Name
Erika Alexander
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1969-11-19 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Winslow, Arizona, USA
Biography
Erika Rose Alexander (born November 19, 1969) is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist best known for her roles as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1990–1992), and Maxine Shaw on the Fox sitcom Living Single (1993–1998). She has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. Her film credits include The Long Walk Home (1990), 30 Years to Life (2001), Déjà Vu (2006), Get Out (2017), American Refugee (2021), Earth Mama (2023) and American Fiction (2023), for which she received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance nomination.
Known For
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A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen n...
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A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a f...
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Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to...
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The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectu...
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A pregnant single mother, with two children in foster care, embraces her Bay Area communit...
- 1998 54 as Ciel
- 2004 Tricks as Laurel
- 2006 Déjà Vu as Shanti
- 2023 Wildflower as Mary
- 2001 30 Years to Life
- 1990 The Last Best Year as Amy
- 2002 Love Liza as Brenda
- 1991 He Said, She Said as Rita, Al's Daugther
- 1992 Fathers & Sons as Venell
- 1986 My Little Girl as Joan
- 2014 Elsa & Fred as Laverne
- 1994 Override as Shawana
- 2023 Earth Mama as Miss Carmen
- 1990 Common Ground as Cassandra Twymon
- 2023 American Fiction as Coraline
- 2015 Secrets of the Magic City as Ms. Fletcher
- 2017 Get Out as Detective Latoya
- 2017 Brave New Jersey as Helen Holbrook
- 1990 The Long Walk Home as Selma Cotter
- 2019 I See You as Lieutenant Davis
- 2014 We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama as Self
- 2002 Full Frontal as Lucy
- 1999 Knitwits Revisited as Amina (voice)
- 2021 American Refugee as Helen Taylor
- 2002 The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Pam Tucker (archive footage)
- 1990 The Mahabharata as Madri / Hidimbi
- 2009 La Mission as Lena
- 2026 Is God Is as Divine
- 2025 The Addiction of Hope
- 2025 The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship - A Special Edition of 20/20 as Self
- 2001 Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video Collection as Self
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Doris Carver
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as U.S. Marshal Tricia Yaegger
- 2002 Half & Half ( 1 episode ) as Maxine Shaw
- 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 1 episode ) as A.D.A. Kirkson
- 2002 CSI: Miami ( 1 episode ) as Tanya Thorpe
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 7 episodes ) as Fran Winston
- 2006 Heist ( 4 episodes ) as Saundra Johnson
- 1984 The Cosby Show ( 49 episodes ) as Pam Tucker
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Kema Mabuda
- 2005 Criminal Minds ( 1 episode ) as Lynne Henderson
- 2004 LAX ( 1 episode ) as Allison
- 1993 Living Single ( 118 episodes ) as Maxine Shaw
- 2001 The Zeta Project ( 2 episodes ) as Agent Rush (voice)
- 1996 7th Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Lynn Miles
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Vatima Abika
- 2002 Street Time ( 20 episodes ) as Dee Mulhern
- 1992 Going to Extremes ( 17 episodes ) as Cheryl Carter
- 2019 Wu-Tang: An American Saga ( 13 episodes ) as Linda Diggs
- 2021 Run the World ( 3 episodes ) as Barb
- 2011 Last Man Standing ( 10 episodes ) as Carol
- 2016 Recovery Road ( 1 episode ) as Trish's Mother
- 2022 Shining Girls ( 7 episodes ) as Abby
- 1998 Mama Flora's Family ( 2 episodes ) as Young Flora
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2011 Suits ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Leighton
- 2018 Black Lightning ( 8 episodes ) as Perenna
- 2005 Grey's Anatomy ( 1 episode ) as Johanna McKay
- 2004 House ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Fields
- 2016 Insecure ( 3 episodes ) as Yolanda
- 2015 Bosch ( 10 episodes ) as Connie Irving
- 2014 NCIS: New Orleans ( 1 episode ) as Louanne Bates
- 1986 George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation ( 2 episodes ) as Oney Judge
- 2011 Suburgatory ( 1 episode ) as Gloria
- 2022 Sherri ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1978 20/20 ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins ( 18 episodes ) as Monica Reese-Dinkins
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2008 In Plain Sight ( 4 episodes ) as Theresa Simmons
- 1990 The Mahabharata ( 3 episodes ) as Madri / Hidimbi
- 2021 Invasion ( 10 episodes ) as Verna
- 2006 In Justice ( 1 episode ) as Alyssa Hill
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2024 Hollywood Black ( 4 episodes ) as Self
