Sheila McCarthy
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Jan 01 1956
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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.
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Sheila McCarthy's Credits
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The Good Doctor
Rose Babcock
Star Trek: Discovery
All-Mother
Orphan Black
Connie Hendrix
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Debra (Sarah) Hollister
Rookie Blue
Leigh Senett
Saving Hope
Violet Devonshire
The Umbrella Academy
Agnes
Private Eyes
Shirl Glinski
Picket Fences
Sue Walsh
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Francine
This Is Wonderland
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Sarah Hamoudi
Nurses
Phillis Bruner
Conviction
Dr. Jane Soto
Puppets Who Kill
Die Hard 2
Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
The Detail
Helen Mailer
The Day After Tomorrow
Judith
More Tales of the City
Mildred
Women Talking
Greta
Emily of New Moon
Laura Murray
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Tammy
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Mrs. Gerard
Bad Dog
(voice)
Montreal Stories
Ann Stuart
Cow Belles
Fran Walker
A Woman of Independent Means
Totsie
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
Elizabeth the Emotional Pig (voice)
Level 16
Mrs. Denison
The Well
Gabriel
Pacific Heights
Liz Hamilton
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Cheryl Gulliver
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
Hologram Alien Scout
Haven
Eva
House Arrest
Gwenna Krupp
Bright Angel
Nina
The Middle Man
Mrs. Stout
Being Julia
Grace Dexter
Antiviral
Dev Harvey
Paradise
Sally Pike
Stepping Out
Andy
Lathe of Heaven
Penny
The Stone Angel
Doris
Rare Birds
Claire
Still/Born
Sheila
Whatever, Linda
Sheila Hardy
Bailey's Billion$
Peggy Delaney
Four on the Floor
The Possession of Michael D.
Jenny
I Was a Rat
Mrs. Tapscrew
A Fighting Man
Rose O'Connor
Like a House on Fire
Katherine
You Know My Name
Mrs. Lynn
Custody of the Heart
Alice
Anything for Jackson
Audrey Walsh
Dear Viola
Peggy
Happy Place
Joyce
Really Weird Tales
Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
A Private Matter
Diane Callaghan
The Christmas Club
Miss Maggie
Love & Larceny
Mary Bigley
Dead Husbands
Jane Armitage
Brace for Impact
Faradee Gilchrist
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Jill Lansing
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Sophie
Ice Girls
Aunt Ginger
Virtual Mom
Holly
Milton's Secret
Luz
White Room
Zelda
Isabelle
Ann Pelway
Duct Tape Forever
Easterbrook (uncredited)
Year of the Carnivore
Mrs. Smalls
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Jesse's Mom
The Rats
Miss Paige
The Marriage Bed
Lynn Reailly
Cardinals
Valerie Walker
All the Lost Ones
Dawn
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Polly Vandersma (archive footage)
Considering Love and Other Magic
Veronica
Full-Court Miracle
Mrs. Klein
Breakfast with Scot
Miss Patterson (uncredited)
The Care and Handling of Roses
Carol Doster
Surfacing
Dawn
The Awakening
Nancy
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Polly Vandersma
The Lotus Eaters
Diana Kingswood
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Kathy
Christmas in Rockwell
Juniper
Beautiful Dreamers
Molly Jessop
Geraldine's Fortune
Tina Larose
Algonquin
Rita
George's Island
Miss Birdwood
The Definites
Production
Love Is the Monster
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
Ellen
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
(voice)
The Voices of Our Mother
Harriet
The Biggest Little Ticket
The Troll
Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Self
Russet Season
Directing
Journey to the Planets
Oracle (voice)
Christmas 9 to 5
Rose Stark
Back to the Beanstalk
Garbanza
9B
Heather
Stroke of Fate
Shirley
Dancing on the Elephant
Nora