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CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Acting1952Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]

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.

Acting History

2031
Avatar 5
as Mo'at
2029
Avatar 4
as Mo'at
2026
Cape Fear
TVas Noa Toussaint
2025
The Naked Gun
as Chief Davis
The Clock
as Elle Rivers
Chicago Med
TVas Dr. Eleanor Hess1 eps
2024
3 Body Problem
TVas Secretary General Lilian Joseph2 eps
2023
Rustin
as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Full Circle
TVas Savitri Mahabir6 eps
2021
The Good Fight
TVas Vinetta Clark2 eps
2019
2015
Archer
TVas Claudette Kane (voice)1 eps
2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Amanda Waller (voice)
NCIS
TVas Loretta Wade2 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
TVas Loretta Wade155 eps
Beware the Batman
TVas Mayor Marion Grange (voice)2 eps
2013
Perception
TVas FBI Psychiatrist1 eps
Sons of Anarchy
TVas Tyne Patterson14 eps
2012
Home Again
as Dulsay Mooreland
2011
Revenge
TVas Warden Sharon Stiles2 eps
2010
2009
Orphan
as Sister Abigail
Avatar
as Mo'at
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Amanda Waller (voice)
Warehouse 13
TVas Irene Frederic29 eps
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
TVas Andrea Curtin / Mrs. Curtin
Brothers
TVas Adele Trainor
2008
The Tower
as Evie
Breaking the Maya Code
as Narrator (voice)
Rain
as Ms. Adams
2005
Numb3rs
TVas Lieutenant Lee Havercamp1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
TVas Amanda Waller (voice) / Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)8 eps
2004
Girlfriends
TVas Dr. Myers1 eps
2002
The Shield
TVas Claudette Wyms88 eps
2001
Boycott
as Jo Ann Robinson
The Practice
TVas Helaine Washington2 eps
The District
TVas Eilen Carmicheal1 eps
Strong Medicine
TVas Libby Bell1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Carolyn Maddox5 eps
2000
Disappearing Acts
as Mrs. Swift
Cora Unashamed
as Ma Jenkins
The West Wing
TVas Deborah O'Leary1 eps
Static Shock
TVas Mayor (voice)2 eps
The Outer Limits
TVas The Stranger1 eps
1999
End of Days
as Detective Margie Francis
NetForce
as Sandra Knight
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
Funny Valentines
as Ethel B.
The Big Day
as Pearl
A Touch of Hope
as Lily Keyes
Batman Beyond
TVas Anchor Woman (voice)1 eps
Detention
TVas Miss Powers (voice)
Netforce
TVas Sandra Knight
1998
Race
as Lucinda Davis
Final Justice
as Danielle Kline
1997
Things That Go Bump
as Harriet Napolean
Face/Off
as Hollis Miller
House of Frankenstein
TVas Dr. Shauna Kendall
1996
Miss USA
TVas Self - Judge1 eps
Millennium
TVas Cheryl Andrews5 eps
Gargoyles
TVas Desdemona (voice) / Coldfire (voice)1 eps
1994
The X-Files
TVas Agent Lucy Kazdin1 eps
ER
TVas Angela Hicks27 eps
Birdland
TVas Nurse Lucy
1993
RoboCop 3
as Bertha
Sliver
as Victoria Hendrix
Benny & Joon
as Dr. Garvey
Lifepod
as Mayvene
For Their Own Good
as Naomi Brinker
Return to Lonesome Dove
TVas Sara Pickett
1992
The Cosby Show
TVas Clair's friend1 eps
1990
Murder in Mississippi
as Fannie Lee Chaney
Postcards from the Edge
as Julie Marsden
Common Ground
as Rachel Twymon
Quantum Leap
TVas Mama Harper1 eps
1989
Third Degree Burn
as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
1988
1987
Bagdad Cafe
as Brenda
Women in Prison
TVas Dawn Murphy
1986
As Summers Die
as Priscilla
Resting Place
as Ada Johnson
Cagney & Lacey
TVas Timmons1 eps
L.A. Law
TVas Roseann Robin4 eps
If Tomorrow Comes
TVas Ernestine Littlechap
1985
Prizzi's Honor
as Peaches Altamont
The Atlanta Child Murders
TVas Venus Taylor2 eps
1984
1980
Union City
as Mother
1979
All That Jazz
as Nurse Blake
Coriolanus
as Valeria

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
12/25/1952(73 years old)
Place of Birth
Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]