Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 3, 1961
Place of Birth:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Molly Hagan is an American actress born on August 3, 1961, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She developed an early passion for acting and performed in school plays, including a notable role as Glinda the Good Witch in a school production of "The Wizard of Oz." Hagan attended Northwestern University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in speech in 1983. After college, she appeared in regional theater productions in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Chicago before moving into film and television work.
Her acting career began in the mid-1980s with roles in films such as "Code of Silence" (1985) and "Some Kind of Wonderful" (1987). She gained further experience through various television roles, including parts in "The Golden Girls," "Herman's Head" (where she played the character Angel from 1991 to 1994), and the TV movie "Dallas: The Early Years," where she portrayed a young Miss Ellie Ewing. Hagan has also had guest roles on numerous popular shows including "Seinfeld," "Friends," "Charmed," "Grey's Anatomy," and more.
Hagan’s film credits include roles in "Election" (1999), "The Dentist" (1996), and "Sully" (2016). She continued to secure roles well into the 2010s and 2020s with appearances on series like "Unfabulous," "iZombie," "Jane the Virgin," "Walker," and others. Beyond acting, she has worked as a writer, producer, and casting director. Molly Hagan remains active in the industry, recognized for her versatility and enduring presence on both television and film
Year | Movie | Role |
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2025 | Disfluency | Professor Parker |
2020 | All My Life | Hope Marie Carter |
2019 | When We Dance | Emilia |
2019 | A Nasty Piece of Work | Kiwi |
2019 | Boris and the Bomb | Dani |
2018 | Long Lost Daughter | Cathy Rhodes |
2017 | The Keeping Hours | Daniels |
2016 | Navy Seals vs. Zombies | CIA Agent Stacy Thomas |
2016 | Sully | Doreen Welsh |
2015 | A Teacher's Obsession | Candace |
2015 | We Are Your Friends | Francine |
2014 | Petals on the Wind | Miss Calhoun |
2014 | BFFs | Rebecca |
2014 | Ask Me Anything | Caroline Kampenfelt |
2014 | Not Safe for Work | Janine |
2014 | The Last Light | Meryl |
2013 | Beneath | Judith Marsh |
2013 | Miss Dial | Potato Shredder Caller |
2012 | TalhotBlond | Beth Brooks |
2011 | Red State | Janet Keenan |
2011 | Cinema Verite | Kay |
2011 | Just Peck | Ms. Sears |
2010 | Love Shack | Debbie Vanderspiegl |
2009 | Princess Protection Program | The Director |
2008 | The Lucky Ones | Pat Cheaver |
2008 | The Babysitter | Mrs Jones |
2008 | Henry Poole Is Here | Pediatrician |
2007 | Holly Hobbie and Friends: Best Friends Forever | Teresa (voice) |
2007 | Murder 101: College Can be Murder | Hilda Lake |
2002 | They Shoot Divas, Don't They? | Diane |
2002 | Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch | Coach Crenshaw |
2002 | Diagnosis Murder: Town Without Pity | Kelly Harris |
2001 | Air Bud: World Pup | Coach Crenshaw |
2000 | Miracle in Lane 2 | Sheila Yoder |
2000 | Playing Mona Lisa | Janine Goldstein |
1999 | Election | Diane McAllister |
1998 | Ringmaster | Connie Zorzak |
1996 | The Dentist | Jessica |
1996 | Sometimes They Come Back... Again | Officer Violet Searcey |
1996 | The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play | Trudy Wise |
1995 | French Exit | Alice |
1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | Laurel Crown |
1990 | Last Flight Out | Pam |
1988 | Shootdown | Elizabeth Moore |
1988 | Justin Case | Jennifer Spalding |
1988 | Fresh Horses | Ellen |
1987 | ALF’s Special Christmas | Denise |
1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Shayne |
1986 | Dallas: The Early Years | Ellie Southworth Ewing |
1985 | Code of Silence | Diana Luna |
Year | TV Show | Role |
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2021 | Walker | Abeline Walker |
2019 | No Good Nick | Dorothy |
2017 | Legion | Laura Mercer |
2017 | Law & Order True Crime | Joan Vandermolen |
2017 | Big Little Lies | Dr. Moriarty |
2017 | The Orville | Drenala Kitan |
2016 | This Is Us | Grace |
2015 | iZombie | Eva Moore |
2015 | Better Call Saul | Judge Lindsay Arch |
2014 | Jane the Virgin | Patricia Cordero |
2014 | True Detective | Mrs. Harris |
2014 | How to Get Away with Murder | Nancy Montoya |
2014 | Stalker | Nancy Dalton |
2013 | Rectify | Florine |
2013 | Masters of Sex | Sybil |
2013 | Liv and Maddie | Mrs. Wakefield |
2012 | Perception | Professor |
2012 | Longmire | Sylvia Mallory |
2011 | Switched at Birth | Tammy Brenawicz |
2009 | Castle | Daisy May |
2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Peggy Winant |
2008 | Eli Stone | Moira Foote |
2008 | Fear Itself | Elena Edlund |
2008 | The Mentalist | Elizabeth Hennings |
2007 | Private Practice | Karen Adams |
2005 | Medium | ER Doctor |
2005 | The Closer | Kathy Reichter |
2005 | Ghost Whisperer | Penny Jones |
2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Jackie |
2005 | Bones | Elsbeth King |
2005 | Numb3rs | Fingerprint Technician |
2004 | Unfabulous | Sue Singer |
2003 | Cold Case | Lois Rabinski |
2003 | NCIS | Audrey Vetter |
2002 | Monk | Ms. Lennington |
2001 | Six Feet Under | Rachel |
2001 | Emeril | |
2000 | The Invisible Man | Dr. Day |
2000 | Strong Medicine | Grace Duke |
1999 | Providence | Mrs. Trish Calloway |
1998 | Charmed | Karen Young |
1998 | Becker | Sara |
1998 | Oh Baby | |
1996 | Early Edition | Treasury Agent Carolyn Burns |
1996 | Life's Work | Dee Dee Lucas |
1995 | JAG | Melinda Davy |
1995 | JAG | Navy Captain |
1994 | Friends | Sarah |
1994 | Touched by an Angel | Karen Schultz |
1994 | Chicago Hope | |
1994 | ER | Meredith Smart - Couples Therapist |
1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Paige Jennings |
1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Eris |
1992 | Love & War | |
1991 | Herman's Head | |
1990 | Dream On | Eve |
1989 | Seinfeld | Sister Roberta |
1989 | The Nutt House | |
1988 | The New Adventures of Davy Crockett | |
1986 | ALF | Denise |
1985 | The Golden Girls | Caroline |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Dana Ballard |
1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Amelia Farnum |
1983 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | |
1982 | Hotel | |
1979 | Knots Landing | Meredith - Researcher |
1971 | Columbo | Ruth Jernigan |
1971 | Columbo | Victoria Chase |