Sheila McCarthy
Acting
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.
As actor 111
The Good Doctor
2017
The Miniature Wife
2026
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Rookie Blue
2010
Private Eyes
2016
Saving Hope
2012
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Orphan Black
2013
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Picket Fences
1992
Die Hard 2
1990
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
Nurses
2020
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Hidden Room
1991
This Is Wonderland
2004
Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
Pacific Heights
1990
Conviction
2016
Women Talking
2022
Emily of New Moon
1998
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
2000
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Bad Dog
1998
Puppets Who Kill
2002
The Detail
2018
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
Level 16
2018
Cow Belles
2006
Anything for Jackson
2020
Antiviral
2012
Haven
2001
A Fighting Man
2014
More Tales of the City
1998
Being Julia
2004
House Arrest
1996
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
The Middle Man
2021
Full-Court Miracle
2003
Stepping Out
1991
Love & Larceny
1985
Super Rupert
2001
Paradise
1991
Four on the Floor
1986
Still/Born
2018
Happy Place
2020
Rare Birds
2001
The Rats
2002
The Stone Angel
2007
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
Ice Girls
2016
Dear Viola
2014
The Voices of Our Mother
2026
Custody of the Heart
2000
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Bright Angel
1990
Whatever, Linda
2015
The Lotus Eaters
1993
Isabelle
2019
Surfacing
2026
Breakfast with Scot
2007
Stroke of Fate
2021
Milton's Secret
2016
You Know My Name
1999
A Nest of Singing Birds
1987
The Well
2026
Montreal Stories
1991
All the Lost Ones
2025
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Brace for Impact
2016
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Love Is the Monster
2025
I Was a Rat
2001
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
Really Weird Tales
1986
A Private Matter
1992
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
Haven
2001
Journey to the Planets
1993
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Year of the Carnivore
2009
The Christmas Club
2019
Like a House on Fire
2021
Dancing on the Elephant
2025
White Room
1990
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
Cardinals
2017
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
The Awakening
1995
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
Algonquin
2014
George's Island
1989
The Marriage Bed
1986
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
Much Ado About Nothing
1988
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
Dead Husbands
1998
9B
1986
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
Virtual Mom
2000
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
1991
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
Back to the Beanstalk
1990
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
The Curse of Clara: A Holiday Tale
2015
