Molly Shannon

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1964-09-16 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Molly Shannon

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 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 (...

Acting

2006

Marie Antoinette

as Aunt Victoire

2007

Evan Almighty

as Eve Adams

2023

2003

My Boss's Daughter

as Audrey Bennett

2006

Scary Movie 4

as Marilyn

2013

Scary Movie 5

as Heather Darcy

1999

2003

Good Boy!

as Mrs. Baker

2003

The Music Man

as Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

2000

1998

A Night at the Roxbury

as Emily Sanderson

2001

Osmosis Jones

as Mrs. Boyd

1999

Analyze This

as Caroline

2007

1999

Superstar

as Mary Katherine Gallagher

2008

Igor

as Eva (voice)

2007

Gray Matters

as Carrie

2000

My 5 Wives

as Barbara Van Dyke

2009

What Goes Up

as Penelope Little

2012

Hotel Transylvania

as Wanda (voice)

1989

The Phantom of the Opera

as Meg (New York)

2007

More of Me

as Alice

2013

Trust Me

as Janice

2006

The Amazing Screw-On Head

as Patience the Vampire (voice)

2014

Life After Beth

as Geenie Slocum

2011

Bad Teacher

as Melody (Garrett's Mom)

2008

Snow Buddies

as Molly (voice)

2001

2003

American Splendor

as Stage Actor Joyce

2002

2006

Air Buddies

as Molly (voice)

2002

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)

2015

Addicted to Fresno

as Margaret Lipka

1998

Happiness

as Nancy

2015

2003

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)

2017

2018

Half Magic

as Mistress Valesca

2017

The Layover

as Nancy

2017

Miles

as Pam Walton

2015

Hotel Transylvania 2

as Wanda (voice)

2016

Other People

as Joanne Mulcahey

2001

2017

The Little Hours

as Sister Marea

2017

2005

2018

Private Life

as Cynthia Grimes

2007

Mastersons of Manhattan

as Amanda Masterson

2018

Wild Nights with Emily

as Emily Dickinson

2001

Shallow Hal

as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)

2012

2010

The Women of SNL

as Various (archive footage)

2019

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

as SouthBest Airlines Lady

2020

Promising Young Woman

as Mrs. Fisher

2012

2019

Sextuplets

as Linda

2020

Horse Girl

as Joan

1997

Dinner and Driving

as Arguing Woman in Cafe

2006

Little Man

as Soccer Mom

2016

Nerdland

as Business Woman (voice)

2022

2024

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Movie for Rachel

as Denise Kushner

Production

1999

Superstar

as Additional Writing

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