Erika Alexander

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1969-11-19 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Winslow, Arizona, USA

Also Known As 愛莉卡·亞歷山大

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

Actor

2023
American Fiction

as Coraline

2023
Earth Mama

as Miss Carmen

2023
Wildflower

as Mary

2022
2021
American Refugee

as Helen Taylor

2021
2019
I See You

as Lieutenant Davis

2019
2018
Black Lightning

as Perenna

2017
Brave New Jersey

as Helen Holbrook

2017
Get Out

as Detective Latoya

2016
Insecure

as Yolanda

2016
Recovery Road

as Trish's Mother

2015
2015
Bosch

as Connie Irving

2014
Elsa & Fred

as Laverne

2014
NCIS: New Orleans

as Navy Commander Louanne Bates

2011
2011
Suburgatory

as Gloria

2011
Suits

as Sarah Leighton

2006
Déjà Vu

as Shanti

2006
2005
Criminal Minds

as Lynne Henderson

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Johanna McKay

2004
Tricks

as Laurel

2004
House

as Ms. Fields

2004
LAX

as Allison

2002
Love Liza

as Brenda

2002
Full Frontal

as Lucy

2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back

as Pam Tucker (archive footage)

2002
Half & Half

as Maxine Shaw

2002
Street Time

as Dee Mulhern

2001
The Zeta Project

as Agent Rush (voice)

2000
1999
1999
Judging Amy

as Fran Winston

1998
54

as Ciel

1998
Mama Flora's Family

as Young Flora

1996
7th Heaven

as Lynn Miles

1994
Override

as Shawana

1994
ER

as Vatima Abika

1993
Living Single

as Maxine Shaw

1992
1991
He Said, She Said

as Rita, Al's Daugther

1990
The Long Walk Home

as Selma Cotter

1990
Common Ground

as Cassandra Twymon

1990
Law & Order

as Doris Carver

1986
1984
The Cosby Show

as Pam Tucker

Producer

2022
The Big Payback

as Producer

2020

Director

2022
The Big Payback

as Director