Sheila McCarthy
Biography
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.
Acting (72 movies)
Die Hard 2
1990
Pacific Heights
1990
I Was a Rat
2001
Cow Belles
2006
The Rats
2002
Stepping Out
1991
Stroke of Fate
2021
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Paradise
1991
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
George's Island
1989
Antiviral
2012
A Private Matter
1992
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Haven
2001
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
Custody of the Heart
2000
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
White Room
1990
The Awakening
1995
The Lotus Eaters
1993
Algonquin
2014
The Middle Man
2021
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
You Know My Name
1999
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
The Marriage Bed
1986
A Fighting Man
2014
Brace for Impact
2016
Being Julia
2004
All the Lost Ones
2025
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
Still/Born
2018
Cardinals
2017
Dear Viola
2014
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
Really Weird Tales
1986
Isabelle
2019
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Ice Girls
2016
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
The Stone Angel
2007
House Arrest
1996
Year of the Carnivore
2009
Milton's Secret
2016
9B
1986
Rare Birds
2001
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Bright Angel
1990
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
Full-Court Miracle
2003
Breakfast with Scot
2007
The Christmas Club
2019
Dead Husbands
1998
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
Level 16
2018
Anything for Jackson
2020
Happy Place
2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
Montreal Stories
1991
Virtual Mom
2000
Like a House on Fire
2021
Women Talking
2022
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
Much Ado About Nothing
1988
Love & Larceny
1985
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Virtual Mom | 2000 | Executive Producer |