Molly Shannon
Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964 in Shaker Heights , Ohio ) is an American actress .
Life and accomplishments
Shannon, the eldest of three sisters, lost her mother in a car accident in 1969. She graduated from the Hawken School in Gates Mills , Ohio in 1983 . She then studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University , which she graduated in 1987.
Shannon made her debut opposite Robert Englund in the 1989 film drama The Phantom of the Opera . From 1995 to 2001 she appeared on the comedy show Saturday Night Live . For these appearances she was nominated for an Emmy in 2000.
Shannon received the National Board of Review Award for her role in the comedy Happiness (1998) as part of the cast . In the comedy Unküssst (1999) she played the role of Anita Olesky , a colleague in the newspaper office and friend of Josie Geller , who was played by Drew Barrymore . For her role in the comedy Superstar - Dare to dream (1999), in which she played one of the leading roles alongside Will Ferrell , she was nominated for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in 2000. She also worked on the script for this comedy. She received another nomination for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award in 2001 for her role in the comedy The Grinch (2000).
In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.
Personal
Shannon has been married to Fritz Chesnut since 2004 and has two children.
Filmography (selection)
Movies
- 1989: The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera)
- 1996: The Lawnmower Man 2 - Beyond Cyberspace (Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace)
- 1998: Happiness
- 1998: A Night at the Roxbury
- 1999: Just a matter of nerves (Analyze This)
- 1999: Never Been Kissed (Never Been Kissed)
- 1999: Superstar - Dare to dream (Superstar)
- 2000: The Grinch (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
- 2001: Wet Hot American Summer
- 2001: Osmosis Jones
- 2001: Because you exist (Serendipity)
- 2001: In Love (Shallow Hal)
- 2002: Santa Clause 2 - An even nicer mess (The Santa Clause 2)
- 2003: On an animal mission (Good Boy!)
- 2003: Party Alert - Stay Away From My Daughter (My Boss's Daughter)
- 2006: Air Buddies - The puppies are loose ( Air Buddies , voice)
- 2006: Scary Movie 4
- 2006: Marie Antoinette
- 2006: Matters of the Heart (Gray Matters)
- 2006: Shut up and Sing
- 2007: Year of the Dog
- 2007: Evan Almighty (Evan Almighty)
- 2007: one for all
- 2011: Bad Teacher (Bad Teacher)
- 2012: Hotel Transylvania ( Hotel Transylvania , voice of Wanda )
- 2012: Almost married (The Five-Year Engagement)
- 2013: Scary Movie 5
- 2013: Trust Me
- 2014: Life After Beth
- 2015: Me and Earl and the Girl (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
- 2015: Addicted to Fresno
- 2015: Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant
- 2016: Other People
- 2017: The Little Hours
- 2017: We Don't Belong Here
- 2018: Wild Nights with Emily
- 2018: Hotel Transylvania 3 - A Monster Vacation ( Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation , voice of Wanda )
- 2019: One of Six (Sextuplets)
- 2020: Horse Girl
Series
- 1991: Twin Peaks (episode 2x12)
- 1995–2001: Saturday Night Live (TV show)
- 1997: Seinfeld (episode 8x22)
- 1999–2002, 2004: Will & Grace (5 episodes)
- 2004: Scrubs ( Scrubs , Episode 4x08)
- 2008–2009: Kath & Kim (17 episodes)
- 2010: Glee (2 episodes)
- 2011: Up All Night (2 episodes)
- 2013: Hannibal (Episode 1x04)
- 2015: Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (7 episodes)
- 2015: The Middle (2 episodes)
- since 2016: Divorce
- since 2019: The Other Two
Web links
- Molly Shannon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shannon, Molly |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shannon, Molly Helen (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shaker Heights , Ohio, United States |