Molly Shannon

Acting · Born 1964-09-16 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

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,…

Filmography

• Wet Hot American Summer as Gail
• A Good Person as Diane
• Hotel Transylvania as Wanda (voice)
• American Splendor as Stage Actor Joyce
• Serendipity as Eve
• Happiness as Nancy
• Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Denise Kushner
• Promising Young Woman as Mrs. Fisher
• Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Wanda (voice)
• People We Meet on Vacation as Wanda Wright

TV

• The White Lotus as Kitty Patton
• Seinfeld as Sam
• In Living Color
• Twin Peaks as Judy Swain
• Bob's Burgers as Millie (voice)
• Pushing Daisies as Dilly Balsam
• Jessie as Beverly Shannon
• Hannibal as Kidnapper
• Only Murders in the Building as Bev Melon
• The Simpsons as Katya (voice)