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Erika Alexander

Erika Alexander

Actor · Born November 19, 1969 · Winslow, Arizona, USA

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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.

Acted in 64

1990s

  1. 1999

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Kema Mabuda · 1 episode

    81

  2. Judging Amy

    Fran Winston · 7 episodes

    72

  3. Knitwits Revisited

    Amina (voice)

  4. 1998

    Mama Flora's Family

    Young Flora · 2 episodes

  5. 54

    Ciel

    44
  6. 1996

    7th Heaven

    Lynn Miles · 1 episode

    56
  7. 1994

    Override

    Shawana

  8. ER

    Vatima Abika · 1 episode

    79
  9. 1993

    Living Single

    Maxine Shaw · 118 episodes

    79
  10. 1992

    Fathers & Sons

    Venell

  11. Going to Extremes

    Cheryl Carter · 17 episodes

  12. 1991

    He Said, She Said

    Rita, Al's Daugther

  13. 1990

    The Long Walk Home

    Selma Cotter

    77

  14. The Last Best Year

    Amy

  15. Law & Order

    Doris Carver · 1 episode

    77

  16. Common Ground

    Cassandra Twymon

  17. The Mahabharata

    Madri / Hidimbi · 3 episodes

  18. The Mahabharata

    Madri / Hidimbi

1980s

  1. 1986

    George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

    Oney Judge · 2 episodes

  2. My Little Girl

    Joan

  3. 1984

    The Cosby Show

    Pam Tucker · 49 episodes

    73

Produced 2

2020s

  1. 2022

    The Big Payback

    Producer

  2. 2020

    John Lewis: Good Trouble

    Producer

Directed 1

2020s

  1. 2022

    The Big Payback

    Director

Wrote 1

1990s

  1. 1999

    Knitwits Revisited

    Dialogue

Appearances9

2010s

  1. 2014

    We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

    Self

2000s

  1. 2001

    Toni Braxton: From Toni with Love... The Video Collection

    Self