CCH Pounder
Known for ActingBorn 1952-12-25Georgetown, 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.
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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.
Known for
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · as Mo'at
Avatar: The Way of Water
2022 · as Mo'at
Avatar
2009 · as Mo'at
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · as Senator Williams
The Naked Gun
2025 · as Chief Davis
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013 · as Dorothea
Face/Off
1997 · as Hollis Miller
End of Days
1999 · as Detective Margie Francis
Sliver
1993 · as Victoria Hendrix
Orphan
2009 · as Sister Abigail
Avatar 4
2029 · as Mo'at
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
1996 · as Oracle (voice)
RoboCop 3
1993 · as Bertha
Avatar 5
2031 · as Mo'at
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 · as Irene
Batman: Assault on Arkham
2014 · as Amanda Waller (voice)
All That Jazz
1979 · as Nurse Blake
Rustin
2023 · as Dr. Anna Hedgeman