Sheila McCarthy
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1956
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…
Known for
Stroke of Fate
2021
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
The Well
2026
The Voices of Our Mother
2026
Dancing on the Elephant
2025
Cardinals
2017
Anything for Jackson
2020
George's Island
1989
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
1991
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
Brace for Impact
2016
Journey to the Planets
1993
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
The Awakening
1995
Algonquin
2014
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
Really Weird Tales
1986
9B
1986
Happy Place
2020
Back to the Beanstalk
1990
Cow Belles
2006
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
A Private Matter
1992
Haven
2001
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
Custody of the Heart
2000
White Room
1990
The Lotus Eaters
1993
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
Isabelle
2019
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
Virtual Mom
2000
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
Paradise
1991
Antiviral
2012
Still/Born
2018
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Year of the Carnivore
2009
The Rats
2002
Surfacing
2026
A Fighting Man
2014
All the Lost Ones
2025
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
House Arrest
1996
Dead Husbands
1998
Women Talking
2022
Stepping Out
1991
You Know My Name
1999
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Like a House on Fire
2021
Love Is the Monster
2025
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Ice Girls
2016
Rare Birds
2001
Full-Court Miracle
2003
The Christmas Club
2019
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Love & Larceny
1985
The Stone Angel
2007
Die Hard 2
1990
Pacific Heights
1990
The Marriage Bed
1986
Dear Viola
2014
The Middle Man
2021
Being Julia
2004
Bright Angel
1990
Much Ado About Nothing
1988
A Nest of Singing Birds
1987
I Was a Rat
2001
Milton's Secret
2016
Breakfast with Scot
2007
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
Level 16
2018
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Montreal Stories
1991
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
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
The Hidden Room
1991
The Miniature Wife
2026
Haven
2001
Super Rupert
2001