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Sheila Houlahan

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Music Department
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2022 Webby Awards Red Carpet
Official Critic's review trailer for the full length feature film, "The Actor" featuring Richard Blake
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The Actor (2024)
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Sheila Houlahan is an Indian-American actor, singer, producer and writer. Houlahan most recently starred as Donna Roland in Apple TV's "The Actor" to critical acclaim. Houlahan can additionally be seen in supporting role Paige Callahan in Warner Bros. feature film "The Little Things", written and directed by John Lee Hancock and starring Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. The film is currently #1 on Netflix.

Sheila Houlahan is the executive producer and creator of the Webby Award, Anthem Award and w3 Award-winning film Night, Mother, a film that details concentric circles of grief, isolation and suicide. The film screened exclusively on Twitch, and utilized Twitch's innovative platform for live performance interwoven throughout the film. Houlahan played the role of Jesse in the production, with award-winning actress Ellen McLain as Thelma/Mother. John Patrick Lowrie directed the project, with rising-star cinematographer Trevor Roach at the helm of creating a truly innovative visual storytelling methodology. Legendary photographer Eli Reed handled the still photography for the production. The adaptation is set on Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the isolation and mental health crisis generated by a world forced to remain in lockdown for over a year. Houlahan's goal with the project is to use it as a platform to discuss the impending mental health crisis that has already began to plague people around the world from living in chronic isolation. She hopes that this film can be a gentle reminder that nobody is truly alone, despite how we may feel, and that it will take a collective spirit of grace to get through the trauma of COVID-19 together. The film aired live on Twitch on September 24th, 2021.

As a singer, she has collaborated with Slumdog Millionaire's composer A.R. Rahman with performances including "Jai Ho at The Venetian in Las Vegas", a feature in his 20th anniversary music video of his hit classic "Maa Tujhe Salaam", and "The Rahman Song Cycle" and "Lord of the Rings The Musical" with the Seattle Symphony as the primary soloist. She can also be heard on the Cirque du Soleil soundtrack for "Volta" as well as the soundtrack for the hit video game "Destiny 2".

She is a Celebrity Champion for Project HEAL, a nonprofit organization that helps people suffering with eating disorders pay for treatment. She is also an ambassador for Ability Magazine and their new platform AbilityE, which seeks to increase inclusion and representation of differently abled talent in Hollywood. Houlahan uses her strong following on Instagram as a platform to spread awareness and to help end the stigma surrounding mental health.
BornJuly 26, 1991
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    Known for

    Richard Blake, Reid Kawakami, Major Dodge, Sheila Houlahan, and Phil Mendoza in The Actor (2024)
    The Actor
    3.4
    • Donna Roland
    • 2024
    Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, and Rami Malek in Une affaire de détails (2021)
    Une affaire de détails
    6.3
    • Paige Callahan
    • 2021
    John Patrick Lowrie, Ellen McLain, Adriana Guiman, Trevor Roach, and Sheila Houlahan in Night, Mother (2021)
    Night, Mother
    9.7
    TV Special
    • Producer
    • 2021
    Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Ambulance (2022)
    Ambulance
    6.1
    • Woman at Bus Stop(uncredited)
    • 2022

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    Actress



    • Exceptionals
      • Ghania
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2014



    • Richard Blake, Reid Kawakami, Major Dodge, Sheila Houlahan, and Phil Mendoza in The Actor (2024)
      The Actor
      3.4
      • Donna Roland
      • 2024
    • Jake Gyllenhaal, Eiza González, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Ambulance (2022)
      Ambulance
      6.1
      • Woman at Bus Stop (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Piano Lessons (2021)
      Piano Lessons
      Short
      • Ann
      • 2021
    • Denzel Washington, Jared Leto, and Rami Malek in Une affaire de détails (2021)
      Une affaire de détails
      6.3
      • Paige Callahan
      • 2021
    • Alternatives (2020)
      Alternatives
      • Lieutenant Heather McNab
      • 2020
    • David Call in Wallflower (2019)
      Wallflower
      5.7
      • Optima Prime
      • 2019
    • Wound (2018)
      Wound
      Short
      • Adelaide
      • 2018
    • Beloved Beast (2018)
      Beloved Beast
      3.5
      • Older Nina
      • 2018
    • The Wonderland Murders (2018)
      The Wonderland Murders
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Kate Johnson
      • 2018
    • Black Bishop, Red Queen
      • DJ (uncredited)
      • 2016
    • Maximillian Davis, Emily Jo Testa, and Sheila Houlahan in A Meal with Dad (2016)
      A Meal with Dad
      Short
      • Justine
      • 2016
    • Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott, Michael Welch, and Anastasia Baranova in Z Nation (2014)
      Z Nation
      6.7
      TV Series
      • La Reina's Assistant
      • 2015

    Producer



    • I'm Different Now
      • consulting producer
      • Completed



    • Headhunting to Beatboxing (2024)
      Headhunting to Beatboxing
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • John Patrick Lowrie, Ellen McLain, Adriana Guiman, Trevor Roach, and Sheila Houlahan in Night, Mother (2021)
      Night, Mother
      9.7
      TV Special
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • The FBI's Secret War (2021)
      The FBI's Secret War
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Sarah Parsons in Just Hang Up: The Podcast (2020)
      Just Hang Up: The Podcast
      Podcast Series
      • co-producer
      • 2020

    Music Department



    • Alternatives (2020)
      Alternatives
      • performer
      • 2020
    • Destiny 2 (2017)
      Destiny 2
      7.5
      Video Game
      • vocalist
      • 2017

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    • Height
      • 1.65 m
    • Born
      • July 26, 1991
      • Seattle, Washington, USA
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      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Gender / Gender identity
      • Female

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