Molly Shannon
Born: 1964-09-16 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Balls Up as Burgess
- Driver's Ed
- People We Meet on Vacation as Wanda Wright
- The Hawk as Stacy
2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actress and Comedian
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- Downey Wrote That as Self
2024
- Will & Harper as Self
2023
- A Good Person as Diane
2022
- Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Wanda (voice)
- I Love That for You as Jackie Stilton
- Spin Me Round as Deb
- Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special as Self
2021
- The White Lotus as Kitty Patton
- Only Murders in the Building as Bev Melon
2020
- The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- Promising Young Woman as Mrs. Fisher
- Horse Girl as Joan
2019
- The Other Two as Pat Dubek
- Today with Jenna & Sheinelle as Self - Guest
- Sextuplets as Linda
- Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as SouthBest Airlines Lady
- Biography: Comedy Icons as Self
- Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh as Self
- The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish as Tish Cattigan
2018
- Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation as Wanda (voice)
- Private Life as Cynthia Grimes
- Half Magic as Mistress Valesca
- The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! as Tish Cattigan
- Wild Nights with Emily as Emily Dickinson
- The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish as Tish Cattigan
2017
- Will & Grace as Val Bassett
- Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later as Gail
- The Little Hours as Sister Marea
- The Layover as Nancy
- Fun Mom Dinner as Jamie
- We Don't Belong Here as Deborah
- Miles as Pam Walton
2016
- Divorce as Diane
- Rhett & Link's Buddy System as Rhonda
- Other People as Joanne Mulcahey
- Nerdland as Business Woman (voice)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
- Life in Pieces as Allie
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- Hotel Transylvania 2 as Wanda (voice)
- Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Gail von Kleinenstein
- The Spoils Before Dying as Tricksy
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Denise Kushner
- Moonbeam City as Silca (voice)
- I Am Chris Farley as Self
- Addicted to Fresno as Margaret Lipka
- Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant as Emily McCoy
- Live from New York! as Self
- Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Benched as Judge Conner
- Mulaney as Markie
- The Spoils of Babylon as Meredith Sennheiser
- Life After Beth as Geenie Slocum
- The (Dead Mothers) Club as Self
2013
- Hannibal as Kidnapper
- Scary Movie 5 as Heather Darcy
- Hollywood Game Night as Self
- The Millers as Miss Pam
- Getting On as Phyllis Marmatan
- Super Fun Night as Jane Spencer
- Trust Me as Janice
2012
- Hotel Transylvania as Wanda (voice)
- The Five-Year Engagement as Onion Chef
- Casa de Mi Padre as Sheila
2011
- Bob's Burgers as Millie (voice)
- Jessie as Beverly Shannon
- Up All Night as Nancy
- Web Therapy as Kirsten Noble
- Bad Teacher as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
2010
- Raising Hope as Maxine
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Neighbors from Hell as Tina Hellman (voice)
- The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Middle as Janet
- Glee as Brenda Castle
- What Goes Up as Penelope Little
2008
- Childrens Hospital as Paula Reilly
- Web Therapy as Kirsten Noble
- Kath & Kim as Kath Day
- Snow Buddies as Molly (voice)
- Igor as Eva (voice)
2007
- Pushing Daisies as Dilly Balsam
- Evan Almighty as Eve Adams
- Year of the Dog as Peggy
- Gray Matters as Carrie
- Mastersons of Manhattan as Amanda Masterson
- Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
- More of Me as Alice
2006
- 30 Rock as Katherine Catherine
- Little Man as Soccer Mom
- The New Adventures of Old Christine as Jeannie
- Scary Movie 4 as Marilyn
- Marie Antoinette as Aunt Victoire
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Mrs. Dennit
- Air Buddies as Molly (voice)
- The Wedding Weekend as Trish
- The Amazing Screw-On Head as Patience the Vampire (voice)
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2005
- American Dad! as Kristy (voice)
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self
- The Showbiz Show with David Spade
- Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Jackie Frost (voice)
2004
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- Dog Whisperer as Peggy in "Year of the Dog" (archive footage)
- Cracking Up as Lesley Shackleton
- 12 Days of Christmas Eve as Angie
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- My Boss's Daughter as Audrey Bennett
- American Splendor as Stage Actor Joyce
- Good Boy! as Mrs. Baker
- The Music Man as Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
- The Santa Clause 2 as Tracy
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Self
- NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
2001
- Scrubs as Denise Lemmon
- Shallow Hal as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
- Serendipity as Eve
- Primetime Glick
- Osmosis Jones as Mrs. Boyd
- Wet Hot American Summer as Gail
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon as Self, various characters
2000
- Ed as Linda Berringer
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Betty Lou Who
- My 5 Wives as Barbara Van Dyke
1999
- Analyze This as Caroline
- Never Been Kissed as Anita
- Superstar as Mary Katherine Gallagher
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- Saturday Night Live: Christmas as Self
1998
- Sex and the City as Lily Martin
- Will & Grace as Val Bassett
- A Night at the Roxbury as Emily Sanderson
- Happiness as Nancy
- The Thin Pink Line as Aani
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Kelly
1997
- The View as Self
- Dinner and Driving as Arguing Woman in Cafe
1996
- Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace as Homeless Lady
1995
- The Single Guy as Melody Pugh
1994
- Ellen as Woman
- Sister, Sister as Checker
- Return to Two Moon Junction as Traci
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- The John Larroquette Show as Vivian
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1990
- Twin Peaks as Judy Swain
- In Living Color
1989
- The Simpsons as Katya (voice)
- Seinfeld as Sam
- The Phantom of the Opera as Meg (New York)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1952
- Today as Self