Biography
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 …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Cast as Mo'at, the queen of the Omaticaya tribe, in James Cameron's 3-D science fiction epic film, "Avatar" | |
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 | Voiced Amanda Waller on the animated series "Justice League Unlimited" for the Cartoon Network | |
2002 | Cast on the FX drama series "The Shield" as Detective Claudette Wyms; earned an Emmy nomination in 2005 for Outstanding Supporting Actress | |
2001 | Played the recurring role of defense attorney Carolyn Maddox on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC) | |
2001 | Co-starred with Jeffrey Wright and Terrence Howard in the HBO drama "Boycott" | |
1999 | Cast as a police detective in "End of Days," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger | |
1999 | Played a dying matriarch in "Funny Valentines" (aired on Starz!) | |
1997 | Appeared in John Woo's "Face/Off" | |
1995 | Co-starred in "Demon Knight," presented by the HBO series "Tales from the Crypt" | |
1994 | Played the recurring role of Dr. Angela Hicks on NBC's medical drama "ER"; earned an Emmy nomination in 1997 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | |
1994 | Guest-starred as an FBI agent on an episode of the FOX drama "The X Files"; received an Emmy nomination in 1995 | |
1993 | Played a psychiatrist, opposite Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson, in "Benny & Joon" | |
1990 | Had a supporting role in Mike Nichols' "Postcards from the Edge" | |
1987 | Cast as a regular on the FOX series "Women in Prison" | |
1987 | First starring role in a feature, "Bagdad Cafe" | |
1986 | Had a recurring role as Judge Roseann Robin NBC's "L.A. Law" | |
1985 | First TV role, the CBS miniseries "The Atlanta Child Murders" | |
1985 | Had small role in John Huston's "Prizzi's Honor" | |
1981 | Moved to Los Angeles | |
1979 | Made feature film debut as a nurse in Bob Fosse's "All That Jazz" | |
1979 | First acted on the stage in "The Mighty Gents" at the New York Shakespeare Festival | |
1970 | Moved to America | |
| Sent to England by parents to be educated | ||
| Born in Guyana | ||
Awards
2009 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency |
2005 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in The Shield |
1997 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in ER |
1995 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in The X-Files |