Theatre

McKinley's work in theatre includes: Translations,^[1] Cyrano de Bergerac,^[2][3] Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards^[4] and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other^[5] at the National Theatre, London; Roberto Zucco,^[6] Shadows of the Glen,^[7] Riders to the Sea and Purgatory for the RSC; Ten Rounds^[8] and Further than the Furthest Thing^[9] (including tour) at the Tricycle Theatre, London; Macbeth and Don Juan at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; The Cherry Orchard^{[10][11][12][13]} for Oxford Stage Company; The Decameron at The Gate, London; The Terrible Voice of Satan at the Royal Court Theatre, London; The Playboy of the Western World^{[14][15][16][17]} for the Royal Exchange, Manchester; The Wind in the Willows and The Servant of Two Masters at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield; The Party's Over at the Royal Theatre, Northampton; Dancing at Lughnasa^{[18][19][20][21]} at The Lyric, Belfast; The Playboy of the Western World at the Ambassador Theatre, Dublin; Orestes^{[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]} and The Clearing^[31] (winning her the TMA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role^[32]) for Shared Experience.

Television

Television appearances include: Doctors, Heartbeat, Casualty, The Amazing Mrs Pritchard,^[33] Murder Prevention, Peak Practice, Father Ted, The Bill, Resort to Murder and Life After Birth & Unforgotten.

Film

In film, she appeared in Molly's Way^{[34][35][36][37][38][39]} (for which she won the Best Actress awards at: Cinéma Tout Ecran, Geneva; Ourense Film Festival, Spain; Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile; and the Bogotá Film Festival, Colombia), Sundays, Why Not and Velvet Goldmine.

In 2014, she appeared as a barmaid in the film Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.

Radio

Her radio work includes: The Archers, Japanese Gothic Tales,^[40][41] Feelings Under Siege^[42] and Evelina.