Sheila McCarthy
Biography
Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian actress and singer who works in film, television, and theater. Born in Toronto, she first appeared on stage in Peter Pan at age six, later studied at the University of Victoria and with Uta Hagen at HB Studio, and workshopped with Second City. After years of television work, she gained early recognition for the television movie A Nest of Singing Birds (1988), then won a Genie Award for playing Polly in I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987). She has won two Genie Awards, two Gemini Awards, an ACTRA Award, and two Dora Awards, with multiple nominations. Her screen roles include the reporter Samantha in Die Hard 2 (1990), Sarah Hamoudi in Little Mosque on the Prairie, Connie Hendrix in Orphan Black, and Agnes Rofa in The Umbrella Academy. She has also done voice work and appeared on stage in Little Shop of Horrors, Hamlet, and Cabaret.
70years old
Turns 71 on January 1in 52 days
- Born Toronto
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 30
- Career span
- 37 years1987 to 2024
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Early training
McCarthy attended the University of Victoria, then spent a year in New York City studying with Uta Hagen at HB Studio. She also took part in workshops with the Second City troupe in Toronto.
Big break
Sheila McCarthy first stood out in Canadian film as Polly, the quirky and "organizationally impaired girl," in Patricia Rozema's I've Heard the Mermaids Singing. That role earned her the Genie Award for Best Actress.
Sheila McCarthy movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Damian Lee directed two of these films. Kenneth Welsh appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kenneth Welsh's page
James Caan's page
Michael Ironside's page
Bruce Greenwood's page
Melanie Griffith's page
Miriam Margolyes's page
All films by Damian Lee
Also two films together4 more actors
- Joe PingueAntiviral (2012) and The Rats (2002)
- Douglas SmithAll the Lost Ones (2024) and Antiviral (2012)
- Lara Jean ChorosteckiChristmas 9 to 5 (2019) and Antiviral (2012)
- Ron GabrielCow Belles (2006) and Full-Court Miracle (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Sheila McCarthy's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$918 million
9 of the 30 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 30 films: 9 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 9 never in cinemas; 8 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 9Never in cinemas
- 8Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$553M60.2% of the total
- 2$240M26.1% of the total
- 3$55M6.0% of the total
- 4$29M3.2% of the total
- 5$19M2.0% of the total
- 6$14M1.6% of the total
- 7$7.6M0.8% of the total
- 8$474K0.1% of the total
$123,407from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.