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Sheila McCarthy

Sheila McCarthy

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.

CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Sheila McCarthy

Women Talking: A Chorus of Fury and Grace in the Silence They Were Never Allowed

on Women Talking | Jun 09, 2025

Sarah Polley’s Women Talking is not a film that unfolds it detonates, quietly but irrevocably, like a truth too long suppressed. Set almost entirely in a hayloft where Mennonite women debate their fut... Read more

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