CCH Pounder
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 December 1952 · Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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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- 2031Avatar 5 as Mo'at
- 2029Avatar 4 as Mo'at
- 2025Avatar: Fire and Ash as Mo'at
- 2025The Naked Gun as Chief Davis
- 2025The Clock as Elle Rivers
- 2023Rustin as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
- 2023Inside Pandora's Box as Self
- 2022Avatar: The Way of Water as Mo'at
- 2022Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior as Self
- 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters as Senator Williams
- 2016When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy as Narrator (voice)
- 2014Batman: Assault on Arkham as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2013The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones as Dorothea
- 2012Home Again as Dulsay Mooreland
- 2010My Girlfriend's Back as Constance
- 2009Avatar as Mo'at
- 2009Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2009Orphan as Sister Abigail
- 2008Rain as Ms. Adams
- 2008Breaking the Maya Code as Narrator (voice)
- 2008The Tower as Evie
- 2006The Shield: Wrap Day as Self
- 2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story as Winnie Mandela
- 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
- 2003NCIS as Loretta Wade · 2 episodes
- 2001Things Behind the Sun as Judge
- 2001Boycott as Jo Ann Robinson
- 2000Disappearing Acts as Mrs. Swift
- 2000Cora Unashamed as Ma Jenkins
- 1999The Big Day as Pearl
- 1999End of Days as Detective Margie Francis
- 1999A Touch of Hope as Lily Keyes
- 1999Funny Valentines as Ethel B.
- 1999NetForce as Sandra Knight
- 1999Batman Beyond: The Movie as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Carolyn Maddox · 2 episodes
- 1998Little Girl Fly Away as Dr. Geddes
- 1998Race as Lucinda Davis
- 1998Final Justice as Danielle Kline
- 1997Black Hollywood as Self
- 1997Face/Off as Hollis Miller
- 1997Things That Go Bump as Harriet Napolean
- 1996If These Walls Could Talk as Jenny Ford
- 1996Aladdin and the King of Thieves as Oracle (voice)
- 1996All She Ever Wanted as Marilyn
- 1995White Dwarf as Nurse Shabana
- 1995Secrets of the X-Files as Self
- 1995Jack Reed: One of Our Own as Mrs. Harris
- 1995Zooman as Ash
- 1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight as Irene
- 1993Lifepod as Mayvene
- 1993Sliver as Victoria Hendrix
- 1993Benny & Joon as Dr. Garvey
- 1993For Their Own Good as Naomi Brinker
- 1993RoboCop 3 as Bertha
- 1993The Ernest Green Story as Daisy Bates
- 1993The Disappearance of Christina as Detective Davis
- 1992The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Prism
- 1990Psycho IV: The Beginning as Fran Ambrose
- 1990Postcards from the Edge as Julie Marsden
- 1990Common Ground as Rachel Twymon
- 1990Murder in Mississippi as Fannie Lee Chaney
- 1989No Place Like Home as Prue
- 1989Third Degree Burn as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
- 1988Question of Faith as Roberta
- 1988Run Till You Fall as Janice
- 1987Bagdad Cafe as Brenda
- 1986As Summers Die as Priscilla
- 1986Resting Place as Ada Johnson
- 1985Prizzi's Honor as Peaches Altamont
- 1984Booker as Jane
- 1984Go Tell It on the Mountain as Deborah
- 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can as Anne
- 1980Union City as Mother
- 1979All That Jazz as Nurse Blake
- 1979Coriolanus as Valeria