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Erika Alexander
Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander

ActingBorn November 19, 1969 (age 56)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.

Filmography

2026
Is God Is

as Divine

Movie
2026TV
2024TV
2023
American Fiction

as Coraline

Movie
2023
Earth Mama

as Miss Carmen

Movie
2023
Wildflower

as Mary

Movie
2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

TV
2022TV
2021
American Refugee

as Helen Taylor

Movie
2021
Invasion

as Verna

TV
2021TV
2019
I See You

as Lieutenant Davis

Movie
2019TV
2018
Black Lightning

as Perenna

TV
2017
Brave New Jersey

as Helen Holbrook

Movie
2017
Get Out

as Detective Latoya

Movie
2016
Insecure

as Yolanda

TV
2016
Recovery Road

as Trish's Mother

TV
2015Movie
2015
Bosch

as Connie Irving

TV
2014
NCIS: New Orleans

as Louanne Bates

TV
2014
Elsa & Fred

as Laverne

Movie
2011TV
2011
Suburgatory

as Gloria

TV
2011
Suits

as Sarah Leighton

TV
2009
La Mission

as Lena

Movie
2008
In Plain Sight

as Theresa Simmons

TV
2006
Déjà Vu

as Shanti

Movie
2006
Heist

as Saundra Johnson

TV
2006
In Justice

as Alyssa Hill

TV
2005
Criminal Minds

as Lynne Henderson

TV
2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Johanna McKay

TV
2005
Numb3rs

as U.S. Marshal Tricia Yaegger

TV
2004
House

as Ms. Fields

TV
2004
LAX

as Allison

TV
2004
Tricks

as Laurel

Movie
2002
Love Liza

as Brenda

Movie
2002
Half & Half

as Maxine Shaw

TV
2002
CSI: Miami

as Tanya Thorpe

TV
2002Movie
2002
Street Time

as Dee Mulhern

TV
2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back

as Pam Tucker (archive footage)

Movie
2001
The Zeta Project

as Agent Rush (voice)

TV
2000TV
1999
Judging Amy

as Fran Winston

TV
1999
Knitwits Revisited

as Amina (voice)

Movie
1998
Mama Flora's Family

as Young Flora

TV
1998
54

as Ciel

Movie
1996
7th Heaven

as Lynn Miles

TV
1996
The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1994
Override

as Shawana

Movie
1994
ER

as Vatima Abika

TV
1993
Living Single

as Maxine Shaw

TV
1992Movie
1992
Going to Extremes

as Cheryl Carter

TV
1991
He Said, She Said

as Rita, Al's Daugther

Movie
1990
The Long Walk Home

as Selma Cotter

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Law & Order

as Doris Carver

TV
1990
Common Ground

as Cassandra Twymon

Movie
1990
The Mahabharata

as Madri / Hidimbi

TV
1990
The Mahabharata

as Madri / Hidimbi

Movie
1986Movie
1984
The Cosby Show

as Pam Tucker

TV
1978
20/20

as Self

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 19, 1969
Place of BirthWinslow, Arizona, USA
Popularity1.1