Search results
One of her more recognized big-screen roles is Samantha, the news reporter in the movie Die Hard 2 with Bruce Willis. Her most recent roles are Connie Hendrix, mother of the clone Alison in series Orphan Black and Agnes Rofa in the series The Umbrella Academy .
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.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
McCarthy plays the matriarch Greta, with an ensemble that includes Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Frances McDormand. "The cast is full of big, huge movie stars. I was a fangirl for most of it," McCarthy says, "but working with Sarah Polley grounded me and made me feel a part of something I am so proud and honored to be in. Lucky me.
In 1990, McCarthy played Ophelia in Hamlet at Toronto Free Theatre. At the STRATFORD FESTIVAL, she starred as Sally Bowles in Cabaret, appeared in School for Scandal, and played the roles of Adelaide in Guys and Dolls and Irma in Anything Goes. In 1992 she played Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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.
Her film The Cardinals earned her a 2018 ACTRA Award for best actress, and she has a starring role on Star Trek: Discovery this season. Directing credits include Brighton Beach Memoirs (Harold Green Theatre) and Norm Foster’s Lunenburg (Orangeville).
