Kinna McInroe (born April 30, 1973) is an American

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, known for her role as Nina in the film ''

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''. She has guest-starred in episodes of several television series, has appeared in a number of feature and

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films, has worked extensively in

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, 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

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, the founder of

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. From her first appearance as Nina in the 1999 film ''

'', 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 .

Videos

Working with

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comedy

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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, the videos have received positive press from a number of news and technology websites, including

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, ''

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''.

Filmography

Feature films and short films

Television series

Online

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McInroe, Kinna 1973 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Texas American film actresses American television actresses People from Levelland, Texas