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.

Filmography

• 2026Balls Up — Burgess
• 2026Driver's Ed — Principal Fisher
• 2026People We Meet on Vacation — Wanda
• The Hawk — Stacy
• 2023A Good Person — Diane
• 2022Hotel Transylvania: Transformania — Wanda (voice)
• I Love That for You — Jackie Stilton
• 2022Spin Me Round — Deb
• Only Murders in the Building — Bev Melon
• The White Lotus — Kitty Patton
• 2020Horse Girl — Joan
• 2020Promising Young Woman — Mrs. Fisher
• 2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot — SouthBest Airlines Lady
• 2019Sextuplets — Linda
• 2019The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish — Tish Cattigan
• The Other Two — Pat Dubek
• 2018Half Magic — Mistress Valesca
• 2018Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation — Wanda (voice)
• 2018Private Life — Cynthia Grimes
• 2018The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish — Tish Cattigan, Producer
• 2018The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! — Tish Cattigan, Producer, Writer
• 2018Wild Nights with Emily — Emily Dickinson
• 2017Fun Mom Dinner — Jamie
• 2017Miles — Pam Walton
• 2017The Layover — Nancy
• 2017The Little Hours — Sister Marea
• 2017We Don't Belong Here — Deborah
• Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later — Gail
• Will & Grace — Val Bassett
• Divorce — Diane
• 2016Nerdland — Business Woman (voice)
• 2016Other People — Joanne Mulcahey
• Rhett & Link's Buddy System — Rhonda
• 2015Addicted to Fresno — Margaret Lipka
• 2015An SNL Valentine — (archive footage)
• 2015Hotel Transylvania 2 — Wanda (voice)
• 2015Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant — Emily McCoy
• Life in Pieces — Allie
• 2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl — Denise Kushner
• Moonbeam City — Silca (voice)
• The Spoils Before Dying — Tricksy
• Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp — Gail von Kleinenstein
• Benched — Judge Conner
• 2014Life After Beth — Geenie Slocum
• Mulaney — Markie
• The Spoils of Babylon — Meredith Sennheiser
• Getting On — Phyllis Marmatan
• Hannibal — Kidnapper
• 2013Scary Movie 5 — Heather Daltry
• Super Fun Night — Jane Spencer
• The Millers — Miss Pam
• 2013Trust Me — Janice
• 2012Casa de Mi Padre — Sheila
• 2012Hotel Transylvania — Wanda (voice)
• 2012The Five-Year Engagement — Onion Chef
• 2011Bad Teacher — Melody (Garrett's Mom)
• Bob's Burgers — Millie (voice)
• Jessie — Beverly Shannon
• Up All Night — Nancy
• Web Therapy — Kirsten Noble
• Neighbors from Hell — Tina Hellman (voice)
• Raising Hope — Maxine
• 2010The Women of SNL — Various (archive footage)
• Glee — Brenda Castle
• The Middle — Janet
• 2009What Goes Up — Penelope Little
• Childrens Hospital — Paula Reilly
• 2008Igor — Eva (voice)
• Kath & Kim — Kath Day
• 2008Snow Buddies — Molly (voice)
• Web Therapy — Kirsten Noble
• 2007Evan Almighty — Eve Adams
• 2007Gray Matters — Carrie
• 2007Mastersons of Manhattan — Amanda Masterson
• 2007More of Me — Alice
• Pushing Daisies — Dilly Balsam
• 2007Year of the Dog — Peggy
• 30 Rock — Katherine Catherine
• 2006Air Buddies — Molly (voice)
• 2006Little Man — Soccer Mom
• 2006Marie Antoinette — Aunt Victoire
• 2006Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
• 2006Scary Movie 4 — Marilyn
• 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby — Mrs. Dennit
• 2006The Amazing Screw-On Head — Patience the Vampire (voice)
• The New Adventures of Old Christine — Jeannie
• 2006The Wedding Weekend — Trish
• American Dad! — Kristy (voice)
• 2005Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie — Jackie Frost (voice)
• The Showbiz Show with David Spade
• 200412 Days of Christmas Eve — Angie
• Cracking Up — Lesley Shackleton
• Dog Whisperer — Peggy in "Year of the Dog" (archive footage)
• 2003American Splendor — Stage Actor Joyce
• 2003Good Boy! — Mrs. Baker
• 2003My Boss's Daughter — Audrey Bennett
• 2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley — Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2003The Music Man — Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn
• 2002The Santa Clause 2 — Tracy
• 2001Osmosis Jones — Mrs. Boyd
• Primetime Glick
• 2001Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon — Self, various characters
• Scrubs — Denise Lemmon
• 2001Serendipity — Eve
• 2001Shallow Hal — Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)
• 2001Wet Hot American Summer — Gail
• Ed — Linda Berringer
• 2000How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Betty Lou Who
• 2000My 5 Wives — Barbara Van Dyke
• 1999Analyze This — Caroline
• 1999Never Been Kissed — Anita
• 1999Superstar — Mary Katherine Gallagher, Additional Writing, Characters
• 1998A Night at the Roxbury — Emily Sanderson
• 1998Happiness — Nancy
• 1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman — Kelly
• Sex and the City — Lily Martin
• 1998The Thin Pink Line — Aani
• Will & Grace — Val Bassett
• 1997Dinner and Driving — Arguing Woman in Cafe
• 1996Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace — Homeless Lady
• The Single Guy — Melody Pugh
• Ellen — Woman
• 1994Return to Two Moon Junction — Traci
• Sister, Sister — Checker
• The John Larroquette Show — Vivian
• In Living Color
• Twin Peaks — Judy Swain
• Seinfeld — Sam
• 1989The Phantom of the Opera — Meg (New York)
• The Simpsons — Katya (voice)
• Bambi Cottages

Appearances as themselves (38)

• 2025Downey Wrote That — Self
• Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Actress and Comedian
• 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self
• SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self
• 2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self
• 2024Will & Harper — Self
• 2022Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special — Self
• The Drew Barrymore Show — Self
• Biography: Comedy Icons — Self
• 2019Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh — Self
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle — Self - Guest
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot — Self
• 2015I Am Chris Farley — Self
• 2015Live from New York! — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self, Self - Guest
• 2014The (Dead Mothers) Club — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Hollywood Game Night — Self
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation — Self
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2002It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie — Self
• 2002NBC 75th Anniversary Special — Self
• 2002Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell — Self / Various Characters (archive footage)
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
• 1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas — Self (archive footage)
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• Intimate Portrait — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Self - Various Characters, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited), Self - Various Characters (uncredited)
• Today — Self