Khandi Alexander

Khandi Alexander: Biography in Details

Who is Khandi Alexander?

Khandi Alexander is an American actress, dancer, and choreographer. She is famous for ‘CSI: Miami in 2002, ‘Patriots Day‘ in 2016, and ‘Treme‘ in 2010.

How much is the net worth of Khandi Alexander in 2024?

Khandi Alexander has an estimated net worth of around $8 million which she earned from her performance in several television shows and movies.

Social Media

Khandi Alexander has around 2.7k followers on Instagram, and around 950 followers on Facebook. Apart from these, she does not seem to be active on Twitter.

Khandi Alexander: Age, Parents, Ethnicity

She was born on September 4, 1957, in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, as Harriet Rene Alexander. She is currently 64 years old.

Her mother’s name is Alvernia Yavonna (Masters) and her father’s name is Henery Roland Alexander.

Her mother is an opera ad jazz singer while her father owns a construction company.

Khandi Alexander was raised in Queens, New York. Her ethnicity is unknown.

Education

Alexander went to Queensborough Community College. 

Khandi Alexander: Professional Life, Career

Khandi Alexander made her career debut as a dancer in the 1980s. She choreographed for Whitney Houston’s world tour from 1988 to 1992 and made her appearance as a dancer in the video ‘Pink Cadillac’ in 1988.

She debuted her acting career in the late 1980s and her television debut on the 1985 sketch-comedy show ‘FTV’.

Khandi played in several films the role of Star in ‘Starwalkin’’ in 1985, Sissy in ‘CB4’ in 1993, Karen Lawson in ‘Menace II Society’ in 1993, Simone in ‘Poetic Justice’ in 1993, Ella in ‘Sugar Hills’ in 1994, Diana Campbell in ‘No Easy Way’ in 1996, Janet in ‘Thick as Thieves’ in 1999, etc.

From 1995 to 2001, she starred in the NBC medical drama where she portrayed the role of Jackie Robbins.

She has made her guest appearance in several shows like ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘Third Watch’, ‘Cosby’, ‘Better Off Ted’, ‘La Femme Nikita’, and ‘Body of Proof’.

This actress starred opposite Rob Lowe in the Lifetime television movie ‘Perfect Strangers’ and she portrayed the role of Alexx Woods in the CBS police drama ‘CSI: Miami’ from 2002 to 2008. She made her final appearance on the show on May 5, 2008.

Khandi returned to the role of Alexx Woods for a guest appearance in the episode ‘Smoke Gets In Your CSI’ on February 2, 2009, and returned as the same character in the episodes ‘Out of Time’ on September 21, 2009, and ‘Bad Sees’ on October 19, 2009.

She portrayed the lead character in the HBO drama pilot, ‘Treme’ in the fall of 2008 but the drama premiered on April 11, 2010. Khandi Alexander also starred in the award-winning HBO television series by David Simon from 2010 and 2013 as the show ended after four seasons.

Khandi Alexander played the character of the older sister of Queen Latifah‘s title character in the HBO Film ‘Bessie’ in 2014. The film was about an iconic blues singer, Bessie Smith.

Awards, Nominations

Khandi Alexander was awarded the Black Reel Award in the category of Best Actress in 2001 and awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for the movie ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002.

Also, Khandi Alexander won the Critic’s Choice Television Award in the category of Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or a Drama Series for ‘Scandal’ in 2015.

Khandi Alexander: Rumors, Controversy

There was a rumor that Khandi Alexander was a married woman, she is still unmarried. Other than this, there are no desperate rumors or scandals about her.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Khandi Alexander has a height of 5 ft. 3 inches and she weighs 56 kg. Khandi’s shoe size is 8(US) and her dress size is 6(US).

Her body measurement is 34-26-34 inches. She has got black hair and black eyes.

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