Avatar 5
2031 · Movie
as Mo'at
CCH Pounder
1952-12-25
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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.
Filmography
Avatar 4
2029 · Movie
as Mo'at
Cape Fear
2026 · TV Show
as Noa Toussaint
The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026 · TV Show
as Miss Chris
The Naked Gun
2025 · Movie
as Chief Davis
The Clock
2025 · Movie
as Elle Rivers
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · Movie
as Mo'at
3 Body Problem
2024 · TV Show
as Lilian Joseph
Rustin
2023 · Movie
as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Inside Pandora's Box
2023 · Movie
as Self
Full Circle
2023 · TV Show
as Savitri Mahabir
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Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
2022 · Movie
as Self
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · Movie
as Mo'at
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Movie
as Senator Williams
The Good Fight
2017 · TV Show
as Vinetta Clark
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
2016 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Chicago Med
2015 · TV Show
as Dr. Eleanor Hess
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014 · Movie
as Amanda Waller (voice)
NCIS: New Orleans
2014 · TV Show
as Loretta Wade
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · Movie
as Dorothea
Beware the Batman
2013 · TV Show
as Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
Home Again
2012 · Movie
as Dulsay Mooreland
Perception
2012 · TV Show
as FBI Psychiatrist
Revenge
2011 · TV Show
as Warden Sharon Stiles
My Girlfriend's Back
2010 · Movie
as Constance
Orphan
2009 · Movie
as Sister Abigail
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009 · Movie
as Amanda Waller (voice)
Avatar
2009 · Movie
as Mo'at
Brothers
2009 · TV Show
as Adele Trainor
Warehouse 13
2009 · TV Show
as Irene Frederic
Archer
2009 · TV Show
as Claudette Kane (voice)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
2009 · TV Show
as Andrea Curtin
Rain
2008 · Movie
as Ms. Adams
Breaking the Maya Code
2008 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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The Tower
2008 · Movie
as Evie
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · TV Show
Sons of Anarchy
2008 · TV Show
as Tyne Patterson
The Shield: Wrap Day
2006 · Movie
as Self
Numb3rs
2005 · TV Show
as Lieutenant Lee Havercamp
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
2004 · Movie
as Winnie Mandela
Justice League Unlimited
2004 · TV Show
as Amanda Waller (voice), Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 · Movie
NCIS
2003 · TV Show
as Loretta Wade
The Shield
2002 · TV Show
as Claudette Wyms
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For the People
2002 · TV Show
as Millie Towne
Boycott
2001 · Movie
as Jo Ann Robinson
Things Behind the Sun
2001 · Movie
as Judge
Cora Unashamed
2000 · Movie
as Ma Jenkins
Disappearing Acts
2000 · Movie
as Mrs. Swift
The District
2000 · TV Show
as Eilen Carmicheal
Girlfriends
2000 · TV Show
as Dr. Myers
Strong Medicine
2000 · TV Show
as Libby Bell
Static Shock
2000 · TV Show
as Mayor (voice)
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000 · TV Show
as Miss Kimber (voice)
End of Days
1999 · Movie
as Detective Margie Francis
The Big Day
1999 · Movie
as Pearl
NetForce
1999 · Movie
as Sandra Knight
Funny Valentines
1999 · Movie
as Ethel B.
A Touch of Hope
1999 · Movie
as Lily Keyes
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999 · Movie
as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
Batman Beyond
1999 · TV Show
as Anchor Woman (voice)
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
as Deborah O'Leary
Rocket Power
1999 · TV Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
as Carolyn Maddox
Netforce
1999 · TV Show
as Sandra Knight
Detention
1999 · TV Show
as Miss Powers (voice)
Race
1998 · Movie
as Lucinda Davis
Little Girl Fly Away
1998 · Movie
as Dr. Geddes
Final Justice
1998 · Movie
as Danielle Kline
Rude Awakening
1998 · TV Show
as Stacey
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Things That Go Bump
1997 · Movie
as Harriet Napolean
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Black Hollywood
1997 · Movie
as Self
Face/Off
1997 · Movie
as Hollis Miller
The Practice
1997 · TV Show
as Helaine Washington
House of Frankenstein
1997 · TV Show
as Dr. Shauna Kendall
If These Walls Could Talk
1996 · Movie
as Jenny Ford
All She Ever Wanted
1996 · Movie
as Marilyn
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996 · Movie
as Oracle (voice)
Millennium
1996 · TV Show
as Cheryl Andrews
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 · Movie
as Irene
White Dwarf
1995 · Movie
as Nurse Shabana
Zooman
1995 · Movie
as Ash
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
1995 · Movie
as Mrs. Harris
Secrets of the X-Files
1995 · Movie
as Self
The Outer Limits
1995 · TV Show
as The Stranger
Gargoyles
1994 · TV Show
as Desdemona (voice), Coldfire (voice)
ER
1994 · TV Show
as Angela Hicks
South Central
1994 · TV Show
Birdland
1994 · TV Show
as Nurse Lucy
Sliver
1993 · Movie
as Victoria Hendrix
Benny & Joon
1993 · Movie
as Dr. Garvey
RoboCop 3
1993 · Movie
as Bertha
For Their Own Good
1993 · Movie
as Naomi Brinker
Lifepod
1993 · Movie
as Mayvene
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Movie
as Daisy Bates
The Disappearance of Christina
1993 · Movie
as Detective Davis
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as Agent Lucy Kazdin
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993 · TV Show
as Sara Pickett
The Importance of Being Earnest
1992 · Movie
as Miss Prism
Psycho IV: The Beginning
1990 · Movie
as Fran Ambrose
Murder in Mississippi
1990 · Movie
as Fannie Lee Chaney
Common Ground
1990 · Movie
as Rachel Twymon
Postcards from the Edge
1990 · Movie
as Julie Marsden
Third Degree Burn
1989 · Movie
as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
No Place Like Home
1989 · Movie
as Prue
Quantum Leap
1989 · TV Show
as Mama Harper
Run Till You Fall
1988 · Movie
as Janice
Question of Faith
1988 · Movie
as Roberta
Bagdad Cafe
1987 · Movie
as Brenda
Women in Prison
1987 · TV Show
as Dawn Murphy
Resting Place
1986 · Movie
as Ada Johnson
As Summers Die
1986 · Movie
as Priscilla
L.A. Law
1986 · TV Show
as Judge Roseann Robin
If Tomorrow Comes
1986 · TV Show
as Ernestine Littlechap
Prizzi's Honor
1985 · Movie
as Peaches Altamont
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · TV Show
as Venus Taylor
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984 · Movie
as Deborah
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Booker
1984 · Movie
as Jane
The Cosby Show
1984 · TV Show
as Clair's friend
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WonderWorks
1984 · TV Show
as Jane
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
1982 · Movie
as Anne
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV Show
as Timmons
American Playhouse
1982 · TV Show
as Deborah
Hill Street Blues
1981 · TV Show
Union City
1980 · Movie
as Mother
All That Jazz
1979 · Movie
as Nurse Blake
Coriolanus
1979 · Movie
as Valeria
Miss USA
1963 · TV Show
as Self - Judge
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Ada
