
Sheila McCarthy
Highest Rated: 100% I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
Lowest Rated: 7% Isabelle (2018)
Birthday: Jan 01, 1956
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
A versatile supporting player and occasional lead, Sheila McCarthy starred in Canadian productions of "Godspell," "Little Shop of Horrors" (as Audrey), and "Cabaret" before breaking into film and TV. Her first film of note was "I've Heard the Mermaids Singing" (1988), which won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The redheaded, saucer-eyed McCarthy played a 31-year old photographer who can't organize her life, but through working for a lesbian art gallery owner comes to terms with herself as an artist. By 1990, she was dividing her time between Canada and the US. Her first American film was the independent and little-seen Dermot Mulroney vehicle "Bright Angel" (shot in 1989; released theatrically in 1991). Other prominent roles include the reporter who lends Bruce Willis a hand in "Die Hard 2" (1990) and the pseudo-worldly waitress friend of Melanie Griffith who is no stranger to sexual encounters in "Paradise" (1991). At the opposite end of the spectrum was her quiet member of Liza Minnelli's tap-dancing class who, as it turned out, was battered by her husband in "Stepping Out" (also 1991) and the mother of a girl who uses black magic when she finds out her father is cheating in "The Lotus Eater" (1993). She and Christopher MacDonald play battling spouses held captive by their children in "House Arrest" (1996).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Place | Joyce (Character) | - | 2020 |
98% | 69% | Anything for Jackson | Audrey Walsh (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Christmas Club | Miss Maggie (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Christmas 9 to 5 | Rose Stark (Character) | - | 2019 |
7% | 27% | Isabelle | Ann Pelway (Character) | - | 2018 |
65% | 33% | Still/Born | Sheila (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Definites | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
83% | 85% | Cardinals |
Valerie Walker (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Martin's Hagge | Hagge (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Brace for Impact | Faradee Gilchrist (Character) | - | 2016 |
38% | 69% | Milton's Secret | Luz (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Considering Love and Other Magic | Veronica (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Ice Girls | Aunt Ginger (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Dear Viola | Peggy Maitland (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Algonquin | Rita (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Year of the Carnivore | Mrs. Smalls (Character) | - | 2009 |
44% | 58% | The Stone Angel | Doris (Character) | $31.9K | 2007 |
54% | 64% | Breakfast With Scot | School principal (Character) | $46.1K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Cow Belles | Fran Walker (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard | Hannah Maynard (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Geraldine's Fortune | Tina Larose (Character) | - | 2004 |
45% | 50% | The Day After Tomorrow | Judith (Character) | $186.7M | 2004 |
76% | 74% | Being Julia | Grace Dexter (Character) | $7.7M | 2004 |
14% | 35% | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Mrs. Gerard (Character) | $29.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Full-Court Miracle | Mrs. Klein (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Lathe of Heaven | Penny (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Was a Rat | Mrs. Tapscrew (Character) | - | 2001 |
54% | 69% | Rare Birds | Claire (Character) | $17.8K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Haven | Eva (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Virtual Mom | Holly (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 82% | You Know My Name | Mrs. Lynn (Character) | - | 1999 |
10% | 45% | House Arrest | Gwenna Krupp (Character) | $7M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Care and Handling of Roses | Carol Doster (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Awakening | Nancy (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Possession of Michael D. | Jenny (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lotus Eaters | Diana Kingswood (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 44% | A Private Matter | Diane Callaghan (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Room | Zelda (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Stepping Out | Andy (Character) | $232.3K | 1991 |
36% | 50% | Paradise | Sally Pike (Character) | $18.6M | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montreal Vu Par | Ann Stuart (Character) | - | 1991 |
80% | 31% | Bright Angel | Nina (Character) | $17.4K | 1990 |
69% | 70% | Die Hard 2 | Samantha Coleman (Character) | $115.3M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Beautiful Dreamers | Molly Jessop (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | George's Island | Miss Birdwood (Character) | $1.7K | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Friends, Lovers and Lunatics | Kathy (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Nest of Singing Birds | Anna (Character) | - | 1988 |
100% | 68% | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Polly Vandersma (Character) | $7K | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marriage Bed | Lynn Reailly (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Edmonton International Film Festival | Unknown (Character) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Private Eyes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2019 |
20% | No Score Yet | Conviction | Dr. Jane Soto (Guest Star) | 2016 |
93% | 92% | Orphan Black | Connie Hendrix (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ron James Show | Guest | 2013 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Mosque | Sarah Hamoudi (Character) | 2007-2012 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Rookie Blue | Leigh Senett (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Emily of New Moon | Laura Murray (Character) | 1998-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Unknown (Character) | 1999 |
82% | No Score Yet | Picket Fences | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995-1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Francine (Character) | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Littlest Hobo |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1984 |
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