Erika Rose Alexander was born on November 19,1969 and is an American actress, writer, producer, entrepreneur and activist best known for her roles as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show, and Maxine Shaw on the FOX sitcom Living Single.
17 Facts About Erika Alexander
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Erika Alexander has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Erika Alexander is one of six children born to Robert and Sammie Alexander, a school teacher and children's book author.
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Erika Alexander was discovered at 14, by independent film company Merchant Ivory while attending the fifth week of a six-week summer acting class at the New Freedom Theatre.
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Erika Alexander was cast in Public Theater impresario Joseph Papp's last play he directed, The Forbidden City by Bill Gunn, starring Gloria Foster, Frankie Faison and Akili Prince.
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Erika Alexander later was cast as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show starring from 1990 to series finale in 1992.
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Erika Alexander later went to star in the ABC comedy-drama series Going to Extremes, which centered on a group of American students at a medical school on a fictitious Caribbean island named Jantique.
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In 1993, Erika Alexander began starring as fan-favorite, super attorney Maxine Shaw in the Fox sitcom Living Single, a role she played for five years to 1998.
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Erika Alexander appeared in Toni Braxton's music video for "You're Makin' Me High" in 1996.
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In 2002, Erika Alexander returned to drama series as probation officer Dee Mulhern in the Showtime drama series Street Time, which ran for two seasons.
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Erika Alexander had recurring roles in Judging Amy, In Plain Sight, Low Winter Sun and Let's Stay Together.
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Erika Alexander appeared in a number of films during the 2000s and 2010s.
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Erika Alexander starred opposite Benjamin Bratt and Jeremy Ray Valdez.
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From 2016 to 2017, Erika Alexander starred as Constance Irving in the Amazon original drama, Bosch.
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Erika Alexander had a recurring roles in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series Queen Sugar in 2016 and Freeform fantasy drama Beyond from 2017 to 2018.
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Erika Alexander actively campaigned for Hillary Clinton and toured college campuses with Chelsea Clinton, during the 2008 Democratic Party primary.
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Erika Alexander is a co-founder of Color Farm Media, an entertainment, innovation, and social impact company.