CCH Pounder
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1952-12-25 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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.
Known For
Acting
(2031)
Avatar 5
as Mo'at
(2029)
Avatar 4
as Mo'at
(2025)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Mo'at
(2025)
(2023)
Rustin
as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
(2023)
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
(2022)
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Mo'at
(2022)
(2019)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Senator Williams
(2016)
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Amanda Waller (voice)
(2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Dorothea
(2012)
Home Again
as Dulsay Mooreland
(2010)
My Girlfriend's Back
as Constance
(2009)
Avatar
as Mo'at
(2009)
Orphan
as Sister Abigail
(2009)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Amanda Waller (voice)
(2008)
The Tower
as Evie
(2008)
Breaking the Maya Code
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Rain
as Ms. Adams
(2006)
The Shield: Wrap Day
as Self
(2003)
(2001)
Boycott
as Jo Ann Robinson
(2001)
Things Behind the Sun
as Judge
(2000)
Disappearing Acts
as Mrs. Swift
(2000)
Cora Unashamed
as Ma Jenkins
(1999)
End of Days
as Detective Margie Francis
(1999)
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
(1999)
NetForce
as Sandra Knight
(1999)
The Big Day
as Pearl
(1999)
Funny Valentines
as Ethel B.
(1999)
A Touch of Hope
as Lily Keyes
(1998)
Final Justice
as Danielle Kline
(1998)
Little Girl Fly Away
as Dr. Geddes
(1998)
Race
as Lucinda Davis
(1997)
Face/Off
as Hollis Miller
(1997)
Things That Go Bump
as Harriet Napolean
(1997)
Black Hollywood
as Self
(1996)
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Oracle (voice)
(1996)
If These Walls Could Talk
as Jenny Ford
(1996)
All She Ever Wanted
as Dr. Marilyn Tower
(1995)
(1995)
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Mrs. Harris
(1995)
White Dwarf
as Nurse Shabana
(1995)
Zooman
as Ash
(1993)
Sliver
as Victoria Hendrix
(1993)
RoboCop 3
as Bertha
(1993)
Benny & Joon
as Dr. Garvey
(1993)
Lifepod
as Mayvene
(1993)
For Their Own Good
as Naomi Brinker
(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)
Postcards from the Edge
as Julie Marsden
(1990)
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Fran Ambrose
(1990)
Common Ground
as Rachel Twymon
(1990)
Murder in Mississippi
as Fannie Lee Chaney
(1989)
Third Degree Burn
as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
(1989)
No Place Like Home
as Prue
(1988)
Question of Faith
as Roberta
(1988)
Run Till You Fall
as Janice
(1987)
Bagdad Cafe
as Brenda
(1986)
Resting Place
as Ada Johnson
(1986)
As Summers Die
as Priscilla
(1985)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Deborah
(1985)
Prizzi's Honor
as Peaches Altamont
(1984)
Booker
as Jane
(1982)
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Anne
(1980)
Union City
as Mrs. Lewis
(1979)
All That Jazz
as Nurse Blake
(1979)
Coriolanus
as Valeria