CCH Pounder

Born: 1952-12-25

Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), 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. Angela Hicks on the medical drama series ER (1994–1997). She's known for her film roles as Mo'at in Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, Dorothea in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Sister Abigail in Orphan, Detective Margie Francis in End of Days, Hollis Miller in Face/Off, Victoria Hendrix in Sliver, Dr. Garvey in Benny & Joon, Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest, and Peaches Altamont in Prizzi's Honor. She is also the voice of Amanda Waller in the animated show Justice League Unlimited (2004–2006), a role that she has reprised in later DC Comics media. She has received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in The X-Files, ER, The Shield, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.


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Avatar: The Way of Water

as Mo'at
Released: 2022-12-14

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family...

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as Mo'at
Released: 2009-12-15

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission,...

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as Senator Williams
Released: 2019-05-29

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off...

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Orphan

as Sister Abigail
Released: 2009-07-24

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as...

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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

as Dorothea
Released: 2013-08-21

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a...

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as Hollis Miller
Released: 1997-06-27

In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes...

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Avatar: Fire and Ash

as Mo'at
Released: 2025-12-17

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully...

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as Victoria Hendrix
Released: 1993-05-21

A woman moves into an apartment in Manhattan and learns that the previous tenant's life ended...

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as Bertha
Released: 1993-01-21

The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta...

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Aladdin and the King of Thieves

as Oracle (voice)
Released: 1996-05-20

Legendary secrets are revealed as Aladdin and his friends—Jasmine, Abu, Carpet and, of course,...

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Benny & Joon

as Dr. Garvey
Released: 1993-04-16

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster...

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as Detective Margie Francis
Released: 1999-11-24

On 28 December 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the...

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Psycho IV: The Beginning

as Fran Ambrose
Released: 1990-11-10

When he hears talk radio host Fran Ambrose discussing the topic of matricide, Norman calls in...

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All That Jazz

as Nurse Blake
Released: 1979-12-16

Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in...

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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight

as Irene
Released: 1995-01-13

Ex-soldier Frank Brayker is the guardian of an ancient key that can unlock tremendous evil; the...

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Bagdad Cafe

as Brenda
Released: 1987-11-12

A German woman named Jasmin stumbles upon a dilapidated motel/diner in the middle of nowhere....

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Batman: Assault on Arkham

as Amanda Waller (voice)
Released: 2014-08-12

Batman works desperately to find a bomb planted by the Joker while Amanda Waller sends her...

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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

as Amanda Waller (voice)
Released: 2009-09-29

United States President Lex Luthor uses the oncoming trajectory of a Kryptonite meteor to frame...

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Rustin

as Dr. Anna Hedgeman
Released: 2023-11-03

Activist Bayard Rustin faces racism and homophobia as he helps change the course of Civil Rights...

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If These Walls Could Talk

as Jenny Ford
Released: 1996-09-11

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who...

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Avatar 4

as Mo'at
Released: 2029-12-19

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Batman Beyond: The Movie

as Virtual News Anchor #1 (voice)
Released: 1999-01-10

Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as...

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Postcards from the Edge

as Julie Marsden
Released: 1990-09-14

Substance-addicted Hollywood actress, Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox...

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Prizzi's Honor

as Peaches Altamont
Released: 1985-06-14

Charley Partanna is a hitman who works for the Prizzis, one of the richest crime families in the...

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Avatar 5

as Mo'at
Released: 2031-12-17

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Jack Reed: One of Our Own

as Mrs. Harris
Released: 1995-04-25

Jack Reed investigates a young woman whom he and his wife take into their household when she...

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Things Behind the Sun

as Judge
Released: 2001-10-12

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock...

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Common Ground

as Rachel Twymon
Released: 1990-03-25

Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of...

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Untitled Naked Gun Reboot

as uncredited
Released: 2025-07-31

Follow the misadventures of Detective Frank Drebin's son, Frank Drebin Jr., in this sequel to...

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Disappearing Acts

as Mrs. Swift
Released: 2000-12-09

Zora Banks is a school teacher and aspiring singer hoping to become a successful star while...

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Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Deborah
Released: 1985-01-14

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the...

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Resting Place

as Ada Johnson
Released: 1986-04-27

A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival...

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No Place Like Home

as Prue
Released: 1989-12-03

A Pittsburgh apartment superintendent loses his job and home when the apartment building where...

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Lifepod

as Mayvene
Released: 1993-06-28

Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on...

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NetForce

as Sandra Knight
Released: 1999-02-01

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate...

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The Big Day

as Pearl
Released: 1999-12-03

While trying to make amends, Zack sends his soon-to-be-married brother, John fleeing on his...

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Boycott

as Jo Ann Robinson
Released: 2001-02-24

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by...

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Zooman

as Ash
Released: 1995-03-19

Shots ring out on a Brooklyn street and suddenly a young girl lies dead on her front steps. The...

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As Summers Die

as Priscilla
Released: 1986-05-18

Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers...

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For Their Own Good

as Naomi Brinker
Released: 1993-04-05

A factory worker gets an ultimatum from her employer that she agree to be sterilized or be fired.

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Funny Valentines

as Ethel B.
Released: 1999-02-14

A woman returns to her home town to sort out her troubled marriage and finds new happiness in...

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White Dwarf

as Nurse Shabana
Released: 1995-05-23

In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at...

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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

as uncredited
Released: 2003-02-10

When the Civil War ended in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. Over 70 years...

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A Touch of Hope

as Lily Keyes
Released: 1999-10-10

Hands-on healer Dean Kraft struggles for many years to come to terms with his abilities and deal...

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Murder in Mississippi

as Fannie Lee Chaney
Released: 1990-02-05

In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the...

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Home Again

as Dulsay Mooreland
Released: 2012-09-12

Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for...

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Union City

as Mrs. Lewis
Released: 1980-09-26

A 1950s accountant with a restless wife grows paranoid after hiding a milk thief's corpse next door.

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All She Ever Wanted

as Dr. Marilyn Tower
Released: 1996-04-14

The Stockmans are the perfect couple...young, successful, and deeply in love...but they have one...

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Run Till You Fall

as Janice
Released: 1988-09-09

A small-time, down-on-his-luck private eye tries to win back his estranged wife and their young...

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I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can

as Anne
Released: 1982-03-05

An adaptation of Barbara Gordon's nonfiction account of her addiction to Valium.

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Inside Pandora's Box

as Self
Released: 2023-03-28

A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers devise new...

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Breaking the Maya Code

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2008-05-05

The complex and beautiful hieroglyphic script of the ancient Maya was until recently one of the...

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Third Degree Burn

as Julie Cartwright (as C.C.H. Pounder)
Released: 1989-05-28

A down-and-out private eye (Treat Williams) gets too close to the wife (Virginia Madsen) of a...

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Final Justice

as Danielle Kline
Released: 1998-06-01

Merle Hammond (Michael McKean), a sleazy attorney, uses corrupt tactics and convinces a jury to...

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When I Was Young I Said I Would Be Happy

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2016-03-29

WHEN I WAS YOUNG I SAID I WOULD BE HAPPY is a feature length documentary about the...

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The Disappearance of Christina

as Detective Davis
Released: 1993-01-01

Joe and Christina's marriage is in trouble when they take a sailing trip with their married best...

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Question of Faith

as Roberta
Released: 1988-10-06

A woman struck down by terminal cancer shuns conventional medical techniques at her husband's...

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Race

as Lucinda Davis
Released: 1998-09-17

An East L.A working stiff is bullied by his wife to run for a City Council position against a...

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The Importance of Being Earnest

as Miss Prism
Released: 1992-05-14

An all-black version of Oscar Wilde's play.

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Rain

as Ms. Adams
Released: 2008-09-06

Rain is a spirited 14-year old who, after the death of her grandmother, seeks out her estranged...

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The Shield: Wrap Day

as Self
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Documentary of the final day of production on the second season finale of FX's "The Shield",...

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Cora Unashamed

as Ma Jenkins
Released: 2000-10-24

From the short story by Langston Hughes.

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The Ernest Green Story

as Daisy Bates
Released: 1993-01-17

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to...

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Little Girl Fly Away

as Dr. Geddes
Released: 1998-10-06

Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages...

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My Girlfriend's Back

as Constance
Released: 2010-01-01

This intelligent romantic comedy chronicles the socio-economic ascent of Derek Scott. Derek has...

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Coriolanus

as Valeria
Released: 1979-03-31

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Carolyn Maddox
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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NCIS

as Loretta Wade
First aired: 2003-09-23

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...

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Sons of Anarchy

as Tyne Patterson
First aired: 2008-09-03

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) is an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States...

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The X-Files

as Agent Lucy Kazdin
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Archer

as Claudette Kane (voice)
First aired: 2009-09-17

Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his...

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The West Wing

as Deborah O'Leary
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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The Cosby Show

as Clair's friend
First aired: 1984-09-20

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...

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ER

as Angela Hicks
First aired: 1994-09-19

ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...

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The Shield

as Claudette Wyms
First aired: 2002-03-12

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above...

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3 Body Problem

as Secretary General Lilian Joseph
First aired: 2024-03-21

Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the...

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Miami Vice

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...

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The Good Fight

as Vinetta Clark
First aired: 2017-02-19

Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an...

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Revenge

as Warden Sharon Stiles
First aired: 2011-09-21

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows...

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The Practice

as Helaine Washington
First aired: 1997-03-04

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their...

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Jackie Chan Adventures

as Miss Kimber (voice)
First aired: 2000-09-09

Jackie Chan teams up in this animé-style adventure with his 11-year-old niece, Jade, traveling...

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Quantum Leap

as Mama Harper
First aired: 1989-03-26

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the...

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NCIS: New Orleans

as Loretta Wade
First aired: 2014-09-23

A drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military...

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Girlfriends

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-09-11

The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of...

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Warehouse 13

as Irene Frederic
First aired: 2009-07-07

After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete...

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Warehouse 13

as Mrs. Frederic
First aired: 2009-07-07

After saving the life of the President, two secret service agents - Myka Bering and Pete...

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Perception

as FBI Psychiatrist
First aired: 2012-07-09

Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government...

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Millennium

as Cheryl Andrews
First aired: 1996-10-25

A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground...

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Batman Beyond

as Anchor Woman (voice)
First aired: 1999-01-10

As new villains overrun Gotham City of the future, the aging Bruce Wayne hangs up the cape of...

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Gargoyles

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-24

In Scotland, 994 A.D. Goliath and his clan of gargoyles defend a medieval castle. In present...

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Rocket Power

as uncredited
First aired: 1999-08-16

The daily lives of four friends who enjoy extreme sports, surfing, and getting into some crazy...

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L.A. Law

as Judge Roseann Robin
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Justice League Unlimited

as Amanda Waller (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Justice League Unlimited

as Amanda Waller / Juice (voice)
First aired: 2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner...

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Strong Medicine

as Libby Bell
First aired: 2000-07-23

The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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Cagney & Lacey

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-25

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing...

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Hill Street Blues

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-01-15

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

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The Outer Limits

as The Stranger
First aired: 1995-03-26

Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...

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Static Shock

as Mayor (voice)
First aired: 2000-09-23

The adventures of a teenage superhero who fights crime in Dakota City.

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The Wendy Williams Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2008-07-14

Radio personality Wendy Williams is the host to her own live syndicated talk show. Wendy injects...

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The District

as Eilen Carmicheal
First aired: 2000-10-07

The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1,...

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Beware the Batman

as Mayor Marion Grange (voice)
First aired: 2013-07-13

Set during Bruce Wayne's early years as the Batman, following his initial period of battling...

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Full Circle

as Savitri Mahabir
First aired: 2023-07-13

An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple...

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Return to Lonesome Dove

as Sara Pickett
First aired: 1993-11-14

After returning the body of Gus McCrae to Lonesome Dove, Woodrow Call takes on the challenge of...

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Detention

as Miss Powers (voice)
First aired: 1999-09-11

A group of eight troubled 6th grade students from Benedict Arnold Middle School in Oak Forest...

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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

as Andrea Curtin
First aired: 2009-03-15

The adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts Botswana's first female-owned...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Ada
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Brothers

as Adele Trainor
First aired: 2009-09-25

Mike Trainor seemingly has it all—he's a good-looking, wealthy and recently retired NFL player...

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South Central

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-04-05

South Central is an American comedy-drama series that aired on the Fox network from April 5,...

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Netforce

as Sandra Knight
First aired: 1999-02-01

Set in the year 2005, a division of the FBI, called "NetForce" has been initiated to investigate...

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The Atlanta Child Murders

as Venus Taylor
First aired: 1985-02-10

The Atlanta Child Murders is a TV miniseries that aired on February 10 and 12, 1985 on CBS....

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House of Frankenstein

as Dr. Shauna Kendall
First aired: 1997-11-02

Detective Coyle is trying to solve several bizarre murders and is having no luck finding a...

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Women in Prison

as Dawn Murphy
First aired: 1987-10-11

Women in Prison is an American television sitcom created by Katherine Green which aired on Fox...

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