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.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bat boy
2024
as Dr. Josephine Lee
Fahrenheit 451
2018
as Toni Morrison
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
A Woman, a Part
2017
as Leslie Barrett
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
2016
as Veronica
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
2016
as Dot
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
2015
as Viola
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
The Assault
2014
as Detective Jodi Miller
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
2007
as Dierdre
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
2006
as Latishia Arnold
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
2004
as Christie Kaplan
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
2002
as Janelle Holland
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
2002
as Det. Middlestat
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
1999
as Janet
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
1998
as Joanie
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
1996
as Dr. Deborah Levy
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
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
1994
as Laura
Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!
Sugar Hill
1994
as Ella Skuggs
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
1994
as Harriet
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
1994
as Janelle
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
1993
as Rosalie
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
1993
as Simone
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
1993
as Darlene
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
Menace II Society
1993
as Karen Lawson
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Joshua Tree
1993
as Maralena Turner
A Los Angeles police detective tracks a fugitive who heads for the desert with a deputy sheriff as hostage.
CB4
1993
as Sissy
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
1987
as Hooker in Jail
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
1985
as Dancer
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'
1985
as Star
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...