Sheila McCarthy
Sheila McCarthy | |
|---|---|
 McCarthy di Anugerah Gemini 2012 | |
| Kelahiran | 1 Januari 1956 |
| Pekerjaan | Pelakon |
| Tahun aktif | 1983–kini |
Sheila McCarthy (lahir 1 Januari 1956) adalah pelakon, dan penyanyi Kanada. Beliau merupakan salah satu pelakon yang paling terhormat di Kanada, selepas memenangi dua Genie Awards (filem), dua Gemini Awards (televisyen), dan dua Dora Awards (teater) di antara beberapa pencalonan. Pada 2007, McCarthy dapat ditonton dalam siri televisyen Kanada Little Mosque on the Prairie. Sheila McCarthy mempamerkan keahliannya menyanyi di "Cow Belles".[1][2]
Beliau juga melakukan suara-suara watak dalam Free Willy, Mythic Warriors, The Neverending Story, Rolie Polie Olie, Bad Dog dan Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse.
McCarthy lahir di Toronto, Ontario. Dia berkahwin dengan pelakon Peter Donaldson, yang meninggal dunia pada 8 Januari 2011 setelah menderita selama dua tahun dengan kanser.[3] Pasangan ini mempunyai dua anak.
Kehidupan awal[sunting | sunting sumber]
McCarthy menghadiri Thornhill Free School pada masa mudanya. Penampilan pertama beliau di atas pentas adalah di Teater Elgin Toronto dalam Peter Pan pada usia 6 tahun.[4] Beliau kemudian belajar di Universiti Victoria dan menghabiskan setahun belajar dengan lakonan guru berpengaruh Uta Hagen di HB Studio di New York City, dan juga mengadakan bengkel dengan rombongan Second City di Toronto.
Kerjaya[sunting | sunting sumber]
Selepas beberapa tahun bekerja di televisyen, McCarthy mendapat peranan dalam filem dibuat untuk televisyen A Nest of Singing Birds (1987), menerima pengiktirafan awal untuk bakat beliau dengan pencalonan Anugerah Gemini untuk Persembahan Terbaik oleh Pelakon Utama dalam Program Dramatik. Tahun itu, beliau membuat peranan impresi dalam filem Kanada seperti Polly, aneh, "gadis organisasi mencabar" dalam filem I've Heard the Mermaids Singing arahan Patricia Rozema. Untuk peranan ini, McCarthy memenangi Anugerah Genie untuk Pelakon Wanita Terbaik. Filem ini kemudian menjadi sangat popular di Kanada, menerima banyak anugerah antarabangsa dan domestik dan pujian kritis, dengan beberapa pengkritik menggelarnya ia klasik Kanada segera.[4][5][6]
Sejak McCarthy telah menjadi salah satu pelakon yang paling dihormati di Kanada, telah memenangi dua Anugerah Genie (filem), dua Anugerah Gemini (televisyen), dan dua Anugerah Dora (teater) bersama-sama dengan beberapa pencalonan.[7][2]
Beliau memegang watak Sarah Hamoudi dalam siri televisyen Kanada Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007-2012), peranan yang mana beliau telah dicalonkan untuk anugerah Gemini. Salah satu peranan skrin besar yang paling diiktiraf seperti Samantha, wartawan berita dalam filem Die Hard 2 dengan Bruce Willis. peranan yang paling baru-baru ini beliau adalah sebagai Connie Hendrix, ibu kepada klon Alison dalam siri BBC America Orphan Black.
Beliau juga adalah seorang pelakon suara latar yang berjaya, telah menyumbangkan aksara suara dalam Free Willy, Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Neverending Story, Rolie Polie Olie, Bad Dog and Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse.
Di atas pentas, McCarthy telah muncul dalam Little Shop of Horrors, Hamlet, Cabaret, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes dan Love Letters antara rancangan lain.[8]
Kehidupan peribadi[sunting | sunting sumber]
McCarthy dilahirkan di Toronto, Ontario. Beliau telah berkahwin dengan pelakon Peter Donaldson, yang meninggal dunia 8 Januari 2011 dua tahun selepas disahkan menghidap kanser.[9] Bersama-sama mereka mempunyai dua orang anak, termasuk Mackenzie Donaldson, yang juga dalam perniagaan persembahan (producer of Whatever, Linda and Orphan Black).[10]
Sheila McCarthy aktif sebagai jurucakap untuk The Quilt Project, sebuah kumpulan sokongan untuk keluarga yang terlibat dengan kanser payudara, dan Canadian Feed the Children.[4]
Filemografi[sunting | sunting sumber]
| Tahun | Tajuk | Peranan | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | A Nest of Singing Birds | Anna | |
| 1987 | I've Heard the Mermaids Singing | Polly Vandersma | Memenangi Genie Award untuk Pelakon Terbaik |
| 1988 | Gandahar | Council Spokeswoman (suara) | |
| 1989 | Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics | Kathy | |
| 1989 | George's Island | Miss Birdwood | |
| 1990 | Beautiful Dreamers | Molly Jessop | |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Samantha 'Sam' Coleman | |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Liz Hamilton | |
| 1990 | Bright Angel | Nina | |
| 1991 | White Room | Zelda | |
| 1991 | Paradise | Sally Pike | |
| 1991 | Stepping Out | Andy | |
| 1991 | Montréal vu par... | Ann Stuart | Segment: "Desperanto" |
| 1993 | Journey to the Planets | Oracle (voice) | Short film |
| 1993 | The Lotus Eaters | Diane Kingswood | Won the Genie Award for Best Actress |
| 1996 | House Arrest | Gwenna Krupp | |
| 1997 | Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework | Mrs. Hackett | |
| 2001 | Rare Birds | Claire | |
| 2002 | Duct Tape Forever | Easterbrook (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Mrs. Gerard | |
| 2004 | The Day After Tomorrow | Judith | |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Grace Dexter | |
| 2004 | Geraldine's Fortune | Tina Larose | |
| 2005 | Bailey's Billion$ | Peggy Delaney | |
| 2005 | The Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard | Hannah Maynard | Short film |
| 2006 | Small Avalanches | Nancy's Mother | Short film |
| 2007 | Breakfast with Scot | Miss Patterson | |
| 2007 | The Stone Angel | Doris Shipley | |
| 2009 | Year of the Carnivore | Mrs. Smalls | |
| 2014 | A Fighting Man | Rose | |
| 2016 | Brace For Impact | ||
| 2016 | Milton's Secret |
| Tahun | Tajuk | Peranan | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Hangin' In | Episode: "The Princess and the Pea" | |
| 1983 | Today's Special | Sourpuss Sal | Episode: "Smiles" |
| 1984 | The Littlest Hobo | Murielle | Episode: "Three Monkeys of Bah Roghar: Part 1" Episode: "Three Monkeys of Bah Roghar: Part 2" |
| 1985 | Love & Larceny | Mary Bigley | TV movie |
| 1985 | Tucker and the Horse Thief | TV movie | |
| 1986 | 9B | Heather | TV movie |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed | Lynn Reailly | TV movie |
| 1986 | Hot Shots | Jenny | Episode: "Cut Off in His Prime" |
| 1987 | Much Ado About Nothing | Margaret | TV movie |
| 1987 | Really Weird Tales | Ellie Hutchins | Episode: "Cursed with Charisma" |
| 1988 | Mount Royal | Luise Blaikie | Episode: "Still Life" |
| 1989 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Sarah Hollister | Episode: "For Art's Sake" |
| 1989 | Trying Times | Jenny Amber | Episode: "A Good Life" |
| 1990 | Labour of Love | TV movie | |
| 1990 | E.N.G. | Carol Barton | Episode: "Till Death Us Do Part" |
| 1990 | Back to the Beanstalk | Garbanza | TV movie |
| 1990 | Steel Magnolias | Annelle Dupuy-Desoto | TV pilot (unsold) |
| 1990 | Street Legal | Stephanie Coleman | Episode: "The Psychic" |
| 1991 | The Soulmates: The Gift of Light | (voice) | TV movie |
| 1991 | Rupert | Additional Voices | 13 episodes |
| 1991 | The Hidden Room | Episode: "Rogue in the Bathroom" | |
| 1992 | Beethoven Lives Upstairs | Sophie | TV movie |
| 1992 | A Private Matter | Diane Callaghan | TV movie |
| 1992 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Francine | Episode: "The Lonely One" |
| 1994 | Free Willy | Annie | TV series |
| 1994 | Dan Redican Comedy Hour | Various | TV movie |
| 1994 | Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills | Jill Lansing | TV movie |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | Totsie | TV movie |
| 1995 | The Awakening | Nancy | TV movie |
| 1995–1996 | Picket Fences | Sue Walsh | 4 episodes |
| 1996 | Road to Avonlea | Betty Blaine | Episode: "King of the Great White Way" |
| 1996 | The Care and Handling of Roses | Carol Doster | TV movie |
| 1998 | Bad Dog | (voice) | TV series |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City | Mildred | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | Dead Husbands | Jane Armitage | TV movie |
| 1998–2000 | Emily of New Moon | Laura Murray | 46 episodes |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Mrs. Lynn | TV movie |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Tammy | TV movie |
| 1999 | Mythic Warriors | Clotho (voice) | Episode: "Damon and Pythias" |
| 2000 | Virtual Mom | Holly | TV movie, also writer |
| 2000 | Super Rupert | Aunt Rhonda | TV series |
| 2000 | Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse | Elizabeth the Emotional Pig (voice) | |
| 2001 | Haven | Eva | TV movie |
| 2001 | Royal Canadian Air Farce | Anne Robinson / Dr. Joy Thomas | Episode: "9.2" |
| 2001 | I Was a Rat | Mrs. Tapscrew | TV movie |
| 2001 | The Endless Grind | Various | TV series |
| 2002 | Lathe of Heaven | Penny | TV movie |
| 2002 | The Rats | Miss Paige | TV movie |
| 2003 | Custody of the Heart | Alice | TV movie |
| 2003 | Full-Court Miracle | Mrs. Klein | TV movie |
| 2004 | The Shields Stories | Hazel | Episode: "Hazel" |
| 2005 | Puppets Who Kill | Miss Wickham | Episode: "Cuddles the Artist" |
| 2005 | Missing | Dr. Eleanor Reese | Episode: "Analysis" |
| 2006 | Roxana | Amy | TV movie |
| 2006 | Cow Belles | Fran Walker | TV movie |
| 2007–2012 | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Sarah Hamoudi | 80+ episodes |
| 2009 | The Ron James Show | Episode: "1.5" | |
| 2010 | Love Letters | Melissa | TV movie |
| 2013 | Murdoch Mysteries | Felicity Dawes | Episode: "Lovers in a Murderous Time" |
| 2014 | Saving Hope | Violet | Episode: "Breathless" |
| 2014 | Dear Viola | Peggy | TV movie[11] |
| 2015 | Orphan Black | Connie Hendrix | Episode: "Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate" |
| 2016 | Ice Girls | Auntie Ginger | TV movie |
Diskografi[sunting | sunting sumber]
- 2006: All Good Now
Anugerah dan pencalonan[sunting | sunting sumber]
| Tahun | Karya Tercalon | Pertubuhan | Anugerah | Keputusan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Emily of New Moon | 14th Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role | Tercalon[12] |
| 2000 | Sesame Park | 15th Gemini Awards | Best Performance in a Pre-School Program or Series | Menang[13] |
| 2000 | The City | 15th Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Guest Role Dramatic Series | Tercalon[13] |
Rujukan[sunting | sunting sumber]
- ^ "cbc.ca/littlemosque".
- ^ a b Ben Kaplanr (31 Januari 2013). "Sheila McCarthy: the star on collaborating with Liza Minnelli and why she loves life at Yonge & St. Clair". POST CITY TORONTO. Dicapai pada 2016-11-28.
- ^ "Acclaimed Actor Peter Donaldson Dies. CBC News. Retrieved January 9, 2011". Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 2012-03-12. Dicapai pada 2011-02-10.
- ^ a b c "The Canadian Encyclopedia".
- ^ "Roger Ebert".
- ^ "www.tiff.net".
- ^ "CBC".
- ^ "A profile of Sheila McCarthy".
- ^ "Peter Donaldson was 'finest actor's actor'". MSN CA. CBC News. January 9, 2011. Dicapai pada January 9, 2011.
- ^ "Actress finds inspiration even in sadness of death". Herald Arts&Life. 26 January 2012. Dicapai pada 28 November 2016.
- ^ "Dear Viola". Dear Viola Cast. UPtv.com. February 19, 2014. Dicapai pada June 22, 2014.
- ^ "Gemini Awards – 1999". Winners & Nominees. awardsandwinners.com. Dicapai pada June 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Sheila McCarthy". Awards & Nominations. awardsandwinners.com. Dicapai pada June 22, 2014.