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{{short description|American actress (born 1952)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{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).

==Early life==
Pounder was born in [[British Guiana]] (now [[Guyana]])<ref name="elber"/> on December 25, 1952.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 25, 2004|title=Today's Birthdays|page=12A|newspaper=[[The Lewiston Tribune]]}}</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">{{cite news|last=Elber|first=Lynn|date=March 13, 1995|title=CCH Pounder's name and face are eyecatchers|newspaper=[[The Bryan Times]]}}</ref> Her mother Betsy Enid Arnella (nee James) worked at the [[United States Embassy]] while the family lived in London, England.<ref name="buck">{{cite news|last=Buck|first=Jerry|date=March 23, 1990|title=Families' stories related in two-part CBS miniseries|newspaper=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|The Bulletin]]}}</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">{{cite news|date=October 30, 1993|title=CCH Pounder in new... RoboCop 3|page=B4|newspaper=[[Baltimore Afro-American]]}}</ref> Her family had already settled in [[New York (state)|New York]] while she was attending school.<ref name="pounder"/> Pounder graduated from [[Ithaca College]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alumni.ithaca.edu/pages/alumni-weekend/alumni-award-winners/cch-pounder-75-|title=CCH Pounder '75|website=[[Ithaca College]]|access-date=November 9, 2022}}</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 (film)|All That Jazz]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/cch-pounder-1798220160|title=CCH Pounder|last=Murray|first=Noel|date=May 18, 2010|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=November 9, 2022}}</ref> She continued her career in New York City theater,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/06/07/CCH-Pounder-never-mind-what-the-initials-stand/4190739425600/|title=CCH Pounder -- never mind what the initials stand...|last=Scott|first=Vernon|date=June 7, 1993|website=[[United Press International]]|access-date=November 9, 2022}}</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]]'',<!--"Bagdad" is correct spelling for this movie!--><ref>Pounder's role was later played by [[Whoopi Goldberg]] in a short-lived television [[situation comedy|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 (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'') before landing a long-running recurring role as [[Angela Hicks|Dr. Angela Hicks]] on ''[[ER (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Millennium]]'', ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'' (where she was considered for the role of [[C. J. Cregg]]), and the short-lived sitcom ''[[Women in Prison (TV series)|Women in Prison]]''.

[[File:CCHPounderLazAlonsoDec09.jpg|thumb|Pounder with ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'' co-star [[Laz Alonso]] in December 2009]]
From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective [[List of The Shield characters#Claudette Wyms|Claudette Wyms]] in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] police drama ''[[The Shield]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barney|first=Chuck|date=September 1, 2008|title='The Shield' gears up for finale|page=D10|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]}}</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 (TV series)|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>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Superman-Animated-Series-Superman-Batman-Public-Enemies/12216|title=Superman: The Animated Series DVD news: Announcement for Superman/Batman: Public Enemies|publisher=TVShowsonDVD.com|access-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030113144/http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Superman-Animated-Series-Superman-Batman-Public-Enemies/12216|archive-date=October 30, 2014}}</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|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 Broadcasting Company|Fox]]'s cancelled 2009 sitcom ''[[Brothers (2009 TV series)|Brothers]]''. Pounder was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Drama Series|Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for her appearance in the [[BBC]]/[[HBO]] series ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]''. She had a recurring role as [[List of Sons of Anarchy characters#DA Thyne Patterson|DA Thyne Patterson]] on the FX crime drama series ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'' (2013–14).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/09/23/c-c-h-pounder-takes-her-wonderful-voice-to-ncis-new-orleans/|title=CCH Pounder takes her wonderful voice to 'NCIS: New Orleans'|last=Rosenberg|first=Alyssa|date=September 23, 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 9, 2022}}</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==
[[File:CCH Pounder & Glenn Close 2006.jpg|thumb|right|250x250px|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 South Africa|post-apartheid]] and [[HIV/AIDS in Africa|HIV/AIDS]] issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ansafrica.org |title=ANSA |publisher=Ansaafrica.org |access-date=October 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216184526/http://ansafrica.org/ |archive-date=December 16, 2014 }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.aumag.org/coverstory/January06cover.html|title=A&U:America's AIDS Magazine|publisher=Aumag.org|access-date=October 30, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725020459/http://www.aumag.org/coverstory/January06cover.html|archive-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref>

==Acting credits==

{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Not yet released}}
|Denotes works that have not yet been released
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1979
| ''[[All That Jazz (film)|All That Jazz]]''
| Nurse Blake
|
|-
| ''Coriolanus''
| Valeria
| Video
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Union City (film)|Union City]]''
| Mrs. Lewis
|
|-
| 1982
| ''[[I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can]]''
| Anne
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Go Tell It on the Mountain (film)|Go Tell It on the Mountain]]''
| Deborah
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Prizzi's Honor]]''
| 'Peaches' Altamont
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Bagdad Cafe]]''
| Brenda
|
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Postcards from the Edge (film)|Postcards from the Edge]]''
| Julie Marsden
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (1992 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]''
| Miss Prism
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1993
| ''[[Benny & Joon]]''
| Dr. Garvey
|
|-
| ''[[RoboCop 3]]''
| Bertha
|
|-
| ''[[Sliver (film)|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
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1998
| ''[[Melting Pot (film)|Melting Pot]]''
| Lucinda Davis
|
|-
| ''Blossoms and Veils''
| -
| Short
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999
| ''[[Funny Valentines]]''
| Ethel B.
|
|-
| ''The Big Day''
| Pearl
|
|-
| ''[[End of Days (film)|End of Days]]''
| Detective Marge Francis
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Things Behind the Sun]]''
| Judge
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2002
| ''Tét Grenné''
| Sally
|
|-
| ''Baby of the Family''
| Nurse Bloom
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Unchained Memories]]''
| Reader
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2008
| ''[[Rain (2008 film)|Rain]]''
| Ms. Adams
|
|-
| ''Breaking the Maya Code''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2009
| ''[[Orphan (2009 film)|Orphan]]''
| Sister Abigail
|
|-
| ''[[Superman/Batman: Public Enemies]]''
| [[Amanda Waller]]
| Voice, direct-to-video<ref name="btva2">{{cite web |title=CCH Pounder (visual voices guide) |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/CCH-Pounder/ |access-date=August 26, 2023 |publisher=Behind The Voice Actors}} 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 (2009 film)|Avatar]]''
| Mo'at
|
|-
| 2010
| ''My Girlfriend's Back''
| Constance
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Home Again (2012 film)|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 (2019 film)|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]''
| Senator Williams
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Avatar: The Way of Water]]''
| Mo'at
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Rustin (film)|Rustin]]''
| [[Anna Arnold Hedgeman]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2025
| {{Pending film|[[The Naked Gun (2025 film)|The Naked Gun]]}}
|
| Post-production
|-
| {{Pending film|[[Avatar: Fire and Ash]]}}
| rowspan="3" | Mo'at
| Post-production
|-
| 2029
| {{Pending film|[[Avatar 4]]}}
| Filming
|-
| 2031
| {{Pending film|Avatar 5}}
| Pre-production
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
| Jasmine
| Episode: "[[List of Hill Street Blues episodes|The Second Oldest Profession]]"
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
| Wilna Tucker
| Episode: "[[List of Hill Street Blues episodes|Little Boil Blue]]"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Booker (1984 film)|Booker]]''
| Jane
| Television film
|-
|rowspan=2| 1985
| ''[[American Playhouse]]''
| Deborah
| Episode: "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
|-
| ''[[The Atlanta Child Murders (miniseries)|The Atlanta Child Murders]]''
| Venus Taylor
| 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=6| 1986
| ''[[If Tomorrow Comes (miniseries)|If Tomorrow Comes]]''
| Ernestine Littlechap
| Episode: "Episode #1.1"
|-
| ''[[Resting Place]]''
| Ada Johnson
| Television film
|-
| ''[[As Summers Die]]''
| Priscilla
| Television film
|-
| ''[[The Hogan Family|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)
|-
|rowspan=2| 1987
| ''The Line''
| Anna Mae Demesy
| Television film
|-
| ''On the Edge''
| -
| Television film
|-
| 1987–88
| ''[[Women in Prison (TV series)|Women in Prison]]''
| Dawn Murphy
| Main cast
|-
|rowspan=2| 1988
| ''Run Till You Fall''
| Janice
| Television film
|-
| ''Leap of Faith''
| Roberta
| Television film
|-
|rowspan=5| 1989
| ''[[CBS Schoolbreak Special]]''
| Renee Cook
| Episode: "My Past Is My Own"
|-
| ''[[227 (TV series)|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 (1989 film)|No Place Like Home]]''
| Prue
| Television film
|-
|rowspan=5| 1990
| ''[[Murder in Mississippi (film)|Murder in Mississippi]]''
| Fannie Lee Chaney
| Television film
|-
| ''Common Ground''
| Rachel Twymon
| Episode: "Part I & Part II"
|-
| ''[[Quantum Leap (1989 TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''
| Mama Harper
| Episode: "Black on White on Fire"
|-
| ''[[Psycho IV: The Beginning]]''
| Fran Ambrose
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Cop Rock]]''
| Willa Phelan
| Recurring cast
|-
|rowspan=2| 1991
| ''[[Lifestories]]''
| Roxanne Tevis
| Episode: "Darryl Devis"
|-
| ''[[True Colors (TV series)|True Colors]]''
| Judge Fallows
| Episode: "Presumed Guilty"
|-
|rowspan=2| 1992
| ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]''
| Assistant
| Episode: "What About Bob?"
|-
| ''[[The Cosby Show]]''
| Clair's friend
| Episode: "Clair's Reunion"
|-
|rowspan="6"| 1993
| ''[[The Ernest Green Story]]''
| Daisy Bates
| Television film
|-
| ''For Their Own Good''
| Naomi Brinker
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Lifepod (1993 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
|-
|rowspan="5"| 1994
| ''[[Birdland (TV series)|Birdland]]''
| Nurse Lucy
| Main cast
|-
| ''[[South Central (TV series)|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 (TV series)|ER]]''
| [[List of secondary doctors in ER#Angela Hicks|Dr. Angela Hicks]]
| Supporting cast (season 1-4)
|-
|rowspan=4| 1995
| ''Zooman''
| Ash
| Television film
|-
| ''[[White Dwarf (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 (TV series)|Gargoyles]]''
| Desdemona
| Voice, 3 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
|-
|rowspan=2| 1996
| ''[[All She Ever Wanted]]''
| Dr. Marilyn Tower
| Television film
|-
| ''[[If These Walls Could Talk]]''
| Nurse Mrs. Ford
| Television film
|-
| 1996–98
| ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''
| Dr. Cheryl Andrews
| Recurring cast
|-
|rowspan=2| 1997
| ''Things That Go Bump''
| Harriet Napolean
| Television film
|-
| ''[[House of Frankenstein (miniseries)|House of Frankenstein]]''
| Dr. Shauna Kendall
| 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan="4"| 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"
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1999
| ''[[Batman Beyond]]''
| Anchorwoman
| Voice, episode: "Rebirth"<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| ''[[NetForce (film)|NetForce]]''
| [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Director Sandra Knight
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Detention (American TV series)|Detention]]''
| Miss Powers
| Voice, episode: "The Contest"
|-
| ''A Touch of Hope''
| Lily Keyes
| Television film
|-
| 1999–2000
| ''[[Rocket Power]]''
| Officer Shirley
| Voice
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2000
| ''[[The West Wing]]''
| Deborah O'Leary
| Episode: "Celestial Navigation"
|-
| ''[[Rude Awakening (TV series)|Rude Awakening]]''
| Stacey
| Episode: "Plastered"
|-
| ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| Stranger
| Episode: "[[Decompression (The Outer Limits)|Decompression]]"
|-
| ''[[Cora Unashamed]]''
| Ma Jenkins
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Disappearing Acts]]''
| Mrs. Swift
| Television film
|-
| 2000–01
| ''[[Static Shock]]''
| Mayor
| Voice, 2 episodes<ref name="btva2" />
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2001
| ''[[The Practice]]''
| Elaine Washington
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Crossing Jordan]]''
| Libby Bell
| Episode: "Mortality"
|-
| ''[[Boycott (2001 film)|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 (2002 TV series)|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"
|-
| rowspan=2|2004
| ''[[Girlfriends (2000 TV series)|Girlfriends]]''
| Dr. Myers
| Episode: "Prophet & Loss"
|-
| ''[[Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story]]''
| [[Winnie Madikizela-Mandela|Winnie Mandela]]
| Television film
|-
| 2004–06
| ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]''
| Amanda Waller
| Voice, recurring role<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Numbers (TV series)|Numb3rs]]''
| Lieutenant Lee Havercamp
| Episode: "Vector"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[W.I.T.C.H. (TV series)|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
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009
| ''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]''
| Mrs. Curtin
| Episode: "The Boy with an African Heart"
|-
| ''[[Brothers (2009 TV series)|Brothers]]''
| Adele Trainor
| Main cast
|-
| 2009–14
| ''[[Warehouse 13]]''
| Mrs. Irene Frederic
| Recurring cast
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]''
| Warden Sharon Stiles
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Perception (American TV series)|Perception]]''
| FBI Psychiatrist
| Episode: "Warrior"
|-
| 2013–14
| ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]''
| District Attorney Tyne Patterson
| Recurring cast (season 6-7)
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2014
| ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
| Dr. Loretta Wade<ref>{{cite web|last=Mitovich|first=Matt|title=Scoop: NCIS: New Orleans Pilot Adds Sons of Anarchy's CCH Pounder, JAG Alum|url=http://tvline.com/2014/02/03/pilot-ncis-new-orleans-cast-zoe-mclellan/|access-date=February 3, 2014|date=February 3, 2014|publisher=Tvline.com}}</ref>
| Episode: "[[NCIS (season 11)|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 (2009 TV series)|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 (miniseries)|Full Circle]]''
| Savitri Mahabir
| Miniseries
|-
|2024
|[[3 Body Problem (TV series)|''3 Body Problem'']]
|Secretary General Lilian Joseph
|2 episodes<ref>{{Citation |title=3 Body Problem (TV Series 2024– ) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt13016388/fullcredits |access-date=2024-03-22}}</ref>
|}

=== Theatre ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Playwright 
! Venue
! class="unsortable"| Ref.
|-
|1984 || ''[[Open Admissions]]'' || Mrs. Brewster || [[Shirley Lauro]] || [[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway || <ref>{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/production/open-admissions-music-box-theatre-vault-0000013340|title= Open Admissions (Broadway, 1984)|website= Playbill|accessdate= July 13, 2024}}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Voice role
! class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Fallout (video game)|Fallout]]''
| Head Scribe Vree
|<ref name="btva2" />
|-
| 2003
| ''[[True Crime: Streets of LA]]''
| Chief Wanda Parks
| <ref name="btva2" />
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| ''[[Batman: Arkham Origins]]''
| rowspan="2" |Amanda Waller
|
|-
| ''[[Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate]]''
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Skylanders: Trap Team]]''
| rowspan="3" | Golden Queen
| <ref>{{cite video game | scene=Closing credits, 8:40 in | title = [[Skylanders: Trap Team]] | developer = Toys for Bob | year = 2014 }}</ref>
|-
|2015
|''[[Skylanders: SuperChargers]]''
|Uncredited
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Skylanders: Imaginators]]''
| <ref>{{cite video game | scene=Closing credits, 8:40 in | title = [[Skylanders: Imaginators]] | developer = Toys for Bob | year = 2016 }}</ref>
|}

==Awards and nominations==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
|1995
|[[Primetime Emmy Award]]
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]
|''[[The X-Files]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|1996
|[[NAACP Image Award]]
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|rowspan="2"|''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|1997
|Primetime Emmy Award
|[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Audie Award]]
|[[Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction|Inspirational/Spiritual]]
|rowspan="3"|''Grow Old Along with Me, the Best Is Yet to Be''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance|Multi-Voiced Performance]]
|rowspan="2"{{nom}}
|-
|[[Grammy Award]]
|[[Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording|Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album]]

|-
|rowspan="3"|1998
|NAACP Image Award
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Audie Award]]
|[[Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance|Multi-Voiced Performance]]
|rowspan="2"|''Women in the Material World''
|rowspan="2"{{won}}
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.audiopub.org/1998-audies | title=1998 audie-awards | access-date=February 28, 2023 | archive-date=March 26, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031409/https://www.audiopub.org/1998-audies | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|Nonfiction, Abridged
|-
|rowspan="2"|2002
|[[Black Reel Awards|Black Reel Award]]
|Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie
|''[[Boycott (2001 film)|Boycott]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|NAACP Image Award
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2003
|[[Satellite Awards|Satellite Award]]
|[[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Best Actress – Television Series Drama]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[The Shield]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|NAACP Image Award
|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2004
|Satellite Award
|Best Actress – Television Series Drama
|{{won}}
|-
|Black Reel Award
|Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie
|''[[Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story]]''
|{{won}}
|-
|2004
|NAACP Image Award
|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
|rowspan="6"|''The Shield''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2005
|Primetime Emmy Award
|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|{{nom}}
|-
|2006
|rowspan="4"|NAACP Image Award
|rowspan="4"|Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
|{{nom}}
|-
|2007
|{{nom}}
|-
|2008
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009
|{{nom}}
|-
|Primetime Emmy Award
|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
|''[[The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (TV series)|The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2010
|NAACP Image Award
|Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
|''[[Brothers (2009 TV series)|Brothers]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Audie Awards]]
||[[Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year|Audiobook of the Year]]
|rowspan=2|''Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales''
|rowspan=2 {{won}}
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.audiopub.org/2010-audies | title=2010 audie-awards | access-date=February 28, 2023 | archive-date=February 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227212603/https://www.audiopub.org/2010-audies | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mandelasfavoritefolktales.com/landing-page/mandelas-favorite-folktales-performers/ | title=Mandelas Favorite Folktales – Performers | date=August 3, 2020 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance|Multi-Voiced Performance]]
|-
|2017
|rowspan="2"|NAACP Image Award
|rowspan="2"|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
|rowspan="2"|''[[NCIS: New Orleans]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2019
|{{nom}}
|}

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