Acting
Sheila McCarthy
Biography
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 with Sheila McCarthy
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Die Hard 2
1990
Pacific Heights
1990
Level 16
2018
Women Talking
2022
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Haven
2001
Being Julia
2004
The Stone Angel
2007
The Voices of Our Mother
2026
Stepping Out
1991
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
House Arrest
1996
Ice Girls
2016
Cow Belles
2006
Love Is the Monster
2025
Antiviral
2012
Love & Larceny
1985
Bright Angel
1990
Anything for Jackson
2020
Paradise
1991
A Fighting Man
2014
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
The Middle Man
2021
You Know My Name
1999
Still/Born
2018
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Lathe of Heaven
2002
A Nest of Singing Birds
1987
Happy Place
2020
Dear Viola
2014
Milton's Secret
2016
Rare Birds
2001
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
Isabelle
2019
Brace for Impact
2016
All the Lost Ones
2025
The Rats
2002
I Was a Rat
2001
Full-Court Miracle
2003
Year of the Carnivore
2009
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
Virtual Mom
2000
The Well
2026
Custody of the Heart
2000
Breakfast with Scot
2007
The Lotus Eaters
1993
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Dead Husbands
1998
White Room
1990
The Awakening
1995
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
The Christmas Club
2019
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
George's Island
1989
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
Montreal Stories
1991
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
Really Weird Tales
1986
Like a House on Fire
2021
Much Ado About Nothing
1988
The Marriage Bed
1986
A Private Matter
1992
Cardinals
2017
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
Surfacing
2026
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
Algonquin
2014
9B
1986
Stroke of Fate
2021
Back to the Beanstalk
1990
Journey to the Planets
1993
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
Dancing on the Elephant
2025
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
1991
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
TV Shows with Sheila McCarthy
The Good Doctor
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Private Eyes
2016
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Rookie Blue
2010
Orphan Black
2013
Saving Hope
2012
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Nurses
2020
This Is Wonderland
2004
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Picket Fences
1992
The Miniature Wife
2026
Conviction
2016
The Hidden Room
1991
Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
Puppets Who Kill
2002
The Detail
2018
Bad Dog
1998
More Tales of the City
1998
Emily of New Moon
1998
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
2000
Whatever, Linda
2015
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
Four on the Floor
1986
Haven
2001
Super Rupert
2001