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:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dancing on the Elephant
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Voices of Our Mother 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Dancing on the Elephant | Nora | 2025 |
| Movie | The Well | Gabriel | 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 | Christmas in Rockwell | Juniper | 2022-12-11 |
| Movie | Women Talking | Greta | 2022-12-23 |
| Movie | Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 | Hologram Alien Scout | 2022-07-09 |
| Movie | The Middle Man | Mrs. Stout | 2021-09-17 |
| Movie | Stroke of Fate | Shirley | 2021-07-15 |
| Movie | Like a House on Fire | Katherine | 2021-03-26 |
| Movie | Anything for Jackson | Audrey Walsh | 2020-04-04 |
| Movie | Happy Place | Joyce | 2020-09-27 |
| Movie | The Broken Hearts Gallery | Cheryl Gulliver | 2020-09-11 |
| Movie | Christmas 9 to 5 | Rose Stark | 2019-11-24 |
| Series | The Umbrella Academy | Agnes | 2019-02-15 |
| Movie | Isabelle | Ann Pelway | 2019-05-24 |
| Movie | The Christmas Club | Miss Maggie | 2019-11-27 |
| Movie | Still/Born | Sheila | 2018-02-09 |
| Movie | Level 16 | Mrs. Denison | 2018-02-20 |
| Movie | Cardinals | Valerie Walker | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Ice Girls | Aunt Ginger | 2016-03-11 |
| Movie | Milton's Secret | Luz | 2016-09-30 |
| Movie | Brace for Impact | Faradee Gilchrist | 2016-04-03 |
| Series | Whatever, Linda | Sheila Hardy | 2015-03-16 |
| Movie | Dear Viola | Peggy | 2014-03-16 |
| Movie | Algonquin | Rita | 2014-04-11 |
| Movie | A Fighting Man | Rose O'Connor | 2014-04-24 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Breakfast with Scot | Miss Patterson (uncredited) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | The Stone Angel | Doris | 2007-09-12 |
| Series | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Sarah Hamoudi | 2007-01-09 |
| 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 | Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche | Polly Vandersma (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Mrs. Gerard | 2004-02-17 |
| Movie | The Day After Tomorrow | Judith | 2004-05-26 |
| Movie | Full-Court Miracle | Mrs. Klein | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | The Rats | Miss Paige | 2002-09-17 |
| Movie | Lathe of Heaven | Penny | 2002-09-08 |
| Movie | Duct Tape Forever | Easterbrook (uncredited) | 2002-04-12 |
| Series | Puppets Who Kill | Unknown | 2002-10-04 |
| Movie | Rare Birds | Claire | 2001-09-09 |
| Movie | Haven | Eva | 2001-02-11 |
| Movie | Virtual Mom | Holly | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | Custody of the Heart | Alice | 2000-08-28 |
| Movie | You Know My Name | Mrs. Lynn | 1999-08-22 |
| Series | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Tammy | 1999-02-21 |
| Movie | Dead Husbands | Jane Armitage | 1998-12-02 |
| Series | Emily of New Moon | Laura Murray | 1998-01-04 |
| Movie | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Jesse's Mom | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | House Arrest | Gwenna Krupp | 1996-08-14 |
| Movie | The Awakening | Nancy | 1995-11-04 |
| Series | A Woman of Independent Means | Totsie | 1995-02-19 |
| Movie | The Possession of Michael D. | Jenny | 1995-05-02 |
| 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 | Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall | Self | 1992-12-06 |
| Movie | A Private Matter | Diane Callaghan | 1992-06-20 |
| Movie | Montreal Stories | Ann Stuart | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Paradise | Sally Pike | 1991-09-18 |
| Movie | Stepping Out | Andy | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | Bright Angel | Nina | 1990-11-01 |
| Movie | Beautiful Dreamers | Molly Jessop | 1990-06-05 |
| Movie | White Room | Zelda | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | Samantha 'Sam' Coleman | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Liz Hamilton | 1990-09-28 |
| Movie | Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics | Kathy | 1989-11-10 |
| Movie | George's Island | Miss Birdwood | 1989-08-15 |
| Movie | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Polly Vandersma | 1987-09-11 |
| Movie | The Marriage Bed | Lynn Reailly | 1986-12-22 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Movie | 9B | Heather | 1986-09-06 |
| Series | Four on the Floor | 1986-06-13 | |
| Series | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Unknown | 1985-05-21 |
| Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |