 In October 2010, it was reported that Alexander joined the cast of "Nurse Jackie" in a sizeable story arc as Jackie's (Edie Falco) wild, immature sister-in-law, Tunie Peyton.In 2011, she joined the cast of "Covert Affairs" for three episodes of the second season.Alexander appeared in the 2013 film "Savannah" directed by Annette Haywood-Carter, about Ward Allen (Jim Caviezel), a real-life early 1900s aristocrat who starts an unexpected partnership with Christmas Moultrie (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a freed slave.