Molly Shannon
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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.
Known for
Credits
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
as Wanda (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
as Wanda (voice)
Balls Up (2026)
as Burgess
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018)
as Wanda (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
as Betty Lou Who
Evan Almighty (2007)
as Eve Adams
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (2022)
as Wanda (voice)
Little Man (2006)
as Soccer Mom
Scary Movie 4 (2006)
as Marilyn
Scary Movie 5 (2013)
as Heather Daltry
Bad Teacher (2011)
as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
as Tracy
Promising Young Woman (2020)
as Mrs. Fisher
People We Meet on Vacation (2026)
as Wanda
Marie Antoinette (2006)
as Aunt Victoire
Shallow Hal (2001)
as Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
as Anita
Serendipity (2001)
as Eve
Analyze This (1999)
as Caroline
The Layover (2017)
as Nancy
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
as Mrs. Dennit
The Little Hours (2017)
as Sister Marea
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
as Denise Kushner
Osmosis Jones (2001)
as Mrs. Boyd
A Good Person (2023)
as Diane
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
as Onion Chef
My Boss's Daughter (2003)
as Audrey Bennett
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
as Emily Sanderson
Snow Buddies (2008)
as Molly (voice)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
as SouthBest Airlines Lady
Driver's Ed (2026)
as Principal Fisher
Will & Harper (2024)
as Self
Sextuplets (2019)
as Linda
Air Buddies (2006)
as Molly (voice)
Spin Me Round (2022)
as Deb
Igor (2008)
as Eva (voice)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
as Gail
Life After Beth (2014)
as Geenie Slocum
Fun Mom Dinner (2017)
as Jamie
Horse Girl (2020)
as Joan
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
as Homeless Lady
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (2025)
as Self
Casa de Mi Padre (2012)
as Sheila
Other People (2016)
as Joanne Mulcahey
Happiness (1998)
as Nancy
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025)
as Self
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
as Self
Good Boy! (2003)
as Mrs. Baker
The Women of SNL (2010)
as Various (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998)
as Kelly
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self
I Am Chris Farley (2015)
as Self
We Don't Belong Here (2017)
as Deborah
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
as Meg (New York)
Superstar (1999)
as Mary Katherine Gallagher
Year of the Dog (2007)
as Peggy
Trust Me (2013)
as Janice
Private Life (2018)
as Cynthia Grimes
American Splendor (2003)
as Stage Actor Joyce
NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell (2002)
as Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh (2019)
as Self
The Thin Pink Line (1998)
as Aani
Gray Matters (2007)
as Carrie
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant (2015)
as Emily McCoy
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special (2022)
as Self
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie (2005)
as Jackie Frost (voice)
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)
as Self
Nerdland (2016)
as Business Woman (voice)
Live from New York! (2015)
as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007)
as Self
Saturday Night Live: Christmas (1999)
as Self (archive footage)
Addicted to Fresno (2015)
as Margaret Lipka
Wild Nights with Emily (2018)
as Emily Dickinson
Return to Two Moon Junction (1994)
as Traci
12 Days of Christmas Eve (2004)
as Angie
The Amazing Screw-On Head (2006)
as Patience the Vampire (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley (2003)
as Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! (2018)
as Tish Cattigan
Half Magic (2018)
as Mistress Valesca
The Music Man (2003)
as Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish (2018)
as Tish Cattigan
An SNL Valentine (2015)
as (archive footage)
Downey Wrote That (2025)
as Self
My 5 Wives (2000)
as Barbara Van Dyke
The (Dead Mothers) Club (2014)
as Self
What Goes Up (2009)
as Penelope Little
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies (2006)
Actor
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish (2019)
as Tish Cattigan
Miles (2017)
as Pam Walton
Dinner and Driving (1997)
as Arguing Woman in Cafe
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon (2001)
as Self, various characters
More of Me (2007)
as Alice
The Wedding Weekend (2006)
as Trish
Mastersons of Manhattan (2007)
as Amanda Masterson
Bambi Cottages (—)
Actor