Khandi Alexander

Khandi Alexander

1957-09-04 Jacksonville, Florida, USA 29 Credits

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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Bat boy

Bat boy

2024

as Dr. Josephine Lee

7.0
Acting
Fahrenheit 451

Fahrenheit 451

2018

as Toni Morrison

5.4
Acting

In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.

A Woman, a Part

A Woman, a Part

2017

as Leslie Barrett

5.9
Acting

An exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life ...

Patriots Day

Patriots Day

2016

as Veronica

7.1
Acting

In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a r...

Pushing Dead

Pushing Dead

2016

as Dot

6.1
Acting

When a struggling writer, HIV positive for 20+ years, accidentally deposits a $100 birthday check, he is dropped from his health plan for earning too ...

Bessie

Bessie

2015

as Viola

6.4
Acting

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

The Assault

The Assault

2014

as Detective Jodi Miller

6.8
Acting

After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequ...

First Born

First Born

2007

as Dierdre

5.0
Acting

Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dre...

Rain

Rain

2006

as Latishia Arnold

5.6
Acting

Rain, a young black musical prodigy, finds trouble and heartbreak when she witnesses her sister's murder by gangbangers. In order to protect her daugh...

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

2004

as Christie Kaplan

5.5
Acting

When a man and a woman swap jobs and cities temporarily, they face many problems large and small, but their phone calls develop into romance.

Dark Blue

Dark Blue

2002

as Janelle Holland

6.2
Acting

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his ...

Killing Emmett Young

Killing Emmett Young

2002

as Det. Middlestat

5.5
Acting

In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to homicide. He learns he has a disease that will soon k...

Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999

as Janet

5.9
Acting

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own...

There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

1998

as Joanie

6.6
Acting

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom dat...

Terminal

Terminal

1996

as Dr. Deborah Levy

4.9
Acting

A hospital in need of funds announces a cure for a form of brain cancer, having saved several wealthy men's lives. When a young girl with the cancer d...

No Easy Way

1996

as Diana Campbell

Acting

Matthew, a concert pianist played by Alan Boyce, has kept his HIV positive status secret and refuses help from family and doctors. On the night he los...

Greedy

Greedy

1994

as Laura

6.2
Acting

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!

Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill

1994

as Ella Skuggs

5.6
Acting

In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner and brother to lead a straight life with his girl...

To My Daughter With Love

To My Daughter With Love

1994

as Harriet

8.0
Acting

Joey and Alice have hardly enough to keep their heads above water. Alice's wealthy parents disapproved of their daughter marrying Joey but after a whi...

House Party 3

House Party 3

1994

as Janelle

5.1
Acting

Hip Hop duo Kid & Play return in the second follow-up to their 1990 screen debut House Party. Kid (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is taking the plunge and ma...

Shameful Secrets

Shameful Secrets

1993

as Rosalie

5.8
Acting

A woman and her children seemingly live the idyllic suburban dream, but unbeknownst to their neighbors and friends, the kids are being brutally abused...

Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

1993

as Simone

6.9
Acting

Still grieving after the murder of her boyfriend, hairdresser Justice writes poetry to deal with the pain of her loss. Unable to get to Oakland to att...

What's Love Got to Do with It

What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

as Darlene

7.1
Acting

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

Menace II Society

Menace II Society

1993

as Karen Lawson

7.5
Acting

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Joshua Tree

Joshua Tree

1993

as Maralena Turner

6.1
Acting

A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.

CB4

CB4

1993

as Sissy

6.0
Acting

A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these th...

Maid to Order

Maid to Order

1987

as Hooker in Jail

5.6
Acting

Spoiled Jessie Montgomery, whose wild behavior and spending excesses cause her well-meaning but exasperated millionaire father Charles to wish he neve...

A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line

1985

as Dancer

6.2
Acting

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminat...

Streetwalkin'

Streetwalkin'

1985

as Star

4.5
Acting

Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authori...