Sheila McCarthy

Q: Has Sheila McCarthy won any awards?

Sheila McCarthy received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in 'Little Criminals' and has won several accolades for her stage performances.

Q: What was Sheila McCarthy's first film?

Sheila McCarthy made her film debut in the 1984 movie 'The Last Resort,' which marked the beginning of her acting career.

Q: What is Sheila McCarthy's net worth?

Sheila McCarthy's estimated net worth is around $1 million, primarily from her extensive work in film and television.

Q: How did Sheila McCarthy start her acting career?

Sheila McCarthy began her acting career in Canadian theater before transitioning to film and television, where she gained widespread recognition.

Q: What genres does Sheila McCarthy typically work in?

Sheila McCarthy is known for her work in both dramatic and comedic roles, showcasing her versatility as an actress.

Q: Is Sheila McCarthy involved in any other artistic pursuits?

In addition to acting, Sheila McCarthy has been involved in various theater productions, highlighting her talent in live performances.

Q: What are some of Sheila McCarthy's notable television roles?

Some of Sheila McCarthy's notable television roles include her performances in 'The Republic of Doyle' and guest appearances on various Canadian series.

Known for

The Umbrella Academy (2019–)

IMDb 7.9 / 10

2019– / Action, Adventure / 60 min

A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.

Die Hard 2 (1990)

IMDb 7.1 / 10

1990 / Action, Thriller / 124 min

Off-duty cop John McClane is gripped with a feeling of déjà vu when, on a snowy Christmas Eve in the nation’s capital, terrorists seize...

Anything for Jackson (2020)

IMDb 6.3 / 10

2020 / Horror / 96mins

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn...

Name

Sheila McCarthy

Height

5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Born

27 March 1960, Willowdale, Ontario, Canada

Spouses

Peter Keleghan (1999–present)

Children

2 children, names not publicly known

Parents

Jack McCarthy, Mary McCarthy

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Voices of Our Mother When a family matriarch falls seriously ill, relatives gather and discover their shared ancestral ties bind them in unexpected ways.	Harriet	Not rated
2026	TV The Miniature Wife Lindy and Les, a married writer and scientist, are forced to re-evaluate the power balances in their relationship after a...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2026	Movie The Well In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight for the precious resources needed to survive, a young...	Gabriel	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2025	Movie Love Is the Monster A couple, Ana and Justin, rocked by infidelity, attend an exclusive couples retreat in Finland, under the golden rays of...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2025	Movie Dancing on the Elephant Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of...	Nora	Not rated
2025	Movie All the Lost Ones In a dystopian and climate-ravaged future America torn apart by civil war, a group hiding in a remote cabin become...	Dawn	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2022	Movie Women Talking A group of women in an isolated religious colony struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults...	Greta	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2022	Movie Christmas in Rockwell A famous Hollywood actress returns to her hometown where she is enlisted to participate in a Christmas play which threatens...	Juniper	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2022	Movie Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 Zed and Addison are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that’s become a safe haven for...	Hologram Alien Scout	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2021	Movie The Middle Man Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in...	Mrs. Stout	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2021	Movie Stroke of Fate In a hospital waiting room, family wounds are exposed as a mother and son wait for news of their loved...	Shirley	Not rated
2021	Movie Like a House on Fire Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she...	Katherine	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2020	Movie Happy Place "Welcome to the zoo," Samira is advised as she’s admitted to an in-patient care facility in the wake of a...	Joyce	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2020	Movie The Broken Hearts Gallery Lucy is a young gallery assistant who collects mementos from her relationships. She discovers that she must let go of...	Cheryl Gulliver	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2020	Movie Anything for Jackson A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's...	Audrey Walsh	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2020	TV Nurses Follow five young nurses working on the frontlines of a busy hospital in downtown Toronto, dedicating their lives to helping...	Phillis Bruner	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2019	Movie The Christmas Club Two busy strangers meet when they help an elderly woman find her lost Christmas savings. Thanks to fate and Christmas...	Miss Maggie	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2019	Movie Christmas 9 to 5 Jennifer is a tough crime beat reporter who gets the assignment of her life: to find the true meaning of...	Rose Stark	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2019	Movie An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order Directed dy Chris Agoston, Clara Altimas, Nabil Badine, Neil Huber	Ellen	Not rated
2019	Movie Isabelle A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle...	Ann Pelway	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2019	TV The Umbrella Academy Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to...	Agnes	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2018	TV The Detail Three fiercely talented female homicide investigators work tirelessly to solve crimes while navigating the complicated demands of their personal lives.	Helen Mailer	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2018	Movie Level 16 The teenage girls of Vestalis Academy are meticulously trained in the art of being “clean girls,” practicing the virtues of...	Mrs. Denison	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2018	Movie Still/Born Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss...	Sheila	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2017	Movie Considering Love and Other Magic In desperate need of extra high school credits, Jessie agrees to tutor young Tommy Faber, but when the timid 14-year-old...	Veronica	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2017	TV The Good Doctor Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious...	Rose Babcock	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2017	TV Star Trek: Discovery Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer...	All-Mother	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2017	Movie Cardinals When Valerie returns home from prison years after killing her neighbour in an apparent drunk driving accident, she wants nothing...	Valerie Walker	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	TV Conviction A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's...	Dr. Jane Soto	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2016	Movie Milton's Secret 11 year-old Milton Adams is growing up in an uncertain world. With his parents constantly stressing about their careers and...	Luz	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2016	TV Private Eyes Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form...	Shirl Glinski	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2016	Movie Brace for Impact When disgraced Flight Crash Investigator Sofia Gilchrist's brother dies in the crash of a plane she was supposed to be...	Faradee Gilchrist	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2016	Movie Ice Girls A figure skater is injured during a competition. A coach that hired her then helps her rehab her injury so...	Aunt Ginger	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2015	TV Whatever, Linda It's 1978 and Linda Thoroughbred is broke. And divorced. And almost 30. But if life still brings her some misery,...	Sheila Hardy	Not rated
2014	Movie A Fighting Man Two men meet in the ring for a fight that will change their lives.	Rose O'Connor	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2014	Movie Algonquin A father-son camping expedition runs aground on misfortune and family secrets.	Rita	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2014	Movie Dear Viola Katie, a shy newspaper accountant submits a reply to a "Dear Viola" letter to the editor that she works for,...	Peggy	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	TV Orphan Black A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like...	Connie Hendrix	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2013	TV Orphan Black A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like...	Connie Hendrix (voice)	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2012	Movie Antiviral Syd March is employed at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans....	Dev Harvey	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2012	TV Saving Hope When Charlie Harris ends up in a coma, he leaves the Hope-Zion Hospital in chaos - and his fiancée and...	Violet Devonshire	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	TV Rookie Blue Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences....	Leigh Senett	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	Movie Year of the Carnivore A girl has a crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed so she goes out to get...	Mrs. Smalls	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2007	Movie Breakfast with Scot The lives of Eric, an ex hockey player, and his partner Sam, are thrown into turmoil when they are forced...	Miss Patterson (uncredited)	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2007	Movie The Stone Angel The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have...	Doris	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2007	TV Little Mosque on the Prairie The series focuses on the Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan (population 14,000).	Sarah Hamoudi	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2006	Movie Cow Belles In order to learn how to be responsible, two wealthy teen sisters are forced to work in the family business...	Fran Walker	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2005	Movie Bailey's Billion$ Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him...	Peggy Delaney	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2004	Movie Geraldine's Fortune A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show.	Tina Larose	TMDB 3.3 / 10
2004	Movie Being Julia Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband...	Grace Dexter	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	Movie The Day After Tomorrow After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a...	Judith	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2004	Movie Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen After moving to New Jersey, Lola bags a coveted role in a school play, which earns her the wrath of...	Mrs. Gerard	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2004	TV This Is Wonderland Alice De Raey is a newly minted attorney who joins the chaotic world of criminal justice in Toronto. She's exposed...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.	Polly Vandersma (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	Movie Full-Court Miracle Inspired by the true story of University of Virginia basketball star Lamont Carr, the film centers on a group of...	Mrs. Klein	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2002	TV Puppets Who Kill Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2002	Movie The Rats A clan of evil rats overtakes a Manhattan department store and threatens to overrun the city.	Miss Paige	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2002	Movie Lathe of Heaven In a near future society a man claims that his dreams physically change reality. His therapist is confused at first...	Penny	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie Duct Tape Forever When an evil land baron's limo falls into a sinkhole outside Possum Lodge, lodge leader Red Green is ordered to...	Easterbrook (uncredited)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2001	Movie I Was a Rat A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is...	Mrs. Tapscrew	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2001	Movie Rare Birds A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase...	Claire	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	Movie Haven Based on the true story of a woman named Ruth Gruber who travels to Europe to help escort 1000 Jewish...	Eva	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2000	TV Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse is a Canadian animated television show produced by Nelvana. It tells the stories of a young...	Elizabeth the Emotional Pig (voice)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2000	Movie Custody of the Heart Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the couple's traditional family roles...	Alice	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2000	Movie Virtual Mom Sometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen year-old Lucy and her mom, Holly,...	Holly	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie You Know My Name In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the...	Mrs. Lynn	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1999	TV Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke On her deathbed, Doris Duke, the world's wealthiest woman, recalls her lavish, tumultuous years as a young socialite.	Tammy	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1998	Movie Dead Husbands Dr. Carter Elson is a man who finds a list of men's names among his wife Alex's possessions. When Carter...	Jane Armitage	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1998	TV Bad Dog Focuses on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. Whenever Berkeley is told that he is a bad dog, he...	(voice)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	TV More Tales of the City Lonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding...	Mildred	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	TV Emily of New Moon Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series...	Laura Murray	TMDB 8.8 / 10
1997	Movie Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework Thirteen-year-old Jesse is a typical teenager who hates his teacher, Mrs. Fink. While visiting a vintage clothing shop, Jesse sees...	Jesse's Mom	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1996	Movie The Care and Handling of Roses A fondness for old movies brings together two fortysomethings, each happily married to other people.	Carol Doster	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	Movie House Arrest High-schooler Grover Beindorf and his younger sister Stacy decide that their parents, Janet and Ned, are acting childishly when they...	Gwenna Krupp	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1995	Movie The Awakening Sara lives in a small town where everybody knows everybody and her life is an open book. Left with the...	Nancy	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1995	Movie The Possession of Michael D. When a dark force begins to destroy a couple's happiness, they decide to turn to a parapsychologist who discovers that...	Jenny	TMDB 5.4 / 10
1995	TV A Woman of Independent Means Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the...	Totsie	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1994	Movie Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills About the 1989 murders of Carolco Entertainment chairman, Jose Menendez, and his wife, Kitty, who were killed by their sons,...	Jill Lansing	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	Movie The Biggest Little Ticket This one-hour children's television special is the story of a young girl who slips into an enchanted world of trolls...	The Troll	Not rated
1993	Movie The Lotus Eaters Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas...	Diana Kingswood	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1993	Movie Journey to the Planets Creatures from space in search of a new home arrive at the Solar System and discuss each planet. An educational...	Oracle (voice)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie Liza Minnelli - Live from Radio City Music Hall Liza's dynamic show made history by breaking the box-office record for Radio City. A true superstar, this all-new extravaganza stars...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1992	Movie Beethoven Lives Upstairs When his mother rents their vacant room to a peculiar composer, Christoph can't believe his bad luck. But as the...	Sophie	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1992	TV Picket Fences An aging Sheriff tries to keep the peace in Rome, Wisconsin, a small town plagued by bizarre and violent crimes.	Sue Walsh	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1992	Movie A Private Matter The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in...	Diane Callaghan	TMDB 5.5 / 10
1991	Movie Montreal Stories Six stories about Montreal. 1: A young housewife from Toronto samples the nightlife using basic French. 2: The tale of...	Ann Stuart	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1991	Movie Stepping Out A has-been Broadway performer gives tap lessons to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes, bond and realize...	Andy	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1991	Movie Paradise A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl.	Sally Pike	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1991	TV The Hidden Room The Hidden Room is an American drama-horror anthology television series. Geared mainly towards women, it aired on Lifetime for 33 episodes from 1991...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie The Soulmates in the Gift of Light Wicked Angris McBragg sets out to ruin Christmas by undermining the forces of good. Santa Claus abandons his workshop and...	(voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie Back to the Beanstalk Jack Jr., son of Jack the Giant Killer, grows his own beanstalk in a quest to find his father and...	Garbanza	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1990	Movie Bright Angel In Montana, naive teenager George longs to escape from his broken home before his dysfunctional parents push him over the...	Nina	TMDB 4.9 / 10
1990	Movie Pacific Heights A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their...	Liz Hamilton	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1990	Movie White Room Norm, an aimless writer, witnesses the murder of rock video star Madelaine X and feels guilty, as he did nothing...	Zelda	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1990	Movie Die Hard 2 One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in...	Samantha 'Sam' Coleman	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1990	Movie Beautiful Dreamers When the superintendent of the Canadian insane asylum, Dr. Maurice Bucke, meets poet Walt Whitman, his life and that of...	Molly Jessop	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1989	Movie Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics An artist fired from his job comes home and discovers that his wife is having an affair and that she...	Kathy	TMDB 3.0 / 10
1989	Movie George's Island After telling his class about the ghost of Captain Kidd and his buried treasure on George’s Island, George is placed...	Miss Birdwood	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1988	Movie Much Ado About Nothing Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice...	Margaret	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1987	Movie I've Heard the Mermaids Singing Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a professional photographer, and...	Polly Vandersma	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1987	Movie A Nest of Singing Birds Anna, a young philosophy academic, arrives at a small Canadian university as a sessional lecturer. There she meets an older...	Anna	Not rated
1986	Movie The Marriage Bed Linda Griffiths stars as very pregnant Annie Graham, who's about to give birth to her third child in seven years....	Lynn Reailly	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1986	Movie Really Weird Tales The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.	Ellie Hutchins (segment "Cursed With Charisma")	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1986	Movie 9B The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British...	Heather	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	TV Four on the Floor Four on the Floor was a sketch comedy series aired on CBC Television in 1986. Consisting of only 13 episodes,...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1985	Movie Love & Larceny Besty Bigley, a notorious con-woman of the 1890s, alias Mrs. Chadwick, alias Pelvina de Vere, and a string of other...	Mary Bigley	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1985	TV The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on...	Debra (Sarah) Hollister	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1985	TV The Ray Bradbury Theater A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's...	Francine	TMDB 6.9 / 10
TBA	Movie Surfacing After years of struggling with severe depression, a young man begins to open his heart, learning to love himself and...	Dawn	TMDB 7.0 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2017	Movie The Definites A woman leaves her husband-to-be and instead weds her own wild desire when she flies away to a libidinous, party-filled...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 2.3 / 10
2000	Movie Virtual Mom Sometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen year-old Lucy and her mom, Holly,...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2000	Movie Virtual Mom Sometimes it takes something special to bring a mother and daughter together. For thirteen year-old Lucy and her mom, Holly,...	Teleplay Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Russet Season An offbeat apple could change the life of a young editor stuck in a relationship with the wrong guy.	Director Directing	Not rated