ERIKA ALEXANDER - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - JANUARY 12, 2018 - 4:00pm PST

TV icon Bill Cosby then created the role of "Cousin Pam" for her on The Cosby Show . Alexander starred for five years as fan favorite "Maxine Shaw"in the hit series Living Single , winning two NAACP awards for Best Actress in a Comedy. She also won critical raves as parole officer-on-the-edge "Dee Mulhern" in Showtime's original series Street Time . Erika's film work has been equally distinguished. She costarred opposite Denzel Washington in Tony Scott's Deja Vu for Touchstone Pictures and in director Steven Soderbergh's independent feature, Full Frontal with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt. She has been a indie film standout in films such Sundance favorites as 30 Years to Life and Love Liza , which starred Philip Seymour Hoffman. On stage, Erika has starred in six plays at New York's Public Theater, garnering accolades in The Story opposite Tony-winner Phylicia Rashad. The New York Times called her work "a nervy, spot-on performance." Another highlight was her appearance in the Public's Shakespeare in the Park production of The Taming of the Shrew . Erika recurs on the ABC Tim Allen comedy, Last Man Standing as Carol Larrabee "The Black Sarah Palin," on Freeform’s 2017 sci-fi drama Beyond and on Oprah Winfrey’s and Ava Duvernay’s drama, Queen Sugar on OWN. In addition to being an amazing actress, she recently founded and  launched ColorMedia, her own production conpany. Erika is co-author of the award winning comic book series, Concrete Park published by Darkhorse Comics. Alexander is also writing a new comic book with director Joss Whedon {Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Avengers) and a movie about The Boys Choir of Harlem entitled “Rise and Shine”. She has also signed a development deal with Lion’s Gate to write and produce a horror film. Erika is an advocate for women and children and was a national surrogate for The Hillary Clinton Campaign.