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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

NCIS

Avatar: Fire and Ash

The X-Files

Sons of Anarchy

Chicago Med

ER

The West Wing
All Movies (74)
- Avatar 52031 · as Mo'at
- Avatar 42029 · as Mo'at
- Avatar: Fire and Ash2025 · as Mo'at
- The Naked Gun2025 · as Chief Davis
- The Clock2025 · as Elle Rivers
- Rustin2023 · as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
- Inside Pandora's Box2023 · as Self
- Avatar: The Way of Water2022 · as Mo'at
- Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior2022 · as Self
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · as Senator Williams
- When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy2016 · as Narrator (voice)
- Batman: Assault on Arkham2014 · as Amanda Waller (voice)
- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2013 · as Dorothea
- Home Again2012 · as Dulsay Mooreland
- My Girlfriend's Back2010 · as Constance
- Avatar2009 · as Mo'at
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies2009 · as Amanda Waller (voice)
- Orphan2009 · as Sister Abigail
- The Shield: Family Meeting2008 · as Self
- Rain2008 · as Ms. Adams
- Breaking the Maya Code2008 · as Narrator (voice)
- The Tower2008 · as Evie
- Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story2004 · as Winnie Mandela
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003
- Things Behind the Sun2001 · as Judge
- Boycott2001 · as Jo Ann Robinson
- Disappearing Acts2000 · as Mrs. Swift
- Cora Unashamed2000 · as Ma Jenkins
- The Big Day1999 · as Pearl
- End of Days1999 · as Detective Margie Francis
- A Touch of Hope1999 · as Lily Keyes
- Funny Valentines1999 · as Ethel B.
- NetForce1999 · as Sandra Knight
- Batman Beyond: The Movie1999 · as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
- Little Girl Fly Away1998 · as Dr. Geddes
- Race1998 · as Lucinda Davis
- Final Justice1998 · as Danielle Kline
- Black Hollywood1997 · as Self
- Face/Off1997 · as Hollis Miller
- Things That Go Bump1997 · as Harriet Napolean
- If These Walls Could Talk1996 · as Jenny Ford
- Aladdin and the King of Thieves1996 · as Oracle (voice)
- All She Ever Wanted1996 · as Marilyn
- White Dwarf1995 · as Nurse Shabana
- Secrets of the X-Files1995 · as Self
- Jack Reed: One of Our Own1995 · as Mrs. Harris
- Zooman1995 · as Ash
- Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight1995 · as Irene
- Lifepod1993 · as Mayvene
- Sliver1993 · as Victoria Hendrix
- Benny & Joon1993 · as Dr. Garvey
- For Their Own Good1993 · as Naomi Brinker
- RoboCop 31993 · as Bertha
- The Ernest Green Story1993 · as Daisy Bates
- The Disappearance of Christina1993 · as Detective Davis
- The Importance of Being Earnest1992 · as Miss Prism
- Psycho IV: The Beginning1990 · as Fran Ambrose
- Postcards from the Edge1990 · as Julie Marsden
- Common Ground1990 · as Rachel Twymon
- Murder in Mississippi1990 · as Fannie Lee Chaney
- No Place Like Home1989 · as Prue
- Third Degree Burn1989 · as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
- Question of Faith1988 · as Roberta
- Run Till You Fall1988 · as Janice
- Bagdad Cafe1987 · as Brenda
- As Summers Die1986 · as Priscilla
- Resting Place1986 · as Ada Johnson
- Prizzi's Honor1985 · as Peaches Altamont
- Booker1984 · as Jane
- Go Tell It on the Mountain1984 · as Deborah
- I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1982 · as Anne
- Union City1980 · as Mother
- All That Jazz1979 · as Nurse Blake
- Coriolanus1979 · as Valeria
All TV Shows (56)
- Cape Fear2026 · as Noa Toussaint
- The Terror: Devil in Silver2026 · as Miss Chris
- 3 Body Problem2024 · as Lilian Joseph
- Full Circle2023 · as Savitri Mahabir
- The Good Fight2017 · as Vinetta Clark
- Chicago Med2015 · as Dr. Eleanor Hess
- NCIS: New Orleans2014 · as Loretta Wade
- Beware the Batman2013 · as Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
- Perception2012 · as FBI Psychiatrist
- Revenge2011 · as Warden Sharon Stiles
- Brothers2009 · as Adele Trainor
- Archer2009 · as Claudette Kane (voice)
- Warehouse 132009 · as Irene Frederic
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency2009 · as Andrea Curtin
- Sons of Anarchy2008 · as Tyne Patterson
- The Wendy Williams Show2008
- Numb3rs2005 · as Lieutenant Lee Havercamp
- Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Amanda Waller (voice)
- Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
- NCIS2003 · as Loretta Wade
- For the People2002 · as Millie Towne
- The Shield2002 · as Claudette Wyms
- The District2000 · as Eilen Carmicheal
- Static Shock2000 · as Mayor (voice)
- Girlfriends2000 · as Dr. Myers
- Jackie Chan Adventures2000 · as Miss Kimber (voice)
- Strong Medicine2000 · as Libby Bell
- The West Wing1999 · as Deborah O'Leary
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Carolyn Maddox
- Detention1999 · as Miss Powers (voice)
- Rocket Power1999
- Netforce1999 · as Sandra Knight
- Batman Beyond1999 · as Anchor Woman (voice)
- Rude Awakening1998 · as Stacey
- House of Frankenstein1997 · as Dr. Shauna Kendall
- The Practice1997 · as Helaine Washington
- Millennium1996 · as Cheryl Andrews
- The Outer Limits1995 · as The Stranger
- Gargoyles1994 · as Desdemona (voice)
- Gargoyles1994 · as Coldfire (voice)
- ER1994 · as Angela Hicks
- South Central1994
- Birdland1994 · as Nurse Lucy
- Return to Lonesome Dove1993 · as Sara Pickett
- The X-Files1993 · as Agent Lucy Kazdin
- Quantum Leap1989 · as Mama Harper
- Women in Prison1987 · as Dawn Murphy
- L.A. Law1986 · as Roseann Robin
- If Tomorrow Comes1986 · as Ernestine Littlechap
- The Atlanta Child Murders1985 · as Venus Taylor
- WonderWorks1984 · as Jane
- The Cosby Show1984 · as Clair's friend
- Cagney & Lacey1982 · as Timmons
- Hill Street Blues1981
- Miss USA1963 · as Self - Judge
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Ada