Biography
Molly Shannon is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. She trained at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1987.
Shannon is known for film roles including Betty Lou Who in How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), as well as appearances in A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Evan Almighty (2007) and Promising Young Woman (2020). On television she has appeared in Enlightened (2013), Divorce (2016–2019), The Other Two (2019–2022), The White Lotus (2021) and Only Murders in the Building (2024). In 2017 she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for Other People.
