– Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian who was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Other People.
– Molly Shannon was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, on September 16, 1964, to an Irish-American Catholic family. Her mother, Mary Margaret “Peg” (née Keating), was a teacher, and her father, James Francis Shannon, was a sales manager.[citation needed] Her maternal grandparents were born in Ireland, with her grandfather being from Cloghmore, Achill, Mayo. When Shannon was four years old, her mother, younger sister, and cousin died in a car accident while her father was driving under the influence.
– Molly Shannon attended St. Dominic School in Shaker Heights for grade school, and Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio. She attended New York University, where she studied drama and graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1987.
– Molly Shannon married artist Fritz Chesnut on May 29, 2004. They have a daughter and a son.
Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, Hello, Molly!, written with Sean Wilsey, sheds new and revelatory light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers.
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