As Actor
All the Lost Ones
2025
5.3
Sheila McCarthy
Acting
Birth date
January 1, 1956
Birth place
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Featured in
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Women Talking
2022
6.9
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Christmas in Rockwell
2022
5.0
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Like a House on Fire
2021
7.2
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The Broken Hearts Gallery
2020
7.2
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The Christmas Club
2019
6.3
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Isabelle
2019
5.2
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Still/Born
2018
5.8
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A Fighting Man
2014
5.5
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Algonquin
2014
7.0
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Antiviral
2012
6.0
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Year of the Carnivore
2009
5.0
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Cow Belles
2006
5.5
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Bailey's Billion$
2005
5.8
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
2004
5.7
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Full-Court Miracle
2003
5.6
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The Rats
2002
5.5
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Lathe of Heaven
2002
5.9
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Duct Tape Forever
2002
6.7
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Rare Birds
2001
5.4