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

  1. 2031Avatar 5Mo'at
  2. 2029Avatar 4Mo'at
  3. 2026Cape Fear1 seasonNoa Toussaint
  4. 2025The Clock17mElle Rivers
  5. 2025The Naked Gun1h 25mChief Davis
  6. 2025Avatar: Fire and Ash3h 18mMo'at
  7. 2023Full Circle1 seasonSavitri Mahabir
  8. 2023Rustin1h 48mDr. Anna Hedgeman
  9. 2023Inside Pandora's Box2h 32mSelf
  10. 2022Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior1h 17mSelf
  11. 2022Avatar: The Way of Water3h 12mMo'at
  12. 2019Godzilla: King of the Monsters2h 12mSenator Williams
  13. 2016When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy1h 18mNarrator (voice)
  14. 2014Batman: Assault on Arkham1h 16mAmanda Waller (voice)
  15. 2014NCIS: New Orleans7 seasonsLoretta Wade
  16. 2013The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2h 10mDorothea
  17. 2012Home Again1h 41mDulsay Mooreland
  18. 2010My Girlfriend's Back1h 20mConstance
  19. 2009Brothers1 seasonAdele Trainor
  20. 2009Orphan2h 3mSister Abigail
  21. 2009Avatar2h 42mMo'at
  22. 2009Superman/Batman: Public Enemies1h 7mAmanda Waller (voice)
  23. 2008Rain1h 33mMs. Adams
  24. 2008Breaking the Maya Code1h 56mNarrator (voice)
  25. 2008The TowerEvie
  26. 2006The Shield: Wrap Day27mSelf
  27. 2004Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story1h 35mWinnie Mandela
  28. 2004W.I.T.C.H.2 seasonsKadma (voice)
  29. 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives1h 15m
  30. 2002The Shield7 seasonsClaudette Wyms
  31. 2001Boycott1h 58mJo Ann Robinson
  32. 2001Things Behind the Sun2hJudge
  33. 2000Cora Unashamed1h 33mMa Jenkins
  34. 2000Disappearing Acts1h 55mMrs. Swift
  35. 1999A Touch of Hope1h 36mLily Keyes
  36. 1999Funny Valentines1h 48mEthel B.
  37. 1999End of Days2h 2mDetective Margie Francis
  38. 1999NetForce2h 34mSandra Knight
  39. 1999Netforce1 seasonSandra Knight
  40. 1999Batman Beyond: The Movie41mVirtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
  41. 1999The Big Day1h 28mPearl
  42. 1998Race1h 44mLucinda Davis
  43. 1998Final Justice1h 36mDanielle Kline
  44. 1998Little Girl Fly Away1h 27mDr. Geddes
  45. 1997Things That Go Bump45mHarriet Napolean
  46. 1997House of Frankenstein1 seasonDr. Shauna Kendall
  47. 1997Black Hollywood1h 30mSelf
  48. 1997Face/Off2h 19mHollis Miller
  49. 1996All She Ever Wanted1h 31mMarilyn
  50. 1996If These Walls Could Talk1h 37mJenny Ford
  51. 1996Aladdin and the King of Thieves1h 21mOracle (voice)
  52. 1995Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight1h 33mIrene
  53. 1995Zooman1h 35mAsh
  54. 1995Secrets of the X-Files43mSelf
  55. 1995White Dwarf1h 30mNurse Shabana
  56. 1995Jack Reed: One of Our Own1h 35mMrs. Harris
  57. 1994Birdland1 seasonNurse Lucy
  58. 1993The Disappearance of Christina1h 33mDetective Davis
  59. 1993The Ernest Green Story1h 41mDaisy Bates
  60. 1993For Their Own Good1h 58mNaomi Brinker
  61. 1993Benny & Joon1h 38mDr. Garvey
  62. 1993RoboCop 31h 45mBertha
  63. 1993Lifepod1h 29mMayvene
  64. 1993Sliver1h 47mVictoria Hendrix
  65. 1993Return to Lonesome Dove1 seasonSara Pickett
  66. 1992The Importance of Being Earnest2h 3mMiss Prism
  67. 1990Common Ground3h 5mRachel Twymon
  68. 1990Murder in Mississippi1h 36mFannie Lee Chaney
  69. 1990Psycho IV: The Beginning1h 36mFran Ambrose
  70. 1990Postcards from the Edge1h 41mJulie Marsden
  71. 1989No Place Like Home1h 30mPrue
  72. 1989Third Degree Burn1h 40mJulie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
  73. 1988Run Till You Fall1h 40mJanice
  74. 1988Question of Faith1h 37mRoberta
  75. 1987Bagdad Cafe1h 48mBrenda
  76. 1986Resting Place1h 40mAda Johnson
  77. 1986As Summers Die1h 27mPriscilla
  78. 1985Prizzi's Honor2h 4mPeaches Altamont
  79. 1984Booker56mJane
  80. 1984Go Tell It on the Mountain1h 36mDeborah
  81. 1982I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1h 47mAnne
  82. 1980Union City1h 26mMother
  83. 1979Coriolanus2h 40mValeria
  84. Avatar: The High GroundMo'at
  85. Avatar: The Gap Year — Tipping PointMo'at
  86. Baby of the Family1h 41mNurse Bloom