Kinna McInroe
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Kinna McInroe | |
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| Born | April 30, 1973 Levelland, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Kinna McInroe (born April 30, 1973) is an American
short films
, and has been narrating a series of online videos released under the pseudonym Squirrel-Monkey since 2012.
Life and career beginnings
McInroe studied improvisational theatre with Gary Austin, the founder of The Groundlings.[1] From her first appearance as Nina in the 1999 film Office Space, through to her appearance as Darlene in the early 2009 short film Love Never Tires, McInroe had a very different body shape than she does now. Between late 2008 and early 2011, she lost over 100 pounds (45 kg).[2]
Videos
Working with
video artist Jo Luijten
, McInroe provides the narration on several web videos they have released under the pseudonym Squirrel-Monkey. Most of the Squirrel-Monkey videos show what social networking sites and video games might have looked like if created on the computers of the 1980s or 1990s.
Since their introduction in March 2012,[3] the videos have received positive press from a number of news and technology websites, including Mashable,[4] Wired[5] and The Huffington Post.[6]
Filmography
Feature films and short films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Office Space | Nina | |
| 2000 | Where the Heart Is | Wal-Mart Clerk | |
| 2002 | Almost | Sue | |
| The Anarchist Cookbook | Rollerskating Waitress | ||
| 2003 | F.A.T. | Jeanette | Direct-to-video |
| 2006 | The Suicide | Diana | Short film Won Best Newcomer at Miami Underground Film Festival |
| Grilled | Elyse Gorman | uncredited | |
| National Lampoon's Dorm Daze 2 | Olga | Direct-to-video | |
| 2008 | Stone & Ed | Nurse | |
| Yard of Blondes | Farmer's Wife | Short film | |
| Cupcake | Candi | Short film | |
| 2009 | Broken August | Nurse Kinna | Short film |
| Elsewhere | Candy | ||
| Love Never Tires | Darlene | Short film | |
| 2017 | Deidra & Laney Rob a Train | Gloria | Netflix movie |
Television series
| Year | Title | Role | Episode(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Bernie Mac Show | Pat | Episode: "Carfool" |
| 2004 | Strong Medicine | Marnie | Episode: "Weights and Measures" |
| 2004–2005 | American Dreams | Sister Claire | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Brenda Morgan | Episode: "Big Middle" |
| 2005 BET Comedy Awards | Barbara Matthews | Television special | |
| 2011 | Criminal Minds | Gwen | Episode: "Proof" |
| 2013 | Drop Dead Diva | Pam Bendall | Episode: "Surrogates" |
| 2015 | Welcome Home, Loser | Rita O'Connor | 2 episodes |
| Supergirl | Waitress | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| Hawaii Five-0 | Loraine | Episode: "Kuleana" |
Online
| Year | Title | Role | Episode(s) |
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| 2012[7]-Present[8] | Wonders Of The World Wide Web | Herself; Host | All episodes |
References
- ^ Biography, kinnamcinroe.net; accessed April 26, 2017. Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins". Freedutch. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ^ Wasserman, Todd (April 3, 2012). "What If 'The Facebook' Was Invented in the '90s?". Mashable. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Watercutter, Angela (February 4, 2014). "If Instagram Was Around in the '80s, This Would Be Its Launch Video". Wired. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- Huffington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
- ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2020-02-02). What Google Stadia Would Have Looked Like in the '90s (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
External links
- Kinna McInroe at IMDb
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