CCH Pounder
Born December 25, 1952 (Age: 73)
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Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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.
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.
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Filmography
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
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as Mo'at
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Age: 72
The Naked Gun
2025
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as Chief Davis
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Age: 72
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
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as Mo'at
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Age: 69
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
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as Senator Williams
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Age: 66
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
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as Amanda Waller (voice)
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Age: 61
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
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as Dorothea
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Age: 60
Avatar
2009
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as Mo'at
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Age: 56
Orphan
2009
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as Sister Abigail
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Age: 56
The Shield: Wrap Day
2006
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as Self
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Age: 53
Disappearing Acts
2000
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as Mrs. Swift
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Age: 47
Cora Unashamed
2000
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as Ma Jenkins
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Age: 47
End of Days
1999
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as Detective Margie Francis
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Age: 46
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
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as Dr. Geddes
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Age: 45
Race
1998
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as Lucinda Davis
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Age: 45
Final Justice
1998
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as Danielle Kline
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Age: 45
No Image
Black Hollywood
1997
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as Self
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Age: 45
Face/Off
1997
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as Hollis Miller
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Age: 44
No Image
Things That Go Bump
1997
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as Harriet Napolean
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Age: 44
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
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as Jenny Ford
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Age: 43
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
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as Oracle (voice)
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Age: 43
All She Ever Wanted
1996
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as Marilyn
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Age: 43
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
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as Irene
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Age: 42
Lifepod
1993
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as Mayvene
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Age: 40
Sliver
1993
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as Victoria Hendrix
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Age: 40
Benny & Joon
1993
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as Dr. Garvey
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Age: 40
For Their Own Good
1993
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as Naomi Brinker
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Age: 40
RoboCop 3
1993
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as Bertha
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Age: 40
The Ernest Green Story
1993
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as Daisy Bates
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Age: 40
The Disappearance of Christina
1993
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as Detective Davis
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Age: 40
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
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as Miss Prism
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Age: 39
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
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as Fran Ambrose
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Age: 37
Postcards from the Edge
1990
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as Julie Marsden
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Age: 37
Common Ground
1990
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as Rachel Twymon
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Age: 37
Murder in Mississippi
1990
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as Fannie Lee Chaney
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Age: 37
No Place Like Home
1989
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as Prue
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Age: 36
Third Degree Burn
1989
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as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
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Age: 36
Question of Faith
1988
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as Roberta
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Age: 35
Run Till You Fall
1988
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as Janice
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Age: 35
Bagdad Cafe
1987
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as Brenda
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Age: 34
Prizzi's Honor
1985
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as Peaches Altamont
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Age: 32
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
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as Anne
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Age: 29
Union City
1980
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as Mother
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Age: 27
All That Jazz
1979
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as Nurse Blake
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Age: 26
Coriolanus
1979
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as Valeria
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Age: 26