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{{short description|American actress (born 1952)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = CCH Pounder
| image        = CCH Pounder 003.jpg
| caption      = Pounder in 2022
| birth_name   = Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1952|12|25}}
| birth_place  = [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[British Guyana]]
| education    = [[East Sussex College]]<br>[[Ithaca College]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| nationality  = American
| spouse       = {{marriage|Boubacar Kone|1990|August 2016|reason=died}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=Langenhennig|first1=Susan|title=CCH Pounder of 'NCIS: New Orleans' turns a downtown condo into her personal art showcase|url=http://www.nola.com/homegarden/index.ssf/2017/02/cch_pounder_of_ncisnew_orleans.html|website=NOLA.com|access-date=February 20, 2018|archive-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221035632/http://www.nola.com/homegarden/index.ssf/2017/02/cch_pounder_of_ncisnew_orleans.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| children     = 3
| occupation   = Actress
| years_active = 1979–present
| website      = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder''' (born December 25, 1952)<ref>{{cite web |title=CCH Pounder |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/154627%7C0/Cch-Pounder |website=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=August 3, 2022}}</ref> is an American actress. She is best known for portraying [[List of The Shield characters#Claudette Wyms|Claudette Wyms]] in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] police drama series ''[[The Shield]]'' (2002–2008), Mo'at in the ''[[Avatar (franchise)|Avatar]]'' (2009–present) franchise,  and medical examiner Dr. [[List of NCIS: New Orleans characters#Loretta Wade|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 (TV series)|ER]]'' (1994–1997), ''The Shield'', and ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)|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 (film)|All That Jazz]]'' (1979), ''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]] '' (1984), ''[[Prizzi's Honor]]'' (1985), ''[[Bagdad Cafe]]'' (1987), ''[[Postcards from the Edge (film)|Postcards from the Edge]]'' (1990), ''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]'' (1990), ''[[Benny & Joon]]'' (1993), ''[[Demon Knight]]'' (1995), ''[[Face/Off]]'' (1997), ''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]'' (1999), ''[[Orphan (2009 film)|Orphan]]'' (2009), and ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'' (2019).