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