Kinna McInroe (born April 30, 1973) is an American actress, known for her role as Nina in the film Office Space. She has guest-starred in episodes of several television series, has appeared in a number of feature and direct-to-video films, has worked extensively in short films, and has been narrating a series of online videos released under the pseudonym Squirrel-Monkey since 2012.

Kinna McInroe
McInroe in 2011
Born (1973-04-30) April 30, 1973 (age 51)
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present

Life and career beginnings

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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

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Working with Dutch comedy 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

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Feature films and short films

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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

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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

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Year Title Role Episode(s)
2012[7]-Present[8] Wonders Of The World Wide Web Herself; Host All episodes

References

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  1. ^ Biography, kinnamcinroe.net; accessed April 26, 2017. Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "The Seven Deadly Sins". Freedutch. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. ^ Wasserman, Todd (April 3, 2012). "What If 'The Facebook' Was Invented in the '90s?". Mashable. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  5. ^ Watercutter, Angela (February 4, 2014). "If Instagram Was Around in the '80s, This Would Be Its Launch Video". Wired. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  6. ^ Brooks, Katherine (February 25, 2013). "The Joy Of ASCII: Bob Ross Video Just Might Be The Strangest Painting How-To We've Ever Seen (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  7. ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  8. ^ Squirrel-Monkey (2020-02-02). What Google Stadia Would Have Looked Like in the '90s (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
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