Molly Shannon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1964
- Birthplace
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
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
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Actor
Making Marie Antoinette 2026
as Self
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Driver's Ed 2026
as Principal Fisher
Balls Up 2026
as Burgess
People We Meet on Vacation 2026
as Wanda
Downey Wrote That 2025
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert 2025
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music 2025
as Self
Will & Harper 2024
as Self
A Good Person 2023
as Diane
Spin Me Round 2022
as Deb
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special 2022
as Self
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania 2022
as Wanda (voice)
Promising Young Woman 2020
as Mrs. Fisher
Horse Girl 2020
as Joan
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot 2019
as SouthBest Airlines Lady
Sextuplets 2019
as Linda
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh 2019
as Self
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish 2019
as Tish Cattigan
Private Life 2018
as Cynthia Grimes
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 2018
as Wanda (voice)
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! 2018
as Tish Cattigan, Producer, Writer
Wild Nights with Emily 2018
as Emily Dickinson
Half Magic 2018
as Mistress Valesca
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish 2018
as Tish Cattigan, Producer
The Layover 2017
as Nancy
Fun Mom Dinner 2017
as Jamie
The Little Hours 2017
as Sister Marea
Miles 2017
as Pam Walton
We Don't Belong Here 2017
as Deborah
Nerdland 2016
as Business Woman (voice)
Other People 2016
as Joanne Mulcahey
Addicted to Fresno 2015
as Margaret Lipka
Hotel Transylvania 2 2015
as Wanda (voice)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot 2015
as Self
I Am Chris Farley 2015
as Self
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 2015
as Denise Kushner
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant 2015
as Emily McCoy
Live from New York! 2015
as Self
An SNL Valentine 2015
as (archive footage)
Life After Beth 2014
as Geenie Slocum
The (Dead Mothers) Club 2014
as Self
Trust Me 2013
as Janice
Scary Movie 5 2013
as Heather Daltry
Hotel Transylvania 2012
as Wanda (voice)
The Five-Year Engagement 2012
as Onion Chef
Casa de Mi Padre 2012
as Sheila
Bad Teacher 2011
as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
The Women of SNL 2010
as Various (archive footage)
What Goes Up 2009
as Penelope Little
Igor 2008
as Eva (voice)
Snow Buddies 2008
as Molly (voice)
More of Me 2007
as Alice
Evan Almighty 2007
as Eve Adams
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation 2007
as Self
Year of the Dog 2007
as Peggy
Gray Matters 2007
as Carrie
Mastersons of Manhattan 2007
as Amanda Masterson
Air Buddies 2006
as Molly (voice)
The Wedding Weekend 2006
as Trish
Little Man 2006
as Soccer Mom
The Amazing Screw-On Head 2006
as Patience the Vampire (voice)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006
as Mrs. Dennit
Marie Antoinette 2006
as Aunt Victoire
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies 2006
Actor
Scary Movie 4 2006
as Marilyn
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie 2005
as Jackie Frost (voice)
12 Days of Christmas Eve 2004
as Angie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley 2003
as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Good Boy! 2003
as Mrs. Baker
My Boss's Daughter 2003
as Audrey Bennett
American Splendor 2003
as Stage Actor Joyce
The Music Man 2003
as Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 2002
as Molly Shannon
The Santa Clause 2 2002
as Tracy
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell 2002
as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
Shallow Hal 2001
as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
Serendipity 2001
as Eve
Osmosis Jones 2001
as Mrs. Boyd
Wet Hot American Summer 2001
as Gail
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon 2001
as Self, various characters
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000
as Betty Lou Who
My 5 Wives 2000
as Barbara Van Dyke
Saturday Night Live: Christmas 1999
as Self (archive footage)
Superstar 1999
as Mary Katherine Gallagher, Additional Writing, Characters
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999
as Self
Never Been Kissed 1999
as Anita
Analyze This 1999
as Caroline
Happiness 1998
as Nancy
The Thin Pink Line 1998
as Aani
A Night at the Roxbury 1998
as Emily Sanderson
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman 1998
as Kelly
Dinner and Driving 1997
as Arguing Woman in Cafe
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace 1996
as Homeless Lady
Return to Two Moon Junction 1994
as Traci
The Phantom of the Opera 1989
as Meg (New York)
Credits from TMDB.