Molly Helen Shannon was born on the 16th September 1964, in Shaker Heights, Ohio USA, of Irish descent. She is an actress, comedian and writer, best known for being part of the cast in the series “Saturday Night Live” (1995 – 2001) and also starring in the series “Kath & Kim” (2008 – 2009) alongside co-star Selma Blair. She has also landed a number of roles in feature films, in which she often appears with the actor and comedian Will Ferrell. Shannon has been active in the entertainment industry since 1987.
How rich is the actress? Authoritative sources estimate that the total size of Molly Shannon’s wealth is as much as $5 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2016. Acting is the main source of her net worth.
Molly Shannon Net Worth $5 Million
To begin with, Shannon was raised in Shaker Heights in a Catholic household. Her mother, Peg Shannon, was a teacher whereas his father, James F. Shannon, was a sales manager. Shannon was involved in a car accident when she was four years old, in which her mother, younger sister and cousin were killed. Shannon was educated at St. Dominic school in Shaker Heights and Hawken school in Gates Mills, Ohio. She is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts.
Shannon began her career in a supporting role in the film “The Phantom of the Opera” (1989) as Meg, alongside Robert Englund. In 1991, she appeared in the second season of “Twin Peaks”, then in 1993, she appeared in a supporting role in two episodes of “In Living Colour”, in the first with Shawn Wayans and the second with Jim Carrey. Molly joined the cast of “Saturday Night Live” by replacing Janeane Garofalo in 1995. These contributed a steady start to Molly’s net worth.
In 1999, Shannon starred opposite Will Ferrell in the feature film based on her most famous character of SNL, Mary Katherine Gallagher “Superstar”, about an awkward Catholic school student who aspires to be a musical superstar. In 2001, Shannon left SNL, after beating Victoria Jackson as the longest serving member of the cast of women in the show. Later, she starred in the feature films “My Boss’s Daughter” (2003), “American Splendour” (2003) and “Good Boy!”. In 2004, she starred in a series “Cracking Up” with actor Jason Schwartzman, and the same year, Shannon was a guest star in an episode of “Scrubs”. In 2006, Shannon starred in the film “Marie Antoinette”, then the following year was a guest star in the series “Pushing Daisies” and appeared in the film “Evan Almighty”, and was also cast as main in “Year of the Dog” in 2007. Being in constant demand served her net worth very well.
Afterwards, she landed the lead role in the television series “Kath & Kim” (2008 – 2009), and starred in the comedy-drama film “What Goes Up” (2009) co-written, co-produced and directed by Jonathan Glatzer. In 2013, she was in the main cast of comedies “Scary Movie 5” by Malcolm D. Lee and “Trust Me” by Clark Gregg. The same year she appeared as a guest star in the series “Enlightened”, and was nominated for Critic’s Choice and Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of the Outstanding Guest Actress. In 2014, she received mixed reviews starring in the zombie comedy “Life After Beth” by Jeff Baena.
Most recently, Molly has starred in the comedy drama “Other People” written and directed by Chris Kelly, and number of films featuring Shannon will be released – “We Don’t Belong Here” (2016), “Half Magic” (2016), “The Layover” (2016), “Fun Mom Dinner” (2017) and “The Little Hours” (2017).
Finally, in the personal life of the actress, she is married to the artist Fritz Chesnut; the family has two children.
