Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 25, 1952
Place of Birth:
Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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CCH Pounder
Biography
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), known professionally as CCH Pounder, is a Guyanese-American film and television actress. She's known for her TV roles as medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade on the series NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2021), District Attorney Tyne Patterson on Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014), Irene Frederic on Warehouse 13 (2009–2014), Captain Claudette Wyms on the FX series The Shield (2002–2008), and Dr. Angela Hicks on the medical drama series ER (1994–1997).
She's known for her film roles as Mo'at in Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, Dorothea in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Sister Abigail in Orphan, Detective Margie Francis in End of Days, Hollis Miller in Face/Off, Victoria Hendrix in Sliver, Dr. Garvey in Benny & Joon, Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Peaches Altamont in Prizzi's Honor.
She is also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated show Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in later DC Comics media.
She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in The X-Files, ER, The Shield, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | Avatar 5 | Mo'at |
| 2029 | Avatar 4 | Mo'at |
| 2025 | The Naked Gun | |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Mo'at |
| 2023 | Rustin | Dr. Anna Hedgeman |
| 2023 | Inside Pandora's Box | Self |
| 2022 | Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior | Self |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Mo'at |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Senator Williams |
| 2016 | When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy | Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Batman: Assault on Arkham | Amanda Waller (voice) |
| 2013 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Dorothea |
| 2012 | Home Again | Dulsay Mooreland |
| 2010 | My Girlfriend's Back | Constance |
| 2009 | Orphan | Sister Abigail |
| 2009 | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Amanda Waller (voice) |
| 2009 | Avatar | Mo'at |
| 2008 | Rain | Ms. Adams |
| 2008 | Breaking the Maya Code | Narrator (voice) |
| 2008 | The Tower | Evie |
| 2006 | The Shield: Wrap Day | Self |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | |
| 2001 | Boycott | Jo Ann Robinson |
| 2001 | Things Behind the Sun | Judge |
| 2000 | Cora Unashamed | Ma Jenkins |
| 2000 | Disappearing Acts | Mrs. Swift |
| 1999 | End of Days | Detective Margie Francis |
| 1999 | The Big Day | Pearl |
| 1999 | NetForce | Sandra Knight |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines | Ethel B. |
| 1999 | A Touch of Hope | Lily Keyes |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond: The Movie | Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice) |
| 1998 | Race | Lucinda Davis |
| 1998 | Little Girl Fly Away | Dr. Geddes |
| 1998 | Final Justice | Danielle Kline |
| 1997 | Things That Go Bump | Harriet Napolean |
| 1997 | Black Hollywood | Self |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Hollis Miller |
| 1996 | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Oracle (voice) |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Jenny Ford |
| 1996 | All She Ever Wanted | Dr. Marilyn Tower |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Irene |
| 1995 | White Dwarf | Nurse Shabana |
| 1995 | Zooman | Ash |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Mrs. Harris |
| 1993 | Sliver | Victoria Hendrix |
| 1993 | Benny & Joon | Dr. Garvey |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | Bertha |
| 1993 | For Their Own Good | Naomi Brinker |
| 1993 | Lifepod | Mayvene |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story | Daisy Bates |
| 1993 | The Disappearance of Christina | Detective Davis |
| 1992 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Miss Prism |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Fran Ambrose |
| 1990 | Murder in Mississippi | Fannie Lee Chaney |
| 1990 | Common Ground | Rachel Twymon |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Julie Marsden |
| 1989 | Third Degree Burn | Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder) |
| 1989 | No Place Like Home | Prue |
| 1988 | Run Till You Fall | Janice |
| 1988 | Question of Faith | Roberta |
| 1987 | Bagdad Cafe | Brenda |
| 1986 | Resting Place | Ada Johnson |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | Priscilla |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Deborah |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Peaches Altamont |
| 1984 | Booker | Jane |
| 1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Anne |
| 1980 | Union City | Mrs. Lewis |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Nurse Blake |
| 1979 | Coriolanus | Valeria |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 Body Problem | Secretary General Lilian Joseph |
| 2023 | Full Circle | Savitri Mahabir |
| 2017 | The Good Fight | Vinetta Clark |
| 2015 | Chicago Med | Dr. Eleanor Hess |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans | Loretta Wade |
| 2013 | Beware the Batman | Mayor Marion Grange (voice) |
| 2012 | Perception | FBI Psychiatrist |
| 2011 | Revenge | Warden Sharon Stiles |
| 2009 | Brothers | Adele Trainor |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Irene Frederic |
| 2009 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Andrea Curtin |
| 2009 | Archer | Claudette Kane (voice) |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Mrs. Frederic |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show | |
| 2008 | Sons of Anarchy | Tyne Patterson |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Amanda Waller / Juice (voice) |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Amanda Waller (voice) |
| 2003 | NCIS | Loretta Wade |
| 2002 | The Shield | Claudette Wyms |
| 2000 | The District | Eilen Carmicheal |
| 2000 | Girlfriends | |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine | Libby Bell |
| 2000 | Static Shock | Mayor (voice) |
| 2000 | Jackie Chan Adventures | Miss Kimber (voice) |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond | Anchor Woman (voice) |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Deborah O'Leary |
| 1999 | Rocket Power | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Carolyn Maddox |
| 1999 | Netforce | Sandra Knight |
| 1999 | Detention | Miss Powers (voice) |
| 1997 | The Practice | Helaine Washington |
| 1997 | House of Frankenstein | Dr. Shauna Kendall |
| 1996 | Millennium | Cheryl Andrews |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | The Stranger |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Desdemona (voice) |
| 1994 | ER | Angela Hicks |
| 1994 | South Central | |
| 1994 | Birdland | |
| 1994 | Gargoyles | Coldfire (voice) |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Agent Lucy Kazdin |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Sara Pickett |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Mama Harper |
| 1987 | Women in Prison | Dawn Murphy |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Judge Roseann Robin |
| 1986 | If Tomorrow Comes | Ernestine Littlechap |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Venus Taylor |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Clair's friend |
| 1984 | WonderWorks | Jane |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Timmons |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | |
| 1963 | Miss USA | Judge |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Ada |
| Cape Fear |