FrameThrower · Actors · Erika Alexander
Erika Alexander
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2023
Born 19 November 1969 · Winslow, Arizona, USA
Erika Rose Alexander 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). She has won numerous awards for her work on Living Single, including two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. Her film credits include The Long Walk Home (1990), 30 Years to Life (2001), Déjà Vu (2006), Get Out (2017), American Refugee (2021), Earth Mama (2023) and American Fiction (2023), for which she received Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance nomination.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2002–2023
- Phoenix Film Festival2017
- Black Reel Awards2002
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series1998
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series1996
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Erika takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 45% of their frames are day, 53% natural — the look of the work Erika takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 130 frames from Erika Alexander's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.