Cast
Sheila McCarthy
Acting
Cast
Sheila McCarthy
Known for
Acting
Born
1956-01-01
From
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as Sheila Catherine McCarthy, Sheila McCartney, 쉘리아 맥카시
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.
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Die Hard 2
as Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
★6.6
MOVIE2004
The Day After Tomorrow
as Judith
★7.3
MOVIE2022
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
as Hologram Alien Scout
★6.3
MOVIE1990
Pacific Heights
as Liz Hamilton
★6.7
MOVIE2018
Level 16
as Mrs. Denison
★5.7
MOVIE2004
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
as Mrs. Gerard
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Women Talking
as Greta
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Antiviral
as Dev Harvey
★7.1
MOVIE2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery
as Cheryl Gulliver
★6.7
MOVIE2020
Anything for Jackson
as Audrey Walsh
★5.5
MOVIE2006
Cow Belles
as Fran Walker
★6.7
MOVIE2016
Ice Girls
as Aunt Ginger
★7.0
MOVIE1985
Love & Larceny
as Mary Bigley
★4.8
MOVIE1999
You Know My Name
as Mrs. Lynn
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Being Julia
as Grace Dexter
★6.2
MOVIE1991
Paradise
as Sally Pike
★5.9
MOVIE1991
Stepping Out
as Andy
★5.8
MOVIE1997
Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
as Jesse's Mom
★5.3
MOVIE1996
House Arrest
as Gwenna Krupp
★4.8
MOVIE2009
Year of the Carnivore
as Mrs. Smalls
★5.0
MOVIE2020
Happy Place
as Joyce
★9.0
MOVIE1988
Much Ado About Nothing
as Margaret
★4.9
MOVIE1990
Bright Angel
as Nina
★5.0
MOVIE1991
Montreal Stories
as Ann Stuart
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Haven
as Eva
★5.5
MOVIE2014
A Fighting Man
as Rose O'Connor
★5.4
MOVIE2000
Custody of the Heart
as Alice
★6.4
MOVIE2026
The Voices of Our Mother
as Harriet
★5.5
MOVIE1992
A Private Matter
as Diane Callaghan
★5.8
MOVIE2018
Still/Born
as Sheila
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Lathe of Heaven
as Penny
★7.4
MOVIE2021
Like a House on Fire
as Katherine
★5.8
MOVIE1987
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
as Polly Vandersma
★6.1
MOVIE2021
The Middle Man
as Mrs. Stout
★5.7
MOVIE2003
Full-Court Miracle
as Mrs. Klein
★6.2
MOVIE2007
Breakfast with Scot
as Miss Patterson (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE2016
Milton's Secret
as Luz
★7.3
MOVIE1992
Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
as Self
★5.4
MOVIE2002
The Rats
as Miss Paige
★8.5
MOVIE1993
The Lotus Eaters
as Diana Kingswood
★5.4
MOVIE2007
The Stone Angel
as Doris
★5.7
MOVIE2026
Surfacing
as Dawn
★6.3
MOVIE1994
Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jill Lansing
★5.4
MOVIE1995
The Possession of Michael D.
as Jenny
★5.5
MOVIE2016
Brace for Impact
as Faradee Gilchrist
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Christmas 9 to 5
as Rose Stark
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Bailey's Billion$
as Peggy Delaney
★6.3
MOVIE2019
The Christmas Club
as Miss Maggie
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Dear Viola
as Peggy
★7.3
MOVIE1989
George's Island
as Miss Birdwood
★3.0
MOVIE1989
Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
as Kathy
MOVIE1987
A Nest of Singing Birds
as Anna
★6.8
MOVIE2002
Duct Tape Forever
as Easterbrook (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE2025
All the Lost Ones
as Dawn
★4.0
MOVIE2026
The Well
as Gabriel
★5.3
MOVIE2001
Rare Birds
as Claire
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Cardinals
as Valerie Walker
★5.8
MOVIE1986
Really Weird Tales
as Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
★5.1
MOVIE2019
Isabelle
as Ann Pelway
★5.2
MOVIE1998
Dead Husbands
as Jane Armitage
★6.5
MOVIE2025
Love Is the Monster
as Margaret
MOVIE2021
Stroke of Fate
as Shirley
★6.0
MOVIE2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Polly Vandersma (archive footage)
★7.0
MOVIE2014
Algonquin
as Rita
★5.5
MOVIE2022
Christmas in Rockwell
as Juniper
★3.3
MOVIE2004
Geraldine's Fortune
as Tina Larose
★7.3
MOVIE1992
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
as Sophie
★4.8
MOVIE1995
The Awakening
as Nancy
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Journey to the Planets
as Oracle (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE1990
Beautiful Dreamers
as Molly Jessop
★6.5
MOVIE2017
Considering Love and Other Magic
as Veronica
MOVIE2019
An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
as Ellen
★8.5
MOVIE1986
The Marriage Bed
as Lynn Reailly
MOVIE2025
Dancing on the Elephant
as Nora
★9.0
MOVIE1996
The Care and Handling of Roses
as Carol Doster
★9.0
MOVIE2001
I Was a Rat
as Mrs. Tapscrew
★5.7
MOVIE1990
White Room
as Zelda
★8.0
MOVIE1986
9B
as Heather
★6.0
MOVIE2000
Virtual Mom
as Holly
★6.0
MOVIE1991
The Soulmates in the Gift of Light
as (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE1990
Back to the Beanstalk
as Garbanza
MOVIE1994
The Biggest Little Ticket
as The Troll