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Molly Shannon

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

2026
People We Meet on Vacation

as Wanda

Movie
2022
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

as Wanda (voice)

Movie
2020
Promising Young Woman

as Mrs. Fisher

Movie
2018
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

as Wanda (voice)

Movie
2015
Hotel Transylvania 2

as Wanda (voice)

Movie
2013
Scary Movie 5

as Heather Darcy

Movie
2012
Hotel Transylvania

as Wanda (voice)

Movie
2011
Bad Teacher

as Melody (Garrett's Mom)

Movie
2006
Little Man

as Soccer Mom

Movie
2006
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

as Mrs. Dennit

Movie
2006
Scary Movie 4

as Marilyn

Movie
2003
My Boss's Daughter

as Audrey Bennett

Movie
2002
The Santa Clause 2

as Tracy

Movie
2001
Serendipity

as Eve

Movie
2001
Wet Hot American Summer

as Gail

Movie
2000
How the Grinch Stole Christmas

as Betty Lou Who

Movie
2021
Only Murders in the Building

as Bev Melon

TV Show
1998
Sex and the City

as Lily Martin

TV Show