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Molly Shannon

1964 - Today

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Molly Shannon is the 6,224th most popular actor (down from 6,183rd in 2024), the 9,608th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,083rd in 2019) and the 2,861st most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Molly Shannon ranks 6,224 out of 13,578. Before her are Junichi Suwabe, Ana Lilian de la Macorra, Eric Sykes, Katherine Waterston, Heather Donahue, and Hannah Waddingham. After her are Judy Greer, Jo Yu-ri, Alexandra Vandernoot, Eugen Burg, Sally Struthers, and Sarah Carter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Molly Shannon ranks 365. Before her are José Rodrigues dos Santos, Gigi Fernández, Aviv Kochavi, Šarūnas Bartas, Grzegorz Ryś, and Megumi Yokota. After her are Ferdinand von Schirach, Doug Aldrich, João Paulo, Zurab Noghaideli, Pascal Richard, and Sam Brown.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Molly Shannon ranks 9,610 out of 20,380. Before her are Harold Hackett (1878), Derrick Green (1971), Gary Kurtz (1940), John Cassin (1813), Rahm Emanuel (1959), and Babyface (1958). After her are Judy Greer (1975), Joe Arpaio (1932), Edith Abbott (1876), Les Aspin (1938), Thomas A. Shannon Jr. (1958), and Haskell Wexler (1922).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Molly Shannon ranks 2,862. Before her are Corey Hawkins (1988), Cristin Milioti (1985), John Trudell (1946), Leigh Taylor-Young (1945), Troy Baker (1976), and Heather Donahue (1974). After her are Judy Greer (1975), Sally Struthers (1947), Fannie Flagg (1944), Mary Philbin (1902), Jesse Lee Soffer (1984), and Betty Blythe (1893).

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