Sheila McCarthy

Acting · 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.

Known for

• The Well (2026)
• The Voices of Our Mother (2026)
• Surfacing (2026)
• Love Is the Monster (2025)
• Dancing on the Elephant (2025)
• All the Lost Ones (2025)
• Christmas in Rockwell (2022)
• Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)
• Women Talking (2022)
• Stroke of Fate (2021)
• The Middle Man (2021)
• Like a House on Fire (2021)
• Anything for Jackson (2020)
• Happy Place (2020)
• The Broken Hearts Gallery (2020)
• An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order (2019)
• Isabelle (2019)
• The Christmas Club (2019)
• Christmas 9 to 5 (2019)
• Still/Born (2018)
• Level 16 (2018)
• Cardinals (2017)
• Considering Love and Other Magic (2017)
• Brace for Impact (2016)