Khandi Alexander
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| Khandi Alexander | |
| Born | September 4, 1957 New York City, New York |
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Khandi Alexander (born September 4, 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, and film and television actress. She is best known for her role on CSI: Miami as Doctor Alexx Woods.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Born in New York City and educated at Queensborough Community College, she appeared on Broadway starring in Chicago, Bob Fosse’s Dancin and Dreamgirls. She was a choreographer for Whitney Houston’s world tour from 1988–1992, and also appeared as a dancer in Natalie Cole's video for "Pink Cadillac" in 1988.
[edit] Career
Since the early '90's, Alexander has concentrated on film and TV, playing the character Catherine Duke on NewsRadio and the recurring character Jackie Robbins on ER. She is well known for her starring role as a mother addicted to drugs named Fran in The Corner. She has made guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, NYPD Blue and La Femme Nikita. She portrayed the character Alexx Woods, a medical examiner in the forensics-related drama CSI: Miami.
Khandi starred in the movie CB4 with Chris Rock and Charlie Murphy. Other film credits include Dark Blue, Sugar Hill, Menace II Society, House Party 3, There's Something About Mary, Rain, Poetic Justice, and the Tina Turner biopic What's Love Got To Do With It, where she portrayed an Ikette.
She left the CBS hit show CSI: Miami shortly before the end of the 2007-2008 season. Her final appearance aired Monday, May 5, 2008. On December 1. 2008, TV Guide reported that Alexander will return to CSI Miami on February 2, 2009. [1]
On February 2, 2009 she returned to the role of Alexx Woods in the episode Smoke Gets In Your CSI's.
On June 25, 2009, the website CSI Files.com reports Alexander will not be returning to the show as she is set to star in a new HBO series called "Treme" about post-Katrina New Orleans.
[edit] References
- ^ CSI: Miami Exclusive Khandi Alexander to pay CBS' hit procedural a return visit, as former M.E. Alexx Woods. Get the scoop!" TV Guide. December 1, 2008. Retrieved on December 3, 2008.
