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