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Molly Shannon
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American actress and comedian (born 1964)
Film & TV
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
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…
Known for
- Balls Up — Burgess2026
- People We Meet on Vacation — Wanda Wright2026
- Driver's Ed — Principal Fisher2026
- The Hawk — Stacy2026
- SNL50: The Homecoming Concert — Self2025
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self2025
- Downey Wrote That — Self2025
- Everybody's Live with John Mulaney — Self - Actress and Comedian2025
- SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night — Self2025
- Will & Harper — Self2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1964-09-16 ) September 16, 1964 (age 61) , Shaker Heights , Ohio, U.S.
- Education
- New York University ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Actress comedian
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Spouse
- Fritz Chesnut ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Molly
- Family name
- Shannon
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shaker Heights
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- New York University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Actor Molly Shannon at 2025 Toronto International Film Festival 2.jpg
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- Molly Shannon
- date of birth
- 1964-09-16
- start of work period
- 1987-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
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), Serendipity (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), winning her first Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series for the lattermost.
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