Sheila McCarthy
Born January 1, 1956 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
The Day After Tomorrow
Die Hard 2
Women Talking
Pacific Heights
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Level 16
The Spirit of Halloween
Much Ado About Nothing
Antiviral
Anything for Jackson
Ice Girls
House Arrest
Cow Belles
Lathe of Heaven
All the Lost Ones
Christmas 9 to 5
Being Julia
Paradise
Custody of the Heart
A Fighting Man
Love & Larceny
Stepping Out
Dear Viola
TV Shows
Rookie Blue
YAGA
Orphan Black
Saving Hope
Picket Fences
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Ray Bradbury Theater
This Is Wonderland
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Nurses
The Miniature Wife
Conviction
Puppets Who Kill
The Hidden Room
Bad Dog
Emily of New Moon
More Tales of the City
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
The Detail
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Four on the Floor
A Woman of Independent Means
Hot Shots
Haven
Super Rupert
More Movies
You Know My Name
Happy Place
Still/Born
The Middle Man
Rare Birds
Like a House on Fire
Full-Court Miracle
Year of the Carnivore
Brace for Impact
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Bright Angel
The Rats
Love Is the Monster
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
The Stone Angel
The Voices of Our Mother
Breakfast with Scot
The Care and Handling of Roses
Bailey's Billion$
Really Weird Tales
A Nest of Singing Birds
The Possession of Michael D.
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
The Christmas Club
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Dead Husbands
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Stroke of Fate
The Well
Haven
Isabelle
Montreal Stories
Dancing on the Elephant
The Awakening
Milton's Secret
I Was a Rat
A Private Matter
Cardinals
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale
The Lotus Eaters
Duct Tape Forever
The Biggest Little Ticket
Considering Love and Other Magic
Geraldine's Fortune
Surfacing
Beautiful Dreamers
White Room
Journey to the Planets
Algonquin
The Marriage Bed
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
George's Island
9B
Virtual Mom
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