Known for Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1956
Place of Birth
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.

The Good Doctor

Star Trek: Discovery

The Umbrella Academy

Private Eyes

Saving Hope

Orphan Black

Orphan Black

Rookie Blue

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Picket Fences

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Nurses

This Is Wonderland

Little Mosque on the Prairie

More Tales of the City

Puppets Who Kill

Conviction

Emily of New Moon

The Detail

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke