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