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