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