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Sheila McCarthyborn 1956

usually

Actor

Popularity

1.8

Famous

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.

Credits

All the Lost Ones

2025

Action • Science Fiction • Thriller • War

as Dawn

0(0)

0.4

Christmas in Rockwell

2022

Comedy • Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Juniper

5(1)

0.1

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3

2022

Comedy • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Hologram Alien Scout

7.4(399)

2.4

The Middle Man

2021

Comedy • Drama

as Mrs. Stout

6.1(44)

0.5

Stroke of Fate

2021

as Shirley

0(0)

0.1

An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order

2019

Drama

as Ellen

0(0)

0.1

Still/Born

2018

Horror

as Sheila

5.8(150)

0.5

Brace for Impact

2016

TV Movie • Thriller

as Faradee Gilchrist

5.4(27)

1.2

A Fighting Man

2014

Drama

as Rose O'Connor

5.6(38)

0.7

Algonquin

2014

Drama

as Rita

7(2)

0.1

Antiviral

2012

Horror • Science Fiction

as Dev Harvey

6(401)

1.1

Cow Belles

2006

Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Fran Walker

5.5(250)

Geraldine's Fortune

2004

Comedy • Drama

as Tina Larose

1(1)

0.2

Being Julia

2004

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Grace Dexter

6.5(112)

0.9

The Rats

2002

Horror • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Miss Paige

5.5(73)

0.6

Lathe of Heaven

2002

Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Penny

5.8(12)

0.3

I Was a Rat

2001

Drama • Family • Fantasy

as Mrs. Tapscrew

0(0)

0.3

Haven

2001

Drama • TV Movie

as Eva

6.9(11)

0.7

Custody of the Heart

2000

Drama • TV Movie

as Alice

4.2(4)

0.9

You Know My Name

1999

Drama • TV Movie • Western

as Mrs. Lynn

4.5(9)

0.4

Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework

1997

Comedy • Horror

as Jesse's Mom

5.4(7)

0.6

The Awakening

1995

Drama • Romance

as Nancy

4.8(4)

0.2

The Possession of Michael D.

1995

Drama • Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Jenny

4.8(4)

0.4

The Biggest Little Ticket

1994

Family • Fantasy • TV Movie

as The Troll

0(0)

The Lotus Eaters

1993

Comedy • Drama

as Diana Kingswood

7(1)

0.4

A Private Matter

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Diane Callaghan

4.8(4)

0.2

Stepping Out

1991

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Andy

5.8(18)

0.5

Paradise

1991

Drama

as Sally Pike

6.2(57)

0.6

The Soulmates in the Gift of Light

1991

Animation • Family

as (voice)

5(2)

0.1

Pacific Heights

1990

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Liz Hamilton

6.3(380)

White Room

1990

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Zelda

5.3(3)

0.2

Die Hard 2

1990

Action • Thriller

as Samantha 'Sam' Coleman

7(5,985)

6.1

Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics

1989

Comedy

as Kathy

2.5(2)

0.1

George's Island

1989

Adventure • Drama • Family

as Miss Birdwood

6.5(2)

0.1

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

1987

Comedy • Drama

as Polly Vandersma

5.8(36)

0.2

Love Is the Monster

Thriller

0(0)

0.1

The Well

Thriller

as Gabriel

0(0)

0.2

The Voices of Our Mother

Horror

as Harriet

0(0)

0.1

Dancing on the Elephant

Drama

as Nora

0(0)

0.1

The Marriage Bed

1986

Drama • TV Movie

as Lynn Reailly

7(1)

0.1

Surfacing

Drama

as Dawn

0(0)

0.2

Women Talking

2022

Drama

as Greta

6.9(619)

2.1

Like a House on Fire

2021

Drama

as Katherine

7.2(6)

0.2

Happy Place

2020

Drama

as Joyce

5(1)

0.1

The Broken Hearts Gallery

2020

Comedy • Romance

as Cheryl Gulliver

7.2(319)

1.5

Anything for Jackson

2020

Horror

as Audrey Walsh

6.8(248)

0.7

The Christmas Club

2019

Romance • TV Movie

as Miss Maggie

6.3(34)

0.3

Christmas 9 to 5

2019

Romance • TV Movie

as Rose Stark

6.8(30)

0.4

Isabelle

2019

Horror

as Ann Pelway

5.2(140)

0.5

Level 16

2018

Science Fiction • Thriller

as Mrs. Denison

6.8(675)

5.6

Considering Love and Other Magic

2017

Family • Fantasy

as Veronica

6.5(2)

0.1

Cardinals

2017

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Valerie Walker

5.6(19)

0.2

Milton's Secret

2016

Drama • Family

as Luz

5.3(16)

0.3

Ice Girls

2016

Family • TV Movie

as Aunt Ginger

6.5(27)

1.1

Dear Viola

2014

Comedy • Romance • TV Movie

as Peggy

6.5(15)

0.6

Year of the Carnivore

2009

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Smalls

5.4(12)

0.3

Breakfast with Scot

2007

Comedy • Drama

as Miss Patterson (uncredited)

6.3(49)

0.3

The Stone Angel

2007

Drama

as Doris

5.4(28)

0.5

Bailey's Billion$

2005

Comedy • Family

as Peggy Delaney

5.8(29)

0.4

The Day After Tomorrow

2004

Action • Adventure • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Judith

6.5(8,330)

7.3

Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

2004

Comedy

as Mrs. Gerard

5.7(909)

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

2004

Documentary

as Polly Vandersma (archive footage)

5(4)

0.3

Full-Court Miracle

2003

Family • TV Movie

as Mrs. Klein

5.7(56)

0.3

Duct Tape Forever

2002

Comedy

as Easterbrook (uncredited)

6.7(3)

0.4

Rare Birds

2001

Comedy • Drama • Mystery • Romance

as Claire

5.6(26)

0.6

Virtual Mom

2000

as Holly

5(2)

0.2

Dead Husbands

1998

Comedy • Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as Jane Armitage

4.7(3)

0.3

The Care and Handling of Roses

1996

TV Movie

as Carol Doster

0(0)

0.1

House Arrest

1996

Comedy • Family

as Gwenna Krupp

5.3(131)

Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills

1994

Drama • TV Movie

as Jill Lansing

5.7(6)

0.6

Journey to the Planets

1993

Animation • Science Fiction

as Oracle (voice)

0(0)

0.1

Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall

1992

Music

as Self

7(5)

0.2

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

1992

Drama • Family • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Sophie

7.2(11)

0.4

Montreal Stories

1991

Comedy • Drama

as Ann Stuart

5(9)

0.2

Bright Angel

1990

Drama • Thriller

as Nina

4.8(12)

0.4

Beautiful Dreamers

1990

Drama

as Molly Jessop

5.2(5)

0.3

Much Ado About Nothing

1988

Comedy • Romance

as Margaret

0(0)

0.1

Really Weird Tales

1986

Comedy • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")

6(1)

0.1

1986

Drama • TV Movie

as Heather

0(0)

0.2

Back to the Beanstalk

as Garbanza

0(0)

0.1

Love and Larceny

1985

as Mary Bigley

0(0)

0.1