• Name: CCH Pounder
  • Date of Birth: December 25, 1952
  • Place of Birth: Guyana
Mini-bio: CCH Pounder (the CCH standing for Carol Christine Hilaria, her birth name) is
synonymous with strength, confidence and integrity. As can be said of other
similarly styled actresses such as Alfre Woo...( read more)dard and Cicely Tyson, most of CCH's
characters are enriched with these same positive attributes and it is a testament to
this actress' abilities that she continues on such a high plane in a nearly
three-decade career.

Born on Christmas Day 1952 in Guyana, she was raised on a sugar-cane plantation. Her
parents moved to the US while she was still a young girl, but she and her sister
were sent to a convent boarding school in Britain where they were introduced to art
and the western classics. Following high school graduation, she arrived in New York
and studied at Ithaca College, where her acting talents were discovered.
Regional and Western classical repertory theater followed, earning roles in such
productions as "The Mighty Gents" with Morgan Freeman at the New York Shakespeare
Festival and "Open Admissions," her Broadway debut. Her preference for a warmer
climate led to her move to Hollywood in the late 1970s.




After bit roles in All That Jazz (1979) and I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), she
found cult status in the art-house film Out of Rosenheim (1987) as the offbeat owner
of a roadside caf?, but CCH's prominence came with television. Usually cast as a
confident, strong-minded professional, she is known for her understated intensity
and earned an Emmy nomination for her stint on the hospital drama "ER" (1994). She
has performed in a number of acclaimed topical dramas, including Go Tell It On the
Mountain (1985) (TV), Common Ground (1990) (TV), Murder in Mississippi (1990) (TV),
Funny
Valentines (1999) (TV) and Boycott (2001) (TV), for which a number of kudos have
come her way.
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Replace this image with an actor photoCCH Pounder mini-bio: CCH Pounder (the CCH standing for Carol Christine Hilaria, her birth name) is synonymous with strength, confidence and integrity. As can be said of other similarly styled actresses such as Alfre Woodard and Cicely Tyson, most of CCH's characters are enriched with these same positive attributes and it is a testament to this actress' abilities that she continues on such a high plane in a nearly three-decade career. Born on Christmas Day 1952 in Guyana, she was raised on a sugar-cane plantation. Her parents moved to the US while she was still a young girl, but she and her sister were sent to a convent boarding school in Britain where they were introduced to art and the western classics. Following high school graduation, she arrived in New York and studied at Ithaca College, where her acting talents were discovered. Regional and Western classical repertory theater followed, earning roles in such productions as "The Mighty Gents" with Morgan Freeman at the New York Shakespeare Festival and "Open Admissions," her Broadway debut. Her preference for a warmer climate led to her move to Hollywood in the late 1970s.

After bit roles in All That Jazz (1979) and I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982), she found cult status in the art-house film Out of Rosenheim (1987) as the offbeat owner of a roadside caf?, but CCH's prominence came with television. Usually cast as a confident, strong-minded professional, she is known for her understated intensity and earned an Emmy nomination for her stint on the hospital drama "ER" (1994). She has performed in a number of acclaimed topical dramas, including Go Tell It On the Mountain (1985) (TV), Common Ground (1990) (TV), Murder in Mississippi (1990) (TV), Funny Valentines (1999) (TV) and Boycott (2001) (TV), for which a number of kudos have come her way.

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  • TRONBATMAN
    Underated,I see her in a lot of big Sci-Fi movies.
    posted 569 days ago

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