---
name: "Chris McGinn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-mcginn"
fi1m_id: "chris-mcginn"
imdb_id: "nm0569341"
tmdb_id: 1558881
wikidata_id: "Q22811254"
roles: []
born: "13 December 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T18:59:38.362137+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Chris McGinn

## Identity

Chris McGinn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chris-mcginn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chris-mcginn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0569341
- **TMDB ID:** 1558881
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22811254
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22811254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558881

Actor. Born 13 December 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 13 December 1955, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (2), 2000s 84 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $331m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22811254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0569341/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1558881

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Little America*](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Chris McGinn is an American actress and director. She was born on 13 December 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri, and trained in theatre, speech and English at Truman University in Kirksville, Missouri.

She began her career in New York theatre as a founding member and resident director of Pantheon Productions and Yankee Rep. Her screen credits include an uncredited role in *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Margo in *Kidnap* (2017), Sharon (also credited as Bartender) in *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2018–2019), and Tanya in *Little America* (2020). She has also worked as an assistant director and acting coach.

*Sources: imdb.com, thechrismcginn.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3)

- *Little America* (2020), Fi1m 82, as Tanya — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), Fi1m 84, as Lady at Caden's Mom's — [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999), Fi1m 66, as Tourist Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Fi1m 91, as Autopsy Victim (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Leftovers* (2021), as Carol
- *Love, Repeat* (2020), as Candace · Thanks
- *Little America* (2020), series, as Tanya — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-america.md)
- *Kidnap* (2017), as Margo Fickey
- *Marvel's Jessica Jones* (2015), series, as Sharon, Bartender
- *Orange Is the New Black* (2013), series, as Orderly — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/orange-is-the-new-black.md)
- *House of Lies* (2012), series, as Sleeping Bag Woman
- *American Horror Story* (2011), series, as Homeless Woman
- *Synecdoche, New York* (2008), as Lady at Caden's Mom's — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/synecdoche-new-york.md)
- *Law & Order: Trial by Jury* (2005), series, as Juror
- *The Hebrew Hammer* (2003), as Samples Woman
- *Three Long Years* (2003), as Jude's Landlady
- *100 Centre Street* (2001), series, Actor
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Matronly Woman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Attendant
- *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999), as Tourist Woman — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mickey-blue-eyes.md)
- *River Red* (1998), as Woman in Store
- *Brooklyn South* (1997), series, as Bystander
- *Breathing Room* (1996), as Korean Market Patron 2
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), as Autopsy Victim (uncredited) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mrs. Sheffield — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)

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