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Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy

Birthday: 1956-01-01 | Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
All the Lost Ones

as    Dawn

2022
Tenth Generation

as    Auntie

2022
Women Talking

as    Greta

2022
Christmas in Rockwell

as    Juniper

2021
Stroke of Fate

as    Shirley

2020
Anything for Jackson

as    Audrey Walsh

2020
The Broken Hearts Gallery

as    Cheryl Gulliver

2020
Happy Place

as    Joyce

2019
Isabelle

as    Ann Pelway

2019
The Christmas Club

as    Miss Maggie

2019
Christmas 9 to 5

as    Rose Stark

2018
Still/Born

as    Sheila

2017
Cardinals

as    Valerie Walker

2017
2016
Ice Girls

as    Aunt Ginger

2016
Brace for Impact

as    Faradee Gilchrist

2015
Whatever, Linda

as    Sheila Hardy

2014
Dear Viola

as    Peggy

2014
Algonquin

as    Rita

2014
A Fighting Man

as    Rose O'Connor

2013
Antiviral

as    Dev Harvey

2008
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
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

as    Mrs. Gerard