- Source of Wealth: Film and Television
- Age: 55
- Birth Place: Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States
- Height: 1.65 m (5′ 5″)
- Weight: 54 kg (119.05 lbs)
- Marital Status: Married (Fritz Chestnut)
- Full Name: Molly Helen Shannon
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: September 16, 1964
- Ethnicity: Irish
- Occupation: Actress and Comedian
- Education: Hawken School and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
- Children: 2 (Stella and Nolan)
Molly Shannon is an American comedian and actress who has an estimated net worth of $7 million. She’s one of the cast members of the television show Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. She eventually won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress from her role in the movie Other People.
Molly eventually appeared in supporting roles for numerous films like A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Happiness (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), Osmosis Jones (2001), How the Grinch Stole Christmas, (2000), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), My Boss’s Duaghter (2003), and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006). People can also hear her voice in the animated film series Hotel Transylvania from 2012- 2018 and the animated film Igor (2008).
In 2015, Shannon starred in the Sundance premiere Me and Earl and the Dying Girl which was directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Along with Denis Leary, she became a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in June 2015.
Shannon eventually won the Film Independent Spirit Award in 2017 for Best Supporting Actress because of her performance in the highly acclaimed drama known as Other People. At the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, two of her films premiered: Fun Mom Dinner and The Little Hours.
Last 2018, Shannon co-hosted the Rose Parade alongside Will Ferrel on Amazon’s Prime Video. She played the role of fictional local television personalities named Cord and Tish. She was also able to co-host the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on HBO.