C. C. H. Pounder
| CCH Pounder | |
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 Pounder at the Revlon Run Walk, May 2007 |
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| Born | Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder 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-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 Networks police drama The Shield. In 2009, she starred as Mo'at in James Cameron's film Avatar. She currently appears in a recurring role as Irene Fredric on the TV series Warehouse 13.
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Early life[edit]
Pounder was born on December 25, 1952, in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), the daughter of Betsy Enid James Arnella and Ronald Urlington Pounder.[1] She was educated in England and moved to the U.S. in 1970, where she attended Ithaca College.[2] Pounder made her acting debut in the 1979 film All That Jazz.
Career[edit]
Pounder starred in the film Bagdad Café,[3] 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 other popular shows (Miami Vice, 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 Amanda Waller, a role she reprised for the animated movie adaption of the comic book Superman/Batman: Public Enemies.[4] 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.[5] She currently appears on the Syfy series Warehouse 13. 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 also stars in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones which is due to be released later in 2013
Personal life[edit]
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 Boribana Museum 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[edit]
As one of the founders of Artists for a New South Africa, Pounder has energized awareness of post-apartheid and HIV/AIDS issues.[6] 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."[7]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | Avatar | Mo'at | |
| 2013 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | Madame Dorothea | post-production |
Television[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Deborah | Episode: "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 | Television movie |
| 1986 | As Summers Die | Priscilla | Television movie |
| 1986 | Valerie | Mrs. Davis | Episode: "Full Moon" |
| 1986 | Cagney & Lacey | Timmons | Episode: "Disenfranchised" |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Jasmine | Episode: "The Second Oldest Profession" |
| 1982 | Hill Street Blues | Wilma Tucker | Episode: "Little Boil Blue" |
| 1986 | Hill Street Blues | Unknown | Episode: "Amazing Grace" |
| 1987 | The Line | Anna Mae Demesy | Television movie |
| 1987-1988 | Women in Prison | Dawn Murphy | 13 episodes |
| 1988 | Run Till You Fall | Janice | Television movie |
| 1988 | Leap of Faith | Roberta | Television movie |
| 1989 | 227 | Lucinda Markle | Episode: "Babes in the Woods" |
| 1989 | Third Degree Burn | Julie Cartwright | Television movie |
| 1989 | No Place Like Home | Prue | Television movie |
| 1990 | Miami Vice | Yvonne | Episode: "Too Much, Too Late" |
| 1990 | Murder in Mississippi | Fannie Lee Chaney | Television movie |
| 1990 | Quantum Leap | Mama Harper | Episode: "Black on White on Fire" |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Unknown | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Lifestories | Roxanne Tevis | Episode: "Darryl Devis" |
| 1986-1992 | L.A. Law | Judge Roseann Robin | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | The Cosby Show | Clair's friend | Episode: "Clair's Reunion" |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story | Daisy Bates | Television movie |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Sara | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Birdland | Nurse Lucy | 7 episodes |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Agent Lucy Kazdin | Episode: "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) |
| 1996 | If These Walls Could Talk | Nurse Mrs. Ford | Television movie |
| 1996-1998 | Millennium | Cheryl Andrews | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | The West Wing | Deborah O'Leary | Episode: "Celestial Navigation" |
| 2000 | Outer Limits | Stranger | Episode: "Decompression" |
| 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 | Episode: "Vector" |
| 2006 | W.I.T.C.H. | Queen Kadma | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Mrs. Curtin | Episode: "The Boy with a African Heart" Nominated-Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series |
| 2009–present | 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 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ "C. C. H. Pounder Biography (1952-)".
- ^ "CCH Pounder Biography - Yahoo! Movies".
- ^ Pounder's role was later played by Whoopi Goldberg in a short-lived television sitcom
- ^ "Superman: The Animated Series DVD news: Announcement for Superman/Batman: Public Enemies". Text " TVShowsonDVD.com" ignored (help)
- ^ Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) - IMDb
- ^ "ANSA".
- ^ "A&U:America's AIDS Magazine".
External links[edit]
- Official website
- C. C. H. Pounder at the Internet Movie Database
- Roxbury Film Festival
- "C.C.H. Pounder of 'The Shield'" (NPR's Fresh Air)
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