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Jinny Jacinto (born 8 May 1976; age 48) is a professional circus artist, contortionist, and stunt actress, who played The Monster in the Star Trek: Discovery third season episodes "Su'Kal" and "That Hope Is You, Part 2".
She was born to Peruvian parents in Montréal, and is best known for her work with the Quebecois circus company Cirque de Soleil. She joined Cirque de Soleil as one of four 12 to 14-year-old girls working in a contortionist troupe. The four girls won the gold medal at the Festival Mondial Du Cirque De Demai in Paris in 1990. She appeared as a contortionist in the 1994 experimental film Satie and Suzanne, which was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Video, Long Form.
She has also done contortionist acts in the 1998 children's movie Barney's Great Adventure, the 2004 comedy Vendus, and a 2004 episode of Mutant X, which featured stunt work by Vincent Rother. She performed stunts in the 2016 blockbuster Suicide Squad, with fellow stunt players Nick Alachiotis, Alex Armbruster, Bart Badzioch, Derek Barnes, Kirpa Budwal, Bauston Camilleri, Tim Cody, Christine Ebadi, Graeme Guthrie, Justin Howell, Dillon Jagersky, Stéphane Julien, Kevan Kase, Shara Kim, Josh Madryga, Geoff Meech, Alain Moussi, Simon Northwood, Moses Nyarko, Daryl Patchett, Vincent Rother, Ana Shepherd, and Al Vrkljan.