
Photo: Angelika Films / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
For me, Trini Alvarado is forever tied to her Meg March in the 1994 Little Women, a performance with a quiet, grounded warmth that anchored a starry cast. What I appreciate is that she came up through the stage and musicals before screen work, and that theater discipline shows. Her turn in The Frighteners proved she could pivot into something stranger and more comic. She never chased the spotlight in the way some of her co-stars did, and I find that selectivity oddly appealing. Hers is a career built on craft over visibility, and I respect actors who choose that path.
Overview
Trinidad "Trini" Alvarado (born January 10, 1967) is an American actress best known for her performances as Margaret "Meg" March in the 1994 film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women and Lucy Lynskey in the comedy horror film The Frighteners. She also has had notable stage performances and singing roles in musicals.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Trini Alvarado
- Name (Japanese)
- トリニ・アルバラード
- Reading
- とりに・あるばらーど
- Born
- January 10, 1967 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- dancer / stage actor / television actor / film actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Fordham University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.