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In 2017, she won the\u00a0Film Independent Spirit Award\u00a0for playing Joanne Mulcahey in the\u00a0Chris Kelly autobiographical film\u00a0Other People.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon appeared in supporting roles in several films, including\u00a0Happiness\u00a0(1998),\u00a0A Night at the Roxbury\u00a0(1998),\u00a0Never Been Kissed\u00a0(1999),\u00a0How the Grinch Stole Christmas\u00a0(2000),\u00a0Wet Hot American Summer\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Osmosis Jones (2001),\u00a0My Boss&#8217;s Daughter\u00a0(2003),\u00a0Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby\u00a0(2006),\u00a0More of Me\u00a0(2007),\u00a0Evan Almighty\u00a0(2007) and\u00a0Me and Earl and the Dying Girl\u00a0(2015). She appeared in the animated films\u00a0Igor\u00a0(2008) and\u00a0Hotel Transylvania\u00a0(2012). 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