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