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