Molly Joan Hagan is an American actress. She co-starred in films Code of Silence, Some Kind of Wonderful, The Dentist, Election and Sully, and is also known for her roles in television on Herman's Head and Unfabulous.
Life and career
Hagan was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth and John Robert Hagan. She was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana and attended Northwestern University. Hagan played Diana Luna alongside Chuck Norris on the 1985 action filmCode of Silence. Hagan has made appearances in films such as Some Kind of Wonderful and most notably as the young Miss Ellie Ewing in the television movie' and she has appeared in several other television series, including the 1980s situation comedyThe Golden Girls as Caroline, the daughter of Miles Webber, Rose's romantic partner. Hagan starred in the cult seriesNutt House, which had a six-week run in 1989, and Herman's Head which ran on Fox from 1991 to 1994. She portrayed Angel, one of the four characters inside Herman, and represented his sensitivity. She was in two episodes of the detective mystery series Columbo, namely Murder, Smoke and Shadows, and Butterfly in Shades of Grey. She also appeared twice on Murder, She Wrote. In the end of the second season of ', she played a young Vorta called Eris in "The Jem'Hadar". She appeared in three episodes of the third season of Becker, she also appeared on Seinfeld as Sister Roberta, the Latvian Orthodox novice that Kramer nearly took from the church, and a cooking teacher on Friends. She played a trailer trash mother in a Jerry Springer-based movie, Ringmaster. She played Diane McAllister in the 1999 movieElection opposite Matthew Broderick. Hagan also played Coach Crenshaw in . Hagan played the mother of Emma Roberts's character Addie in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous from 2004 to 2007. She also made a guest appearances in many television series, such as Charmed, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Private Practice, The Closer, and NYPD Blue. Hagan also appeared in Disney Channel Original MoviePrincess Protection Program in 2009, and had another guest appearance in an episode of the Disney Channel sitcom Liv and Maddie. In 2014, Hagan was cast as the lead character's mother in The CW series, IZombie, based on the DC Comics. She later made recurring guest appearances in Jane the Virgin and The Orville, No Good Nick and Truth Be Told. In 2017 she co-starred in the NBC limited series Law & OrderTrue Crime, and in 2020 was cast in a series regular role as title character mother in the CW crime series, Walker.
