Erika Alexander
November 19, 1969 (56 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 · Wildflower as Mary
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Shining Girls as Abby
- 2021 · Invasion as Verna
- 2019 · I See You as Lieutenant Davis
- 2019 · Wu-Tang: An American Saga as Linda Diggs
- 2018 · Black Lightning as Perenna
- 2017 · Get Out as Detective Latoya
- 2016 · Insecure as Yolanda
- 2015 · Bosch as Connie Irving
- 2014 · NCIS: New Orleans as Louanne Bates
- 2011 · Last Man Standing as Carol
- 2011 · Suburgatory as Gloria
- 2011 · Suits as Sarah Leighton
- 2008 · In Plain Sight as Theresa Simmons
- 2006 · Déjà Vu as Shanti
- 2005 · Criminal Minds as Lynne Henderson
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Johanna McKay
- 2005 · Numb3rs as U.S. Marshal Tricia Yaegger
- 2004 · House as Ms. Fields
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Tanya Thorpe
- 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
- 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 Addiction of Hope as
- 2026 · Is God Is as
- 2026 · The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins as Monica
- 2025 · The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship as Self
- 2023 · American Fiction as Coraline
- 2023 · Earth Mama as Miss Carmen
- 2021 · American Refugee as Helen Taylor
- 2021 · Run the World as Barb
- 2017 · Brave New Jersey as Helen Holbrook
- 2016 · Recovery Road as Trish's Mother
- 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 · Heist as
- 2006 · In Justice as
- 2004 · LAX as Allison
- 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
- 1992 · Going to Extremes as Cheryl Carter
- 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
- 1990 · The Mahabharata as Madri / Hidimbi
- 1986 · George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as Oney Judge
- 1986 · My Little Girl as Joan