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CCH Pounder

CCH Pounder

8 films · 767 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19852025

Born 25 December 1952 · Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]

Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder, known professionally as CCH Pounder, is a Guyanese-American film and television actress. She's known for her TV roles as medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade on the series NCIS: New Orleans (2014-2021), District Attorney Tyne Patterson on Sons of Anarchy (2013–2014), Irene Frederic on Warehouse 13 (2009–2014), Captain Claudette Wyms on the FX series The Shield (2002–2008), and Dr.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 767 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19852025

  • Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year2010
  • Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance2010
  • Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress: Television Movie/Cable2004
  • Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama2004
  • Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama2003
  • Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance1998
  • Audie Award for Faith-Based Fiction and Nonfiction1997

How their films are shot

Measured across 767 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work CCH takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 61% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work CCH takes.

Time of day

Night61%
Day29%
Interior6%

Lighting

Low key50%
Natural34%
High key10%

Shot size

Medium49%
Closeup24%
Wide18%
Establishing5%

Camera angle

Eye level75%
Low angle11%
High angle10%
Top down4%

Mood

Neutral42%
Tense26%
Ominous12%
Mysterious9%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 767 frames from CCH Pounder's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.