Aug 15, 2014 By Austin Trunick

Molly Shannon has become a familiar face to comedy fans over the past two decades, making appearances on dozens of television shows and playing unusual characters in movies such as Year of the Dog, Wet Hot American Summer, and Talladega Nights. She’s probably best known, however, for her seven seasons on Saturday Night Live (from 1995-2001) where she was responsible for characters like Mary Katherine Gallagher, Sally O’Malley (“I’m 50 years old, and I like to kick!”), Circe Nightshade of Goth Talk, and joyologist Helen Madden (“I love it, I love it, I love it!”).

Molly Shannon’s latest feature is Life After Beth. In it she plays Geenie Slocum, a grieving mother whose daughter, Beth (Aubrey Plaza) passed away after being bitten by a poisonous snake. Grief turns to surprise and confusion when Beth shows up on their doorstep days after her funeral. She and her husband (John C. Reilly) do their best to hide their daughter from the outside world, but that task becomes much more difficult when Beth’s boyfriend (Dane DeHaan) finds out she’s returned from the dead. More