Sheila McCarthy
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1956-01-01
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Popularity: 0.9
Biography
Sheila McCarthy (born January 1, 1956) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress, singer and dancer, best known for playing Polly Vandersma in the feature film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, as well as supporting character Sarah Hamoudi (Cunningham) in the television series Little Mosque on the Prairie. She's a graduate in Theatre and Art History from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In her career, she's won 2 Genie Awards (film), 2 Gemini Awards (television), and 2 Dora Awards (theater), along with multiple nominations.
Known For Filmography
The Good Doctor
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Rookie Blue
2010
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Orphan Black
2013
Private Eyes
2016
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Saving Hope
2012
This Is Wonderland
2004
Picket Fences
1992
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Miniature Wife
2026
Nurses
2020
Die Hard 2
1990
Conviction
2016
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
The Hidden Room
1991
Puppets Who Kill
2002
The Detail
2018
More Tales of the City
1998
Level 16
2018
Bad Dog
1998
Women Talking
2022
Emily of New Moon
1998
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Pacific Heights
1990
The Voices of Our Mother
2026
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
2000
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
Cow Belles
2006
House Arrest
1996
Antiviral
2012
Four on the Floor
1986
Being Julia
2004
Anything for Jackson
2020
Paradise
1991
Rare Birds
2001
Full-Court Miracle
2003
Bright Angel
1990No Photo
Whatever, Linda
2015
Custody of the Heart
2000
The Stone Angel
2007
Haven
2001
A Fighting Man
2014
Still/Born
2018
The Rats
2002
The Middle Man
2021
Really Weird Tales
1986
Dear Viola
2014
Stepping Out
1991
Ice Girls
2016
Isabelle
2019
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Breakfast with Scot
2007
All the Lost Ones
2025
Dead Husbands
1998
A Private Matter
1992
The Christmas Club
2019
Year of the Carnivore
2009
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
Lathe of Heaven
2002
You Know My Name
1999
The Well
2026
Milton's Secret
2016
Love Is the Monster
2025
I Was a Rat
2001
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Brace for Impact
2016
Cardinals
2017
The Awakening
1995
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
Love & Larceny
1985
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992No Photo
Back to the Beanstalk
1990
Montreal Stories
1991
Like a House on Fire
2021
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
The Marriage Bed
1986
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
White Room
1990No Photo
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
1991
Virtual Mom
2000
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
George's Island
1989
Surfacing
N/A
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
The Lotus Eaters
1993No Photo
Journey to the Planets
1993
Dancing on the Elephant
2025
Happy Place
2020
Algonquin
2014
A Nest of Singing Birds
1987
Stroke of Fate
2021
9B
1986
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
Much Ado About Nothing
1988