Early Life and Education
McGillis was born in Newport Beach, California, the daughter of Virgina Joan (née Snell), a homemaker, and Donald Manson McGillis, a general practitioner of medicine.
She attended the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts in Santa Maria, California. In 1979, she moved to New York City to study acting at the Juilliard School, where she graduated in 1983. While at Juilliard she performed in William Congreve's Love for Love, directed by John Blatchley.
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