CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder
Pounder at the Revlon Run Walk, May 2007
Born	Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (1952-12-25) December 25, 1952 Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Spouse(s)	Boubacar Kone (1970–), 3 children

Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), known professionally as C. C. H. Pounder (styled "CCH Pounder"), is a Guyanese-born American film and television actress. She has appeared in numerous films, made-for-television films, television miniseries and plays, and has made guest appearances on notable television shows. From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama The Shield. In 2009, she starred as Mo'at in James Cameron's film Avatar. She starred in recurring roles as Mrs. Irene Frederic on the TV series Warehouse 13 until its series finale on May 19, 2014 and DA Tyne Patterson on the FX TV series Sons of Anarchy. Currently she portrays medical examiner, Dr. Loretta Wade, on NCIS: New Orleans.

Early life

Pounder was born on December 25, 1952, in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), the daughter of Betsy Enid James Arnella and Ronald Urlington Pounder. She was educated in England and moved to the U.S. in 1970, where she attended Ithaca College. Pounder made her acting debut in the 1979 film All That Jazz.

Career

Pounder with Avatar co-star Laz Alonso in December 2009

Pounder starred in the film Bagdad Café, and has made smaller appearances in many other successful films. She has focused primarily on her television career. In the early 1980s, Pounder first appeared in guest roles on Hill Street Blues, and then on several popular shows (The Cosby Show, RoboCop 3, 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. In the midst of this she had a large co-starring role in the 1995 Tales From the Crypt feature film Demon Knight. 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.

From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective Claudette Wyms in the FX Networks police drama The Shield. For this role she was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2005. She had previously been nominated for Emmys 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 most recently Justice League Unlimited as government agent Amanda Waller, a role she reprised for the animated movie adaption of the comic book Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as well as the video game Batman: Arkham Origins, its companion/sequel Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, and another animated film that takes place in continuity with the games, Batman: Assault on Arkham.Also, Pounder was one of the readers for the HBO film Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narrative that aired in 2003, directed by Ed Bell and Thomas Lennon. She appeared on the Syfy series Warehouse 13 until its finale on May 19, 2014. Pounder also was one of the stars of the cancelled Fox 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 co-starred in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).

Personal life

Pounder is married to Senegalese anthropologist Boubacar Kone. The couple were married in an African ceremony in Dakar, Senegal and remarried in Los Angeles, California six months later. Kone is the founder of the Musée Boribana in Dakar, Senegal, for the study of cultures of the African diaspora. They have three children, Nicole (b. 1971), Libya (b. 1973), and Matthew (b. 1982).

Pounder has 6 grandchildren: Elisa (born 1994), Michelle (born 1999), Kelly (born 2002), Libya (born 2005), Enid (born 2007), and Matthew (born 2010). Pounder used to own a jewelry shop called Banji Girls with her business partner Conni Marie Brazelton, but now sells jewelry through her website.

Advocacy

As one of the founders of Artists for a New South Africa, Pounder has energized awareness of post-apartheid and HIV/AIDS issues. In an interview, she said about the pandemic: "When it's this massive disease, and it's affecting things in five thousand 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."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Coriolanus	Valeria
1979	All That Jazz	Nurse Blake
1980	Union City	Mrs. Lewis
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Anne
1985	Prizzi's Honor	Peaches Altamont
1987	Bagdad Café	Brenda
1990	Postcards from the Edge	Julie Marsden
1990	Psycho IV: The Beginning	Fran Ambrose
1992	The Importance of Being Earnest	Miss Prism
1993	Benny & Joon	Dr. Garvey
1993	Lifepod	Mayvene	Television movie
1993	Sliver	Lt. Victoria Hendrix
1993	RoboCop 3	Bertha
1995	Demon Knight	Irene
1995	White Dwarf	Nurse Shabana	Television movie
1996	Aladdin and the King of Thieves	The Oracle
1997	Face/Off	Hollis Miller
1998	Race	Lucinda Davis
1999	End of Days	Detective Marge Francis
1999	Funny Valentines	Ethel B.
1999	The Cell
2000	Cora Unashamed	Ma Jenkins	Television movie
2001	Things Behind the Sun	Judge
2001	Boycott	Jo Ann Robinson	Television movie Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie
2002	Baby of the Family	Nurse Bloom
2002	Tét Grenné	Sally
2003	Unchained Memories	Reader
2004	Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story	Winnie Mandela	Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Movie
2008	Rain	Ms. Adams
2009	Orphan	Sister Abigail
2009	Superman/Batman: Public Enemies	Amanda Waller	Direct-to-video
2009	Avatar	Mo'at
2013	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones	Madame Dorothea
2014	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Amanda Waller	Direct-to-video

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	American Playhouse	Deborah	"Go Tell It on the Mountain"
1985	The Atlanta Child Murders	Venus Taylor	Miniseries
1985	If Tomorrow Comes	Ernestine Littlechap	Miniseries
1986	Resting Place	Ada Johnson	TV movie
1986	As Summers Die	Priscilla	TV movie
1986	Valerie	Mrs. Davis	"Full Moon"
1986	Cagney & Lacey	Timmons	"Disenfranchised"
1986–1992	L.A. Law	Judge Roseann Robin	4 episodes
1981	Hill Street Blues	Jasmine	"The Second Oldest Profession"
1982	Hill Street Blues	Wilma Tucker	"Little Boil Blue"
1986	Hill Street Blues		"Amazing Grace"
1987	The Line	Anna Mae Demesy	TV movie
1987–1988	Women in Prison	Dawn Murphy	13 episodes
1988	Run Till You Fall	Janice	TV movie
1988	Leap of Faith	Roberta	TV movie
1989	227	Lucinda Markle	"Babes in the Woods"
1989	Third Degree Burn	Julie Cartwright	TV movie
1989	No Place Like Home	Prue	TV movie
1989	Miami Vice	Yvonne	"Too Much, Too Late"
1990	Murder in Mississippi	Fannie Lee Chaney	TV movie
1990	Quantum Leap	Mama Harper	"Black on White on Fire"
1990	Cop Rock	Unknown	3 episodes
1991	Lifestories	Roxanne Tevis	"Darryl Devis"
1992	The Cosby Show	Clair's friend	"Clair's Reunion"
1993	The Ernest Green Story	Daisy Bates	TV movie
1993	Return to Lonesome Dove	Sara	3 episodes
1994	Birdland	Nurse Lucy	7 episodes
1994	The X-Files	Agent Lucy Kazdin	Episode 2.5: "Duane Barry" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
1994–1997	ER	Dr. Angela Hicks	24 episodes Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1996, 1998)
1995	Living Single	Nina Shaw
1996	If These Walls Could Talk	Nurse Mrs. Ford	TV movie
1996–1998	Millennium	Cheryl Andrews	5 episodes
2000	The West Wing	Deborah O'Leary	"Celestial Navigation"
2000	Outer Limits	Stranger	Episode 6.13: "Decompression"
2001	The Practice	Elaine Washington	Episodes: "The Day After" and "Awakenings"
2001–2010	Law and Order: SVU	Defense Attorney Carolyn Maddox	5 episodes Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
2002–2008	The Shield	Claudette Wyms	89 episodes Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2003–2004) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series (2003–2009)
2004–2006	Justice League Unlimited	Amanda Waller	9 episodes
2005	Numb3rs	Lt. Havercamp	"Vector"
2006	W.I.T.C.H.	Queen Kadma	3 episodes
2009	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	Mrs. Curtin	"The Boy with an African Heart" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
2009–2014	Warehouse 13	Mrs. Irene Frederic	22 episodes
2009	Brothers	Adele Trainor	13 episodes Nominated—Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
2011	Revenge	Warden Sharon Stiles	2 episodes
2013	Sons of Anarchy	Tyne Patterson	4 episodes
2013-2014	Beware the Batman	Marion Grange	5 episodes
2014	NCIS (TV series)	Dr. Loretta Wade	Episode 11.18: "Crescent City (Part I)" Episode 11.19: "Crescent City (Part II)"
2014	NCIS: New Orleans	Dr. Loretta Wade	Series regular

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	True Crime: Streets of LA	Chief Wanda Parks
2013	Batman: Arkham Origins	Amanda Waller	Cameo
2013	Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate	Amanda Waller

External links

• Official website
• CCH Pounder at IMDb