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