Khandi Alexander is an American dancer, choreographer, and actress, best known as Dr. Alexx Woods on CBS’ CSI: Miami, LaDonna Batiste-Williams on HBO’s Treme, and Catherine Duke on NBC’s NewsRadio. Other television credits include Maya Lewis on ABC’s Scandal, Jackie Robbins on NBC’s ER, and Fran Boyd in the HBO miniseries, The Corner.

Film credits include Pushing Dead, The Assault, Dark Blue, Emmett’s Mark, Thick as Thieves, There’s Something About Mary, No Easy Way, Greedy, Menace II Society, What’s Love Got to Do With It, CB4, A Chorus Line, and A Woman, a Part.

Theatre credits include Velma Kelly in Chicago (Shubert Theatre).