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CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Known for
Acting
Born
Dec 25, 1952 (age 73)
Place of birth
Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
Credits
129

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

MovieRated 7.6

Avatar

2009Movie

Mo'at

MovieRated 7.6

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022Movie

Mo'at

MovieRated 6.7

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019Movie

Senator Williams

MovieRated 7.1

Face/Off

1997Movie

Hollis Miller

MovieRated 7.0

Orphan

2009Movie

Sister Abigail

MovieRated 6.4

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013Movie

Dorothea

Filmography

Coming soon

Avatar 5

2031Movie

Mo'at

Coming soon

Avatar 4

2029Movie

Mo'at

TVRated 7.2

Cape Fear

2026TV

Noa Toussaint

TVRated 6.6

The Terror: Devil in Silver

2026TV

Miss Chris

MovieRated 7.6

Avatar: Fire and Ash

2025Movie

Mo'at

MovieRated 6.3

The Naked Gun

2025Movie

Chief Davis

Movie

The Clock

2025Movie

Elle Rivers

TVRated 7.5

3 Body Problem

2024TV

Lilian Joseph

MovieRated 6.5

Rustin

2023Movie

Dr. Anna Hedgeman

TVRated 6.4

Full Circle

2023TV

Savitri Mahabir

MovieRated 6.0

Inside Pandora's Box

2023Movie

Self

MovieRated 7.6

Avatar: The Way of Water

2022Movie

Mo'at

Movie

Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

2022Movie

Self

MovieRated 6.7

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019Movie

Senator Williams

TVRated 7.5

The Good Fight

2017TV

Vinetta Clark

Movie

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

2016Movie

Narrator (voice)

TVRated 8.3

Chicago Med

2015TV

Dr. Eleanor Hess

TVRated 7.3

NCIS: New Orleans

2014TV

Loretta Wade

MovieRated 7.3

Batman: Assault on Arkham

2014Movie

Amanda Waller (voice)

MovieRated 6.4

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013Movie

Dorothea

TVRated 7.3

Beware the Batman

2013TV

Mayor Marion Grange (voice)

MovieRated 4.1

Home Again

2012Movie

Dulsay Mooreland

TVRated 7.2

Perception

2012TV

FBI Psychiatrist

TVRated 7.5

Revenge

2011TV

Warden Sharon Stiles

MovieRated 1.5

My Girlfriend's Back

2010Movie

Constance

MovieRated 7.6

Avatar

2009Movie

Mo'at

MovieRated 7.1

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

2009Movie

Amanda Waller (voice)

TVRated 7.0

Brothers

2009TV

Adele Trainor

TVRated 7.9

Archer

2009TV

Claudette Kane (voice)

MovieRated 7.0

Orphan

2009Movie

Sister Abigail

TVRated 7.7

Warehouse 13

2009TV

Irene Frederic

TVRated 6.7

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

2009TV

Andrea Curtin

MovieRated 7.0

Rain

2008Movie

Ms. Adams

TVRated 8.4

Sons of Anarchy

2008TV

Tyne Patterson

TVRated 5.7

The Wendy Williams Show

2008TV

MovieRated 6.5

Breaking the Maya Code

2008Movie

Narrator (voice)

Movie

The Tower

2008Movie

Evie

Movie

The Shield: Wrap Day

2006Movie

Self

TVRated 7.0

Numb3rs

2005TV

Lieutenant Lee Havercamp

TVRated 8.3

Justice League Unlimited

2004TV

Amanda Waller / Juice (voice), Amanda Waller (voice)

MovieRated 6.0

Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

2004Movie

Winnie Mandela

TVRated 7.6

NCIS

2003TV

Loretta Wade

MovieRated 5.2

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

2003Movie

TVRated 10.0

For the People

2002TV

Millie Towne

TVRated 8.2

The Shield

2002TV

Claudette Wyms

MovieRated 6.0

Things Behind the Sun

2001Movie

Judge

MovieRated 6.7

Boycott

2001Movie

Jo Ann Robinson

MovieRated 6.2

Disappearing Acts

2000Movie

Mrs. Swift

MovieRated 7.3

Cora Unashamed

2000Movie

Ma Jenkins

TVRated 6.9

The District

2000TV

Eilen Carmicheal

TVRated 8.0

Static Shock

2000TV

Mayor (voice)

TVRated 7.3

Girlfriends

2000TV

Dr. Myers

TVRated 8.2

Jackie Chan Adventures

2000TV

Miss Kimber (voice)

TVRated 7.4

Strong Medicine

2000TV

Libby Bell

MovieRated 5.0

The Big Day

1999Movie

Pearl

MovieRated 6.1

End of Days

1999Movie

Detective Margie Francis

MovieRated 5.3

A Touch of Hope

1999Movie

Lily Keyes

TVRated 8.3

The West Wing

1999TV

Deborah O'Leary

TVRated 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999TV

Carolyn Maddox

TVRated 7.0

Detention

1999TV

Miss Powers (voice)

TVRated 7.7

Rocket Power

1999TV

MovieRated 7.7

Funny Valentines

1999Movie

Ethel B.

MovieRated 4.9

NetForce

1999Movie

Sandra Knight

TVRated 3.5

Netforce

1999TV

Sandra Knight

MovieRated 7.2

Batman Beyond: The Movie

1999Movie

Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)

TVRated 8.2

Batman Beyond

1999TV

Anchor Woman (voice)

MovieRated 5.6

Little Girl Fly Away

1998Movie

Dr. Geddes

MovieRated 8.0

Race

1998Movie

Lucinda Davis

TVRated 6.6

Rude Awakening

1998TV

Stacey

MovieRated 6.7

Final Justice

1998Movie

Danielle Kline

MovieRated 7.0

Black Hollywood

1997Movie

Self

TVRated 6.1

House of Frankenstein

1997TV

Dr. Shauna Kendall

MovieRated 7.1

Face/Off

1997Movie

Hollis Miller

MovieRated 10.0

Things That Go Bump

1997Movie

Harriet Napolean

TVRated 7.6

The Practice

1997TV

Helaine Washington

TVRated 7.7

Millennium

1996TV

Cheryl Andrews

MovieRated 6.8

If These Walls Could Talk

1996Movie

Jenny Ford

MovieRated 6.2

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

1996Movie

Oracle (voice)

MovieRated 5.2

All She Ever Wanted

1996Movie

Marilyn

MovieRated 6.1

White Dwarf

1995Movie

Nurse Shabana

MovieRated 10.0

Secrets of the X-Files

1995Movie

Self

MovieRated 5.4

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

1995Movie

Mrs. Harris

TVRated 7.7

The Outer Limits

1995TV

The Stranger

MovieRated 6.2

Zooman

1995Movie

Ash

MovieRated 6.9

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

1995Movie

Irene

TVRated 8.1

Gargoyles

1994TV

Desdemona (voice), Coldfire (voice)

TVRated 7.8

ER

1994TV

Angela Hicks

TVRated 5.8

South Central

1994TV

TVRated 6.0

Birdland

1994TV

Nurse Lucy

TVRated 7.0

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993TV

Sara Pickett

TVRated 8.4

The X-Files

1993TV

Agent Lucy Kazdin

MovieRated 5.3

Lifepod

1993Movie

Mayvene

MovieRated 5.6

Sliver

1993Movie

Victoria Hendrix

MovieRated 7.0

Benny & Joon

1993Movie

Dr. Garvey

MovieRated 6.3

For Their Own Good

1993Movie

Naomi Brinker

MovieRated 4.9

RoboCop 3

1993Movie

Bertha

MovieRated 6.9

The Ernest Green Story

1993Movie

Daisy Bates

MovieRated 5.8

The Disappearance of Christina

1993Movie

Detective Davis

MovieRated 8.0

The Importance of Being Earnest

1992Movie

Miss Prism

MovieRated 5.7

Psycho IV: The Beginning

1990Movie

Fran Ambrose

MovieRated 6.6

Postcards from the Edge

1990Movie

Julie Marsden

MovieRated 8.5

Common Ground

1990Movie

Rachel Twymon

MovieRated 6.9

Murder in Mississippi

1990Movie

Fannie Lee Chaney

MovieRated 6.7

No Place Like Home

1989Movie

Prue

MovieRated 4.6

Third Degree Burn

1989Movie

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

TVRated 8.0

Quantum Leap

1989TV

Mama Harper

MovieRated 9.0

Question of Faith

1988Movie

Roberta

MovieRated 10.0

Run Till You Fall

1988Movie

Janice

MovieRated 7.2

Bagdad Cafe

1987Movie

Brenda

TVRated 3.8

Women in Prison

1987TV

Dawn Murphy

TVRated 7.0

L.A. Law

1986TV

Judge Roseann Robin

MovieRated 6.4

As Summers Die

1986Movie

Priscilla

MovieRated 6.3

Resting Place

1986Movie

Ada Johnson

TVRated 7.3

If Tomorrow Comes

1986TV

Ernestine Littlechap

MovieRated 6.4

Prizzi's Honor

1985Movie

Peaches Altamont

TVRated 5.8

The Atlanta Child Murders

1985TV

Venus Taylor

MovieRated 8.0

Booker

1984Movie

Jane

TV

WonderWorks

1984TV

Jane

TVRated 7.0

The Cosby Show

1984TV

Clair's friend

MovieRated 6.3

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1984Movie

Deborah

TVRated 7.0

Cagney & Lacey

1982TV

Timmons

MovieRated 7.0

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

1982Movie

Anne

TVRated 6.6

American Playhouse

1982TV

Deborah

TVRated 7.6

Hill Street Blues

1981TV

MovieRated 5.4

Union City

1980Movie

Mother

MovieRated 7.5

All That Jazz

1979Movie

Nurse Blake

MovieRated 5.0

Coriolanus

1979Movie

Valeria

TVRated 6.0

Miss USA

1963TV

Self - Judge

TVRated 8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951TV

Ada

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