CCH Pounder
Acting
Born December 25, 1952 · Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]
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.
Films (74)
Avatar 5
2031
Avatar 4
2029
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
The Naked Gun
2025
The Clock
2025
Rustin
2023
Inside Pandora's Box
2023
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
2022
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
2016
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
Home Again
2012
My Girlfriend's Back
2010
Avatar
2009
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
Orphan
2009
Rain
2008
Breaking the Maya Code
2008
The Tower
2008
The Shield: Wrap Day
2006
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Things Behind the Sun
2001
Boycott
2001
Disappearing Acts
2000
Cora Unashamed
2000
The Big Day
1999
End of Days
1999
A Touch of Hope
1999
Funny Valentines
1999
NetForce
1999
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Little Girl Fly Away
1998
Race
1998
Final Justice
1998
Black Hollywood
1997
Face/Off
1997
Things That Go Bump
1997
If These Walls Could Talk
1996
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996
All She Ever Wanted
1996
White Dwarf
1995
Secrets of the X-Files
1995
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995
Zooman
1995
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995
Lifepod
1993
Sliver
1993
Benny & Joon
1993
For Their Own Good
1993
RoboCop 3
1993
The Ernest Green Story
1993
The Disappearance of Christina
1993
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Common Ground
1990
Murder in Mississippi
1990
No Place Like Home
1989
Third Degree Burn
1989
Question of Faith
1988
Run Till You Fall
1988
Bagdad Cafe
1987
As Summers Die
1986
Resting Place
1986
Prizzi's Honor
1985
Booker
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982
Union City
1980
All That Jazz
1979
Coriolanus
1979