wanda (voice)
(2015)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
as Denise Kushner
(2015)
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
as Emily McCoy
(2015)
Addicted to Fresno
as Margaret Lipka
(2015)
I Am Chris Farley
as Self
(2015)
Live from New York!
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
Life After Beth
as Geenie Slocum
(2014)
The (Dead Mothers) Club
as Self
(2013)
Scary Movie 5
as Heather Darcy
(2013)
Trust Me
as Janice
(2012)
Hotel Transylvania
as Wanda (voice)
(2012)
The Five-Year Engagement
as Onion Chef
(2012)
Casa de Mi Padre
as Sheila
(2011)
Bad Teacher
as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
(2010)
The Women of SNL
as Various (archive footage)
(2009)
What Goes Up
as Penelope Little
(2008)
Igor
as Eva (voice)
(2008)
Snow Buddies
as Molly (voice)
(2007)
Evan Almighty
as Eve Adams
(2007)
Gray Matters
as Carrie
(2007)
Year of the Dog
as Peggy
(2007)
More of Me
as Alice
(2007)
Mastersons of Manhattan
as Amanda Masterson
(2006)
Little Man
as Soccer Mom
(2006)
Scary Movie 4
as Marilyn
(2006)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
as Mrs. Dennit
(2006)
Marie Antoinette
as Aunt Victoire
(2006)
Air Buddies
as Molly (voice)
(2006)
The Wedding Weekend
as Trish
(2006)
The Amazing Screw-On Head
as Patience the Vampire (voice)
(2006)
(2005)
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
as Jackie Frost (voice)
(2004)
12 Days of Christmas Eve
as Angie
(2003)
My Boss's Daughter
as Audrey Bennett
(2003)
American Splendor
as Stage Actor Joyce
(2003)
Good Boy!
as Mrs. Baker
(2003)
The Music Man
as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
(2003)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2002)
The Santa Clause 2
as Tracy
(2002)
(2002)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
(2002)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
(2001)
Shallow Hal
as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
(2001)
Serendipity
as Eve
(2001)
Osmosis Jones
as Mrs. Boyd
(2001)
Wet Hot American Summer
as Gail
(2001)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
as Self, various characters
(2000)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
as Betty Lou Who
(2000)
My 5 Wives
as Barbara Van Dyke
(1999)
Analyze This
as Caroline
(1999)
Never Been Kissed
as Anita
(1999)
Superstar
as Mary Katherine Gallagher
(1999)
(1998)
A Night at the Roxbury
as Emily Sanderson
(1998)
Happiness
as Nancy
(1998)
(1998)
The Thin Pink Line
as Aani
(1997)
Dinner and Driving
as Arguing Woman in Cafe
(1996)
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
as Homeless Lady
(1994)
Return to Two Moon Junction
as Traci
(1989)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Meg (New York)
Crew
(2018)
(1999)
Superstar
Additional Writing