Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
128
Gender
Female
Birthday
December 25, 1952 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
Also Known As
C.C.H. Pounder
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder
C. C. H. Pounder
Кэрол Кристин Хилария Паундер
CCH Pounder
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.
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
Acting
2031
Avatar 5
as
Mo'at
2029
Avatar 4
as
Mo'at
2026
Cape Fear
as
Noa Toussaint
10 episode
s
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as
Mo'at
2025
The Naked Gun
as
Chief Davis
2025
The Clock
as
Elle Rivers
2024
3 Body Problem
as
Lilian Joseph
2 episode
s
2023
Rustin
as
Dr. Anna Hedgeman
2023
Full Circle
as
Savitri Mahabir
6 episode
s
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
as
Self
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
as
Mo'at
2022
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
as
Self
2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as
Senator Williams
2017
The Good Fight
as
Vinetta Clark
2 episode
s
2016
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
as
Narrator (voice)
2015
Chicago Med
as
Dr. Eleanor Hess
1 episode
2014
NCIS: New Orleans
as
Loretta Wade
155 episode
s
2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as
Amanda Waller (voice)
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as
Dorothea
2013
Beware the Batman
as
Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
2 episode
s
2012
Home Again
as
Dulsay Mooreland
2012
Perception
as
FBI Psychiatrist
1 episode
2011
Revenge
as
Warden Sharon Stiles
2 episode
s
2010
My Girlfriend's Back
as
Constance
2009
Avatar
as
Mo'at
2009
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as
Amanda Waller (voice)
2009
Brothers
as
Adele Trainor
13 episode
s
2009
Archer
as
Claudette Kane (voice)
1 episode
2009
Orphan
as
Sister Abigail
2009
Warehouse 13
as
Irene Frederic
29 episode
s
2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as
Andrea Curtin
1 episode
2008
The Shield: Family Meeting
as
Self
2008
Rain
as
Ms. Adams
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as
Tyne Patterson
14 episode
s
2008
The Wendy Williams Show
1 episode
2008
Breaking the Maya Code
as
Narrator (voice)
2008
The Tower
as
Evie
2005
Numb3rs
as
Lieutenant Lee Havercamp
1 episode
2004
Justice League Unlimited
as
Amanda Waller (voice)
8 episode
s
2004
Justice League Unlimited
as
Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
1 episode
2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as
Winnie Mandela
2003
NCIS
as
Loretta Wade
2 episode
s
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002
For the People
as
Millie Towne
1 episode
2002
The Shield
as
Claudette Wyms
88 episode
s
2001
Things Behind the Sun
as
Judge
2001
Boycott
as
Jo Ann Robinson
2000
Disappearing Acts
as
Mrs. Swift
2000
Cora Unashamed
as
Ma Jenkins
2000
The District
as
Eilen Carmicheal
1 episode
2000
Static Shock
as
Mayor (voice)
2 episode
s
2000
Girlfriends
as
Dr. Myers
1 episode
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures
as
Miss Kimber (voice)
1 episode
2000
Strong Medicine
as
Libby Bell
1 episode
1999
The Big Day
as
Pearl
1999
End of Days
as
Detective Margie Francis
1999
A Touch of Hope
as
Lily Keyes
1999
The West Wing
as
Deborah O'Leary
1 episode
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as
Carolyn Maddox
5 episode
s
1999
Detention
as
Miss Powers (voice)
1 episode
1999
Rocket Power
1 episode
1999
Funny Valentines
as
Ethel B.
1999
NetForce
as
Sandra Knight
1999
Netforce
as
Sandra Knight
2 episode
s
1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as
Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond
as
Anchor Woman (voice)
1 episode
1998
Little Girl Fly Away
as
Dr. Geddes
1998
Race
as
Lucinda Davis
1998
Final Justice
as
Danielle Kline
1997
Black Hollywood
as
Self
1997
House of Frankenstein
as
Dr. Shauna Kendall
2 episode
s
1997
Face/Off
as
Hollis Miller
1997
Things That Go Bump
as
Harriet Napolean
1997
The Practice
as
Helaine Washington
2 episode
s
1996
Millennium
as
Cheryl Andrews
5 episode
s
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
as
Jenny Ford
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as
Oracle (voice)
1996
All She Ever Wanted
as
Marilyn
1995
White Dwarf
as
Nurse Shabana
1995
Secrets of the X-Files
as
Self
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as
Mrs. Harris
1995
The Outer Limits
as
The Stranger
1 episode
1995
Zooman
as
Ash
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
as
Irene
1994
Gargoyles
as
Desdemona (voice)
2 episode
s
1994
Gargoyles
as
Coldfire (voice)
1 episode
1994
ER
as
Angela Hicks
27 episode
s
1994
South Central
1 episode
1994
Birdland
as
Nurse Lucy
7 episode
s
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove
as
Sara Pickett
4 episode
s
1993
The X-Files
as
Agent Lucy Kazdin
1 episode
1993
Lifepod
as
Mayvene
1993
Sliver
as
Victoria Hendrix
1993
Benny & Joon
as
Dr. Garvey
1993
For Their Own Good
as
Naomi Brinker
1993
RoboCop 3
as
Bertha
1993
The Ernest Green Story
as
Daisy Bates
1993
The Disappearance of Christina
as
Detective Davis
1992
The Importance of Being Earnest
as
Miss Prism
1990
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as
Fran Ambrose
1990
Postcards from the Edge
as
Julie Marsden
1990
Common Ground
as
Rachel Twymon
1990
Murder in Mississippi
as
Fannie Lee Chaney
1989
No Place Like Home
as
Prue
1989
Third Degree Burn
as
Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
1989
Quantum Leap
as
Mama Harper
1 episode
1988
Question of Faith
as
Roberta
1988
Run Till You Fall
as
Janice
1987
Bagdad Cafe
as
Brenda
1987
Women in Prison
as
Dawn Murphy
13 episode
s
1986
L.A. Law
as
Roseann Robin
4 episode
s
1986
As Summers Die
as
Priscilla
1986
Resting Place
as
Ada Johnson
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
as
Ernestine Littlechap
1 episode
1985
Prizzi's Honor
as
Peaches Altamont
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
as
Venus Taylor
2 episode
s
1984
Booker
as
Jane
1984
WonderWorks
as
Jane
1 episode
1984
The Cosby Show
as
Clair's friend
1 episode
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as
Deborah
1982
Cagney & Lacey
as
Timmons
1 episode
1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as
Anne
1981
Hill Street Blues
3 episode
s
1980
Union City
as
Mother
1979
All That Jazz
as
Nurse Blake
1979
Coriolanus
as
Valeria
1963
Miss USA
as
Self - Judge
1 episode
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as
Ada
1 episode
