CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Known for
Acting
Born
December 25, 1952 (age 73)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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Baby of the Family

Baby of the Family

Movie · as Nurse Bloom

2031
Avatar 5 poster

Avatar 5

Movie · as Mo'at

2029
Avatar 4 poster

Avatar 4

Movie · as Mo'at

2026
Cape Fear poster

Cape Fear

TV · as Noa Toussaint · 10 eps

2026
The Terror: Devil in Silver poster

The Terror: Devil in Silver

TV · as Miss Chris · 6 eps

2025
The Naked Gun poster

The Naked Gun

Movie · as Chief Davis

2025
The Clock poster

The Clock

Movie · as Elle Rivers

2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash poster

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Movie · as Mo'at

2024
3 Body Problem poster

3 Body Problem

TV · as Lilian Joseph · 2 eps

2023
Rustin poster

Rustin

Movie · as Dr. Anna Hedgeman

2023
Inside Pandora's Box poster

Inside Pandora's Box

Movie · as Self

2023
Full Circle poster

Full Circle

TV · as Savitri Mahabir · 6 eps

2022
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

Movie · as Self

2022
Avatar: The Way of Water poster

Avatar: The Way of Water

Movie · as Mo'at

2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters poster

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Movie · as Senator Williams

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Vinetta Clark · 2 eps

2016
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy poster

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
Chicago Med poster

Chicago Med

TV · as Dr. Eleanor Hess · 1 ep

2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham poster

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Movie · as Amanda Waller (voice)

2014
NCIS: New Orleans poster

NCIS: New Orleans

TV · as Loretta Wade · 155 eps

2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones poster

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Movie · as Dorothea

2013
Beware the Batman poster

Beware the Batman

TV · as Mayor Marion Grange (voice) · 2 eps

2012
Home Again poster

Home Again

Movie · as Dulsay Mooreland

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as FBI Psychiatrist · 1 ep

2011
Revenge poster

Revenge

TV · as Warden Sharon Stiles · 2 eps

2010
My Girlfriend's Back poster

My Girlfriend's Back

Movie · as Constance

2009
Orphan poster

Orphan

Movie · as Sister Abigail

2009
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies poster

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Movie · as Amanda Waller (voice)

2009
Avatar poster

Avatar

Movie · as Mo'at

2009
Brothers poster

Brothers

TV · as Adele Trainor · 13 eps

2009
Warehouse 13 poster

Warehouse 13

TV · as Irene Frederic · 29 eps

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as Claudette Kane (voice) · 1 ep

2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency poster

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

TV · as Andrea Curtin · 1 ep

2008
Rain poster

Rain

Movie · as Ms. Adams

2008
Breaking the Maya Code poster

Breaking the Maya Code

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2008
The Tower

The Tower

Movie · as Evie

2008
The Wendy Williams Show poster

The Wendy Williams Show

TV · 1 ep

2008
Sons of Anarchy poster

Sons of Anarchy

TV · as Tyne Patterson · 14 eps

2006
The Shield: Wrap Day poster

The Shield: Wrap Day

Movie · as Self

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Lieutenant Lee Havercamp · 1 ep

2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story poster

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Movie · as Winnie Mandela

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Amanda Waller / Juice (voice), Amanda Waller (voice) · 1 ep

2004
W.I.T.C.H. poster

W.I.T.C.H.

TV · as Kadma (voice) · 26 eps

2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives poster

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Movie

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Loretta Wade · 2 eps

2002
The Shield poster

The Shield

TV · as Claudette Wyms · 88 eps

2002
For the People

For the People

TV · as Millie Towne · 1 ep

2001
Boycott poster

Boycott

Movie · as Jo Ann Robinson

2001
Things Behind the Sun poster

Things Behind the Sun

Movie · as Judge

2000
Cora Unashamed poster

Cora Unashamed

Movie · as Ma Jenkins

2000
Disappearing Acts poster

Disappearing Acts

Movie · as Mrs. Swift

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Eilen Carmicheal · 1 ep

2000
Girlfriends poster

Girlfriends

TV · as Dr. Myers · 1 ep

2000
Strong Medicine poster

Strong Medicine

TV · as Libby Bell · 1 ep

2000
Static Shock poster

Static Shock

TV · as Mayor (voice) · 2 eps

2000
Jackie Chan Adventures poster

Jackie Chan Adventures

TV · as Miss Kimber (voice) · 1 ep

1999
End of Days poster

End of Days

Movie · as Detective Margie Francis

1999
The Big Day poster

The Big Day

Movie · as Pearl

1999
NetForce poster

NetForce

Movie · as Sandra Knight

1999
Funny Valentines poster

Funny Valentines

Movie · as Ethel B.

1999
A Touch of Hope poster

A Touch of Hope

Movie · as Lily Keyes

1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie poster

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Movie · as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)

1999
Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond

TV · as Anchor Woman (voice) · 1 ep

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Deborah O'Leary · 1 ep

1999
Rocket Power poster

Rocket Power

TV · 1 ep

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Carolyn Maddox · 5 eps

1999
Netforce poster

Netforce

TV · as Sandra Knight · 2 eps

1999
Detention poster

Detention

TV · as Miss Powers (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Race poster

Race

Movie · as Lucinda Davis

1998
Little Girl Fly Away poster

Little Girl Fly Away

Movie · as Dr. Geddes

1998
Final Justice poster

Final Justice

Movie · as Danielle Kline

1998
Rude Awakening poster

Rude Awakening

TV · as Stacey · 1 ep

1997
Things That Go Bump

Things That Go Bump

Movie · as Harriet Napolean

1997
Black Hollywood

Black Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1997
Face/Off poster

Face/Off

Movie · as Hollis Miller

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Helaine Washington · 2 eps

1997
House of Frankenstein poster

House of Frankenstein

TV · as Dr. Shauna Kendall · 2 eps

1996
If These Walls Could Talk poster

If These Walls Could Talk

Movie · as Jenny Ford

1996
All She Ever Wanted poster

All She Ever Wanted

Movie · as Marilyn

1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves poster

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Movie · as Oracle (voice)

1996
Millennium poster

Millennium

TV · as Cheryl Andrews · 5 eps

1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight poster

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Movie · as Irene

1995
White Dwarf poster

White Dwarf

Movie · as Nurse Shabana

1995
Zooman poster

Zooman

Movie · as Ash

1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own poster

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

Movie · as Mrs. Harris

1995
Secrets of the X-Files poster

Secrets of the X-Files

Movie · as Self

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as The Stranger · 1 ep

1994
Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles

TV · as Desdemona (voice), Coldfire (voice) · 2 eps

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Angela Hicks · 27 eps

1994
South Central poster

South Central

TV · 1 ep

1994
Birdland poster

Birdland

TV · as Nurse Lucy · 7 eps

1993
Sliver poster

Sliver

Movie · as Victoria Hendrix

1993
Benny & Joon poster

Benny & Joon

Movie · as Dr. Garvey

1993
RoboCop 3 poster

RoboCop 3

Movie · as Bertha

1993
For Their Own Good poster

For Their Own Good

Movie · as Naomi Brinker

1993
Lifepod poster

Lifepod

Movie · as Mayvene

1993
The Ernest Green Story poster

The Ernest Green Story

Movie · as Daisy Bates

1993
The Disappearance of Christina poster

The Disappearance of Christina

Movie · as Detective Davis

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Agent Lucy Kazdin · 1 ep

1993
Return to Lonesome Dove poster

Return to Lonesome Dove

TV · as Sara Pickett · 4 eps

1992
The Importance of Being Earnest poster

The Importance of Being Earnest

Movie · as Miss Prism

1990
Psycho IV: The Beginning poster

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Movie · as Fran Ambrose

1990
Murder in Mississippi poster

Murder in Mississippi

Movie · as Fannie Lee Chaney

1990
Common Ground poster

Common Ground

Movie · as Rachel Twymon

1990
Postcards from the Edge poster

Postcards from the Edge

Movie · as Julie Marsden

1990
Cop Rock poster

Cop Rock

TV · as Willa Phelan · 4 eps

1989
Third Degree Burn poster

Third Degree Burn

Movie · as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)

1989
No Place Like Home poster

No Place Like Home

Movie · as Prue

1989
Quantum Leap poster

Quantum Leap

TV · as Mama Harper · 1 ep

1988
Run Till You Fall poster

Run Till You Fall

Movie · as Janice

1988
Question of Faith poster

Question of Faith

Movie · as Roberta

1987
Bagdad Cafe poster

Bagdad Cafe

Movie · as Brenda

1987
Women in Prison poster

Women in Prison

TV · as Dawn Murphy · 13 eps

1986
Resting Place poster

Resting Place

Movie · as Ada Johnson

1986
As Summers Die poster

As Summers Die

Movie · as Priscilla

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Judge Roseann Robin · 4 eps

1986
If Tomorrow Comes poster

If Tomorrow Comes

TV · as Ernestine Littlechap · 1 ep

1985
Prizzi's Honor poster

Prizzi's Honor

Movie · as Peaches Altamont

1985
The Atlanta Child Murders poster

The Atlanta Child Murders

TV · as Venus Taylor · 2 eps

1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain poster

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Movie · as Deborah

1984
Booker poster

Booker

Movie · as Jane

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · as Clair's friend · 1 ep

1984
WonderWorks poster

WonderWorks

TV · as Jane · 1 ep

1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can poster

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Movie · as Anne

1982
Cagney & Lacey poster

Cagney & Lacey

TV · as Timmons · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Deborah · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 3 eps

1980
Union City poster

Union City

Movie · as Mother

1979
All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

Movie · as Nurse Blake

1979
Coriolanus poster

Coriolanus

Movie · as Valeria

1963
Miss USA poster

Miss USA

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Ada · 1 ep