Name
CCH Pounder
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1952-12-25 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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
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In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake ...
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Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully fa...
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Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: ...
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Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off...
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Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his br...
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Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of c...
- 1993 Sliver as Victoria Hendrix
- 1987 Bagdad Cafe as Brenda
- 1993 Benny & Joon as Dr. Garvey
- 1993 RoboCop 3 as Bertha
- 2009 Orphan as Sister Abigail
- 2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 1997 Things That Go Bump as Harriet Napolean
- 1997 Black Hollywood as Self
- 1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Irene
- 1999 End of Days as Detective Margie Francis
- 2023 Rustin as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
- 1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning as Fran Ambrose
- 1996 If These Walls Could Talk as Jenny Ford
- 1999 The Big Day as Pearl
- 2023 Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- 2008 Rain as Ms. Adams
- 1995 White Dwarf as Nurse Shabana
- 2010 My Girlfriend's Back as Constance
- 1998 Race as Lucinda Davis
- 1986 Resting Place as Ada Johnson
- 1999 NetForce as Sandra Knight
- 2008 Breaking the Maya Code as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as Dorothea
- 1989 Third Degree Burn as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
- 1993 For Their Own Good as Naomi Brinker
- 1989 No Place Like Home as Prue
- 2001 Boycott as Jo Ann Robinson
- 1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain as Deborah
- 1993 Lifepod as Mayvene
- 1990 Murder in Mississippi as Fannie Lee Chaney
- 1999 Funny Valentines as Ethel B.
- 2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2022 Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior as Self
- 1997 Face/Off as Hollis Miller
- 1979 All That Jazz as Nurse Blake
- 2000 Cora Unashamed as Ma Jenkins
- 1986 As Summers Die as Priscilla
- 1988 Run Till You Fall as Janice
- 1990 Common Ground as Rachel Twymon
- 2012 Home Again as Dulsay Mooreland
- 1979 Coriolanus as Valeria
- 1998 Little Girl Fly Away as Dr. Geddes
- 1984 Booker as Jane
- 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Anne
- 2016 When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 The Naked Gun as Chief Davis
- 2001 Things Behind the Sun as Judge
- 1999 A Touch of Hope as Lily Keyes
- 2000 Disappearing Acts as Mrs. Swift
- 1998 Final Justice as Danielle Kline
- 1992 The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Prism
- 1993 The Ernest Green Story as Daisy Bates
- 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water as Mo'at
- 2029 Avatar 4 as Mo'at
- 2031 Avatar 5 as Mo'at
- 2009 Avatar as Mo'at
- 2003 Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- 1999 Batman Beyond: The Movie as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
- 1990 Postcards from the Edge as Julie Marsden
- 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Senator Williams
- 1985 Prizzi's Honor as Peaches Altamont
- 1995 Zooman as Ash
- 1993 The Disappearance of Christina as Detective Davis
- 1995 Jack Reed: One of Our Own as Mrs. Harris
- 1996 All She Ever Wanted as Marilyn
- 1988 Question of Faith as Roberta
- 2006 The Shield: Wrap Day as Self
- 2008 The Tower as Evie
- 1996 Aladdin and the King of Thieves as Oracle (voice)
- 2004 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Winnie Mandela
- 2025 The Clock as Elle Rivers
- 1980 Union City as Mother
- 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash as Mo'at
- 1995 Secrets of the X-Files as Self
- Soon Baby of the Family as Nurse Bloom
- 1999 Batman Beyond ( 1 episode ) as Anchor Woman (voice)
- 2002 The Shield ( 88 episodes ) as Claudette Wyms
- 2000 The District ( 1 episode ) as Eilen Carmicheal
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Deborah O'Leary
- 1986 L.A. Law ( 4 episodes ) as Judge Roseann Robin
- 1994 Gargoyles ( 2 episodes ) as Desdemona (voice)
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Clair's friend
- 2000 Girlfriends ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Myers
- 1999 Rocket Power ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 5 episodes ) as Carolyn Maddox
- 1981 Hill Street Blues ( 3 episodes )
- 1997 The Practice ( 2 episodes ) as Helaine Washington
- 1993 The X-Files ( 1 episode ) as Agent Lucy Kazdin
- 1982 Cagney & Lacey ( 1 episode ) as Timmons
- 1996 Millennium ( 5 episodes ) as Cheryl Andrews
- 2000 Strong Medicine ( 1 episode ) as Libby Bell
- 1993 Return to Lonesome Dove ( 4 episodes ) as Sara Pickett
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Ada
- 1994 ER ( 27 episodes ) as Angela Hicks
- 1994 South Central ( 1 episode )
- 2009 Brothers ( 13 episodes ) as Adele Trainor
- 2009 Warehouse 13 ( 29 episodes ) as Irene Frederic
- 2008 The Wendy Williams Show ( 1 episode )
- 1994 Birdland ( 7 episodes ) as Nurse Lucy
- 1987 Women in Prison ( 13 episodes ) as Dawn Murphy
- 2000 Static Shock ( 2 episodes ) as Mayor (voice)
- 2000 Jackie Chan Adventures ( 1 episode ) as Miss Kimber (voice)
- 2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 1 episode ) as Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
- 2004 Justice League Unlimited ( 8 episodes ) as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2014 NCIS: New Orleans ( 155 episodes ) as Loretta Wade
- 2012 Perception ( 1 episode ) as FBI Psychiatrist
- 2003 NCIS ( 2 episodes ) as Loretta Wade
- 2011 Revenge ( 2 episodes ) as Warden Sharon Stiles
- 1989 Quantum Leap ( 1 episode ) as Mama Harper
- 1995 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as The Stranger
- 2009 Archer ( 1 episode ) as Claudette Kane (voice)
- 1999 Netforce ( 2 episodes ) as Sandra Knight
- 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders ( 2 episodes ) as Venus Taylor
- 1999 Detention ( 1 episode ) as Miss Powers (voice)
- 1984 WonderWorks ( 1 episode ) as Jane
- 2008 Sons of Anarchy ( 14 episodes ) as Tyne Patterson
- 1997 House of Frankenstein ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Shauna Kendall
- 2023 Full Circle ( 6 episodes ) as Savitri Mahabir
- 2024 3 Body Problem ( 2 episodes ) as Lilian Joseph
- 2017 The Good Fight ( 2 episodes ) as Vinetta Clark
- 2013 Beware the Batman ( 2 episodes ) as Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
- 1986 If Tomorrow Comes ( 1 episode ) as Ernestine Littlechap
- 2015 Chicago Med ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Eleanor Hess
- 1963 Miss USA ( 1 episode ) as Self - Judge
- 2026 Cape Fear ( 10 episodes ) as Noa Toussaint
- 1994 Gargoyles ( 1 episode ) as Coldfire (voice)
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Lieutenant Lee Havercamp
- 2002 For the People ( 1 episode ) as Millie Towne
- 2009 The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency ( 1 episode ) as Andrea Curtin
- 1998 Rude Awakening ( 1 episode ) as Stacey
- 2026 The Terror: Devil in Silver ( 6 episodes ) as Miss Chris
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Deborah
- 2004 W.I.T.C.H. ( 26 episodes ) as Kadma (voice)
