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| Full Name: | Molly Shannon |
| Famous As: | Actress, writer |
| Date of Birth: | September 16, 1964 |
| Place of Birth: | Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5 |
| Nationality: | American |
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Molly Shannon
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| Born | Molly Helen Shannon September 16, 1964 Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress, Comedian, Writer |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse(s) | Fritz Chesnut (2004-present) |
Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress, comedian and writer. She is best known for her work as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1995-2001, and starred on the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim. She is also well known for appearing in movies with Will Ferrell.
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Early life
Shannon was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio to an Irish American Catholic family.1 Her mother, Peg Shannon, was a teacher, and her father, James F. Shannon, was a sales manager.2 Shannon was involved in a traumatic car accident when she was four years old which killed her mother, younger sister, and cousin.3 Shannon attended St. Dominic School in Shaker Heights for grade school, and Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, for high school.
Career
Before Saturday Night Live, Shannon had a struggling career in films, her most notable being a supporting role as Meg in the 1989 horror film remake of The Phantom of the Opera with Robert Englund. In 1991, she had a brief appearance in the second season of Twin Peaks, and in 1993, she appeared in a supporting role in two episodes of In Living Color, the first in a fake TV commercials with Chris Rock (played by Shawn Wayans), and the second in a sketch with Jim Carrey, playing LAPD Sergeant Stacy Koon (think Rodney King).
Shannon's major break came in February 1995, when she was hired as a featured player on Saturday Night Live to replace Janeane Garofalo after Garofalo left mid-season. Shannon was one of the few cast members to be kept (along with David Spade, Norm Macdonald, Mark McKinney, and Tim Meadows) when Lorne Michaels engaged in a major cast overhaul between seasons 20 and 21.
She appeared in a 1997 episode of Seinfeld entitled "The Summer of George," where she played Sam, the co-worker who drove Elaine Benes crazy because she did not swing her arms while walking. She also appeared in Sheryl Crow's video for the song "A Change (Will Do You Good)" and played the recurring role of loony neighbor Val Bassett, Grace Adler's nemesis, on Will & Grace, appearing in five episodes over the sitcom's eight-season run. In 1998, she played the role of Emily Sanderson in the film A Night at the Roxbury, featuring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan who were also cast members of SNL at the time.
In 1999, Shannon starred alongside Will Ferrell, in Superstar, a feature film based on her most famous SNL character, Mary Katherine Gallagher, the awkward Catholic school student who aspires to be a musical superstar.
Shannon left SNL in 2001, surpassing Victoria Jackson as the show's longest-serving female cast member (she has since been surpassed by Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, and Amy Poehler). In 2003, she appeared in the romantic comedy My Boss's Daughter and the television remake of The Music Man.
In 2004, she starred in a short-lived Fox network television series Cracking Up with actor Jason Schwartzman. That same year, she guest starred in an episode of Scrubs and starred as Mrs. Baker in the film Good Boy! . In 2006, Shannon was featured in the Sofia Coppola directed movie Marie Antoinette as Aunt Victoire. The next year, Shannon guest starred on ABC's Pushing Daisies and the film Evan Almighty. Shannon also made a rare move to drama, appearing in the critically acclaimed film Year of the Dog in 2007.
Shannon hosted Saturday Night Live on May 12, 2007, making her the second former female cast member to host (after Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and the first one to have been a cast member for Lorne Michaels (Louis-Dreyus was a cast member under Dick Ebersol).
Since September, 2008, Shannon has starred as Kath in the US version of the hit Australian sitcom Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series).
In 2008, she also starred in an episode of the comedy series Pushing Daisies and the TV movie More of Me.
Personal life
Shannon married artist Fritz Chesnut on May 29, 2004. They have two children: daughter Stella (b. 2003), and son Nolan (b. 2005).
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1989 | The Phantom of the Opera | Meg | |
| 1991 | Twin Peaks | Judy Swain | Second season |
| 1993 | In Living Color | Officer Trainee | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Saturday Night Live | Herself | 120 episodes (1995-2001) |
| 1998 | The Thin Pink Line | Aanl | |
| Happiness (1998 film) | Nancy | ||
| A Night at the Roxbury | Emily Sanderson | ||
| Daydream Believer | Susan Bradley | ||
| Analyze This | Caroline | ||
| 1999 | Superstar | Mary Katherine Gallagher | |
| Never Been Kissed | Anita | ||
| 2000 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Betty Lou Who | |
| My 5 Wives | Barbara Van Dyke | ||
| 2001 | Wet Hot American Summer | Gail von Kleinenstein | |
| Osmosis Jones | Mrs. Boyd | ||
| Serendipity | Eve | ||
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Tracy | |
| 2003 | American Splendor | Stage Actor Joyce | |
| My Boss's Daughter | Audrey Bennett | ||
| Good Boy! | Mrs. Baker | ||
| 2006 | Shut Up and Sing | Trish | |
| Talladega Nights | Mrs. Dennit | ||
| Marie Antoinette | Aunt Victoire | ||
| Scary Movie 4 | Marilyn | ||
| 2007 | Year of the Dog | Peggy | |
| Evan Almighty | Eve Adams | ||
| 2008 | More of Me | Alice | Made of televisión |
| Igor | Eva | Voice | |
| Snow Buddies | Molly | Voice | |
| Kath & Kim | Kath | TV series 2008-2009 (18 episodes) |
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| 2009 | What Goes Up | Penelope Little |
Saturday Night Live characters
Original characters
- Mary Katherine Gallagher, Shannon's best known character. An odd, outcast student at a Catholic school who enjoyed performing in the choir and school plays. Shannon starred in a 1999 feature film based on the character.
- Sally O'Malley, a proud 50-year old dancer with a bouffant hairdo, who wore tight red pants and proclaimed how much she loved to "kick, stretch and kick!"
- Helen Madden, an overly exuberant self-proclaimed "Joyologist", who appeared on talk shows with the trademark catchphrase "I love it, I love it!"
- Circe Nightshade, the co-host of "Goth Talk" (with Chris Kattan).
- Terri Rialto, co-host of the NPR radio show "Delicious Dish" (with Ana Gasteyer).
- Jeannie Darcy, an unfunny mullet-haired stand-up comedian, who ended almost every joke with the phrase "Don't get me started, don't even get me started!"
Celebrity characters
- Courtney Love
- Monica Lewinsky
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Björk
- Ann Miller
- Tori Amos
- Emma Bunton
- Soon-Yi Previn
- Liza Minneli
- Kim Cattrall
- Brooke Shields
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