Sheila McCarthy Profile

Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian singer and actress best known for her role as Sarah Hamoudi in the Canadian television series Little Mosque on the Prairie. One of her most well-known film roles was as Samantha, a news reporter in Bruce Willis’s Die Hard 2. Her most recent roles include Connie Hendrix, mother of the clone Alison in BBC America’s Orphan Black, and Agnes Rofa in Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy.

Sheila McCarthy Education

McCarthy went to Thornlea Secondary School in Thornhill when she was younger. At the age of six, she made her stage debut in Peter Pan at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre. She later attended the University of Victoria and spent a year studying with Uta Hagen at her HB Studio in New York City, as well as working with the Second City troupe in Toronto.

Sheila McCarthy Age

McCarthy is 65 years old as of 2021. She was born on 27 January 1956 in Toronto, Canada. She celebrates her birthday on 27 January.

Sheila McCarthy Height

McCarthy stands at a height of 5 Feet 6 inches.

Sheila McCarthy Family

McCarthy is the sister of composer John McCarthy. Information regarding McCarthy’s parents and siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.

Sheila McCarthy Husband

McCarthy is a widow. She was married to the late actor Peter Donaldson, who was the son of Betty and Norman Donaldson. The couple met in 1983 while working in theatre in London, Ontario, and they were married in December 1986 in Stratford.

Quick Facts About Sheila McCarthy

They have two daughters; one of their daughters is Mackenzie Donaldson also an actor. Donaldson died of lung cancer at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto at the age of 57 on 8 January 2011, in Toronto, Canada.

Sheila McCarthy Net Worth

McCarthy has an estimated net worth of $12 Million.

Sheila McCarthy The Umbrella Academy

McCarthy portrays Agnes Rofa in the Netflix adaptation of The Umbrella Academy. Agnes Rofa was Hazel’s love interest and the former owner of Griddy’s Doughnuts. She is first seen working as a waitress and baker at Griddy’s Doughnuts.

She enjoys bird-watching in her spare time. Her ambition is to one day save enough money to quit her job, relocate to the countryside, and establish a vegetable garden and bakery. When he and Cha-Cha are sent to 2019 to stop Five from preventing the apocalypse, they meet Hazel.

Hazel gradually develops feelings for Agnes, and she, in turn, develops feelings for him. Eventually, knowing that the apocalypse is approaching and that they must make the most of the time they have, he persuades Agnes not to wait any longer and to pursue her dreams now.

As a result, Agnes closes her store and the two flee the city, while an enraged Cha-Cha threatens to kill them both. They first stop at a motel, where Hazel tells her to wait for him while he tries to avert the apocalypse.

While he’s gone, Cha-Cha finds Agnes and kidnaps her. When Hazel returns, he and Cha-Cha have a brawl. Agnes is on the verge of death when the Handler stops time and breaks up the fight. The Handler then kidnaps Agnes and demands that Cha-Cha and Hazel continue their mission.

Hazel goes rogue once more, throwing Cha-Cha out of a car and killing the Handler, saving Agnes. Despite knowing about Hazel’s past, Agnes forgives him. They can be seen teleporting to an unknown time and location. Agnes and Hazel are together for about 20 years before Agnes dies of cancer. Hazel tells Five that her death was painless and that they had had a good time together.

Sheila McCarthy Beethoven Lives Upstairs

McCarthy appeared as Sophie in Beethoven Lives Upstairs, a 1992 HBO Original Film. The film was shot in Prague, Czech Republic, and has been broadcast in over 110 countries in a variety of languages, selling over one million DVDs. The film is widely used in elementary and middle school music classrooms in the United States and Canada, thanks to positive reviews and awards from the American Library Association.

The film went on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program in 1993, as well as four Gemini Awards, the New England Film Festival, and the Award of Excellence from the United States National Board of Film Review. Beethoven Lives Upstairs was also added to the Paley Center for Media’s Permanent Collection in New York City.

Sheila McCarthy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen

McCarthy appeared as Mrs. Gerard in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, a 2004 American teenage musical comedy film. Lindsay Lohan plays an aspiring teen actress whose family relocates from New York City to New Jersey; Adam Garcia plays her favorite rock musician; Glenne Headly plays her mother, and Alison Pill plays her best friend.

Megan Fox made her theatrical film acting debut in this film. Buena Vista Pictures released it on February 17, 2004, to mostly negative critical reaction, but it was a modest commercial success, finishing second at the box office behind 50 First Dates. It was released on VHS and DVD on July 20, 2004.

Sheila McCarthy Little Mosque on the Prairie

McCarthy appeared as Sarah Hamoudi, a former Anglican, Sarah converted to Islam when she married Yasir in Little Mosque on the Prairie, a Canadian television sitcom. She, like her husband, struggles with Muslim customs and regulations and is frequently exposed by their more religious daughter, Rayyan.

She wears the hijab to mosque services but not on a daily basis. After her divorce from Yasir, she changed her name back to Sarah Cunningham at the request of Ann Popowicz. Ann wanted Sarah’s new middle name to be “Danger,” but it ended up being Dangler. Following Sarah’s divorce, Baber and Rev.

Thorne begins competing for her soul and which religion she will join. Sarah was revealed to lack a wild side as well, and her memories of a wild past were actually her living via her friend Ann Popowicz. Sarah tries to let loose when she kisses a stranger named Lou and gets into a bar fight with his girlfriend Svetlana. She later has a spiritual crisis and abandons Islam to return to the Anglican church, but she eventually realizes she still wants to be a Muslim and renews her shahadah.

Sheila McCarthy TV Shows

• 2021 – The Good Doctor
• 2020 – Nurses
• 2019 – Star Trek: Discovery – Amesha
• 2019 – The Umbrella Academy
• 2018 – The Detail
• 2016 – Ice Girls
• 2016 – Brace for Impact
• 2015 – Orphan Black
• 2014 – Saving Hope
• 2014 – Dear Viola
• 2013 – Murdoch Mysteries
• 2010 – Love Letters
• 2009 – The Ron James Show
• 2007–2012 – Little Mosque on the Prairie
• 2006 – Roxana
• 2006 – Cow Belles
• 2005 – Puppets Who Kill
• 2005 – Missing
• 2004 – The Shields Stories
• 2003 – Custody of the Heart
• 2003 – Full-Court Miracle
• 2002 – Lathe of Heaven
• 2002 – The Rats – Miss
• 2001 – Haven
• 2001 – Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
• 2001 – Royal Canadian Air Farce
• 2001 – I Was a Rat
• 2001 – The Endless Grind
• 2000 – Virtual Mom
• 2000 – Super Rupert
• 2000 – Marvin The Tap
• 1999 – You Know My Name

Sheila McCarthy Movies

• 2021 – Like a House on Fire
• 2021 – The Middle Man
• 2020 – Stroke of Fate
• 2020 – Happy Place
• 2020 – Anything for Jackson
• 2017 – Cardinals –
• 2016 – Considering Love and Other Magic –
• 2016 – Milton’s Secret
• 2014 – A Fighting Man
• 2009 – Year of the Carnivore
• 2007 – Breakfast with Scot
• 2007 – The Stone Angel
• 2006 – Small Avalanches
• 2005 – Bailey’s Billion$
• 2005 – The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard
• 2004 – Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
• 2004 – The Day After Tomorrow
• 2004 – Being Julia
• 2004 – Geraldine’s Fortune
• 2002 – Duct Tape Forever