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