CCH Pounder voices Kongwe on The Lion Guard.
Early Life[]
She was born in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana) and was educated in England. She moved to the U.S. in 1970, where she attended Ithaca College.
Career[]
Pounder started her professional career in New York City, where she appeared in The Mighty Gents, by playwright Richard Wesley, and Open Admissions on Broadway. She moved to Los Angeles in 1982. Pounder starred in the film Bagdad Café, and has made smaller appearances in many other successful films.
From 2002 to 2008, she starred as Detective Claudette Wyms in the FX police drama The Shield. For this role she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2005 and an NAACP Image Award. And also she played Mo'at from Avatar, The Oracle from Aladdin and the King of Thieves and Amanda Waller from Batman and Justice League Unlimited.
From 2014 to 2021, she starred as the medical examiner Loretta Wade in the CBS drama NCIS: New Orleans.