Personal Info
Birth date
1964-09-16 (60 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Also known as
مالی شانون
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 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.
Filmography
Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.3
Overview:
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
6.343
Overview:
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watchWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
5.061
Overview:
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.Bob's Burgers
7.823
Overview:
Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.The Simpsons
8
Overview:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.American Dad!
6.975
Overview:
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.411
Overview:
Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.Seinfeld
8.257
Overview:
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.The View
4.5
Overview:
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.Late Night with Conan O'Brien
7.2
Overview:
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests.Jimmy Kimmel Live!
5.5
Overview:
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.The Drew Barrymore Show
5.917
Overview:
Drew Barrymore presents human-interest stories, celebrity guests, lifestyle segments and field pieces, all driven by her infectious brand of humor and optimism.Saturday Night Live
7
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.30 Rock
7.448
Overview:
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.Glee
6.762
Overview:
In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.Only Murders in the Building
8.467
Overview:
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.Sex and the City
7.391
Overview:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.In Living Color
7.6
Overview:
In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory Way Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television and was taped before a live studio audience at stage 7 at the Fox Television Center on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. The title of the series was inspired by the NBC announcement of broadcasts being presented "in living color" during the 1950s and 1960s, prior to mainstream color television. It also refers to the fact that most of the show's cast were black, unlike other sketch comedy shows such as Saturday Night Live whose casts are usually mostly white.The White Lotus
7.609
Overview:
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
4.4
Overview:
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.Twin Peaks
8.34
Overview:
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.Will & Grace
6.855
Overview:
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.Scrubs
8.01
Overview:
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.The Middle
7.564
Overview:
The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.Hannibal
8.2
Overview:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.The New Adventures of Old Christine
7.032
Overview:
Single working mom Christine Campbell has just learned that her ex is dating a much younger woman with the same first name. To avoid any confusion, the new girlfriend is dubbed New Christine, which leaves her with the unfortunate nickname Old Christine.Intimate Portrait
4.5
Overview:
Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.Sister, Sister
7.134
Overview:
Twins Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell were separated and adopted at birth. Fourteen years later, they encounter each other by chance at the mall. After the families meet, Tia's widowed father agrees to let Tamera and her single mother move in with them.Who Do You Think You Are?
6.6
Overview:
From roots in the Deep South to the slums of New Jersey, "Who Do You Think You Are?" follows the journeys of some of the most well-known names in American popular culture. Watch as celebrities discover unknown details about themselves and their families while researching their ancestry with the help of historians and genealogical experts.Acting
TBABambi Cottages as Unknown
TBABalls Up as Unknown
TBAPeople We Meet on Vacation as Unknown
TBADriver's Ed as Unknown
2025Everybody's Live with John Mulaney (1 Episode) as Self - Actress and Comedian
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2025SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night (4 Episodes) 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 (8 Episodes) as Jackie Stilton
2022Hotel Transylvania: Transformania as Wanda (voice)
2021Only Murders in the Building (7 Episodes) as Bev Melon
2021The White Lotus (2 Episodes) as Kitty Patton
2020Promising Young Woman as Mrs. Fisher
2020The Drew Barrymore Show (1 Episode) as Self
2020Horse Girl as Joan
2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as SouthBest Airlines Lady
2019Sextuplets as Linda
2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh as Unknown
2019Biography: Comedy Icons (1 Episode) as Herself
2019Today with Hoda & Jenna (1 Episode) as Self
2019The Other Two (26 Episodes) 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 (3 Episodes) as Val Bassett
2017The Layover as Nancy
2017Fun Mom Dinner as Jamie
2017Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (3 Episodes) as Gail
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 (1 Episode) as Rhonda
2016Divorce (24 Episodes) as Diane
2016Other People as Joanne Mulcahey
2015Addicted to Fresno as Margaret Lipka
2015Hotel Transylvania 2 as Wanda (voice)
2015Life in Pieces (1 Episode) as Allie
2015Moonbeam City (1 Episode) as Silca (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 Episode) as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (1 Episode) as Self
2015Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot as Self
2015Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (8 Episodes) as Gail von Kleinenstein
2015I Am Chris Farley as Self
2015The Spoils Before Dying (6 Episodes) 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 (1 Episode) as Self
2014Benched (1 Episode) as Judge Conner
2014Mulaney (1 Episode) as Markie
2014Life After Beth as Geenie Slocum
2014The (Dead Mothers) Club as Self
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (2 Episodes) as Self
2014The Spoils of Babylon (6 Episodes) as Meredith Sennheiser
2013Getting On (1 Episode) as Phyllis Marmatan
2013The Millers (1 Episode) as Miss Pam
2013Super Fun Night (1 Episode) as Jane Spencer
2013Hollywood Game Night (2 Episodes) as Self
2013Trust Me as Janice
2013Scary Movie 5 as Heather Darcy
2013Hannibal (1 Episode) as Kidnapper
2012Hotel Transylvania as Wanda (voice)
2012The Five-Year Engagement as Onion Chef
2012Casa de Mi Padre as Sheila
2011Jessie (1 Episode) as Beverly Shannon
2011Up All Night (2 Episodes) as Nancy
2011Web Therapy (2 Episodes) as Kirsten Noble
2011Bad Teacher as Melody (Garrett's Mom)
2011Bob's Burgers (7 Episodes) as Millie (voice)
2010The Women of SNL as Various (archive footage)
2010Raising Hope (2 Episodes) as Maxine
2010Neighbors from Hell (10 Episodes) as Tina Hellman (voice)
2010Who Do You Think You Are? (1 Episode) as Self
2009The Middle (2 Episodes) as Janet
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (6 Episodes) as Self - Guest
2009What Goes Up as Penelope Little
2009Glee (2 Episodes) as Brenda Castle
2008Childrens Hospital (1 Episode) as Paula Reilly
2008Kath & Kim (17 Episodes) as Kath Day
2008Web Therapy (3 Episodes) as Kirsten Noble
2008Igor as Eva (voice)
2008Snow Buddies as Molly (voice)
2007Pushing Daisies (1 Episode) as Dilly Balsam
2007More of Me as Alice
2007Evan Almighty as Eve Adams
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 (1 Episode) 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 as Unknown
2006Scary Movie 4 as Marilyn
2006The New Adventures of Old Christine (1 Episode) as Jeannie
2005Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie as Jackie Frost (voice)
2005The Showbiz Show with David Spade (1 Episode) as Unknown
2005Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (1 Episode) as Self
2005American Dad! (3 Episodes) as Kristy (voice)
200412 Days of Christmas Eve as Angie
2004Cracking Up (12 Episodes) as Lesley Shackleton
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest (1 Episode) 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 Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) 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 (1 Episode) as Denise Lemmon
2001Osmosis Jones as Mrs. Boyd
2001Wet Hot American Summer as Gail
2001Primetime Glick (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon as Self, various characters
2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas as Betty Lou Who
2000Ed (1 Episode) 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 (5 Episodes) as Val Bassett
1998Sex and the City (3 Episodes) as Lily Martin
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman as Kelly
1997The View (4 Episodes) as Self
1997Dinner and Driving as Arguing Woman in Cafe
1996Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace as Homeless Lady
1995The Single Guy (1 Episode) as Melody Pugh
1994Return to Two Moon Junction as Traci
1994Sister, Sister (1 Episode) as Checker
1994Ellen (1 Episode) as Woman
1993Intimate Portrait (1 Episode) as Self
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (4 Episodes) as Self - Guest
1993The John Larroquette Show (1 Episode) as Vivian
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 Episodes) as Self
1990In Living Color (1 Episode) as Unknown
1990Twin Peaks (1 Episode) as Judy Swain
1989The Simpsons (1 Episode) as Katya (voice)
1989The Phantom of the Opera as Meg (New York)
1989Seinfeld (1 Episode) as Sam
1975Saturday Night Live (2, 125, 2, 1 Episode) as Self - Host, Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self
1952Today (1 Episode) as Self
Production
2018The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! ... Producer
Crew
1999Superstar ... Additional Writing