He made his film debut as a wedding groom in the 1993 comedyGroundhog Day. With critical acclaim for his portrayal of the fish mans nemesis in Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water and his current turn as a lawman butting heads with David Koresh in the Paramount Networks Waco, people are increasingly waking up to the fact that Michael Shannon is a national treasure. [5], A recurring feature of his career, in acting and writing, is the figure of the American president. Jim was a dapper, tempestuous, boundary-crossing man who turned out to have been deep in the closet, muffled by dust bunnies of guilt and alcoholism. (TV Content), Broadway Revival of Promises, Promises to Close, "Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon to cover royal wedding as Cord and Tish for HBO", "Molly Shannon Is as Real as Ever in Her Charming Memoir 'Hello, Molly! Adam Sandler promised he'd get his schoolmate Molly Shannon on 'Saturday Night Live,' and he did. Shannon got his start as a theater performer and often appears in stage plays between film roles. His performance as the clinically insane son earned him universal acclaim,[13][14][15][16] and won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture[17] and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Why Taylor Swift and Margot Robbie Could Solve an 'Amsterdam'-Style Mystery, Recall on the Globes Red Carpet: Stars' First Credits, My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done -- "Astounded at the Silence". His other film credits include Man of Steel, 8 Mile, The Iceman, and Premium Rush. Shannon made his Broadway debut in the 2012 play Grace. In television, Shannon is known for her roles in Enlightened (2013), Divorce (20162019), The White Lotus (2021) and I Love That for You (2022). Mollys paternal grandfather was Daniel Edward Shannon (the son of Michael James Shannon and Margaret Martin). Shes more into the My Little Pony and Tinkerbell thing., Do not expect Michael Shannon to retweet a particularly poignant cat or dog video. She somehow makes a similarly rollicking three pages of a grim incident previously told on Late Night With Conan OBrien, about the diminutive actor Gary Coleman from Diffrent Strokes attacking her, a 22-year-old hopeful, in his hotel room at the Plaza. In retrospect, Shannon admitted the crowd was pretty restrained in their reaction. In November of that year, he began starring in the one man play Mistakes Were Made at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City, with performances having run through February 27, 2012. As one of the brightest comedic stars in her generation, Molly Shannon began her career with small parts before she became the superstar we know her today. Im not doing any of that crap. var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_b42b6d"); The 2018 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord & Tish. })(); Ethnicity of Celebs | EthniCelebs.com 2023. She is married to artist Fritz Chesnut, with whom she has two children. Michael Shannon. He subsequently received a Master of Arts in Oral Interpretation from Northwestern. He appeared in 8 Mile (2002), Bad Boys II (2003), Bug (2006), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), The Iceman (2012), Premium Rush (2012), The Night Before (2015), Elvis & Nixon (2016), The Shape of Water (2017), Knives Out (2019), Bullet Train (2022), and Amsterdam (2022). She is known for starring in Year of the Dog and Superstar, among many other films, and on Saturday Night Live. I dont do any of that social media stuff. Wed all be in a heap of trouble if Superman was a serial killer. [21], In 2011, Shannon starred in the drama film Take Shelter. Actress and comedian Molly Shannon is opening up about learning her father was a closeted gay man. And her cadences in this memoir, worked out with her co-writer, Sean Wilsey, tend toward a Seussian singsong simplicity, even when dealing with very grown-up, dark subjects. rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; [9] Shannon originated the role of Peter Evans in Bug in 1996 and starred in the 2006 film adaptation. Shannon returned to Chicago for his senior year at Evanston Township High School where he dropped out after a semester. Michael B. Jordan, Lil Baby Episode 1837 -- Pictured: Host Michael B . She has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films, such as Happiness (1998), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), reprising her character in the miniseries Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015), and its follow-up Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017), Osmosis Jones (2001), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). While he did not reprise the role for 2016s Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, that did not stop one enterprising reporter from asking if he was picking sides in the fictional superhero faceoff. [18] In 2010, he portrayed Doc Cross Williams in the film adaptation of Jonah Hex. I stay the hell off that thing. During her run on SNL, Shannon also starred in the movie Never Been Kissed (1999), How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Osmosis Jones (2001) and Serendipity opposite Kate Beckinsale (2001). year old sister, and a 25 year old cousin. Every once in a while, after one take, Guillermo would be like Thats perfect! and Octavia would say, I Shannoned it!, 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. While appearing on Broadway in 2012 for a play titled Grace, Shannon told the Chicago Tribune. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. She appeared in a 1997 episode of Seinfeld titled "The Summer of George," where she played Sam, the co-worker who drove Elaine Benes crazy because she did not swing her arms while walking. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. [19] They have a daughter and a son.[20]. An older sister, Mary, survived with Molly, as did their father, with injuries that required him to relearn how to walk. Shannon doesnt have to chew the scenery, or hack it down like Mary Katherine Gallagher, to steal the show. "[9], Shannon portrayed Abraham Lincoln in a play he also authored, Watching with Lincoln, produced at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2014. I was on an airplane and Ethan was sitting behind me. Related content: . RELATED - Twitter Reacts To Molly Shannon's Revealing Tragedy That Inspired Her 'SNL' Career. var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); [4], The first play he authored, Deros On the Funny Farm, was first produced at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven in 1981 with Kevin Bacon in the lead. : A Memoir (.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#3a3;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}ISBN9780063056251) that discussed how family tragedy affected her career. The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts. Actor Born in Kentucky #11. . opens with a car crash in the summer of 1969 that claimed the lives of Shannon's mom, Peggy Keating; her 25-year-old cousin, Fran; and 3-year-old sister, Katie. Most Popular #28622. A couple found actress Molly Shannon's iPhone in the back of a New York City cab. by (Shes also fond of italics.) His first role was opposite Bill Murray in 1993s Groundhog Day, where Murrays character gifts him with tickets to WrestleMania. [11], Shannon's first children's book, Tilly the Trickster, was released September 1, 2011.[12]. Place of Birth: Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. Molly Shannon is an American actress and comedian. Michael Shannon Movies. rcel.async = true; Soundtrack | She also appeared in Sheryl Crow's video for the song "A Change (Will Do You Good)" and played the recurring role of loony neighbor Val Bassett, Grace Adler's nemesis, on Will & Grace, appearing in five episodes over the sitcom's eight-season run. Michael . Really. SHANNON: Well, we have an amazing hair designer, Jodi Mancuso, and then Jill Bream, our costume designer, and they really do such a good job, and they know the types of clothes, and Jodi cut the . The film follows Guy Montag (played by Michael B. Jordan), a firefighter who is hired to . His roles in Bug and Killer Joe were written by Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts.[7]. Actor | Finding Me was one of six projects to receive two nominations. [3] 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. Helen was born in Ohio. Club that a diminutive version of her father held little intrigue. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Other People . How many movies do you gotta do to get on David Letterman? he asked. In 1993, Shannon made his film debut in Groundhog Day as a wedding groom. In 2000, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. He received rave reviews for his performance,[22][23] and a Saturn Award for Best Actor. As she fended him off in bemused horror, her panoramic eye noted the dialysis machine in the corner (Coleman died in 2010). He and Turner met during the American season of Frith Banbury's production of the play The Day After The Fair by Frank Harvey,[13] which opened on September 4, 1973 at the Auditorium Theatre in Denver, Colorado and closed January 20, 1974 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. In 1969, when she was 4 years old, Jim was driving the family home to Cleveland from a party and crashed their station wagon into a steel light pole. In 2013, he starred as legendary mob hitman Richard Kuklinski in The Iceman, which was distributed in May 2013. ), Like many of her comedy colleagues, Shannon has already written a childrens book, Tilly the Trickster (2011). | Public, Actor | Her mother, Mary Margaret "Peg" (ne Keating), was a teacher, and her father, James Francis Shannon, was a sales manager. "When I was writing about the accident chapter, it was really hard to write. Shannons fathers deathbed sequence is an especial corker. Here's a list of mine. [42], In 2002, Shannon formed the indie rock band Corporal with Ray Rizzo and Rob Beitzel. [6][7] He attended New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois, for two years before moving to a high school in Kentucky for his junior year. She also appeared in Sex and the City in a number of episodes. Shannons mother, Peggy, younger sister, Katie, and cousin Fran all died in the accident. As a small child Shannon had a very dirty neck, because it was difficult for her father, with his leg braces, to get upstairs to give her a bath. In 2013, he told The New York Times that his aloof disposition may have cost him an appearance on David Letterman, an invitation he had been coveting since he was a teenager. (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Grail and Platter", James Sinclair, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 1 episode: "L'auteur de Beltraffio", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Here a Spy, There a Spy", Freddie Gebhard, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 2 episodes: "America" and "Home on the Range", (TV Series), 1 episode: "Rogue's Gallery", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Rosemary, for Remembrance", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Gambling", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "If the Glass Slipper Fits", Edward Boyne, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 1 episode: "Spreading It Thin", Dr. Sutro, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 1 episode: "Smart Aleck Kill", Chuck Miller, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (American TV Series), 1 episode: "The Set-Up", (American TV Series), 2 episodes: "JFK: Part 1" and "JFK: Part 2", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Out-of-Town Brown", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Now You Steele It, Now You Don't", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "The Grey Team", (TV Series), 2 episodes: "The Burning" and "The Burning:Part 2", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "The Eyes Have It", Morley Kennerly, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Jack Fisher, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (American TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.1" and "Episode #1.2", Chapinski, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Peter Shelley, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 1 episode: "Sickness and Health", Mr Baker Wood, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 2 episodes: "The Return" and "Reckoning", Jake Hunter, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Oswald Clark, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (French TV Series), 1 episode: "Maigret and the Hotel Majestic", US Ambassador, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Mini-Series), 1 episode: "Episode #1.1", Senator Scanlon, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Charles B. Whiteside, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Ed Murrow, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 1 episode: "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", Martin Schraeder, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Milton Macrae, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Dr. Henry Jansen, credited as Michael J. Shannon, Philip Yale Drew, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (TV Series), 1 episode: "The Monster of Reading", Dr. Duncan, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (American TV Series), 2 episodes: "War Stories" and "Baby, It's Cold Outside", Philip Corday, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Dead in the Water", Tom Burgess, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Domestic Issues", Ashley Tutt, credited as Michael J. Shannon, (American TV Series), 1 episode: "Believe the Lie", (American TV Series), 1 episode: "The Gods Must Be Crazy", Nahum Gardiner, credited as Michael J. Shannon, This page was last edited on 28 November 2022, at 15:17. Margaret was the daughter of Daniel Cafferkey. The Oscar winner plays the country music legend in Showtime's George & Tammy, premiering Dec. 4, and when it . If you see this guy in Smash, you can see the resemblance. [34] The film premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It felt like surgery," Shannon said. [43], The first track "Glory" was released in 2011 and the second song, "Obama," was released in June 2012 as the band's endorsement of President Obama's run for reelection. Was in a car crash at age 4 that killed her 34 year old mother, her 3 Shannon got his start as a theater performer and often appears in stage plays between film roles. [26] Shannon portrayed music icon Elvis Presley alongside Kevin Spacey as President Richard Nixon in Elvis & Nixon.[27]. The eight-episode series serves as a prequel to the cult comedy classic film of the same name, which Shannon also starred in. I should have stifled my irritation., On the set of The Shape of Water, Shannons penchant for getting things right in a single take did not go unnoticed by the rest of the cast. HELLO, MOLLY!A MemoirBy Molly Shannon with Sean Wilsey291 pages. Why does everybody always ask me if Im playing Koresh? I forgot for a second I was talking to Ethan Coen. Michael Corbett Shannon (born August 7, 1974)[1] is an American actor, producer, musician, and theater director. They pretended to be assistants in the office of David Mamet, the notoriously Hollywood-averse playwright: arranging each other appointments with agents, casting directors and producers, drawing ontheir experience selling health-club memberships. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Her zodiac sign is Virgo. All Ive wanted since I was 15 freaking years old was to be on David Letterman. Michael Corbett Shannon is an actor, producer, musician, and theatrical director from the United States. In 2010, Corporal released its self-titled debut album. [41], Shannon is reprising his role as General Zod in the film The Flash, to be released by Warner Bros. in 2023. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, first for his parts in Sam Mendes' historical drama Revolutionary Road and once for Tom Ford's psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals. [16] Their daughter Caitlin is also an actress and writer. In 2018, Shannon co-starred in the critically acclaimed Netflix film Private Life, playing prickly Cynthia, opposite Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti and Kayli Carter. Eagle-eyed fans will see . Sources: Genealogy of Molly Shannon http://www.geni.com, Mollys paternal grandmother, Helen L. Dowell, on the 1900 U.S. Census https://familysearch.org, Marriage record of Mollys maternal great-great-grandparents, Hugh Cattigan and Bridget Biddy Farey https://www.familysearch.org. Asked whether his young daughter thought that was interesting, Shannon told the The A.V. Thats a new take on Superman. Small parts, he instructed her. Club that social media is not part of his routine. Some people break into show business; others burst. Molly Shannon, whose new memoir, written with Sean Wilsey, is "Hello, Molly!" Corey Nickols Jim was a dapper, tempestuous, boundary-crossing man who turned out to have been deep in the. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, first for his parts in Sam Mendes historical drama Revolutionary Road and once for Tom Fords psychological thriller Nocturnal Animals. In truth, Shannon's journey into comedy was an unlikely one, especially given tragedy that would . Michael J. Shannon (born January 24, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. In 2003, she appeared in the romantic comedy My Boss's Daughter and the television remake of The Music Man. When Shannon was 13, she and an 11-year-old friend I think youre going to have a lot of friends, her mother had said prophetically dressed up in ballet costumes to project innocence, sneaked onto a plane, rattled off a fusillade of Hail Marys and flew with terror and exhilaration to New York. Pack it, pack it, pack it, pack it! In front of those crowds, she developed another brilliant character, Sally OMalley. In 1999, Shannon starred in Superstar, a feature film based on her most famous SNL character, Mary Katherine Gallagher, the awkward Catholic school student who aspires to be a musical superstar. I have people telling me all the time, You should do Twitter, you should do this, you should get on Facebook. Are you insane? Type above and press Enter to search. She says, for a long time, she was motivated by a desire to make her mom proud. Born Molly Helen Shannon on 16th September, 1964 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA, she is famous for Saturday Night Live. Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian. Shannon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 16, 1964, to an Irish-American Catholic family,[1][2] and grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon. In 2022, Shannon co-starred in the Showtime comedy television series I Love That for You alongside fellow former Saturday Night Live alum Vanessa Bayer. He received Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in 99 Homes (2014). Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. Molly is the daughter of Mary Margaret "Peggy" (Keating) and James Francis Shannon. Molly is the daughter of Mary Margaret Peggy (Keating) and James Francis Shannon. [1][2], In addition to his filmography, he has maintained substantial theatrical acting credits throughout his career, including the British premiere of Arthur Kopits The End of the World with Symposium to Follow in Southampton (Nuffield Theatre) and the London premiere of A. R. Gurneys The Dining Room (Greenwich Theatre, 1983, directed by Alan Strachan). She has used that as a Speaking with The Verge, Shannon said that his last name became a verb that denotes excellence in performing. In 2015, he performed in the biographical drama Freeheld, and the independent drama 99 Homes, as housing agent Rick Carver, a role that earned him nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film Other People. He has two daughters, Sylvia and Marion, with actress Kate Arrington, whom he married in 2002. More. [10], His play Liberty Rising is set in the Revolutionary War featuring George Washington and John Adams alongside their wives Martha and Abigail. Consider her appearance as an overweening mother-in-law in the recent HBO series White Lotus.. . This Article is related to: Awards and tagged Emmys, FYC, I Love That For You, Molly Shannon, Vanessa Bayer Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox Subscribe On television, Molly has co-starred in the hit HBO comedy, Divorce (2017) and in the Wet Hot American Summer (2016) miniseries for Netflix. He could just wipe us all out. Shannon was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. This week, a new report by Matthew Belloni of Puck revealed the reason why Shannon was replaced. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. icantwait48 In August 2019, Shannon was announced to play Buss. George was born in Ireland. (I love her bitter, unrealized vision for a sketch about Hot Cocoa Girls, those more fortunate, self-coddling peers, who are always chilly and wrap themselves in fuzzy blankets.) I cant even come up with a fake answer, he said. Here are 10 things you might not have known about the actor. His television roles include a role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series Boardwalk Empire (20102014) for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. His performance as a detective investigating a double homicide garnered him critical acclaim and a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [8] Los Angeles Times critic Philip Brandes wrote that "Shannon makes a heartbreakingly believable case for Harding's ignorance of and outrage at the abuses of his Cabinet. Lucero's frontman, Ben Nichols, is the older brother of frequent Shannon collaborator, Jeff Nichols. Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress, comedian, and singer. After explaining that he fell asleep while trying to watch the movie on a plane, he told Vulture that he was profoundly, utterly unconcerned with who would win. As soon as people heard Waco, however, they assumed hed be playing the unhinged one. He portrayed John F. Kennedy in the BBC television series Red Dwarf, starred in two episodes of the ABC television series Call to Glory named 'JFK' (parts 1 and 2, though not as the president) and has written and starred in a one-man play, JFK on JFK. There was nothing more important than packing the house, she writes. Michael Shannon had long struggled with alcohol abuse he was drunk when he got into a car . Underneath any shenanigans in Hello Molly, there is bottomless pathos. She returned to Saturday Night Live for a special Mother's Day episode on May 8, 2010,[10] and also the October 2010 reunion special "Women of SNL". They have two daughters, one born in 2008 and the other in 2011. Co-creator of the "Rob and Molly Show" at the Up Front Comedy Theater in Los Angeles, CA. (OMalleys surprise big kick, Shannon writes, is me wishing my dad could kick those braces off his legs.). His grandfather was entomologist Raymond Corbett Shannon. 8 Mile. The next year, Shannon guest-starred on ABC's Pushing Daisies, and appeared in the film Evan Almighty. He appeared in a production of Woyzeck in the West End in London. [14][15] Shannon played the role of Bradford and Turner the role of Anna. SNL' s Molly Shannon on how childhood tragedy inspired her Mary Katherine Gallagher character Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion recreate Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey's VMAs moment at the. Following this interview, Shannon was booked to appear on Letterman's show. Believing someone might have been drunk, he complained to the stage manager afterwards. Like her famous character on Saturday Night Live, the nervous Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher, Molly Shannon was more of a battering ram, laying siege to the false-fronted structures of Hollywood with blunt, repetitive force. Shannon left SNL in 2001. I really kind of regretted it afterwards. [30][31][32][33], In 2017, Shannon played Col. Richard Strickland in Guillermo del Toro's romantic fantasy film The Shape of Water. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Actress | (Always be closing, as Mamet wrote in Glengarry Glen Ross.) They ran this racket with energy for six months Shannon getting a small part on Twin Peaks out of it and were only busted once, by a talent manager for the Brat Pack. Nordid. In 2008, Shannon starred as Kath in the American version of the hit Australian sitcom Kath & Kim. In 1991, she had a brief appearance in the second season of Twin Peaks as "the happy helping hand lady", and in 1993, she appeared with minor roles in three episodes of In Living Color, the first in a fake TV commercial with Shawn Wayans playing Chris Rock, the second in a sketch with Jim Carrey, playing LAPD Sergeant Stacey Koon, and third being a parody of Star Trek. "I was very. 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