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 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).
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Acting History
2026
People We Meet on Vacation as Wanda
2025Downey Wrote That as Self
2025Driver's Ed
2025Everybody's Live with John Mulaney as Self - Actress and Comedian
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
2024Will & Harper as Self
2023A Good Person as Diane
2022Spin Me Round as Deb
2022Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special as Self
2022I Love That for You as Jackie Stilton
2022Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Wanda (voice)
2021Only Murders in the Building as Bev Melon
2021The White Lotus as Kitty Patton
2020Promising Young Woman as Mrs. Fisher
2020The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
2020Horse Girl as Joan
2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as SouthBest Airlines Lady
2019Sextuplets as Linda
2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019Biography: Comedy Icons as Self
2019Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
2019The Other Two as Pat Dubek
2019The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish as Tish Cattigan
2018Private Life as Cynthia Grimes
2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation as Wanda (voice)
2018The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! as Tish Cattigan
2018Wild Nights with Emily as Emily Dickinson
2018Half Magic as Mistress Valesca
2018The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish as Tish Cattigan
2017Will & Grace as Val Bassett
2017The Layover as Nancy
2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later as Gail
2017Fun Mom Dinner as Jamie
2017The Little Hours as Sister Marea
2017Miles as Pam Walton
2017We Don't Belong Here as Deborah
2016Nerdland as Business Woman (voice)
2016Rhett & Link's Buddy System as Rhonda
2016Divorce as Diane
2016Other People as Joanne Mulcahey
2015Addicted to Fresno as Margaret Lipka
2015Life in Pieces as Allie
2015Hotel Transylvania 2 as Wanda (voice)
2015Moonbeam City as Silca (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2015Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp as Gail von Kleinenstein
2015I Am Chris Farley as Self
2015The Spoils Before Dying as Tricksy
2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Denise Kushner
2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant as Emily McCoy
2015Live from New York! as Self
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Benched as Judge Conner
2014Mulaney as Markie
2014Life After Beth as Geenie Slocum
2014The (Dead Mothers) Club as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014The Spoils of Babylon as Meredith Sennheiser
2013Getting On as Phyllis Marmatan
2013The Millers as Miss Pam
2013Super Fun Night as Jane Spencer
2013Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013Trust Me as Janice
2013Scary Movie 5 as Heather Darcy
2013Hannibal as Kidnapper
2012Hotel Transylvania as Wanda (voice)
2012The Five-Year Engagement as Onion Chef
2012Casa de Mi Padre as Sheila
2011Jessie as Beverly Shannon
2011Up All Night as Nancy
2011Web Therapy as Kirsten Noble
2011Bad Teacher as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
2011Bob's Burgers as Millie (voice)
2010The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010Raising Hope as Maxine
2010Neighbors from Hell as Tina Hellman (voice)
2010Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2009The Middle as Janet
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009What Goes Up as Penelope Little
2009Glee as Brenda Castle
2008Childrens Hospital as Paula Reilly
2008Kath & Kim as Kath Day
2008Web Therapy as Kirsten Noble
2008Igor as Eva (voice)
2008Snow Buddies as Molly (voice)
2007Pushing Daisies as Dilly Balsam
2007More of Me as Alice
2007Evan Almighty as Eve Adams
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
2007Year of the Dog as Peggy
2007Gray Matters as Carrie
2007Mastersons of Manhattan as Amanda Masterson
2006The Wedding Weekend as Trish
2006Air Buddies as Molly (voice)
200630 Rock as Katherine Catherine
2006Little Man as Soccer Mom
2006The Amazing Screw-On Head as Patience the Vampire (voice)
2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as Mrs. Dennit
2006Marie Antoinette as Aunt Victoire
2006Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006Scary Movie 4 as Marilyn
2006The New Adventures of Old Christine as Jeannie
2005Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Jackie Frost (voice)
2005The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self
2005American Dad! as Kristy (voice)
200412 Days of Christmas Eve as Angie
2004Dog Whisperer as Peggy in "Year of the Dog" (archive footage)
2004Cracking Up as Lesley Shackleton
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003Good Boy! as Mrs. Baker
2003My Boss's Daughter as Audrey Bennett
2003American Splendor as Stage Actor Joyce
2003The Music Man as Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie as Self
2002The Santa Clause 2 as Tracy
2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special as Self
2001Shallow Hal as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
2001Serendipity as Eve
2001Scrubs as Denise Lemmon
2001Osmosis Jones as Mrs. Boyd
2001Wet Hot American Summer as Gail
2001Primetime Glick
2001Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon as Self, various characters
2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Betty Lou Who
2000Ed as Linda Berringer
2000My 5 Wives as Barbara Van Dyke
1999Superstar as Mary Katherine Gallagher
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1999Never Been Kissed as Anita
1999Analyze This as Caroline
1998Happiness as Nancy
1998The Thin Pink Line as Aani
1998A Night at the Roxbury as Emily Sanderson
1998Will & Grace as Val Bassett
1998Sex and the City as Lily Martin
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Kelly
1997The View as Self
1997Dinner and Driving as Arguing Woman in Cafe
1996Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace as Homeless Lady
1995The Single Guy as Melody Pugh
1994Return to Two Moon Junction as Traci
1994Sister, Sister as Checker
1994Ellen as Woman
1993Intimate Portrait as Self
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993The John Larroquette Show as Vivian
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1990In Living Color
1990Twin Peaks as Judy Swain
1989The Simpsons as Katya (voice)
1989The Phantom of the Opera as Meg (New York)
1989Seinfeld as Sam
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self
1952Today as Self
—Balls Up
—GOLF as Stacy
—Bambi Cottages