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Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon

Actor · Born September 16, 1964 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

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Highest rated as cast or director

Molly Shannon's 12 titles from the 2010s have a median Balasaur Score of 69, led by Private Life (78) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (77), against 61 for those from the 2020s.

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.

Acted in 129

2010s

  1. 2019
  2. The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish

    Tish Cattigan

  3. 2018
  4. The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

    Tish Cattigan

  5. Half Magic

    Mistress Valesca

  6. The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

    Tish Cattigan

  7. 2017
  8. Miles

    Pam Walton

  9. We Don't Belong Here

    Deborah

  10. 2016
  11. 2015

    Addicted to Fresno

    Margaret Lipka

  12. Moonbeam City

    Silca (voice) · 1 episode

  13. The Spoils Before Dying

    Tricksy · 6 episodes

  14. 2014
  15. Mulaney

    Markie · 1 episode

  16. The Spoils of Babylon

    Meredith Sennheiser · 6 episodes

  17. 2013
  18. 2012
  19. 2011
  20. 2010

    The Women of SNL

    Various (archive footage)

  21. Neighbors from Hell

    Tina Hellman (voice) · 10 episodes

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. What Goes Up

    Penelope Little

  3. 2008
  4. 2007
  5. More of Me

    Alice

  6. Year of the Dog

    Peggy

  7. Mastersons of Manhattan

    Amanda Masterson

  8. 2006

    The Wedding Weekend

    Trish

  9. The Amazing Screw-On Head

    Patience the Vampire (voice)

  10. Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies

    Movie

  11. 2005

    Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie

    Jackie Frost (voice)

  12. The Showbiz Show with David Spade

    TV

  13. 2004
  14. 2003

    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

    Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)

  15. The Music Man

    Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

  16. 2002
  17. 2001
  18. 2000
  19. My 5 Wives

    Barbara Van Dyke

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. The Phantom of the Opera

    Meg (New York)

Produced 2

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

    Producer

  2. The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish

    Producer

Wrote 2

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1999

    Superstar

    Characters

Other crew 1

1990s

  1. 1999

    Superstar

    Additional Writing

Appearances41

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. 2007

    Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

    Self

  3. 2005
  4. 2004
  5. 2003
  6. 2002
  7. Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell

    Self / Various Characters (archive footage)

  8. NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    Self

  9. 2001

    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon

    Self, various characters