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Kinna McInroe

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 53)
Levelland, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1998–present

Life and career beginnings

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McInroe met Gary Austin, the founder of The Groundlings, at the Big Stinkin' International Improv & Sketch Comedy Festival and later studied improvisational theatre with him and worked as his assistant.[1] She later appeared in Gary Austin-related improv shows at The Groundlings, including Gary Austin and Friends Improvised Show and Gary Austin's Music Show.[2][3] McInroe also appeared during the run of Del Shores' play Yellow, which premiered at The Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood in 2010.[4][5]

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).[6]

Videos

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Working with Dutch comedy video artist Jo Luijten, McInroe provides the narration for Squirrel-Monkey videos, which present contemporary websites, apps, and games as if they had been created for 1980s or 1990s computers.[7] Since their introduction in March 2012,[8] the videos have received coverage from news and technology websites including Mashable,[9] The Huffington Post,[10] and Laughing Squid.[11]

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; world premiere at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival[12]
2009 Broken August Nurse Kinna Short film
Elsewhere Candy
Love Never Tires Darlene Short film
2017 Deidra & Laney Rob a Train Gloria Netflix movie
2025 Honey Don't! Mrs. Novotny

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"
2026 Hacks Diane Episode: "EGOT"[13]

Online

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Year Title Role Episode(s)
2012[14]-Present[15] Wonders Of The World Wide Web Herself; Host All episodes

References

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  1. ↑ Mercer, Alan (May 15, 2023). "Kinna McInroe Always Finds The Humor In Life". Alan Mercer's Profile. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  2. ↑ "GARY AUSTIN AND FRIENDS IMPROVISED SHOW". The Groundlings. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  3. ↑ "GARY AUSTIN'S MUSIC SHOW". The Groundlings. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  4. ↑ Peter, Thomas (April 13, 2010). "Leslie, McClure, McCullough, Montgomery, Thompson Cast in Del Shores' Yellow". Playbill. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Yellow". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  6. ↑ "The Seven Deadly Sins". Freedutch. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  7. ↑ Buskirk, Eliot Van (February 13, 2013). "Squirrel-Monkey Demos 80s Version Of Spotify". Hypebot. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  8. ↑ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  9. ↑ Wasserman, Todd (April 3, 2012). "What If 'The Facebook' Was Invented in the '90s?". Mashable. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ Streams, Kimber (June 3, 2013). "What Wikipedia Would Have Looked Like in the 1980s". Laughing Squid. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  12. ↑ "2008 TFF Announces Short Film Selections". Tribeca. March 18, 2008. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Kinna McInroe". TVmaze. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
  14. ↑ Squirrel-Monkey (2012-03-18). If Facebook were invented in the '90s... (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  15. ↑ Squirrel-Monkey (2020-02-02). What Google Stadia Would Have Looked Like in the '90s (YouTube). Retrieved 2020-02-29.
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