
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 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Molly Shannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actress and Comedian
- 2025 · Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- 2024 · Will & Harper as Self
- 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 · Biography: Comedy Icons as Self
- 2018 · Private Life as Cynthia Grimes
- 2017 · Fun Mom Dinner as Jamie
- 2016 · Nerdland as Business Woman (voice)
- 2016 · Rhett & Link's Buddy System as Rhonda
- 2015 · Moonbeam City as Silca (voice)
- 2015 · Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Gail von Kleinenstein
- 2015 · The Spoils Before Dying as Tricksy
- 2015 · Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Denise Kushner
- 2014 · Mulaney as Markie
- 2014 · Life After Beth as Geenie Slocum
- 2014 · The Spoils of Babylon as Meredith Sennheiser
- 2012 · Casa de Mi Padre as Sheila
- 2010 · The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
- 2010 · Neighbors from Hell as Tina Hellman (voice)
- 2008 · Kath & Kim as Kath Day
- 2008 · Igor as Eva (voice)
- 2008 · Snow Buddies as Molly (voice)
- 2007 · Gray Matters as Carrie
- 2006 · Air Buddies as Molly (voice)
- 2005 · The Showbiz Show with David Spade as
- 2003 · Good Boy! as Mrs. Baker
- 2003 · My Boss's Daughter as Audrey Bennett
- 2003 · American Splendor as Stage Actor Joyce
- 2002 · It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Self
- 2001 · Wet Hot American Summer as Gail
- 2001 · Primetime Glick as
- 1999 · Superstar as Mary Katherine Gallagher
- 1998 · Happiness as Nancy
- 1998 · The Thin Pink Line as Aani
- 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)
- 1952 · Today as Self
- Future · GOLF as Stacy
- 2026 · People We Meet on Vacation as Wanda
- 2025 · SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- 2025 · SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night 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 · Sextuplets as Linda
- 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 · Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later as Gail
- 2017 · The Little Hours as Sister Marea
- 2017 · Miles as Pam Walton
- 2017 · We Don't Belong Here as Deborah
- 2016 · Divorce as Diane
- 2016 · Other People as Joanne Mulcahey
- 2015 · Addicted to Fresno as Margaret Lipka
- 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 · I Am Chris Farley 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 · Benched as Judge Conner
- 2014 · The (Dead Mothers) Club as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2013 · Getting On as Phyllis Marmatan
- 2013 · The Millers as Miss Pam
- 2013 · Super Fun Night as Jane Spencer
- 2013 · Hollywood Game Night as Self
- 2013 · Trust Me as Janice
- 2013 · Scary Movie 5 as Heather Darcy
- 2013 · Hannibal as Kidnapper
- 2012 · Hotel Transylvania as Wanda (voice)
- 2012 · The Five-Year Engagement as Onion Chef
- 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
- 2007 · Pushing Daisies as Dilly Balsam
- 2007 · More of Me as Alice
- 2007 · Evan Almighty as Eve Adams
- 2007 · Year of the Dog as Peggy
- 2007 · Mastersons of Manhattan as Amanda Masterson
- 2006 · The Wedding Weekend as Trish
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Katherine Catherine
- 2006 · Little Man as Soccer Mom
- 2006 · The Amazing Screw-On Head as Patience the Vampire (voice)
- 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 · Cracking Up as Lesley Shackleton
- 2004 · On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
- 2003 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2003 · The Music Man as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · The Santa Clause 2 as Tracy
- 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 · Osmosis Jones as Mrs. Boyd
- 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
- 2000 · My 5 Wives as Barbara Van Dyke
- 1999 · Never Been Kissed as Anita
- 1999 · Analyze This as Caroline
- 1998 · A Night at the Roxbury as Emily Sanderson
- 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
- 1995 · The Single Guy as Melody Pugh
- 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 · Balls Up as
- 1999 · Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- Future · Movie for Rachel as Denise Kushner
- 1997 · Dinner and Driving as Arguing Woman in Cafe
- Future · Bambi Cottages as
- Future · Driver's Ed as