CCH Pounder
70 movies · 53 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 25, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
- Also known as
- C.C.H. Pounder · Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder · C. C. H. Pounder
Biography
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.
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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
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★ 7.6 Avatar
2009 · Film
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★ 7.6 Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Film
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★ 6.7 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Film
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★ 7.1 Face/Off
1997 · Film
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★ 7.0 Orphan
2009 · Film
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★ 6.4 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · Film
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★ 7.6 Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Film
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★ 8.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV
CCH Pounder: movies and TV shows
Acting (123)
- Upcoming Avatar 4
as Mo'at
- Upcoming Avatar 5
as Mo'at
- Upcoming Baby of the Family
as Nurse Bloom
- 2026
- 2026
- 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash
as Mo'at
- 2025 The Naked Gun
as Chief Davis
- 2025 The Clock
as Elle Rivers
- 2024
- 2023 Rustin
as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
- 2023
- 2022 Avatar: The Way of Water
as Mo'at
- 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Senator Williams
- 2017
- 2016 When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
as Narrator (voice)
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Batman: Assault on Arkham
as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2013 The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
as Dorothea
- 2013
- 2012 Home Again
as Dulsay Mooreland
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010 My Girlfriend's Back
as Constance
- 2009 Avatar
as Mo'at
- 2009 Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
as Amanda Waller (voice)
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Orphan
as Sister Abigail
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 Rain
as Ms. Adams
- 2008
- 2008 Breaking the Maya Code
as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 The Tower
as Evie
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004 Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
as Winnie Mandela
- 2003
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Things Behind the Sun
as Judge
- 2001 Boycott
as Jo Ann Robinson
- 2000 Disappearing Acts
as Mrs. Swift
- 2000 Cora Unashamed
as Ma Jenkins
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 2000
- 1999 The Big Day
as Pearl
- 1999 End of Days
as Detective Margie Francis
- 1999 A Touch of Hope
as Lily Keyes
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999
- 1999 Funny Valentines
as Ethel B.
- 1999 NetForce
as Sandra Knight
- 1999
- 1999 Batman Beyond: The Movie
as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
- 1999
- 1998 Little Girl Fly Away
as Dr. Geddes
- 1998 Race
as Lucinda Davis
- 1998
- 1998 Final Justice
as Danielle Kline
- 1997
- 1997 Face/Off
as Hollis Miller
- 1997 Things That Go Bump
as Harriet Napolean
- 1997
- 1996
- 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
- 1995 White Dwarf
as Nurse Shabana
- 1995 Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Mrs. Harris
- 1995
- 1995 Zooman
as Ash
- 1995 Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
as Irene
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993
- 1993
- 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
- 1992 The Importance of Being Earnest
as Miss Prism
- 1990 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
- 1989 No Place Like Home
as Prue
- 1989 Third Degree Burn
as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
- 1989
- 1988 Question of Faith
as Roberta
- 1988 Run Till You Fall
as Janice
- 1987 Bagdad Cafe
as Brenda
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 As Summers Die
as Priscilla
- 1986 Resting Place
as Ada Johnson
- 1986
- 1985 Prizzi's Honor
as Peaches Altamont
- 1985
- 1984 Booker
as Jane
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Deborah
- 1982
- 1982 I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
as Anne
- 1982
- 1981
- 1980 Union City
as Mother
- 1979 All That Jazz
as Nurse Blake
- 1979 Coriolanus
as Valeria
- 1951
Talk shows and appearances (7)
- 2023
- 2022
- 2008 The Wendy Williams Show
1 episode
- 2006
- 1997
- 1995
- 1963 Miss USA
1 episode