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What is Molly Shannon’s Net Worth?
Molly Shannon is an American actress, author, producer, and comedian who has a net worth of $8 million. Shannon might be most well-known for being a “Saturday Night Live” forged member from 1995 to 2001. She additionally starred within the “SNL” spin-off motion pictures “A Night on the Roxbury” (1998) and “Superstar” (1999).
Molly has greater than 120 performing credit to her identify, together with the movies “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby” (2006), “Life After Beth” (2014), “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (2015), and “Other People” (2016) and the tv sequence “Will and Grace” (1999–2004; 2018–2020), “Kath & Kim” (2008–2009), “Enlightened” (2013), “Divorce” (2016–2019), and “The Other Two” (2019–current). Shannon has lent her voice to a number of animated tasks, resembling “Igor” (2008), “Hotel Transylvania” (2012), “Hotel Transylvania 2” (2015), “Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation” (2018), “Neighbors from Hell” (2010), and “Spy Kids: Mission Critical” (2018).
Molly is credited as a author and producer on “The Royal Wedding Live with Cord and Tish!” (2018), which she starred in with Will Ferrell, and she or he additionally produced “The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish” (2018). Shannon made her Broadway debut in a 2010 manufacturing of “Promises, Promises,” and she or he revealed the kids’s ebook “Tilly the Trickster” in 2011.
Early Life
Molly Shannon was born Molly Helen Shannon on September 16, 1964, in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Her father, James, labored as a gross sales supervisor, and her mom, Mary (higher often called Peg), was a instructor. Sadly, when Molly was 4 years outdated, her mom, youthful sister, and cousin have been killed in a automotive accident. Her father, who was underneath the affect, was driving the automotive, and whereas he was recovering within the hospital, Molly and her older sister, Mary, lived with their aunt. Shannon mentioned of the tragedy, “I used to be very heartbroken and really unhappy and simply making an attempt to carry all of it collectively as a child. There’s no method that you possibly can really feel that kind of deep ache about your mom and your sister being lifeless, so that you simply maintain all of it in, and it comes up later in life.” Molly ultimately channeled her emotions from that point in her life into creating Mary Katherine Gallagher, who grew to become a preferred recurring character on “Saturday Night Live.” Shannon attended St. Dominic School and Hawken School, then she enrolled at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduating in 1987.
Career
In 1989, Molly made her movie debut within the horror remake of “The Phantom of the Opera,” and she or he guest-starred on “Twin Peaks” in 1991. From 1992 to 1993, she appeared in 5 episodes of the sketch comedy sequence “In Living Color,” and she or he guest-starred on “The John Larroquette Show,” “Ellen,” and “Sister, Sister” in 1994. In February 1995, Shannon joined the forged of “Saturday Night Live,” and she or he stayed on the present till 2001, enjoying memorable characters resembling Mary Katherine Gallagher (who received her personal film, “Superstar,” in 1999), Sally O’Malley, and Joyologist Helen Madden. Molly returned to host the present on May 12, 2007. While starring on “SNL,” she additionally performed Emily Sanderson in 1998’s “A Night on the Roxbury” and appeared within the movies “Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace” (1996), “Happiness” (1998), “The Thin Pink Line” (1998), “Analyze This” (1999), “Never Been Kissed” (1999), and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000). In 1999, Shannon landed a recurring function as Val Bassett on “Will and Grace,” and she or he reprised her function within the 2018 revival. In 2001, she performed Gail von Kleinenstein within the movie “Wet Hot American Summer,” and she or he reunited with the all-star forged (which incorporates Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, and Amy Poehler) within the Netflix sequence “Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp” (2015) and “Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later” (2017).
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In the early 2000s, Molly guest-starred on “Sex and the City” (2002), “Ed” (2003), and “Scrubs,” (2004) and appeared within the TV film “The Music Man” (2003) and the movies “Serendipity” (2001), “Shallow Hal” (2001), “The Santa Clause 2” (2002), “American Splendor” (2003), and “My Boss’s Daughter” (2003). In 2004, she starred as Lesley Shackleton on the Fox sequence “Cracking Up,” and in 2006, she appeared within the movies “Scary Movie 4,” “Marie Antoinette,” “Little Man,” and “Gray Matters” and teamed up frequent co-star Will Ferrell in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” Shannon then appeared in “Year of the Dog” (2007), “Evan Almighty” (2007), “Bad Teacher” (2011), “Casa de Mi Padre” (2012), and “The Five-Year Engagement” (2012) and guest-starred on “30 Rock” (2007), “Pushing Daisies” (2007), “The New Adventures of Old Christine” (2009), “Glee” (2010), and “Web Therapy” (2012). From 2008 to 2009, Molly starred as Kath on NBC’s “Kath & Kim,” and in 2013, she had a recurring function as Eileen Foliente on HBO’s “Enlightened.” In 2016, she earned vital approval for her efficiency within the movie “Other People” and started enjoying Diane on HBO’s “Divorce,” which aired 24 episodes over three seasons.
In 2017, Shannon appeared within the movies “The Little Hours,” “Fun Mom Dinner,” “We Don’t Belong Here,” and “The Layover,” adopted by “Private Life,” “Half Magic,” and “Wild Nights with Emily” (by which she portrayed Emily Dickinson) in 2018. In 2019, she started starring as Pat Dubek on the Comedy Central sequence “The Other Two,” which moved to HBO Max for season two and was renewed for a 3rd season in September 2021. In 2020, Molly appeared “Horse Girl” and Academy Award Best Picture nominee “Promising Young Woman,” and in 2021, she performed Kitty Patton in two episodes of the HBO sequence “The White Lotus.” In September 2021, it was introduced that Shannon had been forged within the Zach Braff-directed drama “A Good Person” alongside Morgan Freeman and Florence Pugh.
Personal Life
Molly married Fritz Chesnut, an artist, on May 29, 2004. They welcomed daughter Stella in September 2003 and son Nolan in March 2005. In July 2021, Shannon introduced that she was writing a memoir titled “Hello, Molly!,” stating, “The ebook covers my childhood, my early days in present enterprise, my time at SNL, and past.”
Awards and Nominations
Shannon has been nominated for 3 Primetime Emmys: Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for “Saturday Night Live” (2000) and Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for “Enlightened” (2013) and “Will & Grace (2018). She has earned two Online Film & Television Association Award nominations for Best Host or Performer in a Variety, Musical, or Comedy Series for “Saturday Night Live,” profitable in 2000, and she or he acquired two Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for “Will & Grace.” Molly received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female for “Other People” in 2017 and a FilmOut Festival Award for Best Actress for “Wild Nights with Emily” in 2018. She was honored with a Spotlight Award on the 2016 Savannah Film Festival and an Excellence in Acting Award on the 2018 Provincetown International Film Festival. “Will & Grace” received an Editor’s Choice award on the 2006 “TV Guide” Awards, and the “Happiness” forged received a National Board of Review Award for Best Acting by an Ensemble in 1998.
“Other People” earned Molly nominations from the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, Awards Circuit Community Awards, Indiana Film Journalists Association, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, and Gold Derby Awards. She additionally acquired a Gold Derby Award nomination for Comedy Guest Actress for “Will & Grace” (2018). For “The Other Two,” Shannon has earned Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards and International Online Cinema Awards, and she or he acquired a Critics Choice Television Award nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series for “Enlightened” in 2013. She earned Blockbuster Entertainment Award nominations for Favorite Actress – Comedy for “Superstar” and Favorite Supporting Actress – Comedy for “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” and the “Hotel Transylvania” forged acquired a Behind the Voice Actors Award nomination for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film.
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