Claudette Wyms
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| Claudette Wyms | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" (episode 1.01) |
| Created by | Shawn Ryan |
| Portrayed by | CCH Pounder |
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| Nickname(s) | Peaches |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | early 50s |
| Occupation | Police officer |
| Title | Captain |
| Spouse(s) | 2 ex-husbands (names unknown) |
| Children | Bonnie Wyms (daughter) Rebecca Wyms (daughter) |
| Relatives | Bryce Wyms (father) |
Captain Claudette Wyms is a fictional Los Angeles Police Department captain in the television drama series The Shield. Claudette is played by CCH Pounder.
[edit] Personal
Claudette has been divorced twice and raised two daughters, Bonnie and Rebecca. Her father, Bryce, sometimes refers to her as "Peaches," much to her partner's amusement.
[edit] Career
Claudette has been on the police force for more than 25 years, and was one of the few female African American officers in the department at that time. During her early days at "The Barn," she went against the lead detective on the case and ended up solving the crime. This earned the respect of Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach, who requested that he be partnered with Claudette.
A veteran detective, Claudette is the self-appointed voice of morality at the Barn and often butts heads with Vic Mackey over his tactics. At the start of the third season, Claudette is supposed to take over as captain of The Barn, but David Aceveda stays throughout the rest of the season, and even steals some of Claudette's new ideas. At the end of season three, Claudette is being groomed to take over running the Barn as the new Captain. But she loses the promotion when she charges a public defender with negligence, resulting in countless convictions being overturned. In season 5, Claudette admits to Dutch that she has had lupus for fifteen years and that it has been flaring up recently. Claudette collapses at the end of the seventh episode of season five, following a particularly harrowing interrogation. She returns to the Barn shortly thereafter, and is soon appointed to Captain after bringing Steve Billings' shortcomings to the attention of the Assistant Chief.
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