CCH Pounder

Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama series The Shield (2002–2008), Mo'at in the Avatar (2009–present) franchise, and medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade in NCIS: New Orleans (2014–2021). She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in The X-Files (1994), ER (1994–1997), The Shield, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2009).

Pounder portrayed recurring roles on television such as Irene Frederic in Warehouse 13 (2009–2014) and District Attorney Tyne Patterson in Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014). Pounder was also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated series Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in various later DC Comics media.

In film, she appeared in All That Jazz (1979), Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Bagdad Cafe (1987), Postcards from the Edge (1990), Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Demon Knight (1995), Face/Off (1997), End of Days (1999), Orphan (2009), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019).

Early life

Pounder was born in British Guiana (now Guyana)<ref name="elber"/> on December 25, 1952.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Her full name of Carol Christine Hilaria was given in honor of her grandmothers and godmothers.<ref name="elber"/> She was raised on a sugar plantation that her father Ronald Arlington Pounder managed.<ref name="elber">Template:Cite news</ref> Her mother Betsy Enid Arnella (nee James) worked at the United States Embassy while the family lived in London, England.<ref name="buck">Template:Cite news</ref> Pounder attended a Catholic boarding school in Sussex, England.<ref name="buck"/>

She enrolled at Hastings College of Arts and Technology where Pounder studied painting, but dropped out in her first year after moving to the United States.<ref name="pounder">Template:Cite news</ref> Her family had already settled in New York while she was attending school.<ref name="pounder"/> Pounder graduated from Ithaca College in 1975.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Pounder stated her parents did not support her choice to be an actress, with her mother instead wanting Pounder to be a newscaster.<ref name="elber"/>

Career

Pounder made her acting debut in the film All That Jazz (1979).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She continued her career in New York City theater,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> where she appeared in The Mighty Gents by playwright Richard Wesley, and Open Admissions on Broadway. She moved to Los Angeles in 1982.<ref name="AAA p. 61">"San Diego Westways by AAA, p. 61, May 2015</ref> She starred in the film Bagdad Café,<ref>Pounder's role was later played by Whoopi Goldberg in a short-lived television sitcom</ref> and has made smaller appearances in many other films.

She focused primarily on her television career. In the early 1980s, Pounder first appeared in guest roles on Hill Street Blues, and then on several shows (The Cosby Show, L.A. Law, The X-Files, Living Single, and Quantum Leap) before landing a long-running recurring role as Dr. Angela Hicks on ER from 1994 to 1997. She also co-starred in the Tales From the Crypt feature film Demon Knight (1995). She then returned to guest appearances on other shows, including The Practice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Millennium, The West Wing (where she was considered for the role of C. J. Cregg), and the short-lived sitcom Women in Prison.

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Pounder with Avatar co-star Laz Alonso in December 2009

From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama The Shield.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> For this role she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2005 and an NAACP Image Award.<ref name="AAA p. 61"/> She had previously been nominated for an Emmy in 1995 for guest starring in The X-Files and in 1997 for her supporting role on ER. She has also lent her voice to several video games and animated projects, including Aladdin and the King of Thieves, True Crime: Streets of LA, Gargoyles as Desdemona and Coldfire, and Justice League Unlimited as government agent Amanda Waller, which role she reprised for the animated film adaptation of the comic book Superman/Batman: Public Enemies<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as well as the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, its sequel Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, and another animated film that takes place in continuity with the games, Batman: Assault on Arkham.

Pounder was also one of the readers for the HBO film Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narrative (2003). She appeared on the Syfy series Warehouse 13 from 2009 until its finale on May 19, 2014. Pounder also was one of the stars of Fox's cancelled 2009 sitcom Brothers. Pounder was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her appearance in the BBC/HBO series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. She had a recurring role as DA Thyne Patterson on the FX crime drama series Sons of Anarchy (2013–14).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She co-starred in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013). In Disney's The Lion Guard she voices Kongwe, the wise old turtle.

In 1996, Pounder served as a guest judge for the 1996 Miss USA Pageant, in South Padre Island, Texas.

Advocacy

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CCH Pounder and Glenn Close at the Peabody Awards 2006

As one of the founders of Artists for a New South Africa, Pounder has energized awareness of post-apartheid and HIV/AIDS issues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In an interview, she said about the pandemic: "When it's this massive disease, and it's affecting things in 5,000 different ways, it requires great strength and power—and there is power in numbers. So we need to involve as many people as we can, like we do with ANSA. I call it my little engine that could. It is a remarkable, tiny organization with a huge outreach. We use actors and artists with the biggest voices so they can use every opportunity to talk about AIDS."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Acting credits

Key

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Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	All That Jazz	Nurse Blake
	Coriolanus	Valeria	Video
1980	Union City	Mrs. Lewis
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Anne
1984	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Deborah
1985	Prizzi's Honor	'Peaches' Altamont
1987	Bagdad Cafe	Brenda
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Julie Marsden
1992	The Importance of Being Earnest	Miss Prism
1993	Benny & Joon	Dr. Garvey
	RoboCop 3	Bertha
	Sliver	Lieutenant Victoria Hendrix
1995	Demon Knight	Irene
1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	The Oracle	Voice, direct-to-video
1997	Face/Off	Hollis Miller
1998	Melting Pot	Lucinda Davis
	Blossoms and Veils	-	Short
1999	Funny Valentines	Ethel B.
	The Big Day	Pearl
	End of Days	Detective Marge Francis
2001	Things Behind the Sun	Judge
2002	Tét Grenné	Sally
	Baby of the Family	Nurse Bloom
2003	Unchained Memories	Reader
2008	Rain	Ms. Adams
	Breaking the Maya Code	Narrator	Documentary
2009	Orphan	Sister Abigail
	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	Amanda Waller	citation	CitationClass=web }} A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.</ref>
	Avatar	Mo'at
2010	My Girlfriend's Back	Constance
2012	Home Again	Dulsay Mooreland
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Madame Dorothea
2014	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Amanda Waller	Voice, direct-to-video<ref name="btva2" />
2019	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Senator Williams
2022	Avatar: The Way of Water	Mo'at
2023	Rustin	Anna Arnold Hedgeman
2025	Template:Pending film		Post-production
	Template:Pending film	Mo'at	Post-production
2029	Template:Pending film		Filming
2031	Template:Pending film		Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Hill Street Blues	Jasmine	Episode: "The Second Oldest Profession"
1982	Hill Street Blues	Wilna Tucker	Episode: "Little Boil Blue"
1984	Booker	Jane	Television film
1985	American Playhouse	Deborah	Episode: "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
	The Atlanta Child Murders	Venus Taylor	2 episodes
1986	If Tomorrow Comes	Ernestine Littlechap	Episode: "Episode #1.1"
	Resting Place	Ada Johnson	Television film
	As Summers Die	Priscilla	Television film
	Valerie	Mrs. Davis	Episode: "Full Moon"
	Cagney & Lacey	Timmons	Episode: "Disenfranchised"
	Hill Street Blues	Ms. Jones	Episode: "Amazing Grace"
1986–92	L.A. Law	Judge Roseann Robin	Recurring cast (season 1), guest (season 5-6)
1987	The Line	Anna Mae Demesy	Television film
	On the Edge	-	Television film
1987–88	Women in Prison	Dawn Murphy	Main cast
1988	Run Till You Fall	Janice	Television film
	Leap of Faith	Roberta	Television film
1989	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Renee Cook	Episode: "My Past Is My Own"
	227	Lucinda Markle	Episode: "Babes in the Woods"
	Third Degree Burn	Julie Cartwright	Television film
	Miami Vice	Yvonne	Episode: "Too Much, Too Late"
	No Place Like Home	Prue	Television film
1990	Murder in Mississippi	Fannie Lee Chaney	Television film
	Common Ground	Rachel Twymon	Episode: "Part I & Part II"
	Quantum Leap	Mama Harper	Episode: "Black on White on Fire"
	Psycho IV: The Beginning	Fran Ambrose	Television film
	Cop Rock	Willa Phelan	Recurring cast
1991	Lifestories	Roxanne Tevis	Episode: "Darryl Devis"
	True Colors	Judge Fallows	Episode: "Presumed Guilty"
1992	Home Improvement	Assistant	Episode: "What About Bob?"
	The Cosby Show	Clair's friend	Episode: "Clair's Reunion"
1993	The Ernest Green Story	Daisy Bates	Television film
	For Their Own Good	Naomi Brinker	Television film
	Lifepod	Mayvene	Television film
	The Disappearance of Christina	Detective Davis	Television film
	Return to Lonesome Dove	Sara Pickett	Main cast
	New Year	Eudora Kellogg	Television film
1994	Birdland	Nurse Lucy	Main cast
	South Central	Dr. LeBrock	Episode: "Co-op"
	Biker Mice from Mars	Stonecutter	Episode: "Stone Broke"
	The X-Files	Agent Lucy Kazdin	Episode: "Duane Barry"
	Robin's Hoods	Vivian Castro	Episode: "Unto Thyself Be True"
1994–95	Sweet Justice	Judge Addison	2 episodes
1994–97	ER	Dr. Angela Hicks	Supporting cast (season 1-4)
1995	Zooman	Ash	Television film
	White Dwarf	Nurse Shabana	Television film
	Living Single	Nina Shaw	Episode: "Mommy Not Dearest"
	Jack Reed: One of Our Own	Mrs. Harris	Television film
1995–96	Gargoyles	Desdemona	Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
1996	All She Ever Wanted	Dr. Marilyn Tower	Television film
	If These Walls Could Talk	Nurse Mrs. Ford	Television film
1996–98	Millennium	Dr. Cheryl Andrews	Recurring cast
1997	Things That Go Bump	Harriet Napolean	Television film
	House of Frankenstein	Dr. Shauna Kendall	2 episodes
1998	Final Justice	Danielle Kline	Television film
	Little Girl Fly Away	Dr. Geddes	Television film
	Histeria!	Harriet Tubman	Voice, episode: "General Sherman's Campsite"<ref name="btva2" />
	Ghost Cop	Detective	Episode: "Pilot"
1999	Batman Beyond	Anchorwoman	Voice, episode: "Rebirth"<ref name="btva2" />
	NetForce	FBI Director Sandra Knight	Television film
	Detention	Miss Powers	Voice, episode: "The Contest"
	A Touch of Hope	Lily Keyes	Television film
1999–2000	Rocket Power	Officer Shirley	Voice
2000	The West Wing	Deborah O'Leary	Episode: "Celestial Navigation"
	Rude Awakening	Stacey	Episode: "Plastered"
	The Outer Limits	Stranger	Episode: "Decompression"
	Cora Unashamed	Ma Jenkins	Television film
	Disappearing Acts	Mrs. Swift	Television film
2000–01	Static Shock	Mayor	Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2001	The Practice	Elaine Washington	2 episodes
	Crossing Jordan	Libby Bell	Episode: "Mortality"
	Boycott	Jo Ann Robinson	Television film
	Strong Medicine	Libby Bell	Episode: "Mortality"
	The District	Eilen Carmicheal	Episode: "To Serve and Protect"
2001–10	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Carolyn Maddox	Recurring cast
2002	For the People	Millie Towns	Episode: "To DNA or Not to DNA"
2002–08	The Shield	Claudette Wyms	Main cast
2003	Jackie Chan Adventures	Miss Kimber	Voice, episode: "The Shadow Eaters"
2004	Girlfriends	Dr. Myers	Episode: "Prophet & Loss"
	Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story	Winnie Mandela	Television film
2004–06	Justice League Unlimited	Amanda Waller	Voice, recurring role<ref name="btva2" />
2005	Numb3rs	Lieutenant Lee Havercamp	Episode: "Vector"
2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Queen Kadma	Voice, recurring cast (season 2)
2007	American Masters	Narrator	Voice, episode: "Novel Reflections: The American Dream"
2008	The Tower	Evie	Television film
2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Mrs. Curtin	Episode: "The Boy with an African Heart"
	Brothers	Adele Trainor	Main cast
2009–14	Warehouse 13	Mrs. Irene Frederic	Recurring cast
2011	Revenge	Warden Sharon Stiles	2 episodes
2013	Perception	FBI Psychiatrist	Episode: "Warrior"
2013–14	Sons of Anarchy	District Attorney Tyne Patterson	Recurring cast (season 6-7)
2014	NCIS	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Episode: "Crescent City"
	Beware the Batman	Marion Grange	Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
2014–21	NCIS: New Orleans	Dr. Loretta Wade	Main cast
2015	Archer	Claudette Kane	Voice, episode: "The Kanes"
2018	The Lion Guard	Kongwe	Voice, episode: "The Wisdom of Kongwe"<ref name="btva2" />
2021	The Good Fight	Vinetta Clark	2 episodes
2023	Full Circle	Savitri Mahabir	Miniseries
2024	3 Body Problem	Secretary General Lilian Joseph	2 episodes<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Playwright	Venue	Ref.
1984	Open Admissions	Mrs. Brewster	Shirley Lauro	Music Box Theatre, Broadway	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1997	Fallout	Head Scribe Vree	<ref name="btva2" />
2003	True Crime: Streets of LA	Chief Wanda Parks	<ref name="btva2" />
2013	Batman: Arkham Origins	Amanda Waller
	Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
2014	Skylanders: Trap Team	Golden Queen	<ref>Template:Cite video game</ref>
2015	Skylanders: SuperChargers		Uncredited
2016	Skylanders: Imaginators		<ref>Template:Cite video game</ref>

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Template:Abbr
1995	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	The X-Files	Template:Nom
1996	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	ER	Template:Nom
1997	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Template:Nom
	Audie Award	Inspirational/Spiritual	Grow Old Along with Me, the Best Is Yet to Be	Template:Won
		Multi-Voiced Performance		rowspan="2"Template:Nom
	Grammy Award	Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album
1998	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	ER	Template:Nom
	Audie Award	Multi-Voiced Performance	Women in the Material World	rowspan="2"Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Nonfiction, Abridged
2002	Black Reel Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie	Boycott	Template:Nom
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Template:Nom
2003	Satellite Award	Best Actress – Television Series Drama	The Shield	Template:Won
	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series		Template:Nom
2004	Satellite Award	Best Actress – Television Series Drama		Template:Won
	Black Reel Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie	Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story	Template:Won
2004	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series	The Shield	Template:Nom
2005	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series		Template:Nom
2006	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series		Template:Nom
2007				Template:Nom
2008				Template:Nom
2009				Template:Nom
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Template:Nom
2010	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series	Brothers	Template:Nom
	Audie Awards	Audiobook of the Year	Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales	rowspan=2 Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Multi-Voiced Performance
2017	NAACP Image Award	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	NCIS: New Orleans	Template:Nom
2019				Template:Nom

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