Michelle McGinty
Acting
Biography
Born and raised in Seattle, Michelle, is a graduate of U.W.'s Business School and former Bank VP. She is married to and has a son with editor & actor Sean McGinty. Michelle started studying acting and performing while in Seattle and later moved to Los Angeles where she furthered her studies and began her professional acting career. She has studied under the guidance of many inspiring artists including John Billingsley (Freehold Theater Lab in Seattle), Ron Sossi (Odyssey Theater) and Ben Falcone (Groundlings - Intermediate Level).
Known For
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
All Rise
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.
Ghost World
Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
Bringing Down the House
"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, in an impossible task to prove himself to the world and to himself. A chance audition for a musical leads him to join forces with composer Jim Steinman, and together the two make music history with the operatic rock album "Bat Out of Hell." But the demons that drive Meat Loaf aren't assuaged by success, and eventually he must come to terms with them.
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
When a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
Gang Tapes
Meeting your new girlfriend's parents is never comfortable, but sometimes the event goes to unexpected levels of surreality. An awkward and flustered "everyteen" is forced to make small talk with his prom date's bizarre father.
Darling Darling
With a gun in his hands, his wife murdered and his two sons held hostage, Dr. Harris must decide who lives and who dies.
Deconstructing the Family
When a traumatized runaway finds solace in a secluded farm home, her attempt to liberate the house from a disturbing secret uproots a rage that should have remained hidden.