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Acting

Molly Shannon

Career: Active from 1994 to 2026, busiest in 2018 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: The Other Two
83/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Screen Actors Guild Awards · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
2024 · Won
Only Murders in the Building
Source: Wikidata

Characters

20

The characters Molly Shannon played, best-known titles first.

Molly Shannon as Betty Lou Who

Molly Shannon as Kitty Patton

Molly Shannon as Mrs. Fisher

Molly Shannon as Marilyn

Molly Shannon as Aunt Victoire

Molly Shannon as Wanda

Molly Shannon as Tracy

Molly Shannon as Emily Sanderson

Molly Shannon as Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon as Wanda

Molly Shannon as Mother Marea

Molly Shannon as Gail Dana Starfield

Molly Shannon as Eva (voice)

Molly Shannon as Burgess

Molly Shannon as Pat Dubek

Molly Shannon as Stacy

Molly Shannon as Diane

Molly Shannon as Kirsten Noble

Molly Shannon as Jackie Stilton

Molly Shannon as Kathy Day

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 115 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Molly Shannon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.0, average 4.1
Tension
3.9, average 5.9
Mystery
2.0, average 3.9
Crime
1.7, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 7
Cringe Humor 4
Social Commentary 3
Contemporary Realism 3
Romantic Comedy 3
High School 3
Dysfunctional Family 3
Absurdist Humor 3
Pop Culture 3
Dark Humor 3
Visual Spectacle 2
Slapstick Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

128

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

12 titles · average score 62

The Hawk

49

TV show · as Stacy

Driver's Ed

57

as Principal Fisher

People We Meet on Vacation

64

as Wanda

Balls Up

35

as Burgess

A Good Person

63

as Diane

I Love That for You

72

TV show · as Jackie Stilton

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

50

as Wanda (voice)

Spin Me Round

49

as Deb

The White Lotus

78

TV show · as Kitty Patton

Only Murders in the Building

85

TV show · as Bev Melon

Horse Girl

62

as Joan

Promising Young Woman

78

as Mrs. Fisher

2010s

51 titles · average score 58

The Other Two

83

TV show · as Pat Dubek

Sextuplets

34

as Linda

Wild Nights with Emily

71

as Emily Dickinson

The Little Hours

65

as Sister Marea

Fun Mom Dinner

46

as Jamie

Divorce

66

TV show · as Diane

Other People

73

as Joanne Mulcahey

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

75

TV show · as Gail von Kleinenstein

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

78

as Denise Kushner

Life After Beth

50

as Geenie Slocum

Hotel Transylvania

58

as Wanda (voice)

Casa de Mi Padre

48

as Sheila

2000s

44 titles · average score 56

Glee

71

TV show · as Brenda Castle

Kath & Kim

35

TV show · as Kath Day

Year of the Dog

62

as Peggy

Scary Movie 4

44

as Marilyn

Marie Antoinette

63

as Aunt Victoire

The Wedding Weekend

35

as Trish

American Dad!

58

TV show · as Kristy (voice)

Good Boy!

49

as Mrs. Baker

My Boss's Daughter

27

as Audrey Bennett

Serendipity

63

as Eve

Scrubs

78

TV show · as Denise Lemmon

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

57

as Betty Lou Who

1990s

18 titles · average score 59

Never Been Kissed

59

as Anita

Superstar

49

as Mary Katherine Gallagher

Analyze This

65

as Caroline

A Night at the Roxbury

40

as Emily Sanderson

Sex and the City

71

TV show · as Lily Martin

Will & Grace

76

TV show · as Val Bassett

Return to Two Moon Junction

50

as Traci

Sister, Sister

72

TV show · as Checker

Ellen

53

TV show · as Woman

The John Larroquette Show

47

TV show · as Vivian

Twin Peaks

84

TV show · as Judy Swain

In Living Color

52

TV show

1980s

3 titles · average score 72

Seinfeld

87

TV show · as Sam

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Katya (voice)

The Phantom of the Opera

45

as Meg (New York)