Editing Sheila McCarthy (section)

== Personal life ==

McCarthy was married to actor [[Peter Donaldson (actor)|Peter Donaldson]] from 1986 until his death in 2011.<ref name="cbc20110109">{{cite web|url=http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=2717727 |title=Peter Donaldson was 'finest actor's actor' |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= January 9, 2011 |work= MSN CA |publisher= [[CBC News]] |access-date= March 10, 2020|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112152317/http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/cbc-article.aspx?cp-documentid=27177278 |archive-date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> They have two daughters: Drew<ref name="Riggs"/> and Mackenzie Donaldson, who is also in show business (producer of ''[[Whatever, Linda]]'' and ''[[Orphan Black]]'').<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barnard |first=Elissa |date=January 26, 2012|url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/55744-actress-finds-inspiration-even-sadness-death|title=Actress finds inspiration even in sadness of death| publisher=Herald Arts & Life |access-date=March 10, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131060850/http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/55744-actress-finds-inspiration-even-sadness-death |archive-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref>

McCarthy is a spokesperson for The Quilt Project, a support group for families affected by breast cancer, and Canadian Feed the Children.<ref name="The Canadian Encyclopedia"/>