Erika Alexander (born November 19, 1969) is an American actress.

Alexander got her big break as Pamela 'Pam' Tucker on the critically-acclaimed NBC sitcom, The Cosby Show. She later starred alongside Whoopi Goldberg is the civil rights epic, The Long Walk Home . She later gained, perhaps, her most remembered role as Maxine 'Max' Shaw on the FOX sitcom, Living Single, a role she played for five years.