Erika Alexander

American Actress; Founder of Color Farm Media; Thought Leader on Racial & Gender Equity

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Erika Alexander Biography

Erika Alexander is an actress, trailblazing activist, entrepreneur, creator, producer, director and one of the country’s boldest, most daring, and powerful voices. Recognizing the power of storytelling, Alexander believes that though content must be entertaining, stories have tremendous capacity to create impact and meaningful social change. As co-founder of Color Farm Media, she is on a mission to bring greater equity, inclusion, and diverse representation to both media and electoral politics.

Alexander is beloved for her iconic acting roles including: Maxine Shaw ("Living Single," garnering two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Actress/Comedy Series); Detective Latoya (Get Out); Cousin Pam ("The Cosby Show"); Perenna (Black Lightning); Linda Diggs (Wutang: An American Saga); Barb Ballard (Run The World; nominated for NAACP Best Guest Actor); Meredith Lockhart (Swimming With Sharks); Abby Keegan (Shining Girls, the critically-acclaimed Apple+ series with Elisabeth Moss); Miss Carmen (Earth Mama, which premiered at Sundance 2023)

Alexander has recently stepped boldly into the arena of film director, with her debut film The Big Payback, co-directed with Whitney Dow. The film debuted at Tribeca Festival and premiered on PBS on MLK Day 2023. The documentary chronicles the story of the first reparations bill for African Americans in U.S. history.

She is also creator/writer/producer of 2022 Audible Original’s Best True Crime Series and DuPont Columbia award-nominee, Finding Tamika, and producer of the three-time, Emmy-nominated Best Documentary and winner, NAACP Best Documentary, John Lewis: Good Trouble.

Her upcoming projects include The Untitled Novelist project, directed by Cord Jefferson; with Jeffrey Wright, Tracy Ross, Sterling K. Williams and Issa Rae.

A critical thought leader on racial and gender equity and leadership, she serves as a board member for One Fair Wage and is highly involved with social and racial justice organizations including The Poor People's Campaign, Color of Change, NAACP, UNCF, among others.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 07/20/2024.

Erika Alexander Videos

  • Erika Alexander & Rebkah Howard On 'Finding Tamika'
    The Breakfast Club features celebrity interviews, Charlamagne tha God’s Donkey of the Day, Angela Yee’s Rumor Reports, DJ Envy’s mixes and so...
  • Erika Alexander & Derek Luke talk Blumhouse's American Refugee
    American Refugee stars Erika Alexander and Derek Luke, and we sat down to talk with them about working together in the Blumhouse film, the themes of...
  • Erika Alexander & Dawn Porter | John Lewis: Good Trouble
    Erika Alexander is actor, activist, producer, director, and entrepreneur. Having starred in movies and television shows such as Living Single and Get...

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