[4] After graduating from Baylor in 1993,[4] Kinsey served as an intern on the NBC talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which she described as an "awesome" experience.

The experience inspired Kinsey to take a coast-to-coast road trip with a friend from New York City to California.

After producers told her she was "a little too feisty for Pam" she was called back to audition for the role of Angela Martin, which she won.

In June 2007, Kinsey shared in the Daytime Emmy Award "Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy", for her work on The Office: Accountants, which is a series of webisodes.

Since 2014, Kinsey has starred in the Hulu comedy series The Hotwives, returning for season two on August 18, 2015.

Kinsey stars in the Netflix Original Series Haters Back Off as Bethany, the mother of the main character Miranda Sings.

[12] While the first season was met with relatively mixed reviews, Kinsey received critical acclaim for her performance.

[13][14] In 2019, Kinsey starred in the Netflix film Tall Girl and plays the mom to Ava Michelle's main character Jodi.

[17] On September 11, 2019, Kinsey announced via Twitter[18] that she and Jenna Fischer would be co-hosting a weekly podcast called Office Ladies.

According to Fischer's announcement, she and Kinsey "watch an episode of The Office and give you all the stories and behind-the-scenes scoop...as well as some BFF banter about our lives.

"[26] On August 4, 2016, Kinsey announced her engagement to her long-term boyfriend, actor and baker Joshua Snyder.