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