Editing Sheila McCarthy (section)

== Early life ==
McCarthy was born in Toronto, Ontario on January 1, 1956.<ref name="Riggs"/> She attended [[Thornlea Secondary School]] in Thornhill in her youth. Her first appearance on stage was at Toronto's Elgin Theatre in ''[[Peter Pan (play)|Peter Pan]]'' when she was age six.<ref name="The Canadian Encyclopedia">{{cite web|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sheila-mccarthy/|title=Sheila McCarthy|last=Townend|first=Paul|date=March 4, 2015|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|publisher=Historica Canada|access-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref> She later attended the University of Victoria and spent a year studying with [[Uta Hagen]] at her [[HB Studio]] in New York City, and also workshopped with the Second City troupe in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hbstudio.org/about-hb-studio/alumni/ |title=Alumni |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=HB Studio|access-date=March 10, 2020}}</ref>