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.
Movies
American Fiction
Coraline
Earth Mama
Miss Carmen
Wildflower
Mary
American Refugee
Helen Taylor
I See You
Lieutenant Davis
Brave New Jersey
Helen Holbrook
Get Out
Detective Latoya
Secrets of the Magic City
Ms. Fletcher
Elsa & Fred
Laverne
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
La Mission
Lena
Déjà Vu
Shanti
Tricks
Laurel
Love Liza
Brenda
Full Frontal
Lucy
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Pam Tucker (archive footage)
30 Years to Life
Knitwits Revisited
Amina
54
Ciel
Override
Shawana
Fathers & Sons
Venell
He Said, She Said
Rita, Al's Daugther
The Long Walk Home
Selma Cotter
The Last Best Year
Amy
Common Ground
Cassandra Twymon
The Mahabharata
Madri / Hidimbi
My Little Girl
Joan
The Addiction of Hope
TV Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
1 Episode
Shining Girls
Abby
7 Episodes
Invasion
Verna
10 Episodes
Run the World
Barb
3 Episodes
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
Linda Diggs
13 Episodes
Black Lightning
Perenna
8 Episodes
Insecure
Yolanda
3 Episodes
Recovery Road
Trish's Mother
1 Episode
Bosch
Connie Irving
10 Episodes
NCIS: New Orleans
Louanne Bates
1 Episode
Last Man Standing
Carol
10 Episodes
Suburgatory
Gloria
1 Episode
Suits
Sarah Leighton
1 Episode
In Plain Sight
Theresa Simmons
4 Episodes
Heist
4 Episodes
In Justice
1 Episode
Criminal Minds
Lynne Henderson
1 Episode
Grey's Anatomy
Johanna McKay
1 Episode
Numb3rs
U.S. Marshal Tricia Yaegger
1 Episode
House
Ms. Fields
1 Episode
LAX
Allison
1 Episode
Half & Half
Maxine Shaw
1 Episode
CSI: Miami
Tanya Thorpe
1 Episode
Street Time
Dee Mulhern
20 Episodes
The Zeta Project
Agent Rush (voice)
2 Episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A.D.A. Kirkson
1 Episode
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Kema Mabuda
1 Episode
Judging Amy
Fran Winston
7 Episodes
Mama Flora's Family
Young Flora
2 Episodes
7th Heaven
Lynn Miles
1 Episode
ER
Vatima Abika
1 Episode
Living Single
Maxine Shaw
118 Episodes
Going to Extremes
Cheryl Carter
17 Episodes
Law & Order
Doris Carver
1 Episode
The Mahabharata
Madri / Hidimbi
3 Episodes
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
Oney Judge
2 Episodes
The Cosby Show
Pam Tucker
49 Episodes