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CCH Pounder

  • Birthplace: Georgetown, Guyana
  • Birthday: December 25, 1952

Though she was a busy performer in a variety of film and television roles for decades, actress CCH Pounder finally found her defining role when she was cast as the morally upright Detective Claudette Wyms on the dark, gritty cop show, “The Shield” (FX, 2002-08). Prior to that role, Pounder spent her illustrious career playing quiet, yet tough-as-nails women usually in positions of authority, as she did in a recurring capacity on television shows like “L.A. Law” (NBC, 1986-1994) and “ER” (NBC, 1994-2009). But it was her seven years p…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role in "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" (HBO)

  • 2004

    Cast in opposite Jamie Foxx in "Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story"; debut at The Sundance Film Festival (also aired on FX)

  • 2004 to 2009

    Voiced Amanda Waller on the animated series "Justice League Unlimited" for the Cartoon Network

  • 2002 to 2008

    Cast on the FX drama series "The Shield" as Detective Claudette Wyms; earned an Emmy nomination in 2005 for Outstanding Supporting Actress

  • 2001

    Co-starred with Jeffrey Wright and Terrence Howard in the HBO drama "Boycott"

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In Law

Tuesday, Dec 1 at 04:00 am USA

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