Erika Alexander

ActorDirectorProducer Nov 19 (age 56) Winslow, Arizona, USA 1978–2026 (48 year career)

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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 (20…

Known For

Film

Get Out

Detective Latoya

Film

Déjà Vu

Shanti

Film

American Fiction

Coraline

Film

I See You

Lieutenant Davis

Film

Invasion

Verna

Film

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

Linda Diggs

Film

The Cosby Show

Pam Tucker

Film

The Long Walk Home

Selma Cotter

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (30)

Is God Is

2026 Upcoming

as The Healer

May 15

The Golden Girls: 40 Years of Laughter and Friendship

as Self

American Fiction

as Coraline

Wildflower

as Mary

Earth Mama

as Miss Carmen

American Refugee

as Helen Taylor

I See You

as Lieutenant Davis

Get Out

as Detective Latoya

Brave New Jersey

as Helen Holbrook

Secrets of the Magic City

as Ms. Fletcher

Elsa & Fred

as Laverne

We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama

La Mission

as Lena

Déjà Vu

as Shanti

Tricks

as Laurel

Full Frontal

as Lucy

Love Liza

as Brenda

The Cosby Show: A Look Back

2002

as Pam Tucker (archive footage)

30 Years to Life

Knitwits Revisited

as Amina

as Ciel

Override

as Shawana

Fathers & Sons

1992

as Venell

5.1

He Said, She Said

1991

as Rita, Al's Daugther

The Long Walk Home

as Selma Cotter

Common Ground

as Cassandra Twymon

The Last Best Year

as Amy

The Mahabharata

as Madri / Hidimbi

My Little Girl

as Joan

The Addiction of Hope

Television (43)

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

2026

as Monica Reese-Dinkins

4.7

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Shining Girls

as Abby

Invasion

as Verna

Run the World

as Barb

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

2019

as Linda Diggs

8.1

Wu-Tang: An American Saga

as Linda Diggs

Black Lightning

as Perenna

Insecure

as Yolanda

Recovery Road

as Trish's Mother

Bosch

as Connie Irving

NCIS: New Orleans

as Louanne Bates

Suits

as Sarah Leighton

Suburgatory

as Gloria

Last Man Standing

as Carol

In Plain Sight

as Theresa Simmons

In Justice

Heist

Grey's Anatomy

as Johanna McKay

Criminal Minds

as Lynne Henderson

Numb3rs

as U.S. Marshal Tricia Yaegger

House

as Ms. Fields

LAX

as Allison

CSI: Miami

as Tanya Thorpe

Half & Half

as Maxine Shaw

Street Time

as Dee Mulhern

The Zeta Project

as Agent Rush (voice)

7.4

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as A.D.A. Kirkson

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Kema Mabuda

Judging Amy

as Fran Winston

Mama Flora's Family

as Young Flora

The Daily Show

as Self - Guest

7th Heaven

as Lynn Miles

as Vatima Abika

Living Single

as Maxine Shaw

Going to Extremes

as Cheryl Carter

Law & Order

as Doris Carver

The Mahabharata

as Madri / Hidimbi

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

as Oney Judge

The Cosby Show

as Pam Tucker

20/20

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

The Big Payback

2022

Director

The Big Payback

2022

Producer

John Lewis: Good Trouble

2020

Producer

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