Erika Alexander

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.

Known For

Wildflower

Common Ground

American Fiction

Get Out

The Long Walk Home

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

Acting

1998

54

as

Ciel

2004

Tricks

as

Laurel

2006

Déjà Vu

as

Shanti

2023

Wildflower

as

Mary

2001

30 Years to Life

as

1990

The Last Best Year

as

Amy

2002

Love Liza

as

Brenda

1991

He Said, She Said

as

Rita, Al's Daugther

1992

Fathers & Sons

as

Venell

1986

My Little Girl

as

Joan

2014

Elsa & Fred

as

Laverne

1994

Override

as

Shawana

2023

Earth Mama

as

Miss Carmen

1990

Common Ground

as

Cassandra Twymon

2023

American Fiction

as

Coraline

2015

Secrets of the Magic City

as

Ms. Fletcher

2017

Get Out

as

Detective Latoya

2017

Brave New Jersey

as

Helen Holbrook

1990

The Long Walk Home

as

Selma Cotter

2019

I See You

as

Lieutenant Davis

2014

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

as

2002

Full Frontal

as

Lucy

1999

Knitwits Revisited

as

Amina

2021

American Refugee

as

Helen Taylor

2002

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

as

Pam Tucker (archive footage)

1990

The Mahabharata

as

Madri / Hidimbi

2009

La Mission

as

Lena

Is God Is

as

Law & Order

as

Doris Carver

Numb3rs

as

Half & Half

as

Maxine Shaw

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as

A.D.A. Kirkson

CSI: Miami

as

Judging Amy

as

Fran Winston

Heist

as

The Cosby Show

as

Pam Tucker

In Justice

as

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as

Kema Mabuda

Criminal Minds

as

Lynne Henderson

LAX

as

Allison

Living Single

as

Maxine Shaw

The Zeta Project

as

Agent Rush (voice)

7th Heaven

as

Lynn Miles

ER

as

Vatima Abika

Street Time

as

Dee Mulhern

Going to Extremes

as

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

as

Linda Diggs

Run the World

as

Barb

Last Man Standing

as

Carol

Recovery Road

as

Trish's Mother

Shining Girls

as

Abby

Mama Flora's Family

as

Young Flora

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as

Suits

as

Sarah Leighton

Black Lightning

as

Perenna

Grey's Anatomy

as

Johanna McKay

House

as

Ms. Fields

Insecure

as

Yolanda

Bosch

as

Connie Irving

NCIS: New Orleans

as

Navy Commander Louanne Bates

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

as

Oney Judge

Suburgatory

as

Gloria

Sherri

as

Self - Guest

20/20

as

Self

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

as

The Oscars

as

Self

Production

2022

The Big Payback

as

2020

John Lewis: Good Trouble

as

Crew

Directing

2022

The Big Payback

as