Actor
CCH Pounder
Born 25 December 1952 · Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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.
Films and shows
- 2031
Avatar 5Mo'at - 2029
Avatar 4Mo'at - 2026
Cape Fear1 seasonNoa Toussaint - 2025
The Clock17mElle Rivers - 2025
The Naked Gun1h 25mChief Davis - 2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash3h 18mMo'at - 2023
Full Circle1 seasonSavitri Mahabir - 2023
Rustin1h 48mDr. Anna Hedgeman - 2023
Inside Pandora's Box2h 32mSelf - 2022Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior1h 17mSelf
- 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water3h 12mMo'at - 2019
Godzilla: King of the Monsters2h 12mSenator Williams - 2016
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy1h 18mNarrator (voice) - 2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham1h 16mAmanda Waller (voice) - 2014
NCIS: New Orleans7 seasonsLoretta Wade - 2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2h 10mDorothea - 2012
Home Again1h 41mDulsay Mooreland - 2010
My Girlfriend's Back1h 20mConstance - 2009
Brothers1 seasonAdele Trainor - 2009
Orphan2h 3mSister Abigail - 2009
Avatar2h 42mMo'at - 2009
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies1h 7mAmanda Waller (voice) - 2008
Rain1h 33mMs. Adams - 2008
Breaking the Maya Code1h 56mNarrator (voice) - 2008The TowerEvie
- 2006
The Shield: Wrap Day27mSelf - 2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story1h 35mWinnie Mandela - 2004
W.I.T.C.H.2 seasonsKadma (voice) - 2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives1h 15m - 2002
The Shield7 seasonsClaudette Wyms - 2001
Boycott1h 58mJo Ann Robinson - 2001
Things Behind the Sun2hJudge - 2000
Cora Unashamed1h 33mMa Jenkins - 2000
Disappearing Acts1h 55mMrs. Swift - 1999
A Touch of Hope1h 36mLily Keyes - 1999
Funny Valentines1h 48mEthel B. - 1999
End of Days2h 2mDetective Margie Francis - 1999
NetForce2h 34mSandra Knight - 1999
Netforce1 seasonSandra Knight - 1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie41mVirtual News Anchor #1 (voice) - 1999
The Big Day1h 28mPearl - 1998
Race1h 44mLucinda Davis - 1998
Final Justice1h 36mDanielle Kline - 1998
Little Girl Fly Away1h 27mDr. Geddes - 1997Things That Go Bump45mHarriet Napolean
- 1997
House of Frankenstein1 seasonDr. Shauna Kendall - 1997Black Hollywood1h 30mSelf
- 1997
Face/Off2h 19mHollis Miller - 1996
All She Ever Wanted1h 31mMarilyn - 1996
If These Walls Could Talk1h 37mJenny Ford - 1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves1h 21mOracle (voice) - 1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight1h 33mIrene - 1995
Zooman1h 35mAsh - 1995
Secrets of the X-Files43mSelf - 1995
White Dwarf1h 30mNurse Shabana - 1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own1h 35mMrs. Harris - 1994
Birdland1 seasonNurse Lucy - 1993
The Disappearance of Christina1h 33mDetective Davis - 1993
The Ernest Green Story1h 41mDaisy Bates - 1993
For Their Own Good1h 58mNaomi Brinker - 1993
Benny & Joon1h 38mDr. Garvey - 1993
RoboCop 31h 45mBertha - 1993
Lifepod1h 29mMayvene - 1993
Sliver1h 47mVictoria Hendrix - 1993
Return to Lonesome Dove1 seasonSara Pickett - 1992
The Importance of Being Earnest2h 3mMiss Prism - 1990
Common Ground3h 5mRachel Twymon - 1990
Murder in Mississippi1h 36mFannie Lee Chaney - 1990
Psycho IV: The Beginning1h 36mFran Ambrose - 1990
Postcards from the Edge1h 41mJulie Marsden - 1989
No Place Like Home1h 30mPrue - 1989
Third Degree Burn1h 40mJulie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder) - 1988
Run Till You Fall1h 40mJanice - 1988
Question of Faith1h 37mRoberta - 1987
Bagdad Cafe1h 48mBrenda - 1986
Resting Place1h 40mAda Johnson - 1986
As Summers Die1h 27mPriscilla - 1985
Prizzi's Honor2h 4mPeaches Altamont - 1984
Booker56mJane - 1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain1h 36mDeborah - 1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1h 47mAnne - 1980
Union City1h 26mMother - 1979
Coriolanus2h 40mValeria - Avatar: The High GroundMo'at
- Avatar: The Gap Year — Tipping PointMo'at
- Baby of the Family1h 41mNurse Bloom
