Megan Elizabeth McKinnon (born May 2, 1996) is a Canadian teen actress with more than 50 credits to her name.

McKinnon was born in Lindsay, Ontario

Lindsay, Ontario

Lindsay is a community of 19,361 people on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario, Canada. It is approximately west of Peterborough...

, Canada

Canada

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. She has appeared in over 40 Independent Film

Independent film

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s in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada. Most notable are Samantha's Art, in which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

 in 2005. She also appeared in The Bully Solution, a short created in 48 hours as a part of the Vancouver Bloodshots Film Festival, October 2005. This film won 1st place by judge Robert Rodriguez

Robert Rodriguez

Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet...

 (director of Spy Kids

Spy Kids

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).

More recently, she filmed the role of Wendy in upcoming feature film The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy

The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...

, and the role of Young Allie in upcoming feature film Project Grey. She won the 2007 Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

 for the title role in Little Samantha Tripp.

Filmography

Year	Film/Show	Role	Notes
2009	The Tricks	Abby	short film
2008	Illusional	Tessa	short film
2007	Project Grey	Young Allie
2007	Whisper Whisper (film) Whisper is a 2007 horror film directed by Stewart Hendler and written by Christopher Borrelli. The film revolves around the kidnapping of a young boy, David, who is more than he appears and brings unexpected troubles for his kidnappers.- Plot :...	Bratty Party Girl
2007	Masters of Horror Masters of Horror Masters of Horror is an informal social group of international film writers and directors specializing in horror movies and an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.- Origin :...	Pam Embry	Episode: "We All Scream for Ice Cream We All Scream for Ice Cream (Masters of Horror episode) We All Scream for Ice Cream is an episode of the series Masters of Horror directed by Tom Holland. It was based on the story "You Scream, I Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream" by John Farris.-Plot:...
2007	The Last Mimzy The Last Mimzy The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...	Wendy
2006	Little Samantha Tripp	Samantha Tripp	short film
2006	Happy Valentine's Day	Kendra-Lee
2006	The Saddest Boy in the World	Maria	short film
2006	Eight Below Eight Below Eight Below is a 2006 American adventure film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio. It stars Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood and Moon Bloodgood...	Kayak Girl
2005	Odi et Amo: Of Love and Hate	The blonde girls
2005	The Bully Solution	Sally
2005	Crazy Late	girl
2005	Samantha's Art	Samantha
2004	The Five People You Meet in Heaven The Five People You Meet in Heaven The Five People You Meet in Heaven is a novel by Mitch Albom. It recounts the life and death of an old maintenance man named Eddie. After dying in an accident, Eddie finds himself in heaven where he encounters five people who have significantly affected his life, whether he realized at the time or...	girl
2003	Conception	Little girl
2003	Bedroom Doors	Julie
2003	Letters from France	Amanda
2002	Monk Monk (TV series) Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...	girl	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Candidate Mr. Monk and the Candidate "Mr. Monk and the Candidate" is the 90-minute pilot episode of the TV series Monk on the USA Network.During the Monk Cast Favorites Marathon, the episode was listed as one of Traylor Howard's favorites... "
2001	Twice Upon a Christmas Twice Upon a Christmas Twice Upon A Christmas is a 2001 sequel to the PAX television film, Once Upon A Christmas. The filming location was in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is directed by Tibor Takács and stars most of the original cast from the first film...	girl
2001	Old Breed	Young Deidre

Awards/Nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Film
2010	Young Artist Awards Young Artist Awards 2010 The 31st Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Foundation, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film and television for the year 2009, and took place on April 11, 2010 at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn Hotel in North Hollywood,...	Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress		The Tricks
2009	Young Artist Awards Young Artist Awards 2009 The 30th Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Foundation, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film, television and theater for the 2008 season, and took place on March 29, 2009 at Universal Studios' Globe Theatre in Universal...	Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress		Illusional
2008	Young Artist Awards Young Artist Awards 2008 The 29th Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Foundation, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film and television for the year 2007, and took place on March 30, 2008 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Los Angeles,...	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Actress Age Ten or Younger		Project Grey
2008	Young Artist Awards Young Artist Awards 2008 The 29th Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Foundation, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film and television for the year 2007, and took place on March 30, 2008 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Los Angeles,...	Best Performance in a Feature Film - Young Ensemble Cast		The Last Mimzy The Last Mimzy The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye and loosely adapted from the acclaimed 1943 science fiction short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett...
2007	Young Artist Awards Young Artist Awards 2007 The 28th Annual Young Artist Awards ceremony, presented by the Young Artist Foundation, honored excellence of young performers under the age of 18 in the fields of film and television for the year 2006, and took place on March 10, 2007 at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, Los Angeles,...	Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress		Little Samantha Tripp
2005	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Short Film - Young Actress		Samantha's Art

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