{"id":1267,"date":"2025-04-29T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=1267"},"modified":"2025-04-30T10:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T10:16:57","slug":"molly-shannon-former-snl-star-to-speak-at-nyu-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/molly-shannon-former-snl-star-to-speak-at-nyu-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly Shannon, former SNL star, to speak at NYU commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tisch alum Molly Shannon, an award-winning actress and former star of \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d will address graduates and receive an honorary degree at NYU\u2019s 2025 all-university commencement ceremony in May. New York Liberty CEO Keia Clarke and renowned physicist Walter Massey will join Shannon in receiving honorary degrees at the 192nd ceremony at Yankee Stadium.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Shannon, a three-time Primetime Emmy nominee and Screen Actors Guild Award recipient famous for her six-year run on SNL \u2014 which just celebrated its 50th anniversary \u2014 will receive a Doctor of Fine Arts Degree and deliver the university\u2019s commencement address following a speech from President Linda Mills and faculty-led procession exercises.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMotivated by innate talent, her NYU education and a personal history with loss and grief, Molly has developed an unparalleled ability to blend physical comedy with emotional depth,\u201d Mills said in an announcement. \u201cWe are thrilled to celebrate her imprint on comedy and culture \u2014 particularly now, on the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live \u2014 and we know her story will inspire NYU graduates as they take on new and different roles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

After graduating from the Tisch School of the Arts in 1987, Shannon began her run at SNL eight years later and gained <\/span>immediate traction<\/span><\/a> for her portrayal of Mary Katherine Gallagher \u2014 a fan-favorite character that Shannon <\/span>first created<\/span><\/a> for an NYU student production. Since leaving the show in 2001, Shannon has played roles on screen and as a voice actor in several films and television shows, including the award-winning \u201cOnly Murders in the Building,\u201d \u201cThe White Lotus\u201d and \u201cA Promising Young Woman.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Clarke, who graduated from the School of Professional Studies in 2006, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Before her promotion as CEO of the New York Liberty in 2020, Clarke served as the team\u2019s chief operating officer for two seasons, where she has grown the Liberty\u2019s fan base and helped earn the original franchise a WNBA championship in 2024. That year, NYU <\/span>gifted Clarke a Distinguished Alumni Award<\/span><\/a> for spearheading the team\u2019s business and strategic planning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Massey, who will receive a Doctor of Science Degree, is a senior adviser to the president at the University of Chicago and chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Organization, where he is working with an international consortium to build the largest telescope on Earth. He is president emeritus and an alum of Morehouse College, <\/span>where he served as the school\u2019s head<\/span><\/a> from 1995 to 2007, and later <\/span>served as president<\/span><\/a> of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2010 to 2016.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Aashna Miharia and Yezen Saadah at news@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

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