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