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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Female

Birthday

1956-01-01 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

Sheila Catherine McCarthy
Sheila McCartney
쉘리아 맥카시

Sheila McCarthy

Biography

Sheila McCarthy 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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Acting

—		Love Is the Monster
—		The Well as Gabriel
—		The Voices of Our Mother as Harriet
—		Dancing on the Elephant as Nora
—		Surfacing as Dawn
—		Back to the Beanstalk as Garbanza

2025

All the Lost Ones as Dawn

2022		Women Talking as Greta
2022		Christmas in Rockwell as Juniper
2022		Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 as Hologram Alien Scout

2021		The Middle Man as Mrs. Stout
2021		Stroke of Fate as Shirley
2021		Like a House on Fire as Katherine

2020		Happy Place as Joyce
2020		The Broken Hearts Gallery as Cheryl Gulliver
2020		Anything for Jackson as Audrey Walsh
2020		Nurses as Phillis Bruner

2019		The Christmas Club as Miss Maggie
2019		Christmas 9 to 5 as Rose Stark
2019		An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order as Ellen
2019		Isabelle as Ann Pelway
2019		The Umbrella Academy as Agnes

2018		The Detail as Helen Mailer
2018		Level 16 as Mrs. Denison
2018		Still/Born as Sheila

2017		Considering Love and Other Magic as Veronica
2017		The Good Doctor as Rose Babcock
2017		Star Trek: Discovery as All-Mother
2017		Cardinals as Valerie Walker

2016		Conviction as Dr. Jane Soto
2016		Milton's Secret as Luz
2016		Private Eyes as Shirl Glinski
2016		Brace for Impact as Faradee Gilchrist
2016		Ice Girls as Aunt Ginger

2015

Whatever, Linda as Sheila Hardy

2014		A Fighting Man as Rose O'Connor
2014		Algonquin as Rita
2014		Dear Viola as Peggy

2013		Orphan Black as Connie Hendrix
2013		Orphan Black as Connie Hendrix (voice)

2012		Antiviral as Dev Harvey
2012		Saving Hope as Violet Devonshire

2010

Rookie Blue as Leigh Senett

2009

Year of the Carnivore as Mrs. Smalls

2007		Breakfast with Scot as Miss Patterson (uncredited)
2007		The Stone Angel as Doris
2007		Little Mosque on the Prairie as Sarah Hamoudi

2006

Cow Belles as Fran Walker

2005

Bailey's Billion$ as Peggy Delaney

2004		Geraldine's Fortune as Tina Larose
2004		Being Julia as Grace Dexter
2004		The Day After Tomorrow as Judith
2004		Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen as Mrs. Gerard
2004		This Is Wonderland
2004		Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Polly Vandersma (archive footage)

2003

Full-Court Miracle as Mrs. Klein

2002		Puppets Who Kill
2002		The Rats as Miss Paige
2002		Lathe of Heaven as Penny
2002		Duct Tape Forever as Easterbrook (uncredited)

2001		I Was a Rat as Mrs. Tapscrew
2001		Rare Birds as Claire
2001		Haven as Eva

2000		Custody of the Heart as Alice
2000		Virtual Mom as Holly

1999		You Know My Name as Mrs. Lynn
1999		Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke as Tammy

1998		Dead Husbands as Jane Armitage
1998		Bad Dog
1998		More Tales of the City as Mildred
1998		Emily of New Moon as Laura Murray

1997

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework as Jesse's Mom

1996		The Care and Handling of Roses as Carol Doster
1996		House Arrest as Gwenna Krupp

1995		The Awakening as Nancy
1995		The Possession of Michael D. as Jenny
1995		A Woman of Independent Means as Totsie

1994		Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills as Jill Lansing
1994		The Biggest Little Ticket as The Troll

1993		The Lotus Eaters as Diana Kingswood
1993		Journey to the Planets as Oracle (voice)

1992		Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall as Self
1992		Beethoven Lives Upstairs as Sophie
1992		A Private Matter as Diane Callaghan

1991		Montreal Stories as Ann Stuart
1991		Stepping Out as Andy
1991		Paradise as Sally Pike
1991		The Soulmates in the Gift of Light as (voice)

1990		Bright Angel as Nina
1990		Pacific Heights as Liz Hamilton
1990		White Room as Zelda
1990		Die Hard 2 as Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
1990		Beautiful Dreamers as Molly Jessop

1989		Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics as Kathy
1989		George's Island as Miss Birdwood

1988

Much Ado About Nothing as Margaret

1987

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing as Polly Vandersma

1986		The Marriage Bed as Lynn Reailly
1986		Really Weird Tales as Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")
1986		9B as Heather
1986		Four on the Floor

1985		Love and Larceny as Mary Bigley
1985		The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Debra (Sarah) Hollister
1985		The Ray Bradbury Theater as Francine

Directing

—

Russet Season as Director

Production

2000

Virtual Mom as Executive Producer

Writing

2000

Virtual Mom as Teleplay