Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy 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 (theatre), along with multiple nominations.
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- Born:
- Jan 1, 1956 In Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 89
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Surfacing
- Latest Project:
- Movie All the Lost Ones 2024-09-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Surfacing | Dawn | 2025 |
| Movie | The Well | Gabriel | 2025 |
| Movie | Dancing on the Elephant | Nora | 2025 |
| Movie | The Voices of Our Mother | Harriet | 2025 |
| Movie | Love Is the Monster | 2025 | |
| Movie | All the Lost Ones | Dawn | 2024-09-19 |
| Movie | Women Talking | Greta | 2022-12-23 |
| Movie | Christmas in Rockwell | Juniper | 2022-12-11 |
| Movie | Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 | Hologram Alien Scout | 2022-07-09 |
| Movie | Stroke of Fate | Shirley | 2021-07-15 |
| Movie | The Middle Man | Mrs. Stout | 2021-09-17 |
| Movie | Like a House on Fire | Katherine | 2021-03-26 |
| Movie | Happy Place | Joyce | 2020-09-27 |
| Movie | The Broken Hearts Gallery | Cheryl Gulliver | 2020-09-11 |
| Movie | Anything for Jackson | Audrey Walsh | 2020-04-04 |
| Movie | An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order | Ellen | 2019-11-01 |
| Series | The Umbrella Academy | Agnes | 2019-02-15 |
| Movie | Isabelle | Ann Pelway | 2019-05-24 |
| Movie | Christmas 9 to 5 | Rose Stark | 2019-11-24 |
| Movie | The Christmas Club | Miss Maggie | 2019-11-27 |
| Movie | Still/Born | Sheila | 2018-02-09 |
| Movie | Level 16 | Mrs. Denison | 2018-02-20 |
| Series | The Detail | Helen Mailer | 2018-03-25 |
| Movie | Cardinals | Valerie Walker | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Considering Love and Other Magic | Veronica | 2017-11-17 |
| Series | Star Trek: Discovery | Mother | 2017-09-24 |
| Movie | Brace for Impact | Faradee Gilchrist | 2016-04-03 |
| Movie | Ice Girls | Aunt Ginger | 2016-03-11 |
| Series | Private Eyes | Shirl Glinski | 2016-05-26 |
| Movie | Milton's Secret | Luz | 2016-09-30 |
| Series | Whatever, Linda | Sheila Hardy | 2015-03-16 |
| Movie | A Fighting Man | Rose O'Connor | 2014-04-24 |
| Movie | Algonquin | Rita | 2014-04-11 |
| Movie | Dear Viola | Peggy | 2014-03-16 |
| Series | Orphan Black | Connie Hendrix (voice) | 2013-03-30 |
| Movie | Antiviral | Dev Harvey | 2012-09-19 |
| Movie | Year of the Carnivore | Mrs. Smalls | 2009-05-01 |
| Series | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Sarah Hamoudi | 2007-01-09 |
| Movie | Breakfast with Scot | Miss Patterson (uncredited) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | The Stone Angel | Doris | 2007-09-12 |
| Movie | Cow Belles | Fran Walker | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Bailey's Billion$ | Peggy Delaney | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Geraldine's Fortune | Tina Larose | 2004-10-22 |
| Movie | Being Julia | Grace Dexter | 2004-09-03 |
| Movie | The Day After Tomorrow | Judith | 2004-05-26 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Mrs. Gerard | 2004-02-17 |
| Movie | Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche | Polly Vandersma (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Full-Court Miracle | Mrs. Klein | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | The Rats | Miss Paige | 2002-09-17 |
| Series | Puppets Who Kill | Unknown | 2002-10-04 |
| Movie | Lathe of Heaven | Penny | 2002-09-08 |
| Movie | Duct Tape Forever | Easterbrook (uncredited) | 2002-04-12 |
| Movie | Haven | Eva | 2001-02-11 |
| Movie | I Was a Rat | Mrs. Tapscrew | 2001-12-09 |
| Movie | Rare Birds | Claire | 2001-09-09 |
| Movie | Custody of the Heart | Alice | 2000-08-28 |
| Movie | Virtual Mom | Holly | 2000-01-01 |
| Series | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Tammy | 1999-02-21 |
| Movie | You Know My Name | Mrs. Lynn | 1999-08-22 |
| Series | Emily of New Moon | Laura Murray | 1998-01-04 |
| Movie | Dead Husbands | Jane Armitage | 1998-12-02 |
| Movie | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Jesse's Mom | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | House Arrest | Gwenna Krupp | 1996-08-14 |
| Series | A Woman of Independent Means | Totsie | 1995-02-19 |
| Movie | The Possession of Michael D. | Jenny | 1995-05-02 |
| Movie | The Awakening | Nancy | 1995-11-04 |
| Movie | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jill Lansing | 1994-05-22 |
| Movie | The Biggest Little Ticket | The Troll | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | The Lotus Eaters | Diana Kingswood | 1993-09-12 |
| Movie | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Sophie | 1992-09-30 |
| Movie | A Private Matter | Diane Callaghan | 1992-06-20 |
| Movie | Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall | Self | 1992-12-06 |
| Movie | Stepping Out | Andy | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | Montreal Stories | Ann Stuart | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Paradise | Sally Pike | 1991-09-18 |
| Movie | Bright Angel | Nina | 1990-11-01 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | Samantha 'Sam' Coleman | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | White Room | Zelda | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Liz Hamilton | 1990-09-28 |
| Movie | Beautiful Dreamers | Molly Jessop | 1990-06-05 |
| Movie | George's Island | Miss Birdwood | 1989-08-15 |
| Movie | Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics | Kathy | 1989-11-10 |
| Movie | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Polly Vandersma | 1987-09-11 |
| Movie | 9B | Heather | 1986-09-06 |
| Movie | The Marriage Bed | Lynn Reailly | 1986-12-22 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Series | Four on the Floor | 1986-06-13 | |
| Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Unknown | 1985-05-21 |