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BIRTHDAY

December 25, 1952

Georgetown, British Guyana

RECENT CREDITS

Avatar (FILM) Dec. 18, 2009

Orphan (FILM) Jul. 24, 2009

The Shield (TV) Jun. 5, 2007

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV) Oct. 18, 2005

NUMB3RS (TV) Feb. 4, 2005

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BIOGRAPHY

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A true Renaissance woman, this self-possessed character actress worked on stage before being cast in film and TV. Pounder — whose unusual moniker is short for her birth name Carol Christine Hilaria — was 35 when she landed her first major movie role, playing a bitter single mother running a roadside eatery in the 1987 indie Baghdad Café. The character was something of an anomaly, since her subsequent roles usually found her in professional positions of authority, including her Emmy-nominated turns as an FBI agent (The X Files), a surgeon (ER) and a no-nonsense police detective (The Shield). Off screen, Pounder is involved in a variety of projects and causes: She creates one-of-a-kind jewelry, runs the Los Angeles art salon PounderKone Artspace and is active in the nonprofit organization Artists for a New South Africa, which works to combat the HIV epidemic.

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Headlines

(l-r) Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms, and Bradley Cooper star in Warner Bros. Pictures' 'The Hangover'

'Hurt Locker,' 'Hangover,' 'Up in the Air' Lead AFI Top Films ...

Dec. 14, 2009

'The Hurt Locker,' 'The Hangover' and George Clooney's new movie 'Up in the Air' have been named among the American Film Institute's 10 best films of 2009.

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Fall TV Preview Guide - Returning Shows: CW & Cable

Posted: Sep. 4, 2008

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