Khandi Alexander
Biography
Harriet Rene "Khandi" Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress. She began her career as a dancer in the 1980s and was a choreographer for Whitney Houston's world tours from 1988 to 1992.
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Acting History
2024
Bat boy as Dr. Josephine Lee
2019A Black Lady Sketch Show as Narrator
2019What We Do in the Shadows as Contessa Carmilla De Mornay
2018Fahrenheit 451 as Toni Morrison
2017SEAL Team as Ambassador Nicole Marsden
2017A Woman, a Part as Leslie Barrett
2016Patriots Day as Veronica
2016Pushing Dead as Dot
2015Bessie as Viola
2014The Assault as Detective Jodi Miller
2014BoJack Horseman as Police Chief / Farmer's Wife (voice)
2012Scandal as Maya Lewis
2012Finding Your Roots as Self
2011Body of Proof as Health Commissioner Beverly Travers
2010Treme as LaDonna Batiste-Williams
2009Better Off Ted as Stella
2007First Born as Dierdre
2006Rain as Latishia Arnold
2004Perfect Strangers as Christie Kaplan
2002Dark Blue as Janelle Holland
2002CSI: Miami as Alexx Woods
2002Killing Emmett Young as Det. Middlestat
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Alexx Woods
2000The Corner as Denise Francine 'Fran' Boyd
1999Third Watch as Beverly Saunders
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sergeant Karen Smythe
1999Thick as Thieves as Janet
1998There's Something About Mary as Joanie
1996Terminal as Dr. Deborah Levy
1996No Easy Way as Diana Campbell
1995NewsRadio as Catherine Duke
1994ER as Jackie Robbins
1994Greedy as Laura
1994Sugar Hill as Ella Skuggs
1994To My Daughter With Love as Harriet
1994House Party 3 as Janelle
1993Shameful Secrets as Rosalie
1993Poetic Justice as Simone
1993What's Love Got to Do with It as Darlene
1993Menace II Society as Karen Lawson
1993Joshua Tree as Maralena Turner
1993CB4 as Sissy
1992The Edge
1987A Different World as Theressa Stone
1987Maid to Order as Hooker in Jail
1985A Chorus Line as Dancer
1985Streetwalkin' as Star
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