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 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.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | People We Meet on Vacation | Wanda | Hit | |
| 2025 | Driver's Ed | - | Super Hit | |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert | Self | Hit | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2024 | Will & Harper | Self | Hit | |
| 2023 | A Good Person | Diane | Hit | |
| 2022 | Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special | Self | Hit | |
| 2022 | Hotel Transylvania: Transformania | Wanda (voice) | Hit | |
| 2020 | Promising Young Woman | Mrs. Fisher | Hit | |
| 2019 | Sextuplets | Linda | Average | |
| 2019 | Chris Farley: Anything for a Laugh | Self | Hit | |
| 2019 | The 2019 Rose Parade with Cord & Tish | Tish Cattigan | Average | |
| 2018 | Private Life | Cynthia Grimes | Hit | |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | Wanda (voice) | Hit | |
| 2018 | The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish! | Tish Cattigan | Average | |
| 2018 | Wild Nights with Emily | Emily Dickinson | Average | |
| 2018 | The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish | Tish Cattigan | Average | |
| 2017 | The Little Hours | Sister Marea | Average | |
| 2016 | Other People | Joanne Mulcahey | Average | |
| 2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Wanda (voice) | Hit | |
| 2015 | Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot | Self | Average | |
| 2015 | I Am Chris Farley | Self | Hit | |
| 2015 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Denise Kushner | Super Hit | |
| 2014 | The (Dead Mothers) Club | Self | Hit | |
| 2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Wanda (voice) | Hit | |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL | Various (archive footage) | Average | |
| 2008 | Igor | Eva (voice) | Average | |
| 2008 | Snow Buddies | Molly (voice) | Average | |
| 2006 | Air Buddies | Molly (voice) | Average | |
| 2006 | The Amazing Screw-On Head | Patience the Vampire (voice) | Hit | |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | Mrs. Dennit | Average | |
| 2006 | Marie Antoinette | Aunt Victoire | Hit | |
| 2006 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Commercial Parodies | - | Hit | |
| 2003 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Cyclist (archive footage) (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Stage Actor Joyce | Hit | |
| 2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Self | Average | |
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Tracy | Average | |
| 2002 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Will Ferrell | Self / Various Characters (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2001 | Shallow Hal | Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited) | Average | |
| 2001 | Serendipity | Eve | Hit | |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Mrs. Boyd | Hit | |
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Gail | Average | |
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Betty Lou Who | Hit | |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | Hit | |
| 1999 | Never Been Kissed | Anita | Average | |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Caroline | Hit | |
| 1998 | Happiness | Nancy | Hit | |
| 1998 | A Night at the Roxbury | Emily Sanderson | Hit | |
| 1998 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Kelly | Super Hit | |
| 1997 | Dinner and Driving | Arguing Woman in Cafe | Hit |