Sheila McCarthy
Born January 1, 1956 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Die Hard 2
The Day After Tomorrow
Women Talking
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
Level 16
Pacific Heights
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Cow Belles
A Fighting Man
Being Julia
Antiviral
Anything for Jackson
House Arrest
Still/Born
Ice Girls
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Paradise
Stepping Out
Love & Larceny
The Stone Angel
The Middle Man
The Voices of Our Mother
TV Shows
Orphan Black
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Rookie Blue
Saving Hope
Picket Fences
This Is Wonderland
The Ray Bradbury Theater
The Miniature Wife
Nurses
Conviction
The Hidden Room
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Puppets Who Kill
The Detail
Bad Dog
More Tales of the City
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Haven
Emily of New Moon
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
A Woman of Independent Means
Four on the Floor
Super Rupert
More Movies
Lathe of Heaven
Christmas 9 to 5
Breakfast with Scot
Rare Birds
Happy Place
Dear Viola
Full-Court Miracle
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
You Know My Name
The Possession of Michael D.
The Rats
Bright Angel
Haven
Much Ado About Nothing
All the Lost Ones
I Was a Rat
Bailey's Billion$
Isabelle
Year of the Carnivore
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Custody of the Heart
Love Is the Monster
The Christmas Club
Stroke of Fate
Brace for Impact
Geraldine's Fortune
The Well
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Surfacing
The Lotus Eaters
Duct Tape Forever
Milton's Secret
Like a House on Fire
Really Weird Tales
George's Island
The Care and Handling of Roses
The Marriage Bed
A Nest of Singing Birds
Beautiful Dreamers
Christmas in Rockwell
Considering Love and Other Magic
White Room
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
A Private Matter
Dead Husbands
Montreal Stories
Cardinals
Virtual Mom
Dancing on the Elephant
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
Algonquin
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
The Awakening
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