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Mary Katherine Gallagher (played by Molly Shannon ) is a socially awkward, hyperactive student at St. Monica High School.

Molly Shannon’s performance, viewed today, is astonishingly brave. She throws herself into physical comedy (falls, flails, crashes) with the commitment of a silent-film star. Behind the sweat and the polyester uniform is a deeply sad character—an orphan raised by a strict grandmother, desperate for connection and validation. The film’s final scene, where Mary Katherine achieves her kiss and then immediately returns to her awkward self, is unexpectedly moving. superstar 1999 ok.ru

Mary Katherine enters a talent show sponsored by Catholic Teen magazine, where the grand prize is a role in a movie with "positive moral values". Mary Katherine Gallagher (played by Molly Shannon )