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