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 t…
Known For
Filmography
Driver's Ed
2026
Balls Up
2026
People We Meet on Vacation
2026
Downey Wrote That
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Will & Harper
2024
A Good Person
2023
Spin Me Round
2022
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022
Promising Young Woman
2020
Horse Girl
2020
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
Sextuplets
2019
Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh
2019
The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish
2019
Private Life
2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
2018
The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!
2018
Wild Nights with Emily
2018
Half Magic
2018
The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish
2018
The Layover
2017
Fun Mom Dinner
2017
The Little Hours
2017
Miles
2017
We Don't Belong Here
2017
Nerdland
2016
Other People
2016
Addicted to Fresno
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2
2015
Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot
2015
I Am Chris Farley
2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
2015
Live from New York!
2015
Life After Beth
2014
The (Dead Mothers) Club
2014
Trust Me
2013
Scary Movie 5
2013
Hotel Transylvania
2012
The Five-Year Engagement
2012
Casa de Mi Padre
2012
Bad Teacher
2011
The Women of SNL
2010
What Goes Up
2009
Igor
2008
Snow Buddies
2008
More of Me
2007
Evan Almighty
2007
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
Year of the Dog
2007
Gray Matters
2007
Mastersons of Manhattan
2007
The Wedding Weekend
2006
Air Buddies
2006
Little Man
2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
Marie Antoinette
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies
2006
Scary Movie 4
2006
Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
2005
12 Days of Christmas Eve
2004
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley
2003
Good Boy!
2003
My Boss's Daughter
2003
American Splendor
2003
The Music Man
2003
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
The Santa Clause 2
2002
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Shallow Hal
2001
Serendipity
2001
Osmosis Jones
2001
Wet Hot American Summer
2001
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon
2001
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2000
My 5 Wives
2000
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
Superstar
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
Never Been Kissed
1999
Analyze This
1999
Happiness
1998
The Thin Pink Line
1998
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
1998
Dinner and Driving
1997
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace
1996
Return to Two Moon Junction
1994
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
Bambi Cottages
The Hawk
2026
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
2025
I Love That for You
2022
Only Murders in the Building
2021
The White Lotus
2021
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
Biography: Comedy Icons
2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle
2019
The Other Two
2019
Will & Grace
2017
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later
2017
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
2016
Divorce
2016
Life in Pieces
2015
Moonbeam City
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
2015
The Spoils Before Dying
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Benched
2014
Mulaney
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Spoils of Babylon
2014
Getting On
2013
The Millers
2013
Super Fun Night
2013
Hollywood Game Night
2013
Hannibal
2013
Jessie
2011
Up All Night
2011
Web Therapy
2011
Bob's Burgers
2011
Raising Hope
2010
Neighbors from Hell
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
The Middle
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Glee
2009
Childrens Hospital
2008
Kath & Kim
2008
Web Therapy
2008
Pushing Daisies
2007
30 Rock
2006
The New Adventures of Old Christine
2006
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
American Dad!
2005
Dog Whisperer
2004
Cracking Up
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Scrubs
2001
Primetime Glick
2001
Ed
2000
Will & Grace
1998
Sex and the City
1998
The View
1997
The Single Guy
1995
Sister, Sister
1994
Ellen
1994
Intimate Portrait
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
The John Larroquette Show
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
In Living Color
1990
Twin Peaks
1990
The Simpsons
1989
Seinfeld
1989
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Today
1952