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.Β Loretta WadeΒ on the seriesΒ NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2021), District Attorney Tyne Patterson onΒ Sons of Anarchy (2013β2014), Irene Frederic onΒ Warehouse 13Β (2009β2014),Β CaptainΒ Claudette WymsΒ on theΒ FX seriesΒ The ShieldΒ (2002β2008),Β and Dr. Angela Hicks on the medical drama seriesΒ ERΒ (1994β1997).
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 ofΒ Amanda WallerΒ in the animated showΒ Justice League UnlimitedΒ (2004β2006), a role that she has reprised in laterΒ DC ComicsΒ media.
She has received fourΒ Primetime Emmy AwardΒ nominations for her roles inΒ The X-Files,Β ER,Β The Shield, andΒ The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
Filmography (128)
Avatar 5
2031
Avatar 4
2029
Cape Fear
2026
The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026
The Naked Gun
2025
The Clock
2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
3 Body Problem
2024
Rustin
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
Full Circle
2023
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
The Good Fight
2017
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
2016
Chicago Med
2015
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
NCIS: New Orleans
2014
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
Beware the Batman
2013
Home Again
2012
Perception
2012
Revenge
2011
My Girlfriend's Back
2010
Orphan
2009
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
Avatar
2009
Brothers
2009
Warehouse 13
2009
Archer
2009
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009
Rain
2008
Breaking the Maya Code
2008
The Shield: Family Meeting
2008
The Tower
2008
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Sons of Anarchy
2008
Numb3rs
2005
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
NCIS
2003
The Shield
2002
For the People
2002
Boycott
2001
Things Behind the Sun
2001
Cora Unashamed
2000
Disappearing Acts
2000
The District
2000
Girlfriends
2000
Strong Medicine
2000
Static Shock
2000
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000
End of Days
1999
The Big Day
1999
NetForce
1999
Funny Valentines
1999
A Touch of Hope
1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Batman Beyond
1999
The West Wing
1999
Rocket Power
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Netforce
1999
Detention
1999
Race
1998
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
Final Justice
1998
Rude Awakening
1998
Things That Go Bump
1997
Black Hollywood
1997
Face/Off
1997
The Practice
1997
House of Frankenstein
1997
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
All She Ever Wanted
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
Millennium
1996
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
White Dwarf
1995
Zooman
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
The Outer Limits
1995
Gargoyles
1994
ER
1994
South Central
1994
Birdland
1994
Sliver
1993
Benny & Joon
1993
RoboCop 3
1993
For Their Own Good
1993
Lifepod
1993
The Ernest Green Story
1993
The Disappearance of Christina
1993
The X-Files
1993
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
Murder in Mississippi
1990
Common Ground
1990
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Third Degree Burn
1989
No Place Like Home
1989
Quantum Leap
1989
Run Till You Fall
1988
Question of Faith
1988
Bagdad Cafe
1987
Women in Prison
1987
Resting Place
1986
As Summers Die
1986
L.A. Law
1986
If Tomorrow Comes
1986
Prizzi's Honor
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
Booker
1984
The Cosby Show
1984
WonderWorks
1984
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Hill Street Blues
1981
Union City
1980
All That Jazz
1979
Coriolanus
1979
Miss USA
1963
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951