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 (theater), along with multiple nominations.
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his...
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One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy...
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Level 16
as Mrs. DenisonThe teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean...
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Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3
as Hologram Alien ScoutZed and Addison are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that’s become a safe...
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The Broken Hearts Gallery
as Cheryl GulliverLucy is a young gallery assistant who collects mementos from her relationships. She discovers...
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Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
as Mrs. GerardWhen the always dramatic Lola and her family move form the center of everything in New York City...
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Women Talking
as GretaA group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series...
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Being Julia
as Grace DexterJulia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all -...
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House Arrest
as Gwenna KruppHigh-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and...
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Pacific Heights
as Liz HamiltonA couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it....
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Cow Belles
as Fran WalkerIn order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the...
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Anything for Jackson
as Audrey WalshA bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put...
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Still/Born
as SheilaStill/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles...
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Antiviral
as Dev HarveySyd March is an employee at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick...
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Breakfast with Scot
as Miss Patterson (uncredited)The lives of Eric, an ex hockey player, and his partner Sam, are thrown into turmoil when they...
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Milton's Secret
as Luz11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world. With his parents constantly...
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The Rats
as Miss PaigeA clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.
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Duct Tape Forever
as Easterbrook (uncredited)When an evil land baron's limo falls into a sinkhole outside Possum Lodge, lodge leader Red...
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Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
as Jill LansingAbout the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty,...
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Ice Girls
as Aunt GingerA figure skater is injured during a competition. A coach that hired her then helps her rehab her...
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Stepping Out
as AndyA has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance...
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Paradise
as Sally PikeA 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.
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Isabelle
as Ann PelwayA young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia...
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Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework
as Jesse's MomThirteen-year-old Jesse is a typical teenager who hates his teacher, Mrs. Fink. While visiting a...
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The Christmas Club
as Miss MaggieTwo busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings. Thanks...
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The Lotus Eaters
as Diana KingswoodSet off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas...
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Bright Angel
as NinaIn Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional...
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Christmas 9 to 5
as Rose StarkJennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true...
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Full-Court Miracle
as Mrs. KleinInspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film...
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The Middle Man
as Mrs. StoutFrank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a...
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Rare Birds
as ClaireA down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure luminaries to their small...
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A Fighting Man
as Rose O'ConnorTwo men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.
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The Possession of Michael D.
as JennyWhen a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a...
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The Stone Angel
as DorisThe feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always...
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Lathe of Heaven
as PennyIn a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist...
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All the Lost Ones
as DawnA near-future civil war is sparked by government-imposed measures due to climate change.
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Dead Husbands
as Jane ArmitageDr. Carter Elson is a man who finds a list of men's names among his wife Alex's possessions....
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Year of the Carnivore
as Mrs. SmallsA girl has a crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed so she goes out to get more experience.
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Brace for Impact
as Faradee GilchristWhen disgraced Flight Crash Investigator Sofia Gilchrist's brother dies in the crash of a plane...
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Custody of the Heart
as AliceClaire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job,...
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Dear Viola
as PeggyKatie, a shy newspaper accountant submits a reply to a "Dear Viola" letter to the editor that...
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Bailey's Billion$
as Peggy DelaneySweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted...
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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
as Polly VandersmaScatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a...
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Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics
as KathyAn artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that...
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Really Weird Tales
as Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.
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Geraldine's Fortune
as Tina LaroseA grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television...
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Christmas in Rockwell
as JuniperA famous Hollywood actress returns to her hometown where she is enlisted to participate in a...
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Haven
as EvaBased on the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000...
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Like a House on Fire
as KatherineDara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years...
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Beethoven Lives Upstairs
as SophieWhen his mother rents their vacant room to a peculiar composer, Christoph can't believe his bad...
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Montreal Stories
as Ann StuartSix stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic...
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Beautiful Dreamers
as Molly JessopWhen the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt...
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The Awakening
as NancySara lives in a small town where everybody knows everybody and her life is an open book. Left...
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A Private Matter
as Diane CallaghanThe true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of...
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Algonquin
as RitaA father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.
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Virtual Mom
as HollySometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen...
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You Know My Name
as Mrs. LynnIn six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times...
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Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall
as SelfLiza's dynamic show made history by breaking the box-office record for Radio City. A true...
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Considering Love and Other Magic
as VeronicaIn desperate need of extra high school credits, Jessie agrees to tutor young Tommy Faber, but...
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George's Island
as Miss BirdwoodAfter telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s...
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I Was a Rat
as Mrs. TapscrewA little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy...
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The Biggest Little Ticket
as The TrollThis one-hour children's television special is the story of a young girl who slips into an...
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Cardinals
as Valerie WalkerWhen Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk...
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The Marriage Bed
as Lynn ReaillyLinda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third...
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Happy Place
as Joyce"Welcome to the zoo," Samira is advised as she’s admitted to an in-patient care facility in the...
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Dancing on the Elephant
as NoraFaced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna...
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White Room
as ZeldaNorm, an aimless writer, witnesses the murder of rock video star Madelaine X and feels guilty,...
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Stroke of Fate
as ShirleyIn a hospital waiting room, family wounds are exposed as a mother and son wait for news of their...
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An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order
as EllenDirected dy Chris Agoston, Clara Altimas, Nabil Badine, Neil Huber
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The Care and Handling of Roses
as Carol DosterA fondness for old movies brings together two fortysomethings, each happily married to other people.
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9B
as HeatherThe story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a...
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The Good Doctor
as Rose BabcockShaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country...
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Star Trek: Discovery
as All-MotherFollow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and...
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The Umbrella Academy
as AgnesA dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's...
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Orphan Black
as Connie HendrixA streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a...
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Orphan Black
as Connie Hendrix (voice)A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a...
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Rookie Blue
as Leigh SenettAmbitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest...
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Private Eyes
as Shirl GlinskiEx-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I....
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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Debra (Sarah) HollisterThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...
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Saving Hope
as Violet DevonshireWhen Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his...
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Nurses
as Phillis BrunerFollow five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy hospital in downtown Toronto,...
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The Ray Bradbury Theater
as FrancineA Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray...
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Conviction
as Dr. Jane SotoA brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed...
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This Is Wonderland
as uncreditedAlice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in...
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Little Mosque on the Prairie
as Sarah HamoudiThe series focuses on the Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan...
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Puppets Who Kill
as uncreditedPuppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It...
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The Detail
as Helen MailerThree fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while...
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More Tales of the City
as MildredLonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the...
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Bad Dog
as uncreditedBad Dog is a cartoon series produced by Saban Entertainment and CineGroupe for the Teletoon and...
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Emily of New Moon
as Laura MurrayEmily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to...
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Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
as TammyOn her deathbed, Doris Duke, the world's wealthiest woman, recalls her lavish, tumultuous years...
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Four on the Floor
as uncreditedFour on the Floor was a sketch comedy series aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only...
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A Woman of Independent Means
as TotsieBess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a...
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