Molly Shannon

About Molly Shannon

Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an Emmy-nominated American actress and writer.

Shannon was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio to an Irish American Catholic family. Her mother, Peg, was a teacher, and her father, James F. Shannon, was a sales manager. Shannon was involved in a traumatic car accident when she was four years old which killed her mother, younger sister, and cousin. Shannon attended St. Dominic School in Shaker Heights for grade school, and Hawken School in Gates Mills, Ohio, for high school.

Shannon married artist Fritz Chesnut on May 29, 2004. They have two children: daughter Stella (b. 2003), and son Nolan (b. 2005).