| CCH Pounder | |
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| Character | Sharon Stiles |
| Season(s) | 1 |
| Date of Birth | December 25, 1952 |
| Birthplace | Georgetown, British Guiana |
| IMDb profile | |
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.
Life[]
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.
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.
Career[]
Pounder starred in the film Bagdad Café, 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. 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. 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.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Coriolanus | Valeria | |
| All That Jazz | Nurse Blake | ||
| 1980 | Union City | Mrs. Lewis | |
| 1981- 1986 | Hill Street Blues | Jasmine, Wilma Tucker | 3 episodes |
| 1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can | Anne | |
| 1984 | Booker | Jane | |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Peaches Altamont | |
| Go Tell It On The Mountain | Deborah | ||
| The Atlanta Child Murders | Venus Taylor | TV mini series | |
| If Tomorrow Comes | Ernestine Littlechap | TV mini series | |
| 1986 | Rest Place | Ada Johnson | TV Movie |
| As Summers Die | Priscilla | TV Movie | |
| Valerie | Mrs. Davis | 1 episode | |
| Cagney & Lacey | Timmons | 1 episode | |
| 1986-1992 | L.A. Law | Judge Roseann Robin | 4 episodes |
| 1987 | Bagdad Cafe | Brenda | |
| The Line | Anna Mae Demesy | TV Movie | |
| Women in Prison | Dawn Murphy | ||
| 1988 | Run Till You Fall | Janice | TV Movie |
| Leap Of Faith | Roberta | TV Movie | |
| 1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Renee Cook | 1 episode |
| 227 | Lucinda Merkle | 1 episode | |
| Third Degree Burn | Julie Cartwright | TV Movie | |
| No Place Like Home | Prue | TV Movie | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Julie Marsden | |
| Psycho IV:The Beginning | Fran Ambrose | ||
| Miami Vice | Yvonne | 1 episode | |
| Murder In Mississippi | Fannie Lee Chaney | TV Movie | |
| Common Ground | Rachel Twymon | TV Movie | |
| Quantum Leap | Mama Harper | 1 episode | |
| Cop Rock | 3 episodes | ||
| 1991 | Lifestories | Roxanne Tevis | 1 episode |
| 1992 | The Cosby Show | Clair's friend | 1 episode |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | Miss Prism | ||
| 1993 | Benny & Joon | ||
| Silver | |||
| Lifepod | |||
| RoboCop 3 | |||
| Bike Mice from Mars | Stonecutter | unknown episodes | |
| The Ernest Green Story | Daisy Bates | TV Movie | |
| Return to Lonesome Dove | Sara | TV miniseries | |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Agent Lucy Kazdin | 1 season (season 2) |
| 1994-1997 | ER | Dr. Angela Hicks | seasons 1-4 |
| 1995 | Demon Knight | ||
| White Dwarf | Nurse Shabana | ||
| 1996 | Aladdin and the King of Thieves | the Oracle | |
| If These Walls Could Talk | Nurse Mrs. Ford | TV Movie | |
| 1997 | Melting Pot | ||
| Blossoms and Veils | |||
| Face/Off | |||
| 1997-1999 | Millennium | Dr. Cheryl Andrews | |
| 1998 | Race | ||
| 1999 | End of Days | Detective Marge Francis | |
| Funny Valentines | |||
| 2000 | Cora Unashamed | ||
| The West Wing | Deborah O'Leary | 1 episode, Secretary of Housing & Urban Development | |
| Outer Limits | Time Traveler | Decompression | |
| 2001 | Things Behind the Sun | ||
| Boycott | |||
| 2001-2010 | Law and Order: SVU | Defense Attorney Carolyn Maddox | 4 episodes |
| 2002 | Baby of the Family | ||
| Tet Grenne | |||
| 2002-2008 | The Shield | Claudette Wyms | series run |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | HBO Film | |
| 2004 | Redemption:The Stan Tookie Williams Story | Winnie Mandela | |
| 2004-2006 | W.I.T.C.H. | Queen Kadma | voice actress, unknown episodes |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Lt. Havercamp | 1 episode |
| 2008 | Rain | Ms. Adams | |
| 2009 | Orphan | Sister Abigail | |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Amanda Waller | ||
| Avatar | Mo'at, spiritual leader of the Na'avi | ||
| The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Mrs. Curtin | 1 episode | |
| Brothers | Adele Trainor | ||
| 2009-present | Warehouse 13 | Mrs. Irene Frederic | 17 episodes |
| 2011 | Revenge | Warden Stiles | 1 episode, Charade |
Advocacy[]
As one of the founders of Artists for a New South Africa, Pounder has energized awareness of post-apartheid and HIV/AIDS issues. 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.