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
- 2023 · American Fiction as Coraline
- 2023 · Earth Mama as Miss Carmen
- 2023 · Wildflower as Mary
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Shining Girls as Abby
- 2021 · American Refugee as Helen Taylor
- 2021 · Run the World as Barb
- 2019 · I See You as Lieutenant Davis
- 2019 · Wu-Tang: An American Saga as Linda Diggs
- 2018 · Black Lightning as Perenna
- 2017 · Brave New Jersey as Helen Holbrook
- 2017 · Get Out as Detective Latoya
- 2016 · Insecure as Yolanda
- 2016 · Recovery Road as Trish's Mother
- 2015 · Secrets of the Magic City as Ms. Fletcher
- 2015 · Bosch as Connie Irving
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Navy Commander Louanne Bates
- 2014 · Elsa & Fred as Laverne
- 2014 · We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama as
- 2011 · Last Man Standing as Carol
- 2011 · Suburgatory as Gloria
- 2011 · Suits as Sarah Leighton
- 2009 · La Mission as Lena
- 2006 · Déjà Vu as Shanti
- 2006 · Heist as
- 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
- 2004 · Tricks as Laurel
- 2002 · Love Liza as Brenda
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as
- 2002 · Half & Half as Maxine Shaw
- 2002 · Full Frontal as Lucy
- 2002 · Street Time as Dee Mulhern
- 2002 · The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Pam Tucker (archive footage)
- 2001 · 30 Years to Life as
- 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
- 1999 · Knitwits Revisited as Amina
- 1998 · Mama Flora's Family as Young Flora
- 1998 · 54 as Ciel
- 1996 · 7th Heaven as Lynn Miles
- 1994 · Override as Shawana
- 1994 · ER as Vatima Abika
- 1993 · Living Single as Maxine Shaw
- 1992 · Going to Extremes as
- 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 · Law & Order as Doris Carver
- 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
- 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
- Future · Is God Is as