Sheila McCarthy
Birthday: 1956-01-01
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Female
Owned By: Unowned
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.
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The Voices of Our Mother | Harriet | |
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Surfacing | Dawn | |
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2026-01-23 | The Well | Gabriel |
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2025-10-13 | Love Is the Monster | |
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2025-09-13 | Dancing on the Elephant | Nora |
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2025-04-18 | All the Lost Ones | Dawn |
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2022-12-23 | Women Talking | Greta |
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2022-12-11 | Christmas in Rockwell | Juniper |
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2022-07-09 | Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 | Hologram Alien Scout |
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2021-09-17 | The Middle Man | Mrs. Stout |
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2021-07-15 | Stroke of Fate | Shirley |
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2021-03-26 | Like a House on Fire | Katherine |
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2020-09-27 | Happy Place | Joyce |
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2020-09-11 | The Broken Hearts Gallery | Cheryl Gulliver |
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2020-04-04 | Anything for Jackson | Audrey Walsh |
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2019-11-27 | The Christmas Club | Miss Maggie |
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2019-11-24 | Christmas 9 to 5 | Rose Stark |
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2019-11-01 | An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order | Ellen |
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2019-05-24 | Isabelle | Ann Pelway |
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2018-02-20 | Level 16 | Mrs. Denison |
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2018-02-09 | Still/Born | Sheila |
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2017-11-17 | Considering Love and Other Magic | Veronica |
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2017-09-07 | Cardinals | Valerie Walker |
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2016-09-30 | Milton's Secret | Luz |
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2016-04-03 | Brace for Impact | Faradee Gilchrist |
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2016-03-11 | Ice Girls | Aunt Ginger |
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2014-04-24 | A Fighting Man | Rose O'Connor |
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2014-04-11 | Algonquin | Rita |
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2014-03-16 | Dear Viola | Peggy |
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2012-09-19 | Antiviral | Dev Harvey |
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2009-05-01 | Year of the Carnivore | Mrs. Smalls |
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2007-11-16 | Breakfast with Scot | Miss Patterson (uncredited) |
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2007-09-12 | The Stone Angel | Doris |
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2006-03-24 | Cow Belles | Fran Walker |
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2005-08-05 | Bailey's Billion$ | Peggy Delaney |
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2004-10-22 | Geraldine's Fortune | Tina Larose |
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2004-09-03 | Being Julia | Grace Dexter |
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2004-05-26 | The Day After Tomorrow | Judith |
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2004-02-17 | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Mrs. Gerard |
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2003-11-21 | Full-Court Miracle | Mrs. Klein |
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2002-09-17 | The Rats | Miss Paige |
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2002-09-08 | Lathe of Heaven | Penny |
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2002-04-12 | Duct Tape Forever | Easterbrook (uncredited) |
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2001-12-09 | I Was a Rat | Mrs. Tapscrew |
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2001-09-09 | Rare Birds | Claire |
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2001-02-11 | Haven | Eva |
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2000-08-28 | Custody of the Heart | Alice |
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2000-01-01 | Virtual Mom | Holly |
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1999-08-22 | You Know My Name | Mrs. Lynn |
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1998-12-02 | Dead Husbands | Jane Armitage |
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1997-01-01 | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Jesse's Mom |
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1996-10-08 | The Care and Handling of Roses | Carol Doster |
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1996-08-14 | House Arrest | Gwenna Krupp |
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1995-11-04 | The Awakening | Nancy |
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1995-05-02 | The Possession of Michael D. | Jenny |
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1994-05-22 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jill Lansing |
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1994-04-01 | The Biggest Little Ticket | The Troll |
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1993-09-12 | The Lotus Eaters | Diana Kingswood |
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1993-01-01 | Journey to the Planets | Oracle (voice) |
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1992-09-30 | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Sophie |
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1992-06-20 | A Private Matter | Diane Callaghan |
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1991-11-08 | Montreal Stories | Ann Stuart |
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1991-10-11 | Stepping Out | Andy |
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1991-09-18 | Paradise | Sally Pike |
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1991-01-01 | The Soulmates in the Gift of Light | (voice) |
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1990-12-16 | Back to the Beanstalk | Garbanza |
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1990-11-01 | Bright Angel | Nina |
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1990-09-28 | Pacific Heights | Liz Hamilton |
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1990-09-06 | White Room | Zelda |
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1990-07-03 | Die Hard 2 | Samantha 'Sam' Coleman |
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1990-06-05 | Beautiful Dreamers | Molly Jessop |
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1989-11-10 | Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics | Kathy |
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1989-08-15 | George's Island | Miss Birdwood |
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1988-03-20 | Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret |
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1987-09-11 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Polly Vandersma |
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1986-12-22 | The Marriage Bed | Lynn Reailly |
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1986-10-04 | Really Weird Tales | Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma") |
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1986-09-06 | 9B | Heather |
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1985-10-06 | Love & Larceny | Mary Bigley |