Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007
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Sheila McCarthy (born January 1, 1956) is a Canadian actress and singer. She has worked in film, television, and on stage. McCarthy is one of Canada's most honoured actors, having won two Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), an ACTRA Award, and two Dora Awards (theatre), along with multiple nominations.
Sheila McCarthy. Actress: Women Talking. Sheila met spouse Peter Donaldson while doing an aerobics warm-up (she was the instructor) while in a punk-rock production of "Godspell" at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario in 1983.
Sheila McCarthy. Actress: Women Talking. Sheila met spouse Peter Donaldson while doing an aerobics warm-up (she was the instructor) while in a punk-rock production of "Godspell" at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario in 1983.
Jan 5, 2023 · Sheila McCarthy on Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’: ‘I Was so Fangirl With the Cast at First’. By Stuart Miller. Michael Gibson. Coming out of the darkest days of the pandemic, 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.
Sheila McCarthy, one of the hardest-working performers in Canadian film, television and on stage, began as a self-described "lovely little dancer girl" at the Thornhill Free School north of Toronto. Her first appearance on stage was at Toronto's Elgin Theatre in Peter Pan at 6 years old.
Mar 27, 2023 · Actor Sheila McCarthy joined Tom Power to reflect on a career playing unconventional leading ladies, plus her role in Sarah Polley's new film Women Talking.
Thirty-five years after Sheila McCarthy starred in the groundbreaking Canadian movie I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, she reflects on her career of playing quirky, funny and complicated...
Dec 23, 2022 · Sheila McCarthy and Judith Ivey, who respectively play Mennonite elders Greta Loewen and Agatha Friesen in the film, spoke exclusively to The List about the impact female empowerment had on the production of "Women Talking" and how the film speaks to current issues.
Sheila McCarthy. Actor. (b. January 27, 1956 Toronto, Ontario) This patrician beauty – whose plain but strikingly inquisitive features often find her typecast in film roles as awkward, bookish types – is one of Canada’s finest actors and most versatile performers.
