CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Birthday: 1952-12-25

Place of Birth: Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]

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.

Movies

Sliver
Sliver

A woman moves into a Manhattan apartment, where she learns that the previous tenant's life ended und...

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Bagdad Cafe
Bagdad Cafe

A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere. Her un...

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Benny & Joon
Benny & Joon

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton...

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RoboCop 3
RoboCop 3

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City,...

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Orphan
Orphan

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she...

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame Supe...

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Things That Go Bump
Things That Go Bump

It's New Orleans on the eve of Mardi Gras celebrations. Three kids call upon the legend of Sleepy He...

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Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood

Documentary by Eckhart Schmidt....

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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the sini...

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End of Days
End of Days

Cynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When ...

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Rustin
Rustin

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights his...

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Psycho IV: The Beginning
Psycho IV: The Beginning

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in under ...

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If These Walls Could Talk
If These Walls Could Talk

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all ...

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The Big Day
The Big Day

While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his wedding ...

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Inside Pandora's Box
Inside Pandora's Box

A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new technologies...

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Rain
Rain

Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged moth...

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White Dwarf
White Dwarf

In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, ...

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My Girlfriend's Back
My Girlfriend's Back

This intelligent romantic comedy chronicles the socio-economic ascent of Derek Scott. Derek has spen...

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Race
Race

An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a well-o...

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Resting Place
Resting Place

A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Of...

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NetForce
NetForce

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate Int...

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Breaking the Maya Code
Breaking the Maya Code

The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the last...

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a lin...

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Third Degree Burn
Third Degree Burn

A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a rich m...

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For Their Own Good
For Their Own Good

A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired....

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No Place Like Home
No Place Like Home

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where he li...

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Boycott
Boycott

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil ri...

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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rura...

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Lifepod
Lifepod

Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Chri...

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Murder in Mississippi
Murder in Mississippi

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the Sou...

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Funny Valentines
Funny Valentines

A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in the re...

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Batman: Assault on Arkham
Batman: Assault on Arkham

Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her newly-for...

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Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior

Wielding a paintbrush, Betye Saar steadfastly forges her own path with the mantra "Make Better Art."...

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Face/Off
Face/Off

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the ...

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All That Jazz
All That Jazz

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in mus...

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Cora Unashamed
Cora Unashamed

Cora Jenkins and her parents are the only African-Americans in their community in 1920s Iowa, suppor...

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As Summers Die
As Summers Die

Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to ...

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Run Till You Fall
Run Till You Fall

A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young disa...

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Common Ground
Common Ground

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court or...

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Home Again
Home Again

Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor c...

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Coriolanus
Coriolanus

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all...

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Little Girl Fly Away
Little Girl Fly Away

Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to e...

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Booker
Booker

Booker tells the true story of Booker T. Washington, who, as a young slave, dreams of learning to re...

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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium....

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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the transformation ac...

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The Naked Gun
The Naked Gun

Only one man has the particular set of skills... to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank ...

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Things Behind the Sun
Things Behind the Sun

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer...

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A Touch of Hope
A Touch of Hope

Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal wit...

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Disappearing Acts
Disappearing Acts

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love....

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Final Justice
Final Justice

Merle Hammond (Michael McKean), a sleazy attorney, uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to acqu...

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The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play....

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The Ernest Green Story
The Ernest Green Story

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrat...

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Avatar 5
Avatar 5

The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise....

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Avatar 4
Avatar 4

The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise....

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Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake...

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Avatar
Avatar

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but ...

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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years later, ...

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Batman Beyond: The Movie
Batman Beyond: The Movie

Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he ...

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Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge

A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in w...

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a...

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Prizzi's Honor
Prizzi's Honor

Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the US....

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Zooman
Zooman

Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The kill...

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The Disappearance of Christina
The Disappearance of Christina

Joe and Christina's marriage is in trouble when they take a sailing trip with their married best fri...

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Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Jack Reed: One of Our Own

Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she turns o...

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All She Ever Wanted
All She Ever Wanted

Rachel and Tom Stockman are the perfect couple. The only thing they lack is a child. But Rachel has ...

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Question of Faith
Question of Faith

A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's insist...

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The Shield: Wrap Day
The Shield: Wrap Day

Documentary of the final day of production on the second season finale of FX's "The Shield", which t...

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The Tower
The Tower

Revolves around a group of Chicago reporters who treat breaking news as cases to be investigated and...

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Aladdin and the King of Thieves
Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course, the a...

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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story

Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story f...

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The Clock
The Clock

A resilient 75-year-old woman, haunted by a clock counting down in her dreams since childhood, confr...

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Union City
Union City

A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door....

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Avatar: Fire and Ash
Avatar: Fire and Ash

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and ...

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Secrets of the X-Files
Secrets of the X-Files

This documentary sheds light on the story behind the X-Files. Follow the conspiracy and take a look ...

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