Erika Alexander
Erika Alexander ( born November 19, 1969 in Winslow, Arizona ) is an American actress. She became known for her role as " Maxine Shaw " on the sitcom Living Single, for which they received several awards, including two NAACP Image Awards for Best Serial Actress - Comedy received.
Career
The actor's breakthrough came with her role as Alexander ' Pamela ' Pam cousin ' Tucker " on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. In 1990, she starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the civil rights epic The Long Walk Home from 1993 to 1998, the sharp-tongued lawyer ' Maxine ' Max ' Shaw " in the FOX sitcom Living Single.
Alexander's role as " Pam Tucker " had a positive impact on The Cosby Show: She played a girl who is sent to live with relatives to live with this, as her grandmother is sick. At first she feels not to be able to insert into the family life due to the strict rules, but they quickly learn that these rules are made of love. Pam is a simple girl who wants to go to college, but does not really have the grades for it. It is usually accompanied by her best friend, the research " Charmainne " and their friend " Lance ".
For a short time they had a television show in Jamaica set called Going to Extremes in the year 1992. During this one-hour dramatic comedy American medical students go through their training on a tropical island.
In 2002, Alexander played the role as a probation officer Dee Mulhern in the Showtime series Street Time. This ran for two seasons and offered her the opportunity to play a rougher, faulty and complex character.
In international cinema Alexander played the role of Hidimbi in the Mahabharata - adaptation by Peter Brook. She also played a young plant in the TV miniseries Flora 's Family.
She has actively campaigned for Hillary Clinton and toured it in 2008 during the campaign of the Democratic Party with Chelsea Clinton on the university campus.
Life
Erika Alexander is the daughter of the pastor Robert Alexander and the teacher and children's book author Sammie Alexander and has five siblings
She is married to the artist and screenwriter Tony Puryear.