About
CCH Pounder
Overview
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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| 2031 | Avatar 5 | Actor | Mo'at | N/A N/A |
| 2029 | Avatar 4 | Actor | Mo'at | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Avatar: Fire and Ash | Actor | Mo'at | N/A N/A |
| 2025 | Untitled Naked Gun Reboot | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2023 | Rustin | Actor | Dr. Anna Hedgeman | 60 Fair |
| 2023 | Full Circle | Actor | Savitri Mahabir | 67 Fair |
| 2023 | Inside Pandora's Box | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Avatar: The Way of Water | Actor | Mo'at | 75 Good |
| 2019 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Actor | Senator Williams | 66 Fair |
| 2016 | When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | NCIS: New Orleans | Actor | Loretta Wade | 72 Good |
| 2014 | Batman: Assault on Arkham | Actor | Amanda Waller (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2013 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Actor | Dorothea | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | Home Again | Actor | Dulsay Mooreland | 58 Average |
| 2010 | My Girlfriend's Back | Actor | Constance | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Avatar | Actor | Mo'at | 75 Good |
| 2009 | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Actor | Amanda Waller (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2009 | Brothers | Actor | Adele Trainor | 70 Good |
| 2009 | Orphan | Actor | Sister Abigail | 68 Fair |
| 2009 | Warehouse 13 | Actor | Mrs. Frederic | 76 Good |
| 2008 | Rain | Actor | Ms. Adams | 59 Average |
| 2008 | Breaking the Maya Code | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2008 | The Tower | Actor | Evie | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 2002 | The Shield | Actor | Claudette Wyms | 80 Very good |
| 2001 | Things Behind the Sun | Actor | Judge | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Boycott | Actor | Jo Ann Robinson | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Disappearing Acts | Actor | Mrs. Swift | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Cora Unashamed | Actor | Ma Jenkins | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Big Day | Actor | Pearl | 59 Average |
| 1999 | End of Days | Actor | Detective Margie Francis | 60 Fair |
| 1999 | A Touch of Hope | Actor | Lily Keyes | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Funny Valentines | Actor | Ethel B. | 59 Average |
| 1999 | NetForce | Actor | Sandra Knight | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Netforce | Actor | Sandra Knight | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Batman Beyond: The Movie | Actor | Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 1998 | Little Girl Fly Away | Actor | Dr. Geddes | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Race | Actor | Lucinda Davis | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Final Justice | Actor | Danielle Kline | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Black Hollywood | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1997 | House of Frankenstein | Actor | Dr. Shauna Kendall | 68 Fair |
| 1997 | Face/Off | Actor | Hollis Miller | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | Things That Go Bump | Actor | Harriet Napolean | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Actor | Jenny Ford | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Actor | Oracle (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 1996 | All She Ever Wanted | Actor | Dr. Marilyn Tower | 59 Average |
| 1995 | White Dwarf | Actor | Nurse Shabana | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Jack Reed: One of Our Own | Actor | Mrs. Harris | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Zooman | Actor | Ash | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight | Actor | Irene | 63 Fair |
| 1994 | Birdland | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Actor | Sara Pickett | 69 Fair |
| 1993 | Lifepod | Actor | Mayvene | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Sliver | Actor | Victoria Hendrix | 56 Average |
| 1993 | Benny & Joon | Actor | Dr. Garvey | 65 Fair |
| 1993 | For Their Own Good | Actor | Naomi Brinker | 59 Average |
| 1993 | RoboCop 3 | Actor | Bertha | 51 Average |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story | Actor | Daisy Bates | 59 Average |
| 1993 | The Disappearance of Christina | Actor | Detective Davis | 58 Average |
| 1992 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Actor | Miss Prism | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Psycho IV: The Beginning | Actor | Fran Ambrose | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Actor | Julie Marsden | 61 Fair |
| 1990 | Common Ground | Actor | Rachel Twymon | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Murder in Mississippi | Actor | Fannie Lee Chaney | 59 Average |
| 1989 | No Place Like Home | Actor | Prue | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Third Degree Burn | Actor | Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder) | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Question of Faith | Actor | Roberta | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | Run Till You Fall | Actor | Janice | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | Bagdad Cafe | Actor | Brenda | 64 Fair |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | Actor | Priscilla | 58 Average |
| 1986 | Resting Place | Actor | Ada Johnson | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Actor | Peaches Altamont | 61 Fair |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Actor | Venus Taylor | 68 Fair |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Actor | Deborah | 58 Average |
| 1984 | Booker | Actor | Jane | N/A N/A |
| 1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Actor | Anne | 59 Average |
| 1980 | Union City | Actor | Mrs. Lewis | 58 Average |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Actor | Nurse Blake | 66 Fair |
| 1979 | Coriolanus | Actor | Valeria | 59 Average |
| The Shield: Wrap Day | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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| Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
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