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词条 Erika Alexander
释义

  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. Filmography

     Film  Television 

  4. References

  5. External links

{{Infobox person
| name = Erika Alexander
| image = Erika Alexander.jpg
| imagesize = 260px
| caption = Alexander at Comic-Con in 2012
| birthname = Erika Rose Alexander
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|11|19}}
| birth_place = Winslow, Arizona, U.S.
| education = Philadelphia High School for Girls
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1986–present
| home_town = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| spouse = {{marriage|Tony Puryear|1997|2017|reason=divorced}}
| awards = 1996 – NAACP Image Award; Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (Living Single)
1998 – NAACP Image Award; Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (Living Single)
| website = http://www.erikaalexander.com
}}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).[1] She has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.[2]

Career

Alexander got her big break as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She later starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg in the 1990 civil rights epic The Long Walk Home. Perhaps her most memorable role was the acid-tongued attorney Maxine Shaw on the FOX sitcom Living Single, a role she played for five years.[3] She is the co-creator and co-writer of Concrete Park, a science-fiction graphic novel with Tony Puryear.[4][5][6]

In 1992, she appeared in the short-lived sitcom Going to Extremes, which centered on a group of American students at a medical school on a fictitious Caribbean island named Jantique. In 2002, she played probation officer Dee Mulhern in the Showtime series Street Time, which ran for two seasons. In international cinema, Alexander played the role of Hidimbi in Peter Brook's adaptation of The Mahabharata. She also played a young Flora in the TV miniseries Mama Flora's Family.

Her voice is featured on The Bible Experience. She appeared in Toni Braxton's music video for "You're Makin' Me High". In 2009, she appeared in Criminal Minds in the Season 4 episode, "The Big Wheel", as Detective Lynne Henderson, who requests the BAU's help in investigating a serial killer in Buffalo, New York. She also appeared in the 2009 film La Mission opposite Benjamin Bratt. In 2011, she appeared in season 7, episode 13 of House M.D. where she played the character Ms. Fields.

Alexander has starred in season 2 of the Amazon original drama, Bosch, as Constance Irving. In 2017 she played Detective Latoya in the critically acclaimed horror film Get Out.[7]

Personal life

Alexander was born in Winslow, Arizona and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona until the age of 11, when she and her family moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[8] She is one of six children born to Shaun and Sammie Alexander, a school teacher and children's book author.

She is married to artist/screenwriter Tony Puryear. She actively campaigned for Hillary Clinton and toured college campuses with Chelsea Clinton, during the 2008 Democratic Party primary.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title RoleNotes
1986My Little GirlJoan
1989The MahabharataMadri, Hidimbaa
1990{{sortname>The|Long Walk Home}}Selma Cotter
1991He Said, She SaidRita
1992Fathers & SonsVenell
199854Ciel
200130 Years to LifeJoy
2002Love LizaBrenda
2002Full FrontalLucy
2004TricksLaurel
2006Déjà VuShanti
2009La MissionLena
2014Elsa & FredLaverne
2014Secrets of the Magic CityMs. Fletcher
2016Brave New JerseyHelen Holbrook
2017Get OutDetective Latoya
2019I See YouLieutenant Moriah Davis

Television

Year Title RoleNotes
1986George Washington II: The Forging of a NationOneyTV film
1989{{sortname>The|Mahabharata|The Mahabharata (1989 film)}}Madri / HidimbiTV miniseries
1990Common GroundCassandra TwymonTV film
1990{{sortname>The|Last Best Year}}AmyTV film
1990Law & OrderDoris CarverEpisode: "Poison Ivy"
1990–1992{{sortname>The|Cosby Show}}Pam TuckerMain role (21 episodes)
1992–1993Going to ExtremesCheryl CarterMain role (17 episodes)
1993–1998Living SingleMaxine "Max" Felice ShawMain role (118 episodes)
1998Mama Flora's FamilyYoung FloraTV miniseries
1999KnitWits RevisitedAminaTV film
2001Judging AmyFran WinstonRecurring role (7 episodes)
2001{{sortname>The|Zeta Project}}Agent Rush (voice)Episodes: "Ro's Reunion", "Absolute Zero"
2002–2003Street TimeDee MulhernMain role (20 episodes)
2004Special Victims UnitKema MabudaEpisode: "Ritual"
2004LAXAllisonEpisode: "Thanksgiving"
2005Half & HalfMaxine ShawEpisode: "The Big Performance Anxiety Episode"
20057th HeavenLynn MilesEpisode: "Leaps of Faith"
2006Sixty Minute ManJaneTV film
2006In JusticeAlyssa HillEpisode: "The Ten Percenter"
2006HeistSaundra JohnsonRecurring role (4 episodes)
2006ERVatima AbikaEpisode: "No Place to Hide"
2007Side Order of LifeColetteEpisode: "Pilot"
2007Crime Scene InvestigationA.D.A. KirksonEpisode: "The Case of the Cross-Dressing Carp"
2007Numb3rsU.S. Marshal Tricia YaeggerEpisode: "In Security"
2007MiamiTanya ThorpeEpisode: "Guerillas in the Mist"
2009Criminal MindsDet. Lynne HendersonEpisode: "The Big Wheel"
2010In Plain SightTheresa SimmonsRecurring role (4 episodes)
2011HouseMs. FieldsEpisode: "Two Stories"
2012SuburgatoryGloriaEpisode: "The Motherload"
2012SuitsSarah LeightonEpisode: "Discovery"
2012–2015Last Man StandingCarol LarabeeRecurring role (10 episodes)
2013Low Winter SunLouise "LC" CullenRecurring role (4 episodes)
2014Let's Stay TogetherBlancheRecurring role (3 episodes)
2014New OrleansNavy Commander Louanne BatesEpisode: "Carrier"
2015Grey's AnatomyJohanna McKayEpisode: "Crazy Love"
2016–2017 BoschConnie IrvingRecurring Role (10 episodes)
2016 Recovery RoadTrish's Mother1 episode
2016Queen SugarLeAnneGuest Role (2 episodes)
2017Beyond Tess ShoemakerRecurring Role (6 episodes)
2018–presentBlack LightningPerennaRecurring Role

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/erika-alexander#axzz4oLJpvhF7|title=Erika Alexander on ‘Get Out’ and Whether or Not a ‘Living Single’ Reunion Is Really Happening|last=Shaw-King|first=Crystal|date=April 3, 2017|website=EBONY|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=July 30, 2017}}
2. ^Means, Coleman R. R. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lCvGBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=erika+alexander+and+naacp+awards&source=bl&ots=BH6lSq5mWu&sig=7mP8RuzNyQox_lSb-2H3o0SK0j8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixl7Wm2rHVAhXHsFQKHd4lAEUQ6AEIcTAS#v=onepage&q=erika%20alexander%20and%20naacp%20awards&f=false African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor]. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2014. p. 134.
3. ^McCann, Bob. Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co, 2010.
4. ^Brown, Stacia. Clutch Magazine. "Erika Alexander Co-Writes Graphic with Black Heroine"
5. ^http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/1676/tony-puryear-and-erika-alexanders-concrete-park-re
6. ^http://www.essence.com/2012/07/14/erika-alexander-develops-graphic-novel-with-black-female-characters
7. ^{{cite web|last1=Shaw-King|first1=Crystal|title=Erika Alexander on ‘Get Out’ and Whether or Not a ‘Living Single’ Reunion Is Really Happening - EBONY|url=http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/erika-alexander#axzz4oLVCPjdp|website=www.ebony.com}}
8. ^Berry, Torriano, and Venise T. Berry, eds. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8NJbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=erika+alexander+and+actress+and+winslow&source=bl&ots=Kz8XYUHORP&sig=kW0W--bH6l0yMHv-bQuBU-5vt38&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjizYGk8bHVAhULxFQKHZMpCU04ChDoAQg4MAM#v=onepage&q=erika%20alexander%20and%20actress%20and%20winslow&f=false Historical Dictionary of African American Cinema], 2015. p. 24.
9. ^Panzar, Javier. “Democrats Counting on Celebrities to Introduce Heavy Subject Matter.” Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2016. Accessed 30 July 2017.

External links

  • {{IMDb name|0004697|Erika Alexander}}
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