Erika Alexander
Acting • Born 1969-11-19
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
72 credits
54
Movie • 1998
Ciel
Tricks
Movie • 2004
Laurel
Déjà Vu
Movie • 2006
Shanti
Wildflower
Movie • 2023
Mary
30 Years to Life
Movie • 2001
The Last Best Year
Movie • 1990
Amy
Love Liza
Movie • 2002
Brenda
He Said, She Said
Movie • 1991
Rita, Al's Daugther
Fathers & Sons
Movie • 1992
Venell
My Little Girl
Movie • 1986
Joan
Elsa & Fred
Movie • 2014
Laverne
Override
Movie • 1994
Shawana
Earth Mama
Movie • 2023
Miss Carmen
Common Ground
Movie • 1990
Cassandra Twymon
American Fiction
Movie • 2023
Coraline
Secrets of the Magic City
Movie • 2015
Ms. Fletcher
Get Out
Movie • 2017
Detective Latoya
Brave New Jersey
Movie • 2017
Helen Holbrook
The Long Walk Home
Movie • 1990
Selma Cotter
I See You
Movie • 2019
Lieutenant Davis
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
Movie • 2014
Full Frontal
Movie • 2002
Lucy
Knitwits Revisited
Movie • 1999
Amina
American Refugee
Movie • 2021
Helen Taylor
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Movie • 2002
Pam Tucker (archive footage)
The Mahabharata
Movie • 1990
Madri / Hidimbi
La Mission
Movie • 2009
Lena
Is God Is
Movie • 2026
The Healer
The Addiction of Hope
Movie
The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship
Movie • 2025
Self
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Doris Carver
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
U.S. Marshal Tricia Yaegger
Half & Half
TV • 2002
Maxine Shaw
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
A.D.A. Kirkson
CSI: Miami
TV • 2002
Tanya Thorpe
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Fran Winston
Heist
TV • 2006
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Pam Tucker
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Kema Mabuda
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Lynne Henderson
LAX
TV • 2004
Allison
Living Single
TV • 1993
Maxine Shaw
The Zeta Project
TV • 2001
Agent Rush (voice)
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Lynn Miles
ER
TV • 1994
Vatima Abika
Street Time
TV • 2002
Dee Mulhern
Going to Extremes
TV • 1992
Cheryl Carter
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
TV • 2019
Linda Diggs
Run the World
TV • 2021
Barb
Last Man Standing
TV • 2011
Carol
Recovery Road
TV • 2016
Trish's Mother
Shining Girls
TV • 2022
Abby
Mama Flora's Family
TV • 1998
Young Flora
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Suits
TV • 2011
Sarah Leighton
Black Lightning
TV • 2018
Perenna
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Johanna McKay
House
TV • 2004
Ms. Fields
Insecure
TV • 2016
Yolanda
Bosch
TV • 2015
Connie Irving
NCIS: New Orleans
TV • 2014
Louanne Bates
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
TV • 1986
Oney Judge
Suburgatory
TV • 2011
Gloria
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
20/20
TV • 1978
Self
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins
TV • 2026
Monica Reese-Dinkins
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
In Plain Sight
TV • 2008
Theresa Simmons
The Mahabharata
TV • 1990
Madri / Hidimbi
Invasion
TV • 2021
Verna
In Justice
TV • 2006
Alyssa Hill
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest