---
name: "Marnie McPhail"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marnie-mcphail"
fi1m_id: "marnie-mcphail"
imdb_id: "nm0574160"
tmdb_id: 156580
wikidata_id: "Q2152597"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 July 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T19:54:57.138669+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Marnie McPhail

## Identity

Marnie McPhail

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marnie-mcphail
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marnie-mcphail
- **IMDb ID:** nm0574160
- **TMDB ID:** 156580
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2152597
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marnie_McPhail, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2152597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156580

Actor. Born 4 July 1966 in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 July 1966, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Marnie McPhail-Diamond
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2020s 64 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 71 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $98m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marnie_McPhail, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2152597, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/156580

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Trap*](https://film.one/film/trap.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Marnie McPhail, also credited as Marnie McPhail-Diamond, is an American-born Canadian actress and musician. She began her career at age 14 as Annie Edison in the Canadian children's series *The Edison Twins* (1984–1986). She trained at the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto after moving there from her birthplace of Columbus, Ohio.

McPhail has appeared in numerous television series and films, including guest roles in *The X-Files*, *Star Trek: Voyager*, *ER*, *Beverly Hills, 90210*, *La Femme Nikita* and *Sliders*, and parts in *Queer as Folk* (2000–2004), *The Greatest Game Ever Played* (2005), *Dream Scenario* (2023) and *Trap* (2024) as Jody's Mom. She is also known for voice work in animated series such as *Braceface* and *JoJo's Circus*.

In 2004 she married actor Reed Diamond, whom she met on the set of the 2002 television film *Scared Silent*. She is the lead singer of the rock band Chuck Valiant, in which Diamond plays guitar.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Trap* (2024), Fi1m 58, as Jody's Mom — [page](https://film.one/film/trap.md)
- *Dream Scenario* (2023), Fi1m 70, as Claire — [page](https://film.one/film/dream-scenario.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Lisa Sailor — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Cami Schroeder — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Copenhagen Test* (2025), series, as Frances
- *Trap* (2024), as Jody's Mom — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trap.md)
- *Orphan Black: Echoes* (2024), series, as Pam
- *Longing* (2024), as Sonia
- *Beacon 23* (2023), series, as Dr. Rojan Kaneddy
- *Dream Scenario* (2023), as Claire — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/dream-scenario.md)
- *The Way Home* (2023), series, as Rita Richards
- *Jingle Bell Princess* (2021), as Annie Cutler
- *Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming* (2007), as Molly Cogan
- *The State Within* (2006), series, as George Blake
- *The Greatest Game Ever Played* (2005), as Mary Ouimet
- *Sugar* (2004), as Madge
- *I Want a Dog* (2003), as Narration
- *JoJo's Circus* (2003), series, as Peaches Tickle (voice)
- *The Piano Man's Daughter* (2003), as Young Lily Kilworth
- *King* (2003), series, as Auntie First (voice)
- *Wild Card* (2003), series, as Barbara Miller
- *Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story* (2003), as Marla
- *Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay* (2002), as Brooke
- *Scared Silent* (2002), as Lynn Jordan
- *Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story* (2002), as Lozanne Wamback
- *Stolen Miracle* (2001), as Karen Lewis
- *A Town Without Christmas* (2001), as Isabel
- *Walter and Henry* (2001), as Mrs. Myles
- *Braceface* (2001), series, as Maria Wong (voice)
- *The Associates* (2001), series, as Cindy Baxter
- *Queer as Folk* (2000), series, as Rita Montgomery
- *One True Love* (2000), as Lucy Pearl
- *The Last Producer* (2000), as Julia Tallridge
- *Soul Food* (2000), series, as Amanda Walker
- *Dirty Pictures* (2000), as Reising
- *Grizzly Falls* (1999), as Mother
- *Mind Games* (1998), as Cora Bosco
- *Evidence of Blood* (1998), as Edna Mae Kinley
- *La Femme Nikita* (1997), series, as Julia Roarke
- *Nights Below Station Street* (1997), as Myhrra
- *The Uninvited* (1996), Actor
- *Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal* (1996), series, Actor
- *Space: Above and Beyond* (1995), series, as Nurse
- *Murder One* (1995), series, as Connie Spirakis — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/murder-one.md)
- *Body Language* (1995), as Elaine Sloane
- *Sliders* (1995), series, as Elizabeth Mallory
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Alcia
- *Without Warning* (1994), as Donna Hastings
- *ER* (1994), series, as Lisa Sailor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Cami Schroeder — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Deadly Medicine* (1991), as Helen McKay
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, Actor
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Mrs. Merrick — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Street Legal* (1987), series, Actor
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Amy Slesin
- *The Edison Twins* (1984), series, as Annie Edison
- *The Way Home*, as Rita Richards

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/marnie-mcphail