CCH Pounder
Acting
Born: December 25, 1952 (age 73) · Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
Highest Rated
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
Avatar
2009
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Face/Off
1997
Orphan
2009
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
The X-Files
1993
Sons of Anarchy
2008
NCIS
2003
End of Days
1999
Photos (6)
Movies (64)
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Mo'at
Avatar: The Way of Water
Mo'at
Avatar
Mo'at
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Senator Williams
The Naked Gun
Chief Davis
Face/Off
Hollis Miller
Orphan
Sister Abigail
End of Days
Detective Margie Francis
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Dorothea
Sliver
Victoria Hendrix
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Oracle (voice)
RoboCop 3
Bertha
Batman: Assault on Arkham
Amanda Waller (voice)
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Irene
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Amanda Waller (voice)
Prizzi's Honor
Peaches Altamont
All That Jazz
Nurse Blake
Postcards from the Edge
Julie Marsden
Rustin
Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Psycho IV: The Beginning
Fran Ambrose
The Clock
Elle Rivers
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
Benny & Joon
Dr. Garvey
Bagdad Cafe
Brenda
Question of Faith
Roberta
Resting Place
Ada Johnson
If These Walls Could Talk
Jenny Ford
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Mrs. Harris
NetForce
Sandra Knight
Disappearing Acts
Mrs. Swift
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Winnie Mandela
Rain
Ms. Adams
Boycott
Jo Ann Robinson
Zooman
Ash
Coriolanus
Valeria
Things Behind the Sun
Judge
For Their Own Good
Naomi Brinker
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
Anne
Murder in Mississippi
Fannie Lee Chaney
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Lifepod
Mayvene
All She Ever Wanted
Marilyn
Home Again
Dulsay Mooreland
Common Ground
Rachel Twymon
The Ernest Green Story
Daisy Bates
A Touch of Hope
Lily Keyes
As Summers Die
Priscilla
Third Degree Burn
Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
Race
Lucinda Davis
The Big Day
Pearl
Union City
Mother
The Disappearance of Christina
Detective Davis
Little Girl Fly Away
Dr. Geddes
White Dwarf
Nurse Shabana
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
Narrator (voice)
Cora Unashamed
Ma Jenkins
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Deborah
Funny Valentines
Ethel B.
Final Justice
Danielle Kline
Run Till You Fall
Janice
No Place Like Home
Prue
My Girlfriend's Back
Constance
Breaking the Maya Code
Narrator (voice)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Prism
TV Shows (54)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Carolyn Maddox · 5 eps
NCIS
Loretta Wade · 2 eps
The West Wing
Deborah O'Leary · 1 eps
The X-Files
Agent Lucy Kazdin · 1 eps
Chicago Med
Dr. Eleanor Hess · 1 eps
Sons of Anarchy
Tyne Patterson · 14 eps
Cape Fear
Noa Toussaint · 10 eps
ER
Angela Hicks · 27 eps
The Shield
Claudette Wyms · 88 eps
Quantum Leap
Mama Harper · 1 eps
NCIS: New Orleans
Loretta Wade · 155 eps
American Playhouse
Deborah · 1 eps
Jackie Chan Adventures
Miss Kimber (voice) · 1 eps
Numb3rs
Lieutenant Lee Havercamp · 1 eps
The Practice
Helaine Washington · 2 eps
Hill Street Blues
3 eps
Strong Medicine
Libby Bell · 1 eps
L.A. Law
Judge Roseann Robin · 4 eps
Warehouse 13
Irene Frederic · 29 eps
The Cosby Show
Clair's friend · 1 eps
Archer
Claudette Kane (voice) · 1 eps
The Good Fight
Vinetta Clark · 2 eps
The Outer Limits
The Stranger · 1 eps
Revenge
Warden Sharon Stiles · 2 eps
Batman Beyond
Anchor Woman (voice) · 1 eps
Cagney & Lacey
Timmons · 1 eps
Girlfriends
Dr. Myers · 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
Amanda Waller / Juice (voice) · 1 eps
Justice League Unlimited
Amanda Waller (voice) · 8 eps
Gargoyles
Desdemona (voice) · 2 eps
Gargoyles
Coldfire (voice) · 1 eps
3 Body Problem
Lilian Joseph · 2 eps
The District
Eilen Carmicheal · 1 eps
Millennium
Cheryl Andrews · 5 eps
Static Shock
Mayor (voice) · 2 eps
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Miss Chris · 6 eps
Perception
FBI Psychiatrist · 1 eps
The Wendy Williams Show
1 eps
Beware the Batman
Mayor Marion Grange (voice) · 2 eps
Rocket Power
1 eps
Full Circle
Savitri Mahabir · 6 eps
Rude Awakening
Stacey · 1 eps
If Tomorrow Comes
Ernestine Littlechap · 1 eps
Return to Lonesome Dove
Sara Pickett · 4 eps
South Central
1 eps
Detention
Miss Powers (voice) · 1 eps
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Andrea Curtin · 1 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
Venus Taylor · 2 eps
Women in Prison
Dawn Murphy · 13 eps
Brothers
Adele Trainor · 13 eps
Birdland
Nurse Lucy · 7 eps
Netforce
Sandra Knight · 2 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Ada · 1 eps
House of Frankenstein
Dr. Shauna Kendall · 2 eps
