Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952) is an American film and television actress. She is usually billed as CCH Pounder (or C.C.H. Pounder early in her career). She has appeared in numerous films, made-for-television films, television miniseries, and has made guest appearances on notable television shows. December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 6 days remaining in the year. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

Biography

Early life

Pounder was born in Georgetown, Guyana to Betsy and Ronald Pounder. She was educated in England and moved to the U.S. in 1970.^[1] Pounder made her acting debut in the 1979 film All That Jazz. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... All That Jazz is a 1979 musical film and semi-autobiographical fantasy by and about Bob Fosse. ...

Career

Pounder starred in the film Bagdad Café (a role played by Whoopi Goldberg in a short-lived television sitcom). Pounder 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, L.A. Law, The X-Files, Living Single and Quantum Leap) before landing a long-running recurring role on ER from 1994 to 1997. 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 a lead role) and the short-lived sitcom Women in Prison. Bagdad Café (a. ... Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Silverstein, November 13, 1955),[1] is an American comedian, film actress and radio DJ. Goldberg is one of only a few individuals (including Barbra Streisand, Mel Brooks, Rita Moreno, Audrey Hepburn and Helen Hayes) who have won an Academy Award, a Tony, an Emmy, and... A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... Miami Vice S4 is out on uk DVD 13TH AUGUST For the 2006 movie, see Miami Vice (film). ... L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... The X-Files is a Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ... Living Single was an American television sitcom which aired for five seasons on the FOX television network from August 1993 until January 1998. ... Quantum Leap is a science fiction television series that ran for 97 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on NBC. It follows the adventures of Dr. Samuel Beckett (played by Scott Bakula), a brilliant scientist who after researching time-travel, and doing experiments in something he calls The Imaging... A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a TV series, who is not a main character, but appears from time to time during the series run. ... ER is a long-running, award winning American serial medical drama created by novelist Michael Crichton and set primarily in the emergency room of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Practice (March 4, 1997 - May 16, 2004) is an ABC legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston, Massachusetts law firm. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC... Millennium is a grim, suspenseful American television series, produced by Chris Carter (creator of The X-Files), and set during the years leading up to the dawn of the new millennium. ... The West Wing redirects here. ...

Pounder on The West Wing

Since 2002, she has starred as Detective (and now, since late in season 5, Captain) 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, Gargoyles as Desdemona/Coldfire, and most recently Justice League Unlimited as Amanda Waller. Image File history File links Cch_pounder. ... Image File history File links Cch_pounder. ... The following is a list of character summaries from the FX Networks television series, The Shield. ... FX (shorter for Fox Extended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... The Shield is an American police-drama television series shown on FX Networks in the U.S. and other networks internationally. ... An Emmy Award. ... Aladdin and the King of Thieves is a direct-to-video animated film made by Disney, first released in Finland in 1995 and in the US and other countries in 1996. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Justice League Unlimited (or JLU) is the name of an American animated television series that was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network. ... Dr. Amanda Blake Waller is a fictional character from the DC Universe, first appearing in Legends #1 in 1986. ...

Personal life

Pounder is married to Senegalese anthropologist Boubacar Kone. The couple were married in an African ceremony in Dakar, Senegal and were again remarried at a traditional Los Angeles, California event six months later. Kone is the founder of The Boribana Museum in Dakar, Senegal for the study of cultures of the African diaspora. Dakar is the capital city of Senegal, located on the Cap-Vert peninsula at the countrys Atlantic coast. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... A poster of African Reparation, Reconciliation and Restoration Conference The African diaspora is the diaspora created by the movements and cultures of Africans and their descendants throughout the world, to places such as the Americas, (including the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America) Europe and Asia. ...

Pounder used to own a jewelry shop called Banji Girls with her business partner Conni Marie Brazelton but now she sells jewelry through requests via her website cchpounder.com. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Filmography

• All That Jazz (1979)
• Union City (1980)
• I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985)
• Bagdad Café (1987)
• Postcards from the Edge (1990)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1992)
• Benny & Joon (1993)
• Lifepod (1993)
• Sliver (1993)
• RoboCop 3 (1993)
• Demon Knight (1995)
• Melting Pot (1997)
• Blossoms and Veils (1997)
• Face/Off (1997)
• End of Days (1999)
• Things Behind the Sun (2001)
• Baby of the Family (2002)
• Tèt Grenné (2002)
• Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) (as Winnie Mandela)
• Justice League Unlimited: Amanda Waller (head of Cadmus)
• Rain (2007) (as Ms. Adams)
• Avatar (film) (2009) (as Moha, queen of the Na'vi)

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Footnotes

External links

• CCH Pounder at the Internet Movie Database
• Roxbury Film Festival
• Official website