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
The Hawk as Stacy
People We Meet on Vacation as Wanda Wright

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
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
Life in Pieces as Allie
Hotel Transylvania 2 as Wanda (voice)
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Gail von Kleinenstein
The Spoils Before Dying as Tricksy
Moonbeam City as Silca (voice)
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Denise Kushner
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
The Millers as Miss Pam
Hollywood Game Night as Self
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
Bad Teacher as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
Web Therapy as Kirsten Noble

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
Igor as Eva (voice)
Snow Buddies as Molly (voice)

2007

Pushing Daisies as Dilly Balsam
Evan Almighty as Eve Adams
Gray Matters as Carrie
Year of the Dog as Peggy
More of Me as Alice
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
Mastersons of Manhattan as Amanda Masterson

2006

30 Rock as Katherine Catherine
Scary Movie 4 as Marilyn
The New Adventures of Old Christine as Jeannie
Little Man as Soccer Mom
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Mrs. Dennit
Marie Antoinette as Aunt Victoire
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
Good Boy! as Mrs. Baker
American Splendor as Stage Actor Joyce
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

Never Been Kissed as Anita
Analyze This as Caroline
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

Sister, Sister as Checker
Ellen as Woman
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