Avatar2009
As Mo'at
TMDb 7.6 / 10
CCH Pounder
Born
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.
Filmography (74)
Avatar: Fire and Ash2025
As Mo'at
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Avatar: The Way of Water2022
As Mo'at
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Naked Gun2025
As Chief Davis
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019
As Senator Williams
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Face/Off1997
As Hollis Miller
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Orphan2009
As Sister Abigail
TMDb 7.0 / 10
End of Days1999
As Detective Margie Francis
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones2013
As Dorothea
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Aladdin and the King of Thieves1996
As Oracle (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Batman: Assault on Arkham2014
As Amanda Waller (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
RoboCop 31993
As Bertha
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Sliver1993
As Victoria Hendrix
TMDb 5.6 / 10
All That Jazz1979
As Nurse Blake
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Benny & Joon1993
As Dr. Garvey
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight1995
As Irene
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies2009
As Amanda Waller (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Avatar 42029
As Mo'at
Psycho IV: The Beginning1990
As Fran Ambrose
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Prizzi's Honor1985
As Peaches Altamont
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Postcards from the Edge1990
As Julie Marsden
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Rustin2023
As Dr. Anna Hedgeman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Batman Beyond: The Movie1999
As Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Bagdad Cafe1987
As Brenda
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Resting Place1986
As Ada Johnson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Avatar 52031
As Mo'at
If These Walls Could Talk1996
As Jenny Ford
TMDb 6.7 / 10
NetForce1999
As Sandra Knight
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Ernest Green Story1993
As Daisy Bates
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story2004
As Winnie Mandela
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Inside Pandora's Box2023
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Shield: Wrap Day2006
As Self
Things Behind the Sun2001
As Judge
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Clock2025
As Elle Rivers
Coriolanus1979
As Valeria
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Rain2008
As Ms. Adams
TMDb 7.0 / 10
For Their Own Good1993
As Naomi Brinker
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Disappearing Acts2000
As Mrs. Swift
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Jack Reed: One of Our Own1995
As Mrs. Harris
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Murder in Mississippi1990
As Fannie Lee Chaney
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Big Day1999
As Pearl
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Go Tell It on the Mountain1984
As Deborah
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Boycott2001
As Jo Ann Robinson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Home Again2012
As Dulsay Mooreland
TMDb 4.1 / 10
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can1982
As Anne
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Race1998
As Lucinda Davis
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Zooman1995
As Ash
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Question of Faith1988
As Roberta
TMDb 9.0 / 10
White Dwarf1995
As Nurse Shabana
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Lifepod1993
As Mayvene
TMDb 5.3 / 10
All She Ever Wanted1996
As Marilyn
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Funny Valentines1999
As Ethel B.
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Union City1980
As Mother
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Cora Unashamed2000
As Ma Jenkins
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Run Till You Fall1988
As Janice
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Disappearance of Christina1993
As Detective Davis
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Common Ground1990
As Rachel Twymon
TMDb 8.5 / 10
No Place Like Home1989
As Prue
TMDb 6.7 / 10
As Summers Die1986
As Priscilla
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Little Girl Fly Away1998
As Dr. Geddes
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Third Degree Burn1989
As Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
TMDb 4.6 / 10
A Touch of Hope1999
As Lily Keyes
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Secrets of the X-Files1995
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Importance of Being Earnest1992
As Miss Prism
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Things That Go Bump
Things That Go Bump1997
As Harriet Napolean
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Booker
Booker1984
As Jane
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Final Justice1998
As Danielle Kline
TMDb 6.7 / 10
My Girlfriend's Back2010
As Constance
TMDb 1.5 / 10
When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy2016
As Narrator (voice)
Black Hollywood
Black Hollywood1997
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior
Betye Saar: Ready to Be a Warrior2022
As Self
The Tower
The Tower2008
As Evie
Breaking the Maya Code2008
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb