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