Erika Alexander
November 19, 1969 (55 years old) in Winslow, Arizona, USA
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
Credits
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Shining Girls as Abby
- 2021 · Run the World as Barb
- 2019 · Wu-Tang: An American Saga as Linda Diggs
- 2018 · Black Lightning as Perenna
- 2017 · Get Out as Detective Latoya
- 2016 · Insecure as Yolanda
- 2016 · Recovery Road as Trish's Mother
- 2015 · Bosch as Connie Irving
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Navy Commander Louanne Bates
- 2011 · Last Man Standing as Carol
- 2011 · Suburgatory as Gloria
- 2011 · Suits as Sarah Leighton
- 2006 · In Justice as
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Lynne Henderson
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Johanna McKay
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2004 · House as Ms. Fields
- 2004 · LAX as Allison
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2002 · Half & Half as Maxine Shaw
- 2002 · Street Time as Dee Mulhern
- 2001 · The Zeta Project as Agent Rush (voice)
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as A.D.A. Kirkson
- 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Kema Mabuda
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Fran Winston
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Lynn Miles
- 1994 · ER as Vatima Abika
- 1993 · Living Single as Maxine Shaw
- 1992 · Going to Extremes as
- 1990 · Law & Order as Doris Carver
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Pam Tucker
- 1978 · 20/20 as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins as
- 2023 · American Fiction as Coraline
- 2023 · Earth Mama as Miss Carmen
- 2023 · Wildflower as Mary
- 2021 · American Refugee as Helen Taylor
- 2019 · I See You as Lieutenant Davis
- 2017 · Brave New Jersey as Helen Holbrook
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Ms. Fletcher
- 2014 · Elsa & Fred as Laverne
- 2014 · We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama as
- 2009 · La Mission as Lena
- 2006 · Déjà Vu as Shanti
- 2006 · Heist as
- 2004 · Tricks as Laurel
- 2002 · Love Liza as Brenda
- 2002 · Full Frontal as Lucy
- 2002 · The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Pam Tucker (archive footage)
- 2001 · 30 Years to Life as
- 1999 · Knitwits Revisited as Amina
- 1998 · Mama Flora's Family as Young Flora
- 1998 · 54 as Ciel
- 1994 · Override as Shawana
- 1992 · Fathers & Sons as Venell
- 1991 · He Said, She Said as Rita, Al's Daugther
- 1990 · The Long Walk Home as Selma Cotter
- 1990 · The Last Best Year as Amy
- 1990 · Common Ground as Cassandra Twymon
- 1990 · The Mahabharata as Madri / Hidimbi
- 1986 · George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as Oney Judge
- 1986 · My Little Girl as Joan
- Future · Is God Is as