By Abigail Headley
She is well known as Dr Loretta Wade from “NCIS: New Orleans”; others familiar with her biodata, know she is renown-ed Guyanese-born, American actress Carol Christine Hilaria (CCH) Pounder.
Pounder has starred in several popular TV shows, including as defence attorney Carolyn Maddox in “Law & Order SVU” and “Sons of Anarchy”, but she also has a fascinating personal story that involves growing up on the West Bank Demerara in Guyana, attending a Catholic boarding school in England, and receiving little support from her parents to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.
Opening up about her upbringing during the interview, Pounder said, “I had a very interesting mother. Whether there were humble beginnings or not we didn’t notice. When they ran out of funds, it was just time to come back home. It’s time to do this. Moving on to the next thing. So I never got the feeling that I was from humble beginnings,” she said.