Erika Alexander is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on November 19, 1969 in Winslow, Arizona, United States. Actress who became famous due to her role as her cousin Pam Tucker on the popular TV show The Cosby Show, starring Actress who rose to fame for playing cousin Pam Tucker on the popular television series The Cosby Show, starring Bill Cosby. She is best known for her role as Maxine Shaw on Living Single.. Her most well-known role is her part in the role of Maxine Shaw in Living Single.
She was Lena on the show La Mission with She played Lena in the drama La Mission with Benjamin Bratt..
After graduating from high school, Alexander enrolled in a six-week acting class at the New Freedom Theatre. During the fifth week, Alexander got a major role in her first movie. Alexander made her film debut appearing in the independent drama My Little Girl in 1986. In 1989, Alexander played the role of Hidimbi in Peter Brook’s miniseries adaptation of The Mahabharata. She got her big break starring opposite Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990 civil rights epic drama film The Long Walk Home.
Alexander performed in the play The Forbidden City with Gloria Foster, who then talked about her with her friend, Camille Cosby, wife of Bill Cosby. She later was cast as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show starring from 1990 to series finale in 1992. 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. The series was canceled after one season in 1993.
She got married to Tony Puryear in 1997.
