Actor
· Acting
CCH Pounder
Born 1952-12-25
📍 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.
Filmography 121
Avatar 5
as Mo'at
2031
Avatar 4
as Mo'at
2029
Cape Fear
as Noa Toussaint
2026
Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Mo'at
2025
The Naked Gun
as Chief Davis
2025
The Clock
as Elle Rivers
2025
3 Body Problem
as Lilian Joseph
2024
Rustin
as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
2023
Full Circle
as Savitri Mahabir
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
as Self
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
as Mo'at
2022
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Senator Williams
2019
The Good Fight
as Vinetta Clark
2017
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Chicago Med
as Dr. Eleanor Hess
2015
NCIS: New Orleans
as Loretta Wade
2014
Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Amanda Waller (voice)
2014
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Dorothea
2013
Beware the Batman
as Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
2013
Home Again
as Dulsay Mooreland
2012
Perception
as FBI Psychiatrist
2012
Revenge
as Warden Sharon Stiles
2011
My Girlfriend's Back
as Constance
2010
Avatar
as Mo'at
2009
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Amanda Waller (voice)
2009
Brothers
as Adele Trainor
2009
Archer
as Claudette Kane (voice)
2009
Orphan
as Sister Abigail
2009
Warehouse 13
as Irene Frederic
2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
as Andrea Curtin
2009
The Shield: Family Meeting
as Self
2008
Rain
as Ms. Adams
2008
Sons of Anarchy
as Tyne Patterson
2008
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Breaking the Maya Code
as Narrator (voice)
2008
Numb3rs
as Lieutenant Lee Havercamp
2005
Justice League Unlimited
as Amanda Waller (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited
as Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
2004
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Winnie Mandela
2004
NCIS
as Loretta Wade
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
The Shield
as Claudette Wyms
2002
Things Behind the Sun
as Judge
2001
Boycott
as Jo Ann Robinson
2001
Disappearing Acts
as Mrs. Swift
2000
Cora Unashamed
as Ma Jenkins
2000
The District
as Eilen Carmicheal
2000
Static Shock
as Mayor (voice)
2000
Girlfriends
as Dr. Myers
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures
as Miss Kimber (voice)
2000
Strong Medicine
as Libby Bell
2000
The Big Day
as Pearl
1999
End of Days
as Detective Margie Francis
1999
A Touch of Hope
as Lily Keyes
1999
The West Wing
as Deborah O'Leary
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Carolyn Maddox
1999
Detention
as Miss Powers (voice)
1999
Rocket Power
1999
Funny Valentines
as Ethel B.
1999
NetForce
as Sandra Knight
1999
Netforce
as Sandra Knight
1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
1999
Batman Beyond
as Anchor Woman (voice)
1999
Little Girl Fly Away
as Dr. Geddes
1998
Race
as Lucinda Davis
1998
Final Justice
as Danielle Kline
1998
House of Frankenstein
as Dr. Shauna Kendall
1997
Face/Off
as Hollis Miller
1997
The Practice
as Helaine Washington
1997
Millennium
as Cheryl Andrews
1996
If These Walls Could Talk
as Jenny Ford
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
as Oracle (voice)
1996
All She Ever Wanted
as Marilyn
1996
White Dwarf
as Nurse Shabana
1995
Secrets of the X-Files
as Self
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Mrs. Harris
1995
The Outer Limits
as The Stranger
1995
Zooman
as Ash
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
as Irene
1995
Gargoyles
as Desdemona (voice)
1994
Gargoyles
as Coldfire (voice)
1994
ER
as Angela Hicks
1994
South Central
1994
Birdland
as Nurse Lucy
1994
Return to Lonesome Dove
as Sara Pickett
1993
The X-Files
as Agent Lucy Kazdin
1993
Lifepod
as Mayvene
1993
Sliver
as Victoria Hendrix
1993
Benny & Joon
as Dr. Garvey
1993
For Their Own Good
as Naomi Brinker
1993
RoboCop 3
as Bertha
1993
The Ernest Green Story
as Daisy Bates
1993
The Disappearance of Christina
as Detective Davis
1993
The Importance of Being Earnest
as Miss Prism
1992
Psycho IV: The Beginning
as Fran Ambrose
1990
Postcards from the Edge
as Julie Marsden
1990
Common Ground
as Rachel Twymon
1990
Murder in Mississippi
as Fannie Lee Chaney
1990
No Place Like Home
as Prue
1989
Third Degree Burn
as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
1989
Quantum Leap
as Mama Harper
1989
Question of Faith
as Roberta
1988
Run Till You Fall
as Janice
1988
Bagdad Cafe
as Brenda
1987
Women in Prison
as Dawn Murphy
1987
L.A. Law
as Roseann Robin
1986
As Summers Die
as Priscilla
1986
Resting Place
as Ada Johnson
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
as Ernestine Littlechap
1986
Prizzi's Honor
as Peaches Altamont
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Venus Taylor
1985
The Cosby Show
as Clair's friend
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Deborah
1984
Cagney & Lacey
as Timmons
1982
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Anne
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Union City
as Mother
1980
All That Jazz
as Nurse Blake
1979
Coriolanus
as Valeria
1979
Miss USA
as Self - Judge
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Ada
1951