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Erika Alexander is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 19 november 1969 at Winslow (USA)
Erika Alexander (born Erika Rose Alexander; November 19, 1969) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Pam Tucker on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show (1990-1992), and as the strong-willed attorney 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.
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 primary.
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Alexander was born in Winslow, Arizona. She is one of six children born to Rev. Robert Alexander and school teacher and children's book author, Sammie Alexander.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 primary.
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Get Out (2017)
, 1h44Directed by Martin Scorsese, Jordan Peele
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Psychologie, Films about racism
Actors Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Lakeith Stanfield, Erika Alexander, Bradley Whitford
Roles Detective Latoya
Rating77%
Chris Washington est un jeune photographe noir qui partage depuis plusieurs mois la vie de Rose Armitage. Il accepte de passer un week-end chez les parents de Rose, pour rencontrer sa belle-famille. Alors qu'il est inquiet des réactions que sa couleur de peau pourrait susciter, il est accueilli très chaleureusement par Dean et Missy Armitage. L'ambiance dans la grande propriété recèle cependant une atmosphère étrange, qui ne va pas en s'arrangeant lorsque les parents de Rose organisent une grande réception avec tous leurs proches.
Elsa & Fred (2014)
, 1h34Directed by Michael Radford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Chris Noth, Marcia Gay Harden, Scott Bakula, James Brolin
Roles Laverne
Rating64%
The recently widowed, 80-year-old Fred Barcroft is moved against his will, by his daughter, into an apartment in New Orleans, next door to 74-year-old Elsa Hayes. Fred has become an embittered, inactive realist who spends most of his time lying down; Elsa is a flighty, vivacious romanticist who dreams of "the sweet life in Rome," as experienced by Anita Ekberg in the 1961 film La Dolce Vita. Despite their opposite temperaments and outlooks on life, they fall in love.
La Mission (2009)
, 1h57Directed by Peter Bratt
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Benjamin Bratt, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Erika Alexander, Jesse Borrego, Talisa Soto, Kevin Michael Richardson
Roles Lena
Rating69%
Che Rivera (Benjamin Bratt) a grandi dans le quartier Mission District, le quartier le plus ancien de San Francisco. Il a toujours dû se battre pour survivre. Il est fort physiquement et on le respecte dans tout le quartier pour sa virilité et sa force ainsi que pour son passe-temps, la restauration de voitures lowrider. Il a fait de la prison, et il a été alcoolique, mais il a réussi à retrouver une vie normale et à donner une bonne éducation à son fils unique, Jes, qu’il a élevé seul après la mort de son épouse. De nouvelles épreuves se présentent cependant au moment où Lena (Erika Alexander) s’installe dans la maison voisine. Malgré ses sentiments, Lena (qui a été victime de violences) ne peut tolérer le machisme de Che et son recours facile à la violence. De plus, Che découvre l'homosexualité de Jes, bientôt en butte à l'homophobie de certains habitants du quartier.
Déjà Vu (2006)
, 2h6Directed by Tony Scott
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Time travel films, Road movies, Alternate history films, Chase films
Actors Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Bruce Greenwood, Matt Craven, Jim Caviezel, Paula Patton
Roles Shanti
Rating70%
On Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, the ferry Sen. Alvin T. Stumpf is carrying hundreds of U.S. Navy sailors and their families across the Mississippi River from their base to the city. Suddenly, the ferry explodes and sinks, killing 543 passengers and crew. Special Agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) is sent to investigate and discovers evidence of a bomb planted by a domestic terrorist. Arriving at the scene he hears his unique ring tone coming from a nearby body bag. He then meets with local investigators and FBI Special Agent Paul Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer), and informs them of his findings. He later learns about a charred body pulled from the river, identified as Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton). Unlike the other bodies from the ferry, though, this one appears to have been killed before the explosion.
Love Liza (2003)
, 1h30Directed by Todd Louiso
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about suicide
Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, J. D. Walsh, Erika Alexander, Wayne Duvall, Stephen Tobolowsky
Roles Brenda
Rating68%
Wilson Joel's (Philip Seymour Hoffman) wife Liza (Annie Morgan) has, for an unexplained reason, committed suicide. Wilson one night discovers a sealed letter from his wife, which he believes to be her suicide note. In his grief-stricken state and with the added stress of finding the letter, which he cannot bring himself to open and read, he forms an addiction to inhaling gasoline fumes (“huffing”).
Full Frontal (2002)
, 1h41Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Julia Roberts, David Duchovny, Nicky Katt, Catherine Keener, Mary McCormack, David Hyde Pierce
Roles Lucy
Rating47%
Carl Bright est un journaliste du Los Angeles Magazine. Mais il cherche à tout prix à placer ses scénarios auprès des studios de cinéma. Il croit savoir pourquoi sa femme Lee, responsable des ressources humaines dans une grande entreprise, n'est pas heureuse. La sœur de Lee, Linda, est masseuse dans un hôtel et craint de ne jamais rencontrer le prince charmant. Calvin, vedette d'une célèbre série télévisée, fait ses débuts sur grand écran en jouant le personnage de Nicholas, partenaire d'une grande star, dans un film produit par Gus. Toutes ces personnes, y compris un comédien qui interprète Adolf Hitler dans une pièce de théâtre, vont tout faire pour se rendre dans un grand hôtel de Beverly Hills pour fêter le 40e anniversaire de Gus, le producteur. Mais cette soirée prendra une tournure inattendue.
30 Years to Life (2001)
, 1h50Directed by Vanessa Middleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Allen Payne, Erika Alexander, Melissa De Sousa, Kadeem Hardison, Paula Jai Parker, Tracy Morgan
Roles Joy
Rating59%
A handful of close friends, due to turn 30, discover that their dreams for the future are running headfirst into the realities of adulthood in this character-driven comedy-drama. Natalie is a banker who is happy with her job, but is tired of being single, and her pursuit of a husband is taking her down several blind alleys in the world of dating. Joy has developed a similar desire to settle down and get married, but while she has a long-term boyfriend, Leland, he is not so sure he wants to make a lifetime commitment. Troy is a comic who has been on the verge of a career breakthrough for years, but he is starting to wonder if his big break is ever going to arrive. Malik is a white-collar executive who thinks life is passing him by, and is pondering giving up a stable career to start over as a male model. And Stephanie is comfortable with her job in real estate, but she is not so comfortable with herself as she struggles with a weight problem she's had since childhood.
54 (1998)
, 1h33Directed by Mark Christopher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, Mike Myers, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer
Roles Ciel
Rating58%
Shane O'Shea (Ryan Phillippe) is a young Jersey man, handsome enough to become a bartender at Studio 54. There he befriends aspiring singer Anita (Salma Hayek) and her husband, Greg Randazzo (Breckin Meyer). Shane gets sucked into the hard-partying scene at Studio 54, as his life spirals downward, so does It.
Mama Flora's Family (1998)
, 1hDirected by Peter Werner
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cicely Tyson, Erika Alexander, Blair Underwood, Queen Latifah, Mario Van Peebles
Roles Young Flora
Rating77%
The young Flora meets the wealthy Lincoln Flemming at a dance one night. Lincoln wants her to come care for his elderly grandmother Nana at his home, to which she agrees. Eventually Flora becomes sexually involved with Lincoln and believes the two of them to be romantically involved. After experiencing him shun and shame her in front of his rich contemporaries, Flora begins to feel used and refuses to sleep with him anymore. This prompts her to become evicted from the house. Flora later discovers that she was pregnant with Lincoln's child, which prompts his wealthy family to bribe her into leaving Mississippi to avoid scandal. Flora takes the offer, planning to go to Memphis, Tennessee. She gives birth to a boy and names him Luke, but is forced to give to the baby to the Flemmings to raise.
Fathers & Sons (1992)
, 1h49Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Rory Cochrane, Rosanna Arquette, Famke Janssen, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Paul Hipp
Roles Venell
Rating49%
A failed, recluse director, Max, moves from New York City to a small seaside town after his wife's death. He struggles with his parental role over his son. Eddie, meanwhile, is becoming increasingly involved in the not-so-underground culture of drugs, promiscuous sex, and gang violence that lies there.
He Said, She Said (1991)
, 1h55Directed by Ken Kwapis, Marisa Silver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Perkins, Nathan Lane, Anthony LaPaglia, Sharon Stone, George Martin
Roles Rita, Al's Daugther
Rating57%
It is the story of the relationship between journalists Dan Hanson (Bacon) and Lorie Bryer (Perkins) twice – once from each perspective. The man's story was directed by Ken Kwapis and the woman's by Marisa Silver. At the time, Kwapis and Silver were engaged and they married soon after the film was released.
The Long Walk Home (1990)
, 1h37Directed by Richard Pearce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Sissy Spacek, Dwight Schultz, Ving Rhames, Dylan Baker, Erika Alexander
Roles Selma Cotter
Rating73%
The film was expanded as a feature. Set in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, during the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, it features Whoopi Goldberg as Odessa Cotter, an African-American woman who works as a maid/nanny for Miriam Thompson, a well-to-do white woman played by Sissy Spacek. Odessa and her family confront typical issues faced by African Americans in the South at the time: poverty, racism, segregation, and violence. The black community has begun a widespread boycott of the city-owned buses to end segregation; Odessa takes on a long walk both ways to work.
The Last Best Year (1990)
, 2hDirected by John Erman
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Tyler Moore, Bernadette Peters, Brian Bedford, Carmen Mathews, Kate Reid, Kenneth Welsh
Roles Amy
Rating62%
Jane (Bernadette Peters) visits a doctor (Brian Bedford) after becoming ill during a business trip. She is told that she has a terminal illness and is referred to a psychologist, Wendy Haller (Mary Tyler Moore), to help her in dealing with the emotional aspects of the illness. Jane, although successful at business, leads a solitary life except for occasional times she spends with her married lover, Jerry, who leaves her during her crisis. Reluctant to open herself emotionally at first, she soon warms to Wendy. Jane makes a last trip to visit her beloved Aunt Lizzie (Carmen Mathews).
The Mahabharata (1989)
Directed by Peter Brook
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Mythologie hindoue
Actors Andrzej Seweryn, Georges Corraface, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Bruce Myers, Mallika Sarabhai, Yoshi Oida
Roles Madri / Hidimbi
Rating77%
In general terms, the story involves epic incidents between two warring families, the Pandavas (representing the good side) and the Kauravas (representing the bad side). Both sides, being the offspring of kings and gods, fight for dominion. They have both been advised by the god Krishna to live in harmony and abstain from the bloody lust for power. Yet their fights come to threaten the very order of the Universe. The plot is framed by a dialogue between the Brahmin sage Vyasa and the Hindu deity Ganesha, and directed towards an unnamed Indian boy who comes to him inquiring about the story of the human race.
My Little Girl (1986)
, 1h58Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mary Stuart Masterson, James Earl Jones, Geraldine Page, Anne Meara, Peter Michael Goetz, Pamela Payton-Wright
Roles Joan
Rating49%
Franny Bettinger (Masterson) has had a privileged and wealthy upbringing. One summer she takes a job at a halfway house where she finds herself personally affected by the people she meets. Despite facing hostility due to her background, Bettinger becomes determined to teach the youngsters that they are important and can succeed in life. Unfortunately, she faces opposition from her parents and from her supervisor.