Minerva "Mini" McGuinness is a fictional character from the third generation of the British teen drama Skins, played by Freya Mavor.

She describes herself as "the sweetest girl you will ever meet", but the sweetness is shown to be a façade; Mini will do anything to develop her social power.

"[3] Much of the fifth series deals with Mini slowly losing her power, as Franky Fitzgerald's arrival threatens her relationship with her best friends Grace Blood and Liv Malone.

As the series progresses, she develops a closer friendship with Franky, eventually starting to become a mother figure to her.

[4] In the latter part of the sixth series, Mavor points out that Mini's possessiveness of Franky is a maternal instinct.

[5] In the sixth series, Mini becomes an integral part of the group, fixes her relationships with Nick, Liv, and Grace.

She attempts to put off having sex for several days until she and Liv go on a double date with Nick and his friend, Rider, at the Bowling Alley.

However, due to some medication she intentionally took earlier, she vomits on him first, forcing him and Liv to take Mini home and stay the night.

During the day, she discovers that the students know about her vomiting incident (Grace and Franky and their group mock her because of it) and believes that Liv has spread the story.

Fearing the worst, she confronts Liv and finds that the costumes don't fit her or the other models and that there are not enough, and the routines are still yet to be choreographed.

Realizing that stalling sex risks losing Nick, Mini dresses up, returns, and discovers that Grace and Franky's designs have earned a standing ovation.

Later, at a rave, Mini confronts Liv about her apparent attraction to Nick and fights with her and Grace before storming out and crying.

As they return, Mini sees Nick and Liv leaving a small janitor's closet rearranging their clothes, and realizes they just had sex.

Enraged, Mini later forces Liv to drink an entire bottle of vodka as an apology (after hearing she had done the same thing with Matty) before leaving her to suffer.

Drunk and angry, Nick punches Rider in the face, and in an ensuing confrontation with Mini, she reveals angrily that she had known all along that he had been cheating on her and finally breaks up with him.

Later on, while continuing the party at Nick's house, Alo collapses on a couch beside Mini and weeps at having messed everything up.

Later on, while standing in for Liv (who had quit), Mini hesitantly kisses Franky at the suggestion of Grace, much to the shock of Rich and Alo.

In "Everyone", Mini has become protective of Franky after witnessing her confrontation with Liv and Matty at the end of the production of Twelfth Night.

However, when Matty and Liv lose confidence in Alo's navigation skills, they invite Franky to join them, and despite Mini's pleas, she goes with them.

After seeing Franky run past, having a panic attack, Mini stops Matty and realises they have attempted sex.

At the villa, she is annoyed that Rider has failed to get the water running, eventually punching him in the face for making sleazy jokes about her.

Later in the episode, Mini is at the Pub with the gang, downs shots, calls the others boring, and begins dancing with a boy.

Franky interrupts a ridiculous tribute to Grace and Liv, then smashes a keyboard and flashes the mourners for the over-the-top arrangements.

Mini is then seen leaving the ceremony as Franky says that if Alex's gran sees Grace, she should tell her that they miss her.

After arguing with her mother, Shelley, about it the next day, Mini calls her father, Gregory, and arranges to meet at a local aquarium.

She returns to her father's home, but finds it empty – he has emigrated just as Mini had feared he would, leaving a note saying "Sorry.

There, an initially reluctant Mini is implored to look at the scan and breaks down in tears of joy as she sees her baby for the first time on the screen.

When her mother begins to make arrangements to have the baby put up for adoption, Mini runs off with Franky.

Shelley decides to let Mini keep the baby, and the two reconcile, which sends Franky running out of the house in tears.

[9] Heather Hogan of AfterEllen called Mini "gay as a window", a quote Emily Fitch used in her solo central episode to describe Graham the hairdresser.