Sheila McCarthy
Birthday
1956/01/01 (69 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
Sheila Catherine McCarthy, Sheila McCartney, 쉘리아 맥카시
Biography
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 (theater), along with multiple nominations.
Acting
(1990) Die Hard 2
as Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
(1990) Pacific Heights
as Liz Hamilton
(2001) I Was a Rat
as Mrs. Tapscrew
(2006) Cow Belles
as Fran Walker
(2002) The Rats
as Miss Paige
(1991) Stepping Out
as Andy
(2021) Stroke of Fate
as Shirley
(2002) Lathe of Heaven
as Penny
(1991) Paradise
as Sally Pike
(2004) Geraldine's Fortune
as Tina Larose
(1989) George's Island
as Miss Birdwood
(2012) Antiviral
as Dev Harvey
(1992) A Private Matter
as Diane Callaghan
(1997) Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
as Jesse's Mom
(2001) Haven
as Eva
(1994) The Biggest Little Ticket
as The Troll
(1987) I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
as Polly Vandersma
Love Is the Monster
as ---
(2000) Custody of the Heart
as Alice
(1989) Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
as Kathy
(1990) White Room
as Zelda
(1995) The Awakening
as Nancy
(1993) The Lotus Eaters
as Diana Kingswood
(1991) The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
as (voice)
(2014) Algonquin
as Rita
The Well
as Gabriel
(2021) The Middle Man
as Mrs. Stout
(2022) Christmas in Rockwell
as Juniper
(2019) An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
as Ellen
The Voices of Our Mother
as Harriet
(1999) You Know My Name
as Mrs. Lynn
Dancing on the Elephant
as Nora
(1995) The Possession of Michael D.
as Jenny
(1986) The Marriage Bed
as Lynn Reailly
Surfacing
as Dawn
(2014) A Fighting Man
as Rose O'Connor
(2016) Brace for Impact
as Faradee Gilchrist
(2004) Being Julia
as Grace Dexter
(2024) All the Lost Ones
as Dawn
(2022) Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
as Hologram Alien Scout
(2018) Still/Born
as Sheila
(1993) Journey to the Planets
as Oracle (voice)
(2017) Cardinals
as Valerie Walker
(2014) Dear Viola
as Peggy
(2004) Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
as Mrs. Gerard
(1990) Beautiful Dreamers
as Molly Jessop
(1986) Really Weird Tales
as Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
(2004) Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Polly Vandersma (archive footage)
(2019) Isabelle
as Ann Pelway
(1986) 9B
as Heather
(1992) Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
as Self
(1990) Bright Angel
as Nina
(1992) Beethoven Lives Upstairs
as Sophie
(1994) Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jill Lansing
(1996) House Arrest
as Gwenna Krupp
(2001) Rare Birds
as Claire
(2002) Duct Tape Forever
as Easterbrook (uncredited)
(2003) Full-Court Miracle
as Mrs. Klein
(2004) The Day After Tomorrow
as Judith
(2005) Bailey's Billion$
as Peggy Delaney
(2007) Breakfast with Scot
as Miss Patterson (uncredited)
(2007) The Stone Angel
as Doris
(2009) Year of the Carnivore
as Mrs. Smalls
(2016) Ice Girls
as Aunt Ginger
(2016) Milton's Secret
as Luz
(2017) Considering Love and Other Magic
as Veronica
(2019) The Christmas Club
as Miss Maggie
(1998) Dead Husbands
as Jane Armitage
(2019) Christmas 9 to 5
as Rose Stark
(2018) Level 16
as Mrs. Denison
(2020) Anything for Jackson
as Audrey Walsh
(2020) Happy Place
as Joyce
(2020) The Broken Hearts Gallery
as Cheryl Gulliver
(1991) Montreal Stories
as Ann Stuart
(2000) Virtual Mom
as Holly
(2021) Like a House on Fire
as Katherine
(2022) Women Talking
as Greta
(1996) The Care and Handling of Roses
as Carol Doster
(1988) Much Ado About Nothing
as Margaret
(2017) The Good Doctor
as Rose Babcock
(1985) The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Debra (Sarah) Hollister
(2007) Little Mosque on the Prairie
as Sarah Hamoudi
(2002) Puppets Who Kill
as ---
(1985) The Ray Bradbury Theater
as Francine
(2019) The Umbrella Academy
as Agnes
(1998) Emily of New Moon
as Laura Murray
(2015) Whatever, Linda
as Sheila Hardy
(2020) Nurses
as Phillis Bruner
(2013) Orphan Black
as Connie Hendrix
(2013) Orphan Black
as Connie Hendrix (voice)
(1999) Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as Tammy
(2018) The Detail
as Helen Mailer
(1998) Bad Dog
as ---
(1986) Four on the Floor
as ---
(2017) Star Trek: Discovery
as All-Mother
(2012) Saving Hope
as Violet Devonshire
(1995) A Woman of Independent Means
as Totsie
(2016) Private Eyes
as Shirl Glinski
(1998) More Tales of the City
as Mildred
(2016) Conviction
as Dr. Jane Soto
(2010) Rookie Blue
as Leigh Senett
(2004) This Is Wonderland
as ---