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 110
The Good Doctor
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Private Eyes
2016
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Orphan Black
2013
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Rookie Blue
2010
Saving Hope
2012
Die Hard 2
1990
Picket Fences
1992
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
This Is Wonderland
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
The Miniature Wife
2026
Nurses
2020
Bad Dog
1998
The Hidden Room
1991
Conviction
2016
Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
Puppets Who Kill
2002
The Detail
2018
Level 16
2018
Women Talking
2022
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
Pacific Heights
1990
More Tales of the City
1998
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
Emily of New Moon
1998
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Anything for Jackson
2020
Antiviral
2012
Haven
2001
Cow Belles
2006
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
Stepping Out
1991
Whatever, Linda
2015
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
2000
Being Julia
2004
House Arrest
1996
Super Rupert
2001
Four on the Floor
1986
You Know My Name
1999
Full-Court Miracle
2003
Love & Larceny
1985
The Voices of Our Mother
2026
A Fighting Man
2014
The Middle Man
2021
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Still/Born
2018
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
All the Lost Ones
2025
Happy Place
2020
The Stone Angel
2007
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
Bright Angel
1990
Ice Girls
2016
Year of the Carnivore
2009
The Rats
2002
Rare Birds
2001
Paradise
1991
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
Much Ado About Nothing
1988
Breakfast with Scot
2007
Really Weird Tales
1986
Custody of the Heart
2000
Haven
2001
Like a House on Fire
2021
Love Is the Monster
2025
The Well
2026
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
The Christmas Club
2019
Brace for Impact
2016
Dear Viola
2014
Isabelle
2019
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Milton's Secret
2016
Dancing on the Elephant
2025
Surfacing
2026
The Lotus Eaters
1993
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
Montreal Stories
1991
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Stroke of Fate
2021
I Was a Rat
2001
Journey to the Planets
1993
A Nest of Singing Birds
1987
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
A Private Matter
1992
Virtual Mom
2000
Cardinals
2017
George's Island
1989
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
9B
1986
The Awakening
1995
Algonquin
2014
White Room
1990
The Marriage Bed
1986
Dead Husbands
1998
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
Back to the Beanstalk
1990
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
1991
