CCH Pounder
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Birthplace:
Guyana
Born in Guyana on December 25, 1952, actress CCH Pounder made her first film appearance as a nurse in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979). Pounder went on to play a small part in Prizzi's Honor before her first big role as truckstop owner Brenda in Bagdad Cafe. Her first TV-series assignment was as husband-murderer Dawn Murphy in the short-lived FOX sitcom Women in Prison. Many dramatic TV movies followed, including Leap of Faith, Third Degree Burn, Murder in Mississippi, and the two-part CBS miniseries Common Ground. On the big screen, she had supporting parts in Postcards From the Edge, Kurt Baker's version of The Importance of Being Earnest, and the romantic comedy Benny & Joon. After appearing in Sliver and Robocop 3, she returned to television for the role of Dr. Angela Hicks on ER, earning her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress. She left the show in 1997 and went on to countless TV movies (Final Justice, Netforce, A Touch of Hope, just to name a few), as well as a couple feature films (Face/Off, End of Days) and TV miniseries (House of Frankenstein, To Serve and Protect). In 2001, she narrated the PBS documentary series Race: The Power of an Illusion and played a judge in Allison Anders' independent drama Things Behind the Sun. In 2002, she was back on television as Detective Claudette Wynn on the FOX police drama The Shield.Pounder continued to work on The Shield until the series concluded in 2007, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for her role as Detective Wynn. The actress appeared in 2009's psychological horror The Orphan, and voiced Mo'at, the spiritual leader of the Omaticaya clan, in James Cameron's mega-blockbuster Avatar the same year. 2009 would prove a rewarding year for Pounder, as her guest appearances on the BBC/HBO series No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency would earn her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Jewel's Catch One |
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— | 2016 |
75% | Batman: Assault on Arkham |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Home Again |
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— | 2013 |
13% | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones |
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$31.2M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Tèt Grenné |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | My Girlfriend's Back |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Rain |
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— | 2010 |
82% | Avatar |
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$749.8M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies |
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— | 2009 |
56% | Orphan |
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$41.5M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 11.04.08: The Day Of Change |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Breaking the Maya Code |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Redemption |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | The Big Day |
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— | 2001 |
100% | Things Behind the Sun |
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— | 2001 |
60% | Disappearing Acts |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Cora Unashamed |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Boycott |
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— | 2000 |
11% | End of Days |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | A Touch of Hope |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | To Serve and Protect |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Tom Clancy's 'Netforce' |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Final Justice |
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— | 1998 |
92% | Face/Off |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Race |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Final Justice |
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— | 1997 |
88% | If These Walls Could Talk |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Jack Reed: One of Our Own |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | All She Ever Wanted |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Zooman |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | White Dwarf |
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— | 1995 |
38% | Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Lifepod |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | The Disappearance of Christina |
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— | 1993 |
11% | Sliver |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | The Ernest Green Story |
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— | 1993 |
76% | Benny & Joon |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | For Their Own Good |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Psycho IV: The Beginning |
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— | 1991 |
84% | Postcards from the Edge |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Murder in Mississippi |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Third Degree Burn |
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— | 1989 |
85% | Bagdad Cafe |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Leap of Faith |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | As Summers Die |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Resting Place |
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— | 1986 |
86% | Prizzi's Honor |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Go Tell It on the Mountain |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Atlanta Child Murders |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | Booker |
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— | 1983 |
33% | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can |
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— | 1982 |
60% | Union City |
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— | 1980 |
86% | All That Jazz |
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— | 1979 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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NCIS: New Orleans
2014
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The Lion Guard
2019
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NCIS
2003
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82% |
Warehouse 13
2009-2014
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69% |
Revenge
2011-2015
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32% |
Brothers
2009
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The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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90% |
The Shield
2002-2008
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W.I.T.C.H.
2004-2006
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96% |
Justice League Unlimited
2004-2006
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Numb3rs
2005-2010
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Girlfriends
2000-2008
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No Score Yet |
Strong Medicine
2000-2006
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No Score Yet |
The District
2000-2004
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No Score Yet |
The Practice
1997-2004
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No Score Yet |
Static Shock
2000-2004
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75% |
The West Wing
1999-2006
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
Living Single
1993-1998
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75% |
The X-Files
1993-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Cosby Show
1984-1992
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72% |
Miami Vice
1984-1990
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Quantum Leap
1989-1993
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50% |
Birdland
1994
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If Tomorrow Comes
1986
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Masterpiece
1971-2014
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Revenge
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