CCH 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. 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

Victoria Hendrix

Sliver

Brenda

Out of Rosenheim

Dr. Garvey

Benny & Joon

Bertha

RoboCop 3

Sister Abigail

Orphan

Amanda Waller (voice)

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Harriet Napolean

Things That Go Bump

Self

Black Hollywood

Irene

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Detective Margie Francis

End of Days

Dr. Anna Hedgeman

Rustin

Fran Ambrose

Psycho IV: The Beginning

Jenny Ford

If These Walls Could Talk

Pearl

The Big Day

Self

Inside Pandora's Box

Ms. Adams

Rain

Nurse Shabana

White Dwarf

Constance

My Girlfriend's Back

Lucinda Davis

Race

Ada Johnson

Resting Place

Sandra Knight

NetForce

Narrator (voice)

Breaking the Maya Code

Dorothea

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)

Third Degree Burn

Naomi Brinker

For Their Own Good

Prue

No Place Like Home

Jo Ann Robinson

Boycott

Deborah

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Mayvene

Lifepod

Fannie Lee Chaney

Murder in Mississippi

Ethel B.

Funny Valentines

Amanda Waller (voice)

Batman: Assault on Arkham

Self

Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

Hollis Miller

Face/Off

Nurse Blake

All That Jazz

Ma Jenkins

Cora Unashamed

Priscilla

As Summers Die

Janice

Run Till You Fall

Rachel Twymon

Common Ground

Dulsay Mooreland

Home Again

Valeria

Coriolanus

Dr. Geddes

Little Girl Fly Away

Jane

Booker

Anne

I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

Narrator (voice)

When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

The Naked Gun

Judge

Things Behind the Sun

Lily Keyes

A Touch of Hope

Mrs. Swift

Disappearing Acts

Danielle Kline

Final Justice

Miss Prism

The Importance of Being Earnest

Daisy Bates

The Ernest Green Story

Mo'at

Avatar 5

Mo'at

Avatar 4

Mo'at

Avatar: The Way of Water

Mo'at

Avatar: Fire and Ash

Mo'at

Avatar

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)

Batman Beyond: The Movie

Julie Marsden

Postcards from the Edge

Senator Williams

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Peaches Altamont

Prizzi's Honor

Ash

Zooman

Detective Davis

The Disappearance of Christina

Mrs. Harris

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

Dr. Marilyn Tower

All She Ever Wanted

Mrs. Lewis

Union City

Roberta

Question of Faith

Self

The Shield: Wrap Day

Evie

The Tower

Oracle (voice)

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Female

Birthday

1952-12-25

Place of Birth

Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]

Also Known As

C.C.H. Pounder