---
name: "Molly Gordon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/molly-gordon"
fi1m_id: "molly-gordon"
imdb_id: "nm1094137"
tmdb_id: 1782117
wikidata_id: "Q60489296"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "6 December 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-22T02:52:35.389497+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Molly Gordon

## Identity

Molly Gordon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/molly-gordon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** molly-gordon
- **IMDb ID:** nm1094137
- **TMDB ID:** 1782117
- **Wikidata ID:** Q60489296
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60489296, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1094137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1782117

Actor and director. Born 6 December 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 6 December 1995, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** Molly June Gordon, مولی گوردون
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 1 directing, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (1), 2020s 72 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $156m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Gordon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60489296, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1094137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1782117

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Booksmart*](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md) (81), [*The Sheep Detectives*](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md) (76)
- **Disney+:** [*Theater Camp*](https://film.one/film/theater-camp.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Molly Gordon

> Molly Gordon is a deft ensemble comedian, particularly good at letting a character remain vague or awkward without losing our interest. *Theater Camp* also reveals a limitation: her affection for the people she writes can make the jokes too gentle.

In *Theater Camp* (2023), Molly Gordon plays Rebecca-Diane, a drama teacher whose floaty vagueness sits neatly beside Ben Platt's unembarrassed excess as Amos. She does not compete with him to be the most emphatic person in the rehearsal room. We laughed at the pairing: Gordon's dreamy manner makes Platt's certainty about himself look still more ridiculous. The performance works through the contrast between the two teachers, with Gordon leaving space for the other actor rather than insisting on every laugh.

Her supporting comedy work in *Life of the Party* (2018) and *Booksmart* (2019) established her usefulness in an ensemble before she began shaping one herself. As Maya in Emma Seligman's *Shiva Baby* (2021), she also had room for a more grounded sincerity. Her strength is that sincerity can survive the absurdity, so an awkward character remains someone worth spending time with. By *Theater Camp*, she was co-writing and co-directing as well as performing, with the opportunity to decide how far the joke should go.

She co-directed that film with Nick Lieberman and wrote it with Lieberman, Platt and Noah Galvin, and their familiarity with the children's drama-camp setting is evident. The teachers' habits feel observed, and the cast is good down to the smallest child. Yet the film likes these people too much to be consistently sharp about them, and its middle is thin even at 93 minutes. Ayo Edebiri gets the biggest laughs while doing almost nothing as stage-combat teacher Janet; Gordon and Lieberman could use more of that economy.

Her other ensemble work includes Claire Dunlap in *The Bear* (2023–2026) and Rebecca Hampstead in *The Sheep Detectives* (2026). We liked the latter's funny, unexpectedly moving farmyard mystery, though its human characters are less convincing than the flock; it is not the film to choose chiefly for its human cast. *Theater Camp* gives a clearer sense of Gordon's comic instincts and of where her generosity becomes a weakness. Start there, provided a thin middle is a price worth paying for the company.

## Biography

Molly Gordon is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She began her career with child roles in the films *I Am Sam* (2001) and *Bewitched* (2005), and later appeared in series such as *Animal Kingdom* (2016–2018).

Gordon co-directed, co-wrote and starred as Rebecca-Diane in the musical comedy *Theater Camp* (2023). She has also featured in films including *Booksmart* (2019), *Good Boys* (2019) and *Shiva Baby* (2021), and plays Claire Dunlap in the series *The Bear* (2023–present). She is the daughter of director Bryan Gordon and writer-director Jessie Nelson.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), Fi1m 76, as Rebecca Hampstead — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md)
- *The Bear* (2022), Fi1m 82, as Claire Dunlap — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Booksmart* (2019), Fi1m 81, as Triple A — [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Theater Camp* (2023), Fi1m 70, as Rebecca-Diane — [page](https://film.one/film/theater-camp.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Primetime* (2026), Fi1m 61, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/primetime.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sheep Detectives* (2026), as Rebecca Hampstead — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sheep-detectives.md)
- *Oh, Hi!* (2025), as Iris · Producer, Story
- *Am I OK?* (2024), as Kat
- *Theater Camp* (2023), as Rebecca-Diane · Director, Producer, Writer, Original Film Writer, Songs — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/theater-camp.md)
- *The Bear* (2023), as Claire Dunlap
- *You People* (2023), as Liza
- *There There* (2022), as English Teacher
- *The Bear* (2022), series, as Claire Dunlap — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, as Linda Zafrani
- *Shiva Baby* (2021), as Maya
- *Rising* (2020), as Michelle
- *The Broken Hearts Gallery* (2020), as Amanda
- *Theater Camp* (2020), as Silvia Ray · Writer, Producer
- *Good Boys* (2019), as Hannah
- *Booksmart* (2019), as Triple A — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/booksmart.md)
- *Ramy* (2019), series, Actor
- *Alice by Heart* (2019), as Alice Spencer/Alice
- *Life of the Party* (2018), as Maddie Miles
- *Animal Kingdom* (2016), series, as Nicky
- *Love the Coopers* (2015), as Lauren Hesselberg
- *Ithaca* (2015), as Mary Arena
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as Stacy — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *Bewitched* (2005), as Trick-or-Treater
- *I Am Sam* (2001), as Callie
- *Peaked*, as Bobby · Director, Producer, Writer
- *Small Parts*, Writer, Director

## Gallery

- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-faa2b7cba18a.jpg) Molly Gordon — Ariela Ortiz-Barrantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Molly_Gordon_at_Sundance_Film_Festival_2025_3_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Molly_Gordon_at_Sundance_Film_Festival_2025_3_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![South by Southwest 2019](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-e738d305e3a5.jpg) South by Southwest 2019 — DannyB Photos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_32404721317.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_32404721317.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![South by Southwest 2019](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-717822e3dcc9.jpg) South by Southwest 2019 — DannyB Photos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_32404721467.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_32404721467.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![South by Southwest 2019](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-1c8d648c7542.jpg) South by Southwest 2019 — DannyB Photos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_47346789431.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_47346789431.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-c9406c32ce7a.jpg) Molly Gordon — Image via TMDB
- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-c989b2f6a0b1.jpg) Molly Gordon — Image via TMDB
- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-d4c8af7cd056.jpg) Molly Gordon — Image via TMDB
- ![South by Southwest 2019](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-9b1aeb1c7929.jpg) South by Southwest 2019 — DannyB Photos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_47346790151.jpg/1280px-Cast_of_Booksmart_at_SXSW_-_47346790151.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Actress Molly Gordon, Director Sophie Brooks and Actress Geraldine Viswanathan at Sundance 2025 for Oh,Hi!](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-15ce8a4158ef.jpg) Actress Molly Gordon, Director Sophie Brooks and Actress Geraldine Viswanathan at Sundance 2025 for Oh,Hi! — Ariela Ortiz-Barrantes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Molly_Gordon%2C_Sophie_Brooks_and_Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_Sundance_Film_Festival_2025.jpg/1280px-Molly_Gordon%2C_Sophie_Brooks_and_Geraldine_Viswanathan_at_Sundance_Film_Festival_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-c7d48e49be74.jpg) Molly Gordon — Image via TMDB
- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-54b3faa73eb6.jpg) Molly Gordon — Image via TMDB
- ![Molly Gordon](https://film.one/media/person/16005/gallery-eff8dd329b27.jpg) Molly Gordon — Image via TMDB

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