Sheila McCarthy
Acting
January 1, 1956
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Die Hard 2
1990
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
A Fighting Man
2014
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
Year of the Carnivore
2009
The Middle Man
2021
Dear Viola
2014
Pacific Heights
1990
Antiviral
2012
Bright Angel
1990
Still/Born
2018
Being Julia
2004
George's Island
1989
Stepping Out
1991
Level 16
2018
Isabelle
2019
House Arrest
1996
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
Cow Belles
2006
TV Shows
The Good Doctor
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Orphan Black
2013
Orphan Black
2013
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Private Eyes
2016
Rookie Blue
2010
Saving Hope
2012
Picket Fences
1992
Nurses
2020
This Is Wonderland
2004
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
Conviction
2016
Puppets Who Kill
2002
The Detail
2018
More Tales of the City
1998
Bad Dog
1998
Emily of New Moon
1998