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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

A Chorus Line
as Dancer
1985

Maid to Order
as Hooker in Jail
1987

Poetic Justice
as Simone
1993

Menace II Society
as Karen Lawson
1993

Killing Emmett Young
as Det. Middlestat
2002

Joshua Tree
as Maralena Turner
1993

CB4
as Sissy
1993

First Born
as Dierdre
2007

What's Love Got to Do with It
as Darlene
1993

House Party 3
as Janelle
1994

Sugar Hill
as Ella Skuggs
1994
No Easy Way
as Diana Campbell
1996

Perfect Strangers
as Christie Kaplan
2004

The Assault
as Detective Jodi Miller
2014

Thick as Thieves
as Janet
1999

Terminal
as Dr. Deborah Levy
1996

Bessie
as Viola
2015

Greedy
as Laura
1994

There's Something About Mary
as Joanie
1998

Dark Blue
as Janelle Holland
2002
TV Appearances

A Different World
as Theressa Stone
1987

Third Watch
as Beverly Saunders
1999

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Alexx Woods
2000

CSI: Miami
as Alexx Woods
2002

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Sergeant Karen Smythe
1999

NewsRadio
as Catherine Duke
1995

Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012

ER
as Jackie Robbins
1994

Better Off Ted
as Stella
2009

The Corner
as Denise Francine 'Fran' Boyd
2000

Treme
as LaDonna Batiste-Williams
2010
Life's a Bitch
TBA
