CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

Guyanese-American actress (b. 1952)
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Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952) is a Guyanese-born American actress. 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.

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CCH Pounder was born on Thursday, 25 December 1952 in Georgetown, British Guiana. Her full name at birth was Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder. She is best known as an actress. Pounder's country of citizenship (nationality) is Guyanese. For university, she studied at Ithaca College. She is 5' 7" (170 cm) tall and weighs 176 lbs (80 kg) with a large build. She has dark brown eyes and dark brown hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $6,000,000 US dollars. CCH Pounder is 72 years old and her zodiac star sign is Capricorn.

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Full name at birth
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder
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Claim to fame
her roles as Blake in the 1979 musical comedy-drama film All That Jazz, Jasmine in the NBC serial police procedural drama series Hill Street Blues, Dr. Angela Hicks in the NBC medical drama series ER, Amanda Waller (voice) and Golden Queen (voice) in the Cartoon Network superhero animated series Justice League Unlimited, Detective Claudette Wyms in the FX crime drama series The Shield, Mo’at in the 2009 epic science fiction film Avatar, Sister Abigail in the 2009 psychological horror film Orphan, Mrs. Irene Frederic in the Syfy science fiction series Warehouse 13, Tyne Patterson in the FX action crime drama series Sons of Anarchy, Dorothea in the 2013 urban fantasy film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Dr. Loretta Wade in the CBS action crime drama and police procedural series NCIS: New Orleans
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Date of birth
25 December 1952
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Place of birth
Georgetown, British Guiana
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Actress, Activist, Artist
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PERSONAL DETAILS

Height
5' 7" (170 cm)
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Weight
176 lbs (80 kg)
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Distinctive feature
  • Afro haircut
  • Wide nose
  • Bright white teeth
  • Large physique
  • Thin eyebrows
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ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Residence
  • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Net worth
$6,000,000 USD
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University
Ithaca College
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Talent agency
  • Mitchell K. Stubbs & Associates
  • Innovative Artists
  • Richard Hoffman PR
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  • Visit her official website @ cchpounder.net.
  • She lost the role of C.J. Cregg on the series The West Wing (1999-2006) to the actress Allison Janney.
  • The character she played in the horror movie Orphan (2009), named Sister Abigail, was written by the director specifically with her in mind. Other actors that appeared in the movie were Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, and Isabelle Fuhrman.
  • She was honored by the actor Jamie Foxx when he thanked her in his Academy Award (Oscar) acceptance speech for Ray (2004). The movie was a biography that detailed life and success of the well-known singer and musician Ray Charles, and Jamie played the lead role.
  • CCH starred in 3 movies that received an Academy Award (Oscar) nomination for “Best Picture” as of 2018. Those were the comedy-drama All That Jazz from 1979, Prizzi’s Honor, a crime-comedy that premiered in 1985, and Avatar, a well known 3D animated movie from 2009.

CCH Pounder is known for her role in the film Rustin (2023) as Dr. Anna Hedgeman.

She is also known for her role in the TV series Warehouse 13 (2009) as Mrs. Irene Frederic.

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