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