Molly Shannon

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.

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Self
Will & Harper
2024
Self
A Good Person
2023
Diane
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
2022
Self
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
Wanda (voice)
Spin Me Round
2022
Deb
Promising Young Woman
2020
Mrs. Fisher
Horse Girl
2020
Joan
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
2019
Tish Cattigan
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
SouthBest Airlines Lady
Sextuplets
2019
Linda
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
2018
Producer
Half Magic
2018
Mistress Valesca
Private Life
2018
Cynthia Grimes
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
2018
Tish Cattigan
Wild Nights with Emily
2018
Emily Dickinson
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
Wanda (voice)
We Don't Belong Here
2017
Deborah
The Layover
2017
Nancy
Miles
2017
Pam Walton
The Little Hours
2017
Sister Marea
Fun Mom Dinner
2017
Jamie
Other People
2016
Joanne Mulcahey
Nerdland
2016
Business Woman (voice)
Addicted to Fresno
2015
Margaret Lipka
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015
Denise Kushner
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
Self
I Am Chris Farley
2015
Self
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Wanda (voice)
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
Emily McCoy
Live from New York!
2015
Self
Life After Beth
2014
Geenie Slocum
The (Dead Mothers) Club
2014
Self
Scary Movie 5
2013
Heather Darcy
Trust Me
2013
Janice
Hotel Transylvania
2012
Wanda (voice)
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
Sheila
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
Onion Chef
Bad Teacher
2011
Melody (Garrett's Mom)
The Women of SNL
2010
Various (archive footage)
What Goes Up
2009
Penelope Little
Igor
2008
Eva (voice)
Snow Buddies
2008
Molly (voice)
Evan Almighty
2007
Eve Adams
Year of the Dog
2007
Peggy
Gray Matters
2007
Carrie
More of Me
2007
Alice
Mastersons of Manhattan
2007
Amanda Masterson
Marie Antoinette
2006
Aunt Victoire
Scary Movie 4
2006
Marilyn
The Wedding Weekend
2006
Trish
The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
Patience the Vampire (voice)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
Mrs. Dennit
Air Buddies
2006
Molly (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006
Little Man
2006
Soccer Mom
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
2005
Jackie Frost (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
2001
Self, various characters
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Kelly
12 Days of Christmas Eve
2004
Angie
My Boss's Daughter
2003
Audrey Bennett
Good Boy!
2003
Mrs. Baker
The Music Man
2003
Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
American Splendor
2003
Stage Actor Joyce
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Self
The Santa Clause 2
2002
Tracy
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002
Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
Self
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
Gail
Osmosis Jones
2001
Mrs. Boyd
Serendipity
2001
Eve
Balls Up

Shallow Hal
2001
Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
Betty Lou Who
My 5 Wives
2000
Barbara Van Dyke
Superstar
1999
Additional Writing
Never Been Kissed
1999
Anita
Analyze This
1999
Caroline
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
Self
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Emily Sanderson
The Thin Pink Line
1998
Aani
Happiness
1998
Nancy
Dinner and Driving
1997
Arguing Woman in Cafe
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
1996
Homeless Lady
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
Traci
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
Meg (New York)