Sheila McCarthy
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.
107 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 107
The Good Doctor
2017
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
The Umbrella Academy
2019
Rookie Blue
2010
Orphan Black
2013
Private Eyes
2016
Saving Hope
2012
This Is Wonderland
2004
Picket Fences
1992
The Ray Bradbury Theater
1985
The Day After Tomorrow
2004
The Miniature Wife
2026
Die Hard 2
1990
Nurses
2020
Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
Conviction
2016
The Hidden Room
1991
The Detail
2018
Puppets Who Kill
2002
More Tales of the City
1998
Women Talking
2022
Emily of New Moon
1998
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
Pacific Heights
1990
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
2022
The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
1999
Level 16
2018
Anything for Jackson
2020
Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
2000
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
Bad Dog
1998
Antiviral
2012
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Cow Belles
2006
House Arrest
1996
Being Julia
2004
Bright Angel
1990
Haven
2001
The Stone Angel
2007
Whatever, Linda
2015
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
1994
Paradise
1991
Custody of the Heart
2000
Really Weird Tales
1986
Rare Birds
2001
The Middle Man
2021
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
1997
Four on the Floor
1986
Dear Viola
2014
Lathe of Heaven
2002
Stepping Out
1991
Breakfast with Scot
2007
Still/Born
2018
The Possession of Michael D.
1995
A Fighting Man
2014
I Was a Rat
2001
Milton's Secret
2016
Like a House on Fire
2021
All the Lost Ones
2025
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987
The Voices of Our Mother
2026
Christmas 9 to 5
2019
The Rats
2002
The Christmas Club
2019
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
1989
Bailey's Billion$
2005
Isabelle
2019
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
2019
Beautiful Dreamers
1990
Love Is the Monster
2025
George's Island
1989
Duct Tape Forever
2002
Full-Court Miracle
2003
You Know My Name
1999
A Private Matter
1992
The Well
2026
Montreal Stories
1991
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
1992
9B
1986
Brace for Impact
2016
Year of the Carnivore
2009
The Lotus Eaters
1993
Surfacing
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Virtual Mom
2000
Ice Girls
2016
White Room
1990
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
1991
Algonquin
2014
Cardinals
2017
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
1992
Considering Love and Other Magic
2017
The Care and Handling of Roses
1996
The Awakening
1995
Dead Husbands
1998
The Marriage Bed
1986
Happy Place
2020
Dancing on the Elephant
2025
Christmas in Rockwell
2022
Geraldine's Fortune
2004
Love & Larceny
1985
The Biggest Little Ticket
1994
Journey to the Planets
1993
Back to the Beanstalk
1990
Much Ado About Nothing
1988
Stroke of Fate
2021