Khandi Alexander
Harriet Rene "Khandi" Alexander (born September 4, 1957) 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.During the 1990s, Alexander appeared in a number of films, including ''CB4'' (1993), ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), ''Sugar Hill'' (1994), and ''There's Something About Mary'' (1998). She starred as Catherine Duke in the NBC sitcom ''NewsRadio'' from 1995 to 1998. She also had a major recurring role in the NBC medical drama ''ER'' (1995–2001) as Jackie Robbins, sister to Dr. Peter Benton. Alexander also received critical acclaim for her leading performance in the HBO miniseries ''The Corner'' in 2000.
From 2002 to 2009, Alexander starred as Dr. Alexx Woods in the CBS police procedural series ''CSI: Miami''. From 2010 to 2013, she starred as LaDonna Batiste-Williams in the HBO drama ''Treme''. Later in 2013, she joined the cast of the ABC drama ''Scandal'' as Maya Lewis, Olivia Pope's mother, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 2015. Alexander also received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for playing Bessie Smith's sister Viola in the 2015 HBO film ''Bessie''. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Alexis D. Fischer, Emily A. Moberg, Harriet Alexander, Emily F. Brownlee, Kristen R. Hunter-Cevera, Kathleen J. Pitz, Sarah Z. Rosengard, Heidi M. SosikGet access
Published in Oceanography (2014)
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3by Chang Jae Choi, Valeria Jimenez, David M. Needham, Camille Poirier, Charles Bachy, Harriet Alexander, Susanne Wilken, Francisco P. Chavez, Sebastian Sudek, Stephen J. Giovannoni, Alexandra Z. WordenGet access
Published in Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)
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