Sheila McCarthy

Born: 1956-01-01, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

• The Good Doctor (2017)
• Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
• The Miniature Wife (2026)
• Private Eyes (2016)
• The Umbrella Academy (2019)
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
• Saving Hope (2012)
• The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
• Picket Fences (1992)
• The Lotus Eaters (1993)
• Die Hard 2 (1990)
• The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
• Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007)
• Nurses (2020)
• The Hidden Room (1991)
• Women Talking (2022)
• Pacific Heights (1990)
• Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)
• Emily of New Moon (1998)
• Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
• Anything for Jackson (2020)
• The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)
• Level 16 (2018)
• Antiviral (2012)
• Cow Belles (2006)
• A Fighting Man (2014)
• Stepping Out (1991)
• Being Julia (2004)
• Still/Born (2018)
• Love & Larceny (1985)