Erika Alexander

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: Acting

Born: Winslow, Arizona, USA, 1969-11-19

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	My Little Girl	Joan	48
2	1990	The Mahabharata	Madri / Hidimbi	69
3	1990	Common Ground	Cassandra Twymon	100
4	1990	The Last Best Year	Amy	70
5	1990	The Long Walk Home	Selma Cotter	76
6	1991	He Said, She Said	Rita, Al's Daugther	59
7	1992	Fathers and Sons	Venell	51
8	1994	Override	Shawana	0
9	1998	54	Ciel	58
10	1999	Knitwits Revisited	Amina	0
11	2001	30 Years to Life		67
12	2002	The Cosby Show: A Look Back	Pam Tucker (archive footage)	74
13	2002	Full Frontal	Lucy	46
14	2002	Love Liza	Brenda	63
15	2004	Tricks	Laurel	0
16	2006	Déjà Vu	Shanti	69
17	2009	La Mission	Lena	58
18	2014	We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama		0
19	2014	Elsa & Fred	Laverne	59
20	2015	Secrets of the Magic City	Ms. Fletcher	55
21	2017	Get Out	Detective Latoya	76
22	2017	Brave New Jersey	Helen Holbrook	50
23	2019	I See You	Lieutenant Davis	70
24	2021	American Refugee	Helen Taylor	56
25	2023	Wildflower	Mary	74
26	2023	Earth Mama	Miss Carmen	63
27	2023	American Fiction	Coraline	73

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Cosby Show	Pam Tucker	70
2	1986	George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation	Oney Judge	70
3	1990	Law & Order	Doris Carver	74
4	1992	Going to Extremes		47
5	1993	Living Single	Maxine Shaw	83
6	1994	ER	Vatima Abika	78
7	1996	7th Heaven	Lynn Miles	64
8	1998	Mama Flora's Family	Young Flora	73
9	1999	Judging Amy	Fran Winston	75
10	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Kema Mabuda	79
11	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	A.D.A. Kirkson	76
12	2001	The Zeta Project	Agent Rush (voice)	72
13	2002	Street Time	Dee Mulhern	25
14	2002	Half & Half	Maxine Shaw	83
15	2002	CSI: Miami		77
16	2004	LAX	Allison	74
17	2004	House	Ms. Fields	86
18	2005	Numb3rs		70
19	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Johanna McKay	82
20	2005	Criminal Minds	Lynne Henderson	83
21	2006	In Justice		66
22	2006	Heist		68
23	2011	Suits	Sarah Leighton	82
24	2011	Suburgatory	Gloria	67
25	2011	Last Man Standing	Carol	73
26	2014	NCIS: New Orleans	Navy Commander Louanne Bates	73
27	2015	Bosch	Connie Irving	79
28	2016	Recovery Road	Trish's Mother	64
29	2016	Insecure	Yolanda	74
30	2018	Black Lightning	Perenna	70
31	2019	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Linda Diggs	82
32	2021	Run the World	Barb	69
33	2022	Shining Girls	Abby	77
34	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show		66
35	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42