Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy 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.
Known for
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Debra (Sarah) Hollister
The Good Doctor
Rose Babcock
Star Trek: Discovery
All-Mother
Private Eyes
Shirl Glinski
The Umbrella Academy
Agnes
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Francine
Orphan Black
Connie Hendrix
Orphan Black
Connie Hendrix (voice)
Saving Hope
Violet Devonshire
This Is Wonderland
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Sarah Hamoudi
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Tammy
More Tales of the City
Mildred
Rookie Blue
Leigh Senett
Nurses
Phillis Bruner
Bad Dog
Puppets Who Kill
Emily of New Moon
Laura Murray
Whatever, Linda
Sheila Hardy
The Detail
Helen Mailer
Four on the Floor
The Day After Tomorrow
Judith
Die Hard 2
Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
Level 16
Mrs. Denison
Conviction
Dr. Jane Soto
A Woman of Independent Means
Totsie
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
Elizabeth the Emotional Pig (voice)
Women Talking
Greta
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Mrs. Gerard
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
Hologram Alien Scout
The Broken Hearts Gallery
Cheryl Gulliver
Antiviral
Dev Harvey
Pacific Heights
Liz Hamilton
Being Julia
Grace Dexter
Cow Belles
Fran Walker
House Arrest
Gwenna Krupp
All the Lost Ones
Dawn
Paradise
Sally Pike
Anything for Jackson
Audrey Walsh
Dear Viola
Peggy
Isabelle
Ann Pelway
A Fighting Man
Rose O'Connor
Still/Born
Sheila
The Stone Angel
Doris
Stepping Out
Andy
You Know My Name
Mrs. Lynn
Custody of the Heart
Alice
Full-Court Miracle
Mrs. Klein
Bright Angel
Nina
Rare Birds
Claire
Haven
Eva
The Rats
Miss Paige
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
Jill Lansing
Milton's Secret
Luz
Brace for Impact
Faradee Gilchrist
Like a House on Fire
Katherine
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
Ellen
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
Self
Bailey's Billion$
Peggy Delaney
Cardinals
Valerie Walker
The Possession of Michael D.
Jenny
Lathe of Heaven
Penny
Breakfast with Scot
Miss Patterson (uncredited)
The Middle Man
Mrs. Stout
Duct Tape Forever
Easterbrook (uncredited)
Ice Girls
Aunt Ginger
Beautiful Dreamers
Molly Jessop
A Private Matter
Diane Callaghan
Christmas 9 to 5
Rose Stark
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
Polly Vandersma
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
Jesse's Mom
Really Weird Tales
Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
Montreal Stories
Ann Stuart
Christmas in Rockwell
Juniper
The Awakening
Nancy
The Christmas Club
Miss Maggie
Year of the Carnivore
Mrs. Smalls
I Was a Rat
Mrs. Tapscrew
Love and Larceny
Mary Bigley
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Polly Vandersma (archive footage)
Happy Place
Joyce
9B
Heather
Dead Husbands
Jane Armitage
The Lotus Eaters
Diana Kingswood
Considering Love and Other Magic
Veronica
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Sophie
The Care and Handling of Roses
Carol Doster
Geraldine's Fortune
Tina Larose
White Room
Zelda
Virtual Mom
Holly
The Marriage Bed
Lynn Reailly
Algonquin
Rita
Love Is the Monster
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
Kathy
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
(voice)
The Voices of Our Mother
Harriet
The Well
Gabriel
George's Island
Miss Birdwood
Back to the Beanstalk
Garbanza
The Biggest Little Ticket
The Troll
Much Ado About Nothing
Margaret
Dancing on the Elephant
Nora
Surfacing
Dawn
Journey to the Planets
Oracle (voice)
Stroke of Fate
Shirley