Sheila McCarthy
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 (theatre), along with multiple nominations.
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Filmography
| Movie | Dancing on the Elephant | Nora | 2026 |
| Movie | Surfacing | Dawn | 2026 |
| Movie | The Voices of Our Mother | Harriet | 2026 |
| Movie | All the Lost Ones | Dawn | 2025-04-18 |
| Movie | The Well | Gabriel | 2025-07-21 |
| Movie | Christmas in Rockwell | Juniper | 2022-12-11 |
| Movie | Women Talking | Greta | 2022-12-23 |
| Movie | Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 | Hologram Alien Scout | 2022-07-09 |
| Movie | Stroke of Fate | Shirley | 2021-07-15 |
| Movie | The Middle Man | Mrs. Stout | 2021-09-17 |
| Movie | Like a House on Fire | Katherine | 2021-03-26 |
| Movie | Anything for Jackson | Audrey Walsh | 2020-04-04 |
| Movie | The Broken Hearts Gallery | Cheryl Gulliver | 2020-09-11 |
| Series | The Umbrella Academy | Agnes | 2019-02-15 |
| Movie | The Christmas Club | Miss Maggie | 2019-11-27 |
| Movie | Isabelle | Ann Pelway | 2019-05-24 |
| Movie | An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order | Ellen | 2019-11-01 |
| Movie | Christmas 9 to 5 | Rose Stark | 2019-11-24 |
| Movie | Still/Born | Sheila | 2018-02-09 |
| Movie | Level 16 | Mrs. Denison | 2018-02-20 |
| Movie | Cardinals | Valerie Walker | 2017-09-07 |
| Movie | Considering Love and Other Magic | Veronica | 2017-11-17 |
| Movie | Brace for Impact | Faradee Gilchrist | 2016-04-03 |
| Movie | Milton's Secret | Luz | 2016-09-30 |
| Movie | Ice Girls | Aunt Ginger | 2016-03-11 |
| Movie | Dear Viola | Peggy | 2014-03-16 |
| Movie | Algonquin | Rita | 2014-04-11 |
| Movie | A Fighting Man | Rose O'Connor | 2014-04-24 |
| Series | Orphan Black | Connie Hendrix (voice) | 2013-03-30 |
| Movie | Antiviral | Dev Harvey | 2012-09-19 |
| Movie | Year of the Carnivore | Mrs. Smalls | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | Breakfast with Scot | Miss Patterson (uncredited) | 2007-11-16 |
| Movie | The Stone Angel | Doris | 2007-09-12 |
| Series | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Sarah Hamoudi | 2007-01-09 |
| Movie | Cow Belles | Fran Walker | 2006-03-24 |
| Movie | Bailey's Billion$ | Peggy Delaney | 2005-08-05 |
| Movie | Being Julia | Grace Dexter | 2004-09-03 |
| Movie | The Day After Tomorrow | Judith | 2004-05-26 |
| Movie | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Mrs. Gerard | 2004-02-17 |
| Movie | Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche | Polly Vandersma (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Geraldine's Fortune | Tina Larose | 2004-10-22 |
| Movie | Full-Court Miracle | Mrs. Klein | 2003-11-21 |
| Movie | Lathe of Heaven | Penny | 2002-09-08 |
| Series | Puppets Who Kill | Unknown | 2002-10-04 |
| Movie | The Rats | Miss Paige | 2002-09-17 |
| Movie | Duct Tape Forever | Easterbrook (uncredited) | 2002-04-12 |
| Movie | Rare Birds | Claire | 2001-09-09 |
| Movie | Haven | Eva | 2001-02-11 |
| Movie | Custody of the Heart | Alice | 2000-08-28 |
| Series | Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse | Elizabeth the Emotional Pig (voice) | 2000-09-30 |
| Movie | Virtual Mom | Holly | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | You Know My Name | Mrs. Lynn | 1999-08-22 |
| Series | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Tammy | 1999-02-21 |
| Movie | Dead Husbands | Jane Armitage | 1998-12-02 |
| Series | Emily of New Moon | Laura Murray | 1998-01-04 |
| Movie | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Jesse's Mom | 1997-01-01 |
| Movie | House Arrest | Gwenna Krupp | 1996-08-14 |
| Series | A Woman of Independent Means | Totsie | 1995-02-19 |
| Movie | The Awakening | Nancy | 1995-11-04 |
| Movie | The Possession of Michael D. | Jenny | 1995-05-02 |
| Movie | The Biggest Little Ticket | The Troll | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jill Lansing | 1994-05-22 |
| Movie | The Lotus Eaters | Diana Kingswood | 1993-09-12 |
| Movie | A Private Matter | Diane Callaghan | 1992-06-20 |
| Movie | Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall | Self | 1992-12-06 |
| Movie | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Sophie | 1992-09-30 |
| Movie | Montreal Stories | Ann Stuart | 1991-11-08 |
| Movie | Stepping Out | Andy | 1991-10-11 |
| Movie | Paradise | Sally Pike | 1991-09-18 |
| Movie | Beautiful Dreamers | Molly Jessop | 1990-06-05 |
| Movie | Die Hard 2 | Samantha 'Sam' Coleman | 1990-07-03 |
| Movie | Bright Angel | Nina | 1990-11-01 |
| Movie | Pacific Heights | Liz Hamilton | 1990-09-28 |
| Movie | White Room | Zelda | 1990-09-06 |
| Movie | George's Island | Miss Birdwood | 1989-08-15 |
| Movie | Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics | Kathy | 1989-11-10 |
| Movie | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Polly Vandersma | 1987-09-11 |
| Movie | 9B | Heather | 1986-09-06 |
| Series | Four on the Floor | 1986-06-13 | |
| Movie | The Marriage Bed | Lynn Reailly | 1986-12-22 |
| Movie | Really Weird Tales | Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma") | 1986-10-04 |
| Series | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Unknown | 1985-05-21 |
| Series | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |